Good News - February 2020

LOCAL 28 FEBRUARY 2020 www.goodnewsfl.org Good News • South Florida Edition Community of Hope Church, in Loxahatchee, invites you to join them for “Confronting Human Trafficking” on February 25th from 7 – 8:30 p.m. This event will bring to- gether faith-based min- istries at the forefront of the fight and will feature a 30-minute documentary, produced by Place of Hope, that allows people to really understand the modern day slavery cur- rently taking place right here in South Florida. “Florida is 3rd in the nation when it comes to human trafficking and Palm Beach County is 2nd in Florida, so we have a huge problem right here in our back- yard, and yet we still have a huge lack of awareness even in our own congre- gation,” said Dalia Para- tore, director of missional engagement at Commu- nity of Hope. “What I’m hoping to do is create that awareness for people to wake up to this problem, but it is also going to in- clude a call to action. What can we do within our community that is sustainable and is fulfill- ing a need?” “This will be our first event, but we are doing it in conjunction with all of these other ministries, so I really like the fact that we’re coming together on this,” she said. There will be a panel discussion following the documentary with repre- sentatives from Rescue Upstream, a ministry started at Journey Church; Hope for Free- dom, a ministry of Christ Fellowship; Place of Hope, amstate-licensed children’s organization providing foster care, family outreach and inter- vention; and Catholic Charities. Catholic Charities is going to speak to the heart of the victims, what it feels like to be in the process of restoration and how you can make a difference. Faith-Based Ministries Invite You to Confront Human Trafficking Shelly Pond Good News Editor