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THE MEASURE OF A MAN: HORACE EDWARD WALSH—67 YEARS OF SERVICE FOR THE MASTER
UPDATE: Horace Walsh passed away Thursday, August 29, 2013 at age 93. Services held September 3 at Forest Lake Seventh-day Adventist Church, 515 Harley Lester Lane, Apopka. Visitation: 1:30-2:30 p.m.. Funeral: 2:30-3:30 p.m. Military Honors: 4:00-4:15 p.m. at Deltona...
DELTONA CHURCH CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY
by Anita Whitney Musical tributes, church history, and video greetings from church leaders were part of the Deltona, Fla., Church 25th anniversary celebration. The membership has grown since the grand opening membership of 116 in 1987 to a present congregation of 270....
NEW HOME FOR SOUTH FLORIDA SINGLES MINISTRIES
by Jane Justice South Florida Singles Ministries has a new place to call home in the newly decorated fellowship hall of the Boynton Beach, Fla., Church. Recently, singles from across Palm Beach County got together for a reunion and to delight in some Sabbath hours...
EVANGELISTIC MEETINGS PROCLAIM BETTER DAYS ARE COMING
by Joy Bailey "Better Days Are Coming" was the joyful proclamation at Sunrise, Fla., Church during summer evangelistic outreach meetings that ended with a baptism of 10 individuals. The successful series was conducted by four church elders. Amazingly, each evangelist...
FOR THE LEAST OF THESE
by Eiren Oh "And when did we see You sick or in prison and came to visit You? ...Truly I tell you, in so far as you did it for one of the least of these My brethren, you did it for Me."Â ---Matthew 25:39-40 (AMP) "Look no further," answered Lakeland Church member...
GOD ANSWERS A MOTHER'S PRAYERS
by Janice Boone When Rene Brunet began studying the Bible with two gentlemen who came to his home in Florida, his mother, Grace, in Tennessee became worried that this exposure would misguide him. She had prayed for many years that he would join her in the Seventh-day...
THE PULSE: MEETING COMMUNITY NEEDS THROUGH FRIENDSHIP
by Gladys Neigel A yellow school bus stops at 3101 Spring Park Road in Jacksonville as 14 kids pour out of The Pulse Christian Youth Center to hop on board. These students come early to this bus stop in order to join in prayer and a short devotional worship at what...
ORLANDO FIREMAN TRAINS EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND SOUTH AMERICA
by Martin Butler "Lord, please show me how I can give my talents to serve you," prayed Rudy Prado, an Orlando lieutenant fireman, paramedic, and member of Markham Woods Church in Longwood. The next week, David Canther, who contracts with Florida Conference and World...
TRUCKER TEACHES SIGN LANGUAGE TO TEENS
by Herb Pritchard While eating at a restaurant, trucker Jerry Sutton was approached by a small lad and given an alphabet card for the deaf. Bored on long trips while delivering Freightliner tractors around the United States, Sutton practiced learning sign letters....
WILL YOU SAY "YES" WHEN GOD CALLS?
by Mike Cauley, D.Min. Florida Conference President God is at work in Florida Conference! The stories in the Autumn 2012 issue of Florida Focus especially underscore that reality. I have long been inspired by the life and ministry of Elder Horace Walsh. We are deeply...
ARTICLE VALIDATES ADVENTIST EDUCATION PRINCIPLES
by Sandra Doran A recent article published by National Public Radio boasts something Adventists have known all along: "'Children Succeed' With Character, Not Test Scores." Not surprisingly, author Paul Tough asserts that "intensive mentoring" by caring adults who...
SALT MINISTRY
Florida Conference In Mission is a monthly video series about people reaching people. This month's report highlights Service and Love Together (SALT), a Central Florida youth ministry with the goal of leading people into a personal relationship with Christ, nurturing...