Source: Princeton Daily Clarion
Fort Branch, Indiana
A local pageant is spreading awareness and raising funds for Isaiah 1:17 Project, a local organization that gives “blessing bags” to children entering foster care.
On Saturday, May 20, the Beauty for Ashes beauty pageant will start at 10 a.m. for ages 0-6 and at 1 p.m. for ages 7-18 at the Vincennes University Gibson County Center Auditorium in Fort Branch.
The organization also hosts a benefit extravaganza from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. the same day at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt featuring live music, art, food, games and other activities.
Pageant Director Amanda Parker the VU-Fort Branch event features 30 contestants. In addition to the pageant, the participants accepted a "sock challenge," where they bring as many socks as they can to fill bags for foster children. Whoever brings the most socks wins a surprise prize package.
Parker said she thinks the pageant is a good way to promote the Isaiah 1:17. Contestants who place in the pageant will serve as ambassadors of the project, being at different events and helping to fill bags.
“This is not something where the girls get a sash and crown and you don’t see them until next year,” she said. “You will see them at different events.”
Parker said the goal of the project is to help children when they’re first brought to foster care with “blessing bags” that include toiletries, pajamas, books, socks, water and other items, depending on the age of the child. She said everything in the bag will be new.
She said they want to start in Gibson County and then branch out. “The long term goal is to be as nationwide as possible,” Parker said.
She said she got involved with the organization from one of her friends serving on the board. “I jumped on board and from there, it was the one way I can give back.”
For more information or to donate to the project, visit the Facebook page: The Isaiah 1:17 Project.
May 15, 2017
Apr 4, 2017
Utah rescuers 'accidentally' find family that was stranded for 2 days
ABC News
April 4, 2017
"We sat on a sandbar and basically said 'God, can you give us a hand here? We're out of options,'" he said, adding that within "two minutes" the DPS helicopter came.
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April 4, 2017
"We sat on a sandbar and basically said 'God, can you give us a hand here? We're out of options,'" he said, adding that within "two minutes" the DPS helicopter came.
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Mar 16, 2017
Should Conservative American Christians Be Alarmists?
The Christian Post
March 16, 2017
"Alarmist" has become the newest label given to conservative Christians who raise concerns about the current trajectory of the culture in general or churches in particular. Like other labels — fundamentalist, theocrat, reconstructionist — the word itself is now used as a slur, and once deployed, the user feels no need to justify the accuracy of their claim.
Do conservative American Christians have legitimate reasons to be alarmed?
The meteorologists warning of winter storm Stella this week were alarmist also. Was that a bad thing?
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March 16, 2017
"Alarmist" has become the newest label given to conservative Christians who raise concerns about the current trajectory of the culture in general or churches in particular. Like other labels — fundamentalist, theocrat, reconstructionist — the word itself is now used as a slur, and once deployed, the user feels no need to justify the accuracy of their claim.
Do conservative American Christians have legitimate reasons to be alarmed?
The meteorologists warning of winter storm Stella this week were alarmist also. Was that a bad thing?
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In marijuana-ripe region, church defends the faith
Baptist Press
March 16, 2017
REDWAY, Calif. (BP) -- "At one time there were three very healthy churches in Redway and now we are the last church standing."
Dave Seaford, pastor of First Baptist Church in the northern California town of 1,200, ventured to one of the nation's most fertile regions for growing marijuana, legally and illegally, in 2014.
The small congregation -- some aging, others part-time workers -- felt a burden for Redway's secularity and "sacrificed to bring us here," said Seaford, former pastor of a North Carolina church founded by Norm Geisler, one of the leading experts in the field of apologetics. Seaford, likewise, is a seasoned defender of the Christian faith, with a reach of more than 2,500 Facebook friends.
First Baptist, organized in 1952, was without a fulltime pastor for three years. Knowing they needed a strong counterpoint to the free-thinking mindset of most people in the area, they approached Seaford.
March 16, 2017
REDWAY, Calif. (BP) -- "At one time there were three very healthy churches in Redway and now we are the last church standing."
Dave Seaford, pastor of First Baptist Church in the northern California town of 1,200, ventured to one of the nation's most fertile regions for growing marijuana, legally and illegally, in 2014.
The small congregation -- some aging, others part-time workers -- felt a burden for Redway's secularity and "sacrificed to bring us here," said Seaford, former pastor of a North Carolina church founded by Norm Geisler, one of the leading experts in the field of apologetics. Seaford, likewise, is a seasoned defender of the Christian faith, with a reach of more than 2,500 Facebook friends.
First Baptist, organized in 1952, was without a fulltime pastor for three years. Knowing they needed a strong counterpoint to the free-thinking mindset of most people in the area, they approached Seaford.
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Mar 14, 2017
FROM SWEAT SHOP TO SWEET SERVICE
Christian and Missionary Alliance
March 14, 2017
One of the blessings from serving in Thailand almost 25 years is getting to experience “more of the story”—how God works in marvelous ways in the lives of His people.
We first met Noi at the second church we helped plant in 2003. She was 18 years old and had already been in Bangkok for six years. She worked 10–16 hours a day in a sweat shop making silver jewelry.
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March 14, 2017
One of the blessings from serving in Thailand almost 25 years is getting to experience “more of the story”—how God works in marvelous ways in the lives of His people.
We first met Noi at the second church we helped plant in 2003. She was 18 years old and had already been in Bangkok for six years. She worked 10–16 hours a day in a sweat shop making silver jewelry.
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Mar 12, 2017
Three Questions to Ask Before Watching a Movie
DesiringGod.com
February 15, 2014
It’s never been easier to watch movies, and lots of them.
Netflix, which leads the race as the top online streaming service, provides more than 10,000 movie options for its 40 million subscribers — and it’s flanked by formidable competitors like Hulu Plus, Redbox, and Amazon Prime. Considering the sheer crowd on this track, and each one’s continued efforts to specialize its features, the movie industry doesn’t appear to be slowing down.
Add to this online surge the weekly box office numbers, and one thing is clear: a lot of us are watching a lot of movies.
And let’s face it, they’re not all good movies. In fact, many of them are bad. And I mean bad in every sense — poor storylines, debaucherous scenes, shaky acting — there are plenty of ways it could go wrong. Which means, there are plenty of ways to ruin your evening by watching a movie. Therefore, we should think carefully before devoting hours of our lives to the screen, whether at home or in a theater. So, in hopes of more thoughtful entertainment, here are three questions a Christian might ask before watching a movie.
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February 15, 2014
It’s never been easier to watch movies, and lots of them.
Netflix, which leads the race as the top online streaming service, provides more than 10,000 movie options for its 40 million subscribers — and it’s flanked by formidable competitors like Hulu Plus, Redbox, and Amazon Prime. Considering the sheer crowd on this track, and each one’s continued efforts to specialize its features, the movie industry doesn’t appear to be slowing down.
Add to this online surge the weekly box office numbers, and one thing is clear: a lot of us are watching a lot of movies.
And let’s face it, they’re not all good movies. In fact, many of them are bad. And I mean bad in every sense — poor storylines, debaucherous scenes, shaky acting — there are plenty of ways it could go wrong. Which means, there are plenty of ways to ruin your evening by watching a movie. Therefore, we should think carefully before devoting hours of our lives to the screen, whether at home or in a theater. So, in hopes of more thoughtful entertainment, here are three questions a Christian might ask before watching a movie.
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Movie Review: The Shack
ChristianAnswers.net
March 12, 2017
After 10 years, the best-selling novel by William Paul Young has become a major motion picture release. The Shack was a novel that stirred much controversy within evangelical circles when it was first published, and that has not changed with the movie. Major evangelical leaders have flown new flags of warning against the dangers in the film, but others have taken up the flag and championed the movie, buying blocks of tickets and encouraging their followers to see the movie. Outreach, an evangelical, nondenominational magazine that often features articles by many of the leading mega-church pastors, has published a sermon guide and other materials intended to help churches teach from the movie’s themes and engage their communities, hoping to bring people closer to God.
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March 12, 2017
After 10 years, the best-selling novel by William Paul Young has become a major motion picture release. The Shack was a novel that stirred much controversy within evangelical circles when it was first published, and that has not changed with the movie. Major evangelical leaders have flown new flags of warning against the dangers in the film, but others have taken up the flag and championed the movie, buying blocks of tickets and encouraging their followers to see the movie. Outreach, an evangelical, nondenominational magazine that often features articles by many of the leading mega-church pastors, has published a sermon guide and other materials intended to help churches teach from the movie’s themes and engage their communities, hoping to bring people closer to God.
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Mar 10, 2017
Gaston church rebuilds after being wrecked by truck
NWI.com
March 9, 2017
Siding is still being installed on the outside of the church, but the congregation is getting ready to worship this Sunday at the Living Hope Christian Church.
The sign outside the church reads "Church is a gift from God some assembly required"; while this might otherwise mean it takes a congregation to worship, this saying takes on a different meaning for a church that has literally had to reassemble the pieces after a semi pulling a flatbed trailer on Interstate 69 crashed through the building in December, severely damaging the structure.
The damage has been repaired and a few updates made to the spaces that were destroyed. That means it is time for the church congregation homecoming.
Claudette Shields, a member since the church's founding 12 years ago, said it was like coming home.
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God Inspires would like to ask all of our readers and members to keep this church in your prayers. It is obvious that God has something special in mind here and we are believing His Glory will be manifest by the love and service that these church members are experiencing. Praise God there are churches like this one who know how to pick up the pieces and keep going...
March 9, 2017
Siding is still being installed on the outside of the church, but the congregation is getting ready to worship this Sunday at the Living Hope Christian Church.
The sign outside the church reads "Church is a gift from God some assembly required"; while this might otherwise mean it takes a congregation to worship, this saying takes on a different meaning for a church that has literally had to reassemble the pieces after a semi pulling a flatbed trailer on Interstate 69 crashed through the building in December, severely damaging the structure.
The damage has been repaired and a few updates made to the spaces that were destroyed. That means it is time for the church congregation homecoming.
Claudette Shields, a member since the church's founding 12 years ago, said it was like coming home.
Read more...
God Inspires would like to ask all of our readers and members to keep this church in your prayers. It is obvious that God has something special in mind here and we are believing His Glory will be manifest by the love and service that these church members are experiencing. Praise God there are churches like this one who know how to pick up the pieces and keep going...
Taylor lecture addresses religious freedom
Chronicle-Tribune
March 10, 2017
The Heritage Foundation’s Ryan T. Anderson tackled pressing arguments about religious liberty and LGBT discrimination in the United States at Taylor University Thursday night.
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March 10, 2017
The Heritage Foundation’s Ryan T. Anderson tackled pressing arguments about religious liberty and LGBT discrimination in the United States at Taylor University Thursday night.
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Mar 6, 2017
Mennonite Youth Choir Festival is next weekend
The Elkhart Truth
March 5, 2017
“Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,” Ephesians 5:9. This Bible scripture verse is basis and mission of the 26th Mennonite Youth Choir Festival set for March 11 -12 at Goshen College and featuring 125 young singers from throughout the Midwest who will perform sacred choral music.
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March 5, 2017
“Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,” Ephesians 5:9. This Bible scripture verse is basis and mission of the 26th Mennonite Youth Choir Festival set for March 11 -12 at Goshen College and featuring 125 young singers from throughout the Midwest who will perform sacred choral music.
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