Good News Wants to Know…Fun Facts

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21 Mar 2023
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To bring our village together, we’d like you to get to know some of our business and community leaders of faith in a more personal way. That’s why we encourage the kind of conversations you might have with a friend at a casual backyard barbecue. This month, Good News Wants to Know… What is a fun fact about you that others may be surprised to learn? I’m sure this will make for some texts and emails: I was co-captain of the wrestling team in high school. William “Bill” C. Davell, Director, Tripp Scott PA I don’t like or trust animals that are incapable of smiling. […]

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Broward Health Recognizes Fire Rescue Crew

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9 Mar 2023
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Pompano Fire Rescue Crew Awarded by Broward Health Broward Health North leadership, on February 4th, presented a Pompano Beach Fire Rescue crew with the Broward Health Trauma Services Challenge Coin in recognition of their excellent trauma care. Congratulations to Lieutenant Robert Smith, Firefighter/Paramedic Erik Bentley and Firefighter/Paramedic D’Andre Nickle! For more Out & About, visit https://www.goodnewsfl.org/topic/news/

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USA Today Names 10Best Religious Museums

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8 Mar 2023
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Once again, the Ark Encounter, featuring a 510-foot-long Noah’s Ark as its centerpiece, has been chosen the best religious museum in the United States. The results of the “USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice” poll, with 18 nominees, were announced on February 24, 2023. The Ark’s sister attraction, the high-tech Creation Museum, finished second in the voting.   USA Today’s Top 10 Religious Museums USA Today’s newspaper subscribers and on-line readers were asked to make their choice among museums that represent diverse religious groups and faith communities.  Destinations ranked in order of the most votes, include: No. 1: Ark Encounter, Williamstown, Kentucky; […]

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CITY Furniture Conference Raises $500,000 for Covenant House Florida

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14 Feb 2023
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CITY Furniture announced that its 27th Annual Kevin Koenig Memorial Covenant House Cup and Vendor Conference raised $500,000 for Covenant House Florida this year.  The funds will allow Covenant House Florida to continue helping young people overcome homelessness and trafficking by providing best-in-class services and a shared commitment to unconditional love, absolute respect, and relentless support for each young person who walks through its doors. “We are so thrilled to once again host our annual event to honor my uncle’s legacy and share his passion for raising much-needed funds for Covenant House Florida,” said Andrew Koenig, CEO of CITY Furniture. […]

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Korean CBMC Members Visit South Florida Ministry Partners

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9 Feb 2023
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CBMC FL’s South Korean Visitors CBMC, Christian Businessmen’s Connection, the most extensive marketplace ministry for Christian professionals with over 40,000 members worldwide, has always been enriched by the global nature of its fellowship. While the United States is the ministry’s founding country with the most active members, South Korea is the second largest CBMC nation, with over 3,000 members. January 17th’s CBMC Fort Lauderdale Luncheon hosted two such CBMC members from around the globe, as Mr. Caleb Jun and Mr. P.S. Cho from Seoul, South Korea, joined CBMC International President Chris Simpson and a large crowd of South Florida participants […]

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GOOD NEWS WANTS TO KNOW… – Favorite Quote

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6 Feb 2023
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As we launch into this New Year, Good News Wants to Know… What is your favorite quote – or words you live by – that may inspire others? Seek first to understand is a very simple yet guiding principle for me. Repeating this to myself when the world is swirling around me with its many pushes and pulls, keeps me focused and humble — allowing me the space to truly listen and be intentional in words and actions.   Germaine Smith Baugh, Ed.D, President and CEO, Urban League of Broward County  The quote that I live by: Live beyond yourself! This I believe is the key […]

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Heart Month Focuses on Affairs of the Heart

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2 Feb 2023
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Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the United States, claiming the lives of more than 650,000 people each year. Since February is American Heart Month, we’re featuring one man’s journey to heart health at Holy Cross, Broward’s only Catholic hospital, serving our community for 67 years and a leader in the prevention and treatment of cardiac and vascular diseases. When Doug Wilkins, a 70+ year-old longtime active athlete in overall good health, began having chest pains, he took himself to the emergency department at Holy Cross Health in Fort Lauderdale, where they ran a stress test. The […]

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Candlelight Ceremony Held to Remember the Homeless

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4 Jan 2023
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A Homeless Persons Memorial was held on December 20 at First United Methodist Church in Fort Lauderdale. The public gathered for the annual candlelight ceremony to remember and recognize the lives of persons who died this year in Broward County while experiencing homelessness. During the service, names of the 98 homeless persons who died in 2022 were read aloud, a bell rang and an ornament was placed on a memorial tree to recognize and pay tribute to our neighbors who died on the streets. Candlelight for the Homeless Broward’s Homeless Persons Memorial Ceremony, an annual event commemorated across the United […]

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Good News Wants to Know… – Super Bowl

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Looking ahead to the Super Bowl season, Good News Wants to Know…. If you were given a 30-second ad slot during the Super Bowl, valued at upwards of $6.5 million in 2022, what would you do with it? I would work with the best creative minds to produce a message that would bring the American people together in a way that we were on September 12th, 2001 – one people, one country. We have much more that unites us than divides us, and we can be a better country if we have a shared love of country first. Chip LaMarca, […]

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Guardians of Hope Holds Inaugural Huddle

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19 Dec 2022
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ELITE Foundation’s Guardians of Hope Impact Brotherhood held its Inaugural Huddle on Saturday, November 19 at Coconut Community Center, featuring Stephan Tchividjian, president of the National Christian Foundation, as the keynote speaker. The ELITE Foundation is on a mission to End Lost Innocence to Exploitation. They are committed to serving the needs of the voiceless victims in our community and vulnerable men and women worldwide that are victims to sexual exploitation.  About Guardians of Hope According to Hamish Reed, treasurer and chairman of the Board, the Guardians of Hope Impact Brotherhood was launched November 19th by a group of men […]

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