PUBLISHER 6 november 2024 www.goodnewsfl.org Good news • South Florida edition South Florida Edition • Good News • November 2024 • Volume 26, Issue 8 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, Reproduction in whole or part strictly forbidden without the consent of the publisher. Copyright 2024. 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 [email protected] Editor: Shelly Pond [email protected] Advertising & Marketing: Robert “Buddy” Helland Jr. V.P. Sr. Marketing Manager [email protected] Art Director: Milton McPherson [email protected] Associate Art Director: Joseph Sammaritano [email protected] Social Media Manager: Ariel Feldman [email protected] Editorial Assistant: Eric Solomon [email protected] Cover Photography: Justus Martin [email protected] PERSPECTIVE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 What Now? – by Stephan N. Tchividjian IN THE WORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Franklin Graham: Pray and Vote, But Put Your Hope in God – by Franklin Graham PARENTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12 Catching and Teaching Gratitude – by Dr. Bob Barnes and Torrey Roberts THE CODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Accountability: Don’t Leave Home Without It – by Dr. O.S. Hawkins MARRIAGE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 The Significance of Gathering – by Lisa May HEART AND SOUL . . . . . . . . . .18 The 2024 Presidential Election – Dr. James Todd FOSTER CARE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 A Sacred Opportunity – by Andrew Holmes CHURCH UNITED . . . . . . . . . .22 Churches Will Share Common Teaching Series Following Election – Edwin Copeland YOU ASK WHY? . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Thankful for the Master’s Majority – by Dr. Tommy Boland GOOD NEWS WANTS TO KNOW . . . . . .26 – 28 If you could have 15 minutes of FAME as an International Celebrity, how would you use that platform? GOOD NEWS SALUTES 2024 - 2025 LEADING CHARITIES AND FOUNDATIONS . . . . . . 29 - 52 INSIGHT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 The Gift of Community – by Rob Hoskins ENCOURAGEMENT . . . . . . . . .56 Time Is on My Side – by Omar Aleman LEGAL Q&A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 HOA Rights and Rules: Board Members Must Heed Newly Passed Rules – by William “Bill” C. Davell and Matt Zifrony WE GET LETTERS . . . . . .60 – 61 COMMUNITY NEWS . . . .62 – 72 CALENDAR . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 - 75 CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . .76 - 79 And Here We Are On The Cover Good News Salutes Leading Charities and Foundations 2024-2025 in the cover photo shoot graciously hosted by Pastor David Hughes and the talented team at First Baptist Fort Lauderdale. Front Row (L-R): Bob Hoskins, OneHope; Stephan Tchividjian, National Christian Foundation South Florida; Andrew Holmes, 4KIDS; Germaine Smith Baugh, Urban League of Broward County; Major Juan Guadalupe, The Salvation Army of Broward; Jack Brewer, The Jack Brewer Foundation; 2nd Row: Antonio Villasuso, The Caring Place; Christopher C. Simpson, CBMC International; Jennifer O’Flannery Anderson, Community Foundation of Broward; Lori Lassen, Rejoice Marriage Ministries; Don Campion, Egbe Medical Mission; Coach Rick Andreassen, SAINTS Homeschool P.E. ; 3rd Row: Sean Stepelton, The Stacy Foundation; Abby Mosher, Tomorrow’s Rainbow; Joy Wright, Hope Women’s Centers; Joyce Feldman, BiG Children’s Foundation; Dr. Mary Drabik, South Florida Bible College and Theological Seminary; 4th Row: Dr. Tomara Mays, Homeless Coalition of Palm Beach County; Rick Weber, Sheridan House Family Ministries; Coleen LaCosta, Speak Up For Kids; Nancy Robin, Habitat for Humanity of Broward, Inc.; Heather Palacios, Wondherful, Inc.; 5th Row: Matt Organ, Boys & Girls Club of Broward County; Tewannah Aman, Broward Right to Life; Antony Tchividjian, Calvary House; Dawn Liberta, Health Mothers Healthy Babies Coalition of Broward County; Desmond Cook, Fellowship of Christian Athletes; 6th Row: Robin Martin, Rebuilding Together Broward County, Inc.; Bill Tolia, CBMC South Florida; Suzanne Marcellus, House of Protection, Inc.; Dennis DeMarois, Gathering Palm Beach County; Chris Lane, First Priority of South Florida; Lisa May, Relate Well Live Well; Julie Price, Arc Broward; 7th Row: Elena Hershey, Suits, Stilettos & Lipstick Foundation; Adriana Gonzalez, Flourish Your Faith Ministries; James Drake, CityKeepers; Elizabeth Coldren, Grace Place School, Inc.; Mark Khouri, Food For The Poor; Dr. Fred Scarbrough, HOPE South Florida. Photo by Justus Martin. www.justusmartinphoto.com We approach Thanksgiving as we do each year with God’s grace. We start with great anticipation for this our 8th Annual Good News Special feature “Leading Charities and Foundations.” We say it’s a labor of love and with that love comes a lot of work, which in reality is our Good News Media Group mission statement. Who are we? What do we do? How do we do it, and why do we do it? We are a newspaper that parades as a magazine; that comes from a simple sense of pride that we can do better. What we do is to engage and collaborate with our Christian values in the secular marketplace. How do we do it? is the challenge. We have a small staff but much larger than Christian media groups around the country that seek to publish as we do; it takes dedication and perseverance. We create formats in our approach to bring the Good News to our village with enlightening features in an entertaining fashion. Finally, why we do it? It is our privilege to recognize all of the dedicated leaderservants that seek no sense of celebrity, but we feel it’s critically important to present their story and good deeds in hopes that you our readers will engage and volunteer and contribute your time, talent and treasure as God commands us to do. In the presentation of this issue, we start each June with the invitation process and gathering the critical data. We need to present and represent their efforts, factually and responsibly. Months later, we then invite the leadership of the charities and foundations to gather for their group cover photo feature. This year our 2024-2025 group assembled at First Baptist Fort Lauderdale, hosted by Pastor David Hughes and his staff. We began the morning with a one-and-a-half-hour registration and meet and greet where our 60 invites have an opportunity to mix and mingle, exchange business cards, ideas, thoughts and prayers with each other in preparation for the actual group photo that appears on the front cover of this issue. Each member of this group is either a founder, executive director or president of their charity or foundation; we call it an “audience of peers.” We are heartened to hear time after time among the attendees that they look forward to this annual gathering because, in most cases, it’s the only time they see each other on neutral ground, in fact, they find ways to share and collaborate for the benefit of the kingdom, which makes us proud and them happy. This is our Thanksgiving story of the Lord’s faithfulness. We were privileged to hear our keynote speaker Bob Hoskins, founder of One Hope global ministry, who proudly announced his 88th birthday and shared his story entering his 81st year in ministry. Please read and see the visuals of this year’s Thanksgiving feature starting on page 30. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Les - Leslie J. Feldman - Good News Publisher CONTENTS Good News • November • Volume 26 Issue 8
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