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FCA at The University of Miami Raises Over $92,000

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7 Aug 2019
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The Fellowship Of Christian Athletes (FCA) at The University of Miami, led by Mike Blanc Team Chaplain and FCA Area Director, and Gregg Wallick, President of Best Roofing, FCA Chairman of The Board and former Miami Hurricane Football player, had their inaugural “Board Of Directors intimate Summer Evening” with UM Head Football Coach Manny Diaz and his wife Stephanie on Tuesday, July 16th at the Schwartz Center on campus at The University Of Miami’s brand new indoor football practice facility.  The Intimate Summer Evening was an invitation only event for fifty-six Board and future Board, Athletic Sponsors and community activist […]

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Prayer Requested for Students Headed Back to School

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Back to School Prayer is a call to prayer across southeast Florida. Every church is encouraged to ‘pray over’ a First Priority school sometime in the month of August…the campus, day and time to be determined by each congregation. The goal is for student missionaries, faculty sponsors, club mentors, parents, pastors, and congregants to gather at the school flagpole for corporate prayer. If they’re not able to access the flagpole we suggest gathering by the main school sign along the road.  The prayer team may either stay at that location or prayer-walk around the campus together. We are cautioning participants […]

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The Cheerios Moment

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It seems like I blinked and one second Kim and I were driving our girls home from the hospital starting our family, and the next we were walking them down the aisle as they started theirs. While the newborn stage was great, Kim and I find some of our fondest memories come from the toddler phase of our girls’ lives. We celebrated when each one figured out how to sit up then start scooting around. The angels rejoiced when we sprinkled their highchair trays with little round O’s and the girls figured out how to get them into their own […]

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Billy Graham Rapid Response Team Chaplains Respond to Mass Shootings

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5 Aug 2019
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Chaplains on the Move! Teams of crisis-trained chaplains with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team (RRT) are on their way to El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, following a pair of shootings over the weekend. News reports say 20 people have died and 26 others were injured in El Paso. In Dayton, an additional nine people were killed and 26 people were hurt. RRT chaplains at both sites will work alongside government officials, churches, first responders and with the community at large to provide emotional and spiritual care. “This is such a difficult time for both of these cities,” said Jack Munday, international […]

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Children’s Harbor Wins Hoffmans Chocolates Ice Cream Sundae Competition for Charity

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1 Aug 2019
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Hoffman’s Chocolates held its annual Ice Cream Sundae Competition – Making Sweet Creations for Sweet Donations at Hoffman’s Chocolates/ BBX Capital’s corporate office on Tuesday, June 18. Eight non-profit organizations each partnered with a Hoffman’s store manager to create a special ice cream sundae for the competition. A panel of five local judges determined that the winning ice cream creation was Children’s Harbor’s ‘Harbor Lights’ created by Children’s Harbor and the team from Hoffman’s Chocolates Weston Town Center location. Taking home first-place, Children’s Harbor, a non-profit that provides nurturing, family group homes for siblings and pregnant/parenting teens in the foster […]

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NAE Launches Campaign to Bless Your Pastor

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The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) launched a new national campaign in July to help congregations “show and share God’s love” for their pastors in creative and practical ways. The Bless Your Pastor (BlessYourPastor.org) campaign is part of a larger initiative to address financial challenges faced by pastors and is funded by a $1 million, 3-year grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The Bless Your Pastor campaign will encourage and equip churches to consider creative ways to bless their pastors and to take up a special appreciation offering for their pastors. Some churches may decide to extend this campaign to church […]

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Students Share Their Faith in the South Pacific

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Students and leaders from Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church traveled to the island nation of Fiji for two weeks in July on their 2019 Fiji Student Missions Trip. After two semesters of enriching Evangelism Explosion (EE) training, students were encouraged by this opportunity to respond to our Savior’s Great Commission and share their faith in the South Pacific coordinated through the D. James and Anne Kennedy Center for World Evangelism in Fiji. Director of Student Ministry Caleb Koornneef, said, “The highlight of the trip was seeing God use our students to help equip local pastors and lay leaders be able to […]

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4KIDS and Calvary Chapel Named Among Best Christian Workplaces in the Country

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Christian Workplaces Institute honored eighty-nine organizations, churches, and Christian-led businesses as “Certified Best Christian Workplaces” from January-June 2019. Of the 89 new honorees based primarily in the U.S. and Canada, three are from South Florida: 4KIDS of South Florida, Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale and Calvary Christian Academy. Two additional employers in Florida included Celebration Baptist Kinderschool, in Tallahassee, and St. Matthew’s House, in Naples. Since 2002, more than 300,000 employees from 1,000 organizations, churches and Christian-led businesses have completed BCWI’s Employee Engagement Survey. This online instrument provides an objective, quantifiable measure of a flourishing workplace culture based on eight factors: […]

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Nicholas Perrin Joins Trinity International University As President – TIU Serves South Florida for Three Decades

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Nicholas Perrin serves as the 16th president of Trinity International University, elected to that position June 6, 2019 after a unanimous vote from the Board of Regents. “For decades, TIU’s distinctive voice has been a gift to global evangelicalism,” Perrin said. “I look forward to the challenge of amplifying that voice in a clamorous world that – now more than ever – needs to encounter the word of God afresh in every area of life.” Perrin has served as the Franklin S. Dyrness Professor of Biblical Studies at Wheaton College. His academic specialties include Jesus and the Gospels, with special […]

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Coach Rick Honored for Serving Others

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22 Jul 2019
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Coach Rick Andreassen, founder and president of SAINTS of Florida P.E. and SAINTS International Sports Ministry was selected as one of the top ten people in the country recognized for his dedication to serving others. #A01LeaveYourMark Andreassen was recognized by the Carson Wentz foundation (audience of one foundation) #AO1LEAVEYOURMARK and the Philadelphia Eagles football team during a presentation at a celebrity charity softball game at Phillies stadium in Philadelphia Philadelphia Eagles Quarterback Carson Wentz is partnering with Saints International Sports Ministry to build a sports stadium at “Mission of Hope” in Haiti. It’s a great partnership in the Lord!!! SAINTS […]

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