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THE PULSE CHRISTIAN YOUTH CENTER
Florida Conference In Mission is a monthly video series about people reaching people. This month's report highlights a Christian youth center in Jacksonville which is a community outreach for at-risk teenagers in an underprivileged neighborhood.
HISPANIC CHURCHES BAPTIZE 489 NEW MEMBERS
by Natalia López-Thismón The Caravan of Victory evangelistic series, held at nearly 100 Hispanic churches across the state of Florida, culminated with 489 baptisms. Over the course of four weekends in May, each church held 11 meetings based on the book, Steps To...
MARGATE MEMBERS HOLD FIRST HEALTH FAIR
by Julia Tedim Even though Margate Church has no permanent facility, members decided to organize a health fair. Held at the Margate Community Center, the goal of the fair was to educate and inform the general public of health issues and to have a presence in the...
FLORIDA CONFERENCE SETS SIGHTS ON NEW HEADQUARTERS LOCATION
Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists has reached the Next Stepping Stone in the journey toward a new headquarters location. Today, July 26, 2012, the Florida Conference Executive Committee voted to proceed with plans to purchase the former Robb & Stucky...
WINTER PARK SPANISH CHURCH FOOD BANK
Florida Conference In Mission is a monthly video series about people reaching people. This month's report highlights a successful food bank operated by Winter Park Spanish Church.
CLOSER THAN A BROTHER
by Denise Daly-Stennis Gene Austin Taylor Krishingner earned the title of Salutatorian and Seth Lauren Daly Stennis was named Valedictorian of the 94-member, 2012 graduating class at Forest Lake Academy (FLA), Apopka, Fla. Both graduated with honors in health careers,...
SILVER SPRINGS SHORES CHURCH—A LIGHT IN THE COMMUNITY
by Norma Henry A 25th anniversary milestone is most certainly a time of celebration. For Silver Springs Shores Church members in Ocala, Fla., it was also a time to reflect on how God has led the congregation. Membership Changes In 1985, 45 members from Ocala Church...
HEALTH EXPO ATTRACTS LARGE CROWD
by Ruth Haller Nearly 200 attendees swarmed the registration area when the DeBary-Orange City, Fla., Church opened its 2012 Health Expo on the first Sunday in April. Nowhere was the enthusiasm for this event more noticeable than when one eager attendee showed up the...
PALM HARBOR WOMEN'S MINISTRIES SPONSORS SELF DEFENSE COURSE
by Gregory Boria Palm Harbor, Fla., Company's Women's Ministries Department recently sponsored a self defense course at the Hampton Inn in Tarpon Springs. Don and Sandie Grady, local gym owners and Palm Harbor members, assisted in the instruction and demonstrations...
HOMOSASSA CHURCH EXPANDS FOOD PANTRY
by Bob Halstead During the past three years, the Homosassa, Fla., Church Food Pantry has served more than 700 families out of a storage shed until the building size and condition limited its usefulness. Under the leadership of Don Gesell, chair of the church's...
FLORIDA CONFERENCE MAGABOOK MINISTRY
Florida Conference In Mission is a monthly video series about people reaching people. This month's report highlights Florida Conference's door-to-door MagaBook ministry.
SABINE VATEL SET APART IN COMMISSIONING CEREMONY
by Gladys Neigel "The officers of Florida Conference have seen fit, according to the leading of the Spirit in their lives and the observation of her work, to, on this day, July 28, 2012, officially commission Pastor Sabine Vatel as a commissioned minister of the...