PUBLISHER 4 NOVEMBER 2020 www.goodnewsfl.org Good News • South Florida Edition South Florida Edition • Good News • November 2020 • Volume 22, Issue 8 PERSPECTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Freaking Out – by Stephan N. Tchividjian INSIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Thanksgiving Thoughts – by Rob Hoskins CHURCHUNITED . . . . . . . . .10 Church Connect – by Edwin Copeland VILLAGE HYMNS . . . . . . . . . .12 Nourish Your Nazareth – by Bill Brutus PARENTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Deserve or Serve? – by Dr. Bob Barnes & Torrey Roberts LIVE THE LIFE . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Does Loving Myself Have Any Bearing On Loving Others? – by Lisa May YOUASKWHY? . . . . . . . . . . .18 Surprised by Jesus – Giving Thanks for the True Bread fromHeaven – by Tommy Boland HEART AND SOUL . . . . . . . .20 Protecting and Serving Our Community– by Dr. Debra A. Schwinn LEADING CHARITIES AND FOUNDATIONS .21 – 40 MARKED BY THEWORD . .42 The Mathematics of the Gospel – by Dr. Warren A. Gage VIEWPOINT . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44 Freedom – by Romney C. Rogers GOODNEWS WANTS TO KNOW . . .46 – 48 What would your occupation be if you had followed your childhood dreams? CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 – 59 1 2 On The Cover 1.EddieCopeland,ExecutiveDirector,ChurchUnited;2.KevinEnders,President/CEO,4KIDSofSouthFlorida;3.LisaMay,ExecutiveDirector,Live theLifeSouthFlorida;4.Rev.Dr.TedGreer,Jr.,CEO,HOPESouthFlorida;5.ChrisTress,President/CEO, Urban Youth Impact; 6. Coach Rick Andreassen, Founder/President, SAINTS of Florida Homeschool P.E. & SAINTS International Sports Ministry; 7. Rick Aspden, Deputy CEO, Faith Farm Ministries; 8. JoAnne Daudt, President, StrikeForce421; 9. Laurie Sallarulo, President/CEO, Junior Achievement of South Florida; 10. Joseph Sica, MS, Executive Director, Adoption by Shepherd Care; 11. Chris Lane, President, First Priority of South Florida; 12. Joyce Feldman, President, BiG Children’s Foundation, Inc.; 13. Steve Solomon, Area Director, CBMC South Florida; 14. Darline B. Riggs, President/CEO, Christian Business Women Connection; 15. Ariana Reid, Executive Director, Hope Women’s Centers; 16. Desmond Cook, Metro Area Director,FellowshipofChristianAthletesBroward;17.SusanMichael,USADirector, InternationalChristianEmbassyJerusalem;18.JonLaria,ChiefFinancialOfficer,OneHope;19.GuyShashaty,Owner/CEO,BandofBrothers;20.RobinMartin, Executive Director, Rebuilding Together Broward County, Inc.; 21. Joanne Dively, MSW, Chief Operating Officer, Hannah’s Home of South Florida; 22. Marilyn Brummitt, VP, Miami Rescue Mission/Broward Outreach Centers; 23. Juan Gallo, CEO, Heart2Heart Outreach of South Florida; 24. Jaene Miranda, President/CEO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County, Inc.; 25. Tewannah Aman, Executive Director, Broward County Right to Life; 26. Coleen LaCosta, Executive Director, Speak Up ForKidsofPalmBeachCounty, Inc.;27.Dr.NormanR.Wise,ExecutiveDirector,LivingWaterCounseling;28.KirkBrown,ChiefExecutiveOfficer,HelpingAbusedNeglectedDisadvantagedYouth (HANDY) Inc.;29.OksanaHorton,President/Artistic Director,Torch&TrumpetTheaterCompany;30.StevenHolland,COO,LifeworkLeadershipSouthFlorida;31.RobertJ.DePasquale,WealthAdvisorSERegion,Thrivent-GladesAssociates;32.DanWest,Founder/ExecutiveDirector,Restoration Bridge International;33.Dr.ElizabethKing,Founder/CEO,Suits,StilettosandLipstickFoundation;34.GermilAgenor,V.P.ofEnrollment,SouthFloridaBibleCollege& theologicalSeminary;35.WendyElliott,Co-Founder/Trustee,EliteFoundation; 36. Tom DeRosa, Executive Director, Creation Studies Institute; 37. Suzanne Marcellus, Founder/President, House of Protection, Inc.; 38. Nancy Robin, CEO/Executive Director, Habitat for Humanity of Broward, Inc.; 39. Melodie Stoligrosz, Coach/RegionalConsultant,MinistryVenturesSouthFlorida/NCFSF;40.DavidKillian,ExecutiveDirector,PalmBeachCountyYouth forChrist;41.LoriChaisson,Founder/President, IntoTheClearing;42.Rev.JeffLee,CampusMinister,Reformed University Fellowship (RUF); 43. Mark Dhooge, President/CEO, Kids in Distress, Inc.; 44. Ashleigh Cromer, Executive Director, Be Strong; 45. Aggie Pappas, MSW, Regional Executive Director, Pace Center for Girls Broward; 46. Carolyn Lewis, Founder/CEO, God is Bigger than Cancer Foundation, Inc.; 47. Char Talmadge, Director, Rescue Upstream; 48. Adriana Gonzalez, Vice President, Flourish Your Faith Ministries; 49. Elizabeth Coldren, Executive Director, Grace Place School, Inc.; 50. Malena Mendez-Dorn, President/CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Broward County; 51. Andy Fernandez, CEO, Firewall Centers, Inc.; 52. Linda Cichon, Executive Director, Healthy Mothers, Health Babies Coalition of Broward County, Inc.; 53. Dr.JasonJackson,Chairman,UnitedNationsChaplainsAssociation;54.SherryFriedlanderOlsen,Founder/CEO,AChild IsMissing, Inc. PhotobyJustusMartinwww .justusmartinphoto.com 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 17 WE ARE GRATEFUL Most of us are just emerging from the mental lockdown of the Coronavirus pan- demic and have had little time to think about the glorious days of the Thanksgiving Holidays , but for the Good News staff this is the FourthAnnual "GOODNEWS: LEAD- INGCHARITIESAND FOUNDATIONS 2020-2021" special supplement. Our gift, bring- ing the much needed exposure for our local South Florida Charities that mostly work behind the scenes and toil in anonymity but desperately need volunteers, funding as- sistance and prayers. Life as we knew it has not been normal, so understanding that theAnnual Thanks- giving Issue, for us, begins in June because it takes a good four months of solid work to secure the photo location, send out, follow up and process the invitations, and, and, and....which is highly labor intensive, and in June almost everyone was closed and in bunker mentality....and learning that the Broward Center For The Performing Arts, the host site for our GN photo shoot for the first three years was, and still is closed! We were not going to buckle to the challenge or skip this year; it's too important. We updated our contact files, locating current addresses for people working remotely wherever possible, created and sent out our large priority mail invitation packets hoping the mailmen would find or hunt down our recipients, in- vitations without specific date OR location, just "late September or early October " and prayed. We began hunting for a Photo Shoot location; who would open for us in late September or early October? Our prayers were answered when First Baptist Fort Lauderdale stepped up and in, with open arms. We now had a location, date and time and began confirming back to each RSVP who intimated we will show up, face-mask in hand, when you give us the place and date. Praise God. Here is the fun shot of everyone wearing their masks at the moment the lighting was right, everyone was social seat distanced like a checkerboard by row, and master photographer Justus Martin said, "OK everyone, please take off your masks, hold your breath and SMILE, and I'll give the signal you can put your masks back on." We are grateful to the stellar 55 CEO's, Executive Directors or Founders, in our audience of peers , who showed up and are included in this Forth Annual Thanksgiving Edition, and to our readers, we hope you support and enjoy their mission statements; these are exceptional people and organizations! I would be remiss by not giving a special tip of the hat to our editor, Shelly Pond , who worked diligently and un- deterred while the Lord worked his miracles on her. Happy Thanksgiving, Les - Leslie J. Feldman - Advertising: We reach over 110,000 readers each month. 80,000 in print and 30,000 via our online digital edition. Placing an ad in our publication is affordable and effective to help grow your business. Call us today! Distribution: Available in more than 800 locations throughout South Florida. To become a free distribution point for the newspaper, please contact Shelly. The Good News is published by Good News Media Group, LLC, Reproduc- tion in whole or part strictly forbidden without the consent of the publisher. Copyright 2020. All rights reserved. Good News Media Group, LLC. PO Box 670368, Coral Springs, FL 33067 954-564-5378 • www.goodnewsfl.org Publisher: Leslie J. Feldman
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