The week of Ground Hog Day is an opportune time to visit Jefferson County, Pennsylvania. Punxatawney, Brookville, and the rest of the region have lots of natural wonder, ties to history, and at least two major sports figures who made claims to fame in their careers. Find out about Cook Forest and Clear Creek State …
Bringing Jesus to Europe’s war zone: Family Life’s “Hometown Heroes” A Pennsylvania-based Christian evangelist is back in Ukraine, sharing food and hope in and near that war zone. Family Life’s Mark Webster reconnected with Jeff Seigworth on his way to a return trip with the A-1-8 mission organization. He talks about the relative dangers for …
A group called MAP — Mission to Amish People — seeks to provide encouragement and discipleship resources to anyone who leaves an Amish lifestyle and seeks to live out their faith differently than they were raised. Many of those who turn away from the faith of their early lives find that they need practical assistance …
A group called MAP — Mission to Amish People — seeks to provide encouragement and discipleship resources to anyone who leaves an Amish lifestyle and seeks to live out their faith differently than they were raised. This is the first of our two-part conversation with Samuel Girod, a missionary with MAP. (Click his picture …
A Tonawanda Church invites the surrounding communities to experience first-hand what Jesus experienced on the original Good Friday. Their interactive Good Friday experience takes place on Good Friday, March 29. Guests can drop in for as long or as little as they like, anytime between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. First Trinity Lutheran Church is …
Hannah Farley is the Community Outreach Manager for the University of Rochester Cancer Services Program of the Finger Lakes Region. For more information on available services, visit their website. Family Life’s “Hometown Heroes” interviews intriguing people from throughout Pennsylvania and New York who carry out inspirational, life-changing work. Tap the Hometown Heroes icon for more …
“Hometown Heroes” from Family Life Hannah Farley does outreach to encourage people who are 45 and older to get checked for early signs of cancer. In this Family Life News interview, she says some residents of rural areas have a bias which prevents them from wanting to get cancer screening. Farley finds though that it …
Syracuse-based missionary Dan Sorber just left for Cuba. Before his departure, he talked with Family Life News about faith, Christian freedom, and today’s realities in a Communist nation. Sorber sees the changes that have opened up across his 15 previous visits to Cuba. When government officials and the general population face desperation and economic disaster, …
Family Life’s “Hometown Heroes” Feature COPE is “Children of Opioid Parents and Empowerment”. The program in Chautauqua County, New York, offers of full year of services to children and teens who lost a parent to an opioid overdose. Bill Matteson is the executive director of the COPE Foundation 19. He knows this tragedy personally. One …
It’s Family Life’s “Hometown Heroes” Celebrate the congregations and volunteers in our listening area who created a magical, memorable evening for hundreds of special guests The Night to Shine has become a global movement across the past decade, and numerous local churches are plugged in — many of them since the early days …
