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Eat Lunch Alone? Not In My School!

Anitra Parmele
1 Jun 2017
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What problem can you identify at your school and what can you do about it? It was a simple question but it was the match that lit a national solution to a problem every blog post, book or movie on teenagers addresses: high school lunch. Not the actual food but the social miasma associated with it. Who can I eat with? For students at Boca High, the answer is — With us! When the founders of We Dine Together — Denis Estimon, Jean Max Meradieu, Kinsley Florestal and Ally Sealy — were challenged at a Propel (People Reaching Out to […]

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This Year’s Finest Take Hold of the Future

Shelly Pond
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Congratulations graduates! They’ve studied hard and passed the test, achieving a high school diploma. Graduation is a time for students to enjoy life together and look forward to pursing their dreams. Each class has a distinct personality and faces unique challenges. “This class has great confidence in who they are and where they are going,” notes Mike Critch, Westminster Academy’s Dean of Upper School. “What excites me for the future of the Class of 2017 is the unkown God has in store for them There are technological advancements that will impact their lives which have not even been dreamed of […]

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Pastor Owens Urges Men to Step Off the Sidelines

Shelly Pond
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What is the most important factor in changing a man spiritually, from immaturity to maturity? Discipleship. This was the conclusion reached by the founders of Promise Keepers, Bill McCartney, then football coach for the University of Colorado, and Dave Wardell, Ph.D., who birthed the movement more than 25 years ago. It sparked a revival among Christian men who were willing to take a stand for God in their marriages, families, churches and communities. Darrell Owens, senior pastor of Christ the Rock Community Church in Cooper City, lives out that model in the local church. He has made men’s ministry a […]

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Focus on the Family Brings Wait No More Event to South Florida

The Good News
25 May 2017
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Focus on the Family is bringing its Wait No More Conference to South Florida to help find families for Florida’s waiting kids. The event is being held on Saturday, June 3rd from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Community Christian Church, located at 10001 W. Commercial Blvd. in Tamarac, as an opportunity for people to hear from government, church and community leaders concerning the foster care crisis and ways you can get involved. If you have ever considered foster care or adoption, or just want to learn how to support an adoptive family, you won’t want to miss this event. […]

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4KIDS Has Grown From a Small Spark Ignited 20 Years Ago

The Good News
16 May 2017
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In 1997, something significant happened in our cities. Florida’s foster care brutality made national news headlines as children endured even greater trauma in the foster care system, making South Florida a dark place to be a child in foster care. Kids were starving, suffering abuse, and even disappearing or dying in the homes that were supposed to be safe — if they even got a home at all. Many kids were sent to group homes, shelters, institutions, and state-run facilities instead of a home with a family. Out of this dark place a movement began. Across our community matches were […]

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Forgiveness Restores Who?

Steve Davis
9 May 2017
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An ancient story is told of two friends who were taking a trip through the desert. In the course of many discussions, an unusually sharp disagreement arose over a mutually sensitive issue. In a moment of impulsive rage, the one friend slapped the other in the face. Responding with great restraint and sadness, the man stooped down and wrote in the sand, “Today my good friend slapped me in the face.” and they walked on in strained silence. Much later arriving at a shaded, cool oasis they decided to take a refreshing bath. After a little bit the one slapped […]

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A Mother’s Day to Remember

Melissa Presser
3 May 2017
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It was Mother’s Day 2013 when I stood before an altar in an empty church and accepted Christ into my life. I realized back then in that moment that Jesus picked that day for a specific reason. My doubt, my pain, my reason for living was all tied up in my role as a mother; it was why I was created. I didn’t understand the full significance of God’s reasons and timing in that moment, but I have since learned so much from him about why it had to happen that way.   Doubt You see, we as mothers continually […]

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Using Spirit Filled Logic to Solve Problems

Norm Wise
1 May 2017
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Do you ever feel overwhelmed with problems? Do you feel you are drowning in a sea of unresolvable and complex relationships and circumstances? Try “Spirit Filled Logic” to face these problems as you seek to find peace of mind and heart. First step is to ask God to help you properly define the problems you are facing. Separate your problems into different boxes; don’t lump them all together. Ask the Holy Spirit to give you discernment about how problems are different and yet how they relate. For instance, separate problems in your marriage relationship from problems you have parenting your […]

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The Believer’s Battle Cry

Dr. Tommy Boland
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“All those gathered here will know that it is not by sword or spear that the Lord saves; for the battle is the Lord’s, and he will give all of you into our hands” (1 Samuel 17:47, NIV). 1 Samuel 17 recounts the God-glorifying story of David and Goliath. The Philistine giant Goliath was far bigger, much stronger, and vastly more skilled in battle than was David, the youngest of eight sons of Jesse . . . the shepherd boy. Goliath had every conceivable advantage known to man . . . except one, and that one advantage that David had […]

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I Am Woman; Where’s My Roar?

John Hawkins, Sr
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The message today to women is you can both have and do it all. So why aren’t more women roaring rather than dealing with depression and anxiety? It is hard to roar when you are depressed or anxious. I can hear some man saying, “Oh. my wife roars plenty around our house.” There is a big difference between yelling out of hurt and frustration and roaring with confidence and joy. Rather than buy into the world’s empty promises, let’s look at how to get your roar back. This begins with self acceptance.   Is self-image biblical? The short answer is […]

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