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by Robert and Thomas Broome For the past three years, Apopka, Fla., Church has partnered with Florida Hospital Apopka for a Let's Move Day 5K walk/run and health fair. On September 22, in addition to the main event with 130 participants, a Kids' Fun Run was offered to...

by Gladys Neigel God is opening new doors in new facilities for His work to grow and prosper in Florida. During the month of October, three buildings were dedicated. Bethsaïda On October 26, members and friends gathered for the dedication of this Creole-speaking...

by Phil Younts More than 500 previous Camp Kulaqua staff members returned to the banks of Hornsby Spring located near High Springs in North Florida, September 22, to celebrate and to reminisce. "We are thankful for all the staff who dedicated their lives to camp...

by Norma Henry Silver Springs Shores Church, Ocala, Fla., celebrated International Day on June 15 with 29 nations represented in a Parade of Flags. The program focused on the population, climate, and growth of the Adventist Church in each of these countries. Conrad...

by Eric Cantillo The Florida Conference Lay Advisory Committee's quarterly forums are held to discuss ways for churches to reach evangelism goals, foster church growth, consider recommendations from the laity, and strengthen the relationship between laity, pastors,...

by George Worrell For two weekends each December, members of Columbia City Company in Lake City, Fla., present a live, drive-through Nativity scene with emphasis placed on recapturing what transpired 2,000 years ago. The special effects, lighting, and Middle Eastern...

by Adelle Brown On a December Sunday, Solid Rock Church, Orlando, Fla., (formerly Pine Hills Church) held a Christmas party for their children and community friends. Sponsored by Children's Ministries, the party's objective was to bring joy into the children's lives...

by Ann-Marie Jackson, Gleacia Phillips-Wilson North Port, Fla., Church members take their mission seriously to reach out in the community. This past October, the congregation hosted its second Gas Card Giveaway and presented $25 gas cards, along with goodie bags and...

by Mike Cauley, D.Min. Florida Conference President Florida Conference has begun an initiative called Mission To the Cities. It is actually one ingredient of a two-part emphasis about returning to our purpose as a movement. At the beginning of the work of the...

by Tim Nichols, Florida Conference Vice President for Pastoral Ministries How can we effectively fulfill our calling to go to "...every nation, tribe, tongue, and people" (Revelation 14:6 NKJV) in our own territory? Florida is the fourth most densely populated state...

To show a liberal, self-denying spirit for the success of foreign missions is a sure way to advance home missionary work; for the prosperity of the home work depends largely, under God, upon the reflex influence of the evangelical work done in countries afar off....

by Abel Paulín, Florida Conference Center For Mission Coordination (Evangelism Department) Director Paul came to Ephesus with the mission of expanding God's kingdom in that city. Ephesus was a cosmopolitan port city in Asia, bustling with commerce and culture. It...