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Hundreds filled the Ban- quet Hall at Coral Ridge Pres- byterian Church on January 18 for LauderdaleLead. Laud- erdaleLead works with the business community to ex- plore how biblical principles apply in the workplace. Partic- ipants enjoyed a casual lunch with local business people and took away a few princi- ples to help their professional life grow. Pastor Bill Mitchell, a successful businessman for 25 years and now pastor of Boca Raton Community Church, taught on what it takes to be a great inspira- tional leader and mentor. For More information go to laud- erdalelead.org. OUT AND ABOUT 16 FEBRUARY 2018 Good News • South Florida Edition ‡ &URZQV ‡ %ULGJHV ‡ ,PSODQWV ‡ 'HQWXUHV ‡ )XOO PRXWK UHFRQVWUXFWLRQ ‡ 70- WKHUDS\ DQG PRUH ´:H EHOLHYH HYHU\RQH GHVHUYHV D VPLOH WKDW LQVWLOOV FRQILGHQFH DQG OLJKWV XS D URRP µ &877,1* ('*( 7(&+12/2*< :H RIIHU DOO WKH ODWHVW GHQWDO WUHDWPHQWV 1( WK $YHQXH 3RPSDQR %HDFK )/ DO OVPL OHVI ORU LGD FRP ‡ )LOOLQJV ‡ 5RRW FDQDOV ‡ ([WUDFWLRQV ‡ :KLWHQLQJ ‡ ,QYLVDOLJQ ‡ 9HQHHUV "TSFRVJSFECZMBX5IFQBUJFOUBOEBOZPUIFSQFSTPOSFTQPOTJCMFGPSQBZNFOUIBTBSJHIUUPSFGVTFUPQBZDBODFMQBZNFOUPSCFSFJNCVSTFEGPSBOZPUIFSTFSWJDFTFYBNJOBUJPOPSUSFBUNFOUUIBUJTQFSGPSNFEBTBSFTVMUPGBOEXJUIJO IPVSTPGSFTQPOEJOHUPUIFBEWFSUJTFNFOUGPSEJTDPVOUFEGFFFYBNJOBUJPOPSUSFBUNFOU$PTNFUJDEFOUJTUSZJTOPUSFDPHOJ[FEBTBTQFDJBMUZBSFBCZUIF"NFSJDBO%FOUBM"TPDJBUJPOPSUIF'MPSJEB#PBSEPG%FOUJTUSZ 'U 1DWDOLD $ 6WDGOHU *HW WKH VPLOH \RX YH DOZD\V ZDQWHG Lauderdale Lead Inspires Professionals Left to Right: Buddy Helland of the Good News, Pastor Josiah Graves of The Exchange Church and David Foreman with The Foreman-Cook Group at Merrill Lynch ask The Ques- tion: "What's Your Soccer Ball?" In 2004, three Christians were killed within the church in the United States. In 2016, 65 Christians and in 2017, 117 Christians were killed within church walls. On January 24, Dr. Andrew Surace discussed “Securing the Sacred” during a presentation at Trinity Inter- national University’s Kendall campus. His book, Securing the Sacred is filled with practi- cal steps and tools for pastors, security teams and church members, written by Surace and Eric Konohia. With over 35 years as a pastor, EMT and executive protection spe- cialist, Surace travels through- out the United States sharing ways to make our churches safer. In his presentation, Surace said, “It is important that we look at church security from a standpoint of wisdom, not fear.” Yes, hatred and intoler- ance seems to be increasing, but many other factors need to be considered. As Surace shared, most violent issues on safety within the church come from domestic disputes. We all need to ask our- selves why we enter the church and throw away all caution. Proverbs 22:3 states, “The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.” We know that the church is for the broken, so we need to be compassionate but aware. From left to right: Assist. Chief of Police, City of Miami, Dennis Jack- son II, Author and Speaker Dr. Andrew Surace , and James Barry Wright, CEO of Wright Worldwide Protection, LLC. Seminar on “Securing the Sacred” Addresses Church Safety