INDIGO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY OPENS CREATION HIDEOUT
by Stacey Tol As the newly-cut red ribbon floated to the ground on April 20, CREATION Hideout, a new play area at Indigo Christian Academy (ICA) in Daytona Beach, officially opened for business. CREATION Hideout is aptly named. The nature-inspired play area
HELPING CHILDREN REACH THEIR GOD-GIVEN POTENTIAL
by Frank Runnels, Vice President Florida Conference Office of Education I once attended a lecture highlighting the life of Thomas Edison and his most successful invention, the light bulb. The speaker stressed the value of learning to embrace failures as opportunities and
CONGREGATION CELEBRATES PENTECOST WITH BAPTISM
by Jeff Zaremsky The Beth-El Shalom of New Port Richey congregation celebrated Shavout, the Biblical Holy Day of the Feast of Weeks (also known as Pentecost) by reading the ten commandments in Hebrew. A special part of the day occurred when
BIKERS RIDE TO BENEFIT DISABLED IN COMMUNITY
by Daniel Forbes The rumble of motorcycle engines filling the air waves is not an unusual occurrence on a busy Florida highway, but when bikes turned into the Emmanuel Church parking lot in Orlando on Sabbath morning, May 16, people took
QUIET HEROES LEAD CHILDREN'S SABBATH SCHOOL
by Herb Pritchard As you step into the Ocala Church kindergarten room on a Sabbath morning, the warm friendliness and winning smile of leader Margie Orem is contagious. For 18 years, she has brought Bible stories to life for children ages
FLORIDA MEMBERS SUPPORT PROJECT PANDA
by Audrey Folkenberg Florida Conference is partnering with the Chinese Union Mission in Project Panda which supports 40 indigenous two-person church-planting teams. These teams share the love of Jesus in unreached areas of China. As a result, 1,822 people were baptized
FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF EVANGELISM FOR LAYPEOPLE CHANGES LIVES
by Rolando de los Ríos Florida Institute of Evangelism for Laypeople (FIEL) has completed the first half of its 2015 session with almost 70% of the students passing the requirements. FIEL's purpose is to prepare laity in the serious work of
FREE CLINIC PROVIDES NEEDED HEALTH CARE IN OCALA
by Herb Pritchard The FreeD.O.M. Clinic operated by United Hands, Inc., opened in Ocala, Fla., for five days, July 20-24. The Clinic's mission is to provide free medical, optical, and dental, care for the indigent, homeless, and uninsured. Pastor Monte Robison of
JONATHAN J. MARTIN ORDAINED
Jonathan J. Martin, Markham Woods Church Associate Pastor, was ordained on August 22, 2015 Jonathan was born in California and grew up in the suburbs of Boston, Mass. He is a fourth-generation Adventist. When he was 15 years old, he was
FLORIDA LIVING CHURCH RECOGNIZED FOR 20+ YEARS OF HELPING PRISON MINISTRIES
by Betty Kossick Correcting Bible studies for prison inmates throughout the state is a more-than-20-year-old ministry of Florida Living Church, Apopka. In gratitude for these years of quiet, behind-the-scenes service, Frank Barton, Director of Prison Ministries for Florida Conference, presented a