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Message From Administration
July 14, 2020 Dear Florida Conference family, Warmest greetings to each of you. As we move closer to the month of August, many of you are planning and preparing for a new school year. We recognize that this may lead to feelings of uncertainty and trepidation. We know...
Update from Administration – July -7
July 7, 2020 Dear Florida Conference family, We pray this week’s update finds each of you well and that the week ahead is a reminder of God’s countless blessings and the freedom we enjoy because of His greatest gift, Jesus Christ, our Savior. As our state continues to...
Depression & Anxiety – Recovery Program
On July 7, 2020 at 7 P.M. the Florida Conference Health Ministries Department will be joining Forest Lake Church Health Ministries in featuring, Dr. Neil Nedley's DEPRESSION and ANXIETY RECOVERY PROGRAM. In this time of "covid chaos" this presentation will help...
Message from Administration – June 23
Dear Florida Conference family, We find ourselves another week into the summer, and join what is surely a great number of you watching in dismay as developments in the pandemic take a downward turn. Some areas of our territory are really struggling, while others have...
Hopelessness Learned During COVID-19
There is no doubt COVID-19 could mark the defining moment of this generation. What is happening in the world, and specifically in this country, is unprecedented. We cannot escape news, updates, daily and weekly statistics, and projections for the future. For some...
Open Church Vespers – June 20
Join us this Sabbath, June 20th at 6:30pm as Pastor Juan Rodriguez, Youth and Young Adults Director at the Florida Conference delves into “A Father’s Platform is Love”. Tune in with your family and invite your friends to watch live in any of these platforms:...
Message from Administration – June 16
June 16, 2020 Dear Florida Conference family, We are coming closer to the day when our churches will open again. Although we can hardly wait to see our church families in person, we urge continued vigilance and care in deliberations over how and when to gather....
Hurricane Season 2020
Dear Florida Conference, I pray that this message finds you in good health. As you may be aware, we are currently in the midst of this year’s hurricane season, which is expected to extend from June 1-November 30, 2020. I would like to remind you of some important...
Message from Administration – June 9
Dear Florida Conference family, As we progress through another new week, our prayer is for continued healing in our country. We press on in these uncertain times with a renewed sense of our mission as a church and as members of the body of Christ ministering to...
Nothing Outdoes the Influence of a Mother
Introduction When Kevin Durant won his first basketball MVP in 2014, he dedicated some time to honor the person who had made it possible for him to become MVP. With tears in his eyes, he said the following words: "When something good happens to me, I look back to...
How to help children manage their anxiety regarding the pandemic
In his book, The Stress Factor, Dr. Harry Stanton says that the great enemy of human health is not danger, an emotional convulsion or an occasional crisis (like that of the Coronavirus). On the contrary, it is the extended, unrelieved state of worry and anxiety. There...
Anxiety the midst of the pandemic
By: Dr. Efrain Duany Jr. One morning, Death was walking towards a city and a man asked: "What are you going to do?" "I am going to kill 100 people," Death replied. "That is horrible!" the man said. "That's the way it is," said Death. "That is what I do." The man...