Family Life 5 O’Clock Report – 10/26/23
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Faith Under Fire – Clergy Appreciation – Pastors are “under fire” these days – 10/26/23
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Perspectives, especially during Clergy Appreciation Month: Relighting the fire in pastors’ souls
During this Clergy Appreciation Month, this Family Life interview gets an assessment on the stresses and challenges which local pastors and preachers have faced for multiple years.
The Rev. Sandy Hasenauer, a denominational official for 50+ American Baptist Churches in the Rochester/Genesee region of New York, talks about the trends of burn-out and flame-out demonstrated in national surveys. (A Barna survey says 48 to 52% of today’s pastors have “seriously considered leaving the ministry” in the past 12 months.) She offers some practical ways that congregations can boost their pastors in simple and practical ways.
Some techniques which are appreciated by clergy — and their families:
- simple handwritten notes and cards with a word of encouragement and thanks (handwritten messages, she says, stands out in an e-mail/texting atmosphere
- offering fair pay and benefits, and reevaluating this compensation annually
- attending worship in person (pastors have expressed a loss of energy when significant percentages of the church stay home to worship virtually)
Hasenauer tells us that while October is Clergy Appreciation month, there are many ways that church members and congregations’ leadership councils can pray for and demonstrate care for their pastors year-round.
Family Life Noon Report – 10/26/23
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Family Life Interview – Wars in Ukraine & the Middle East – Mike Aleprete – 10/25/23
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A global studies professor at a Pennsylvania Christian college sees geographic differences — but political parallels — between Russia’s war on Ukraine, and the aftermath of Hamas violence in southern Israel.
Doctor Mike Aleprete of Westminster College tells family life that it is a challenge for many in the American public to think long-term about international tensions. As an example, the international relations specialist says as Americans are focused on the Middle East, many heard nothing about the loss of civilian lives last week in a Ukrainian town:
Aleprete
offers his analysis of both wars, comments on the anti-Israel protests which are popping up in the U.S. and elsewhere, and discusses governmental posturing and choices made by terror cells.
Aleprete also offered initial analysis of the attacks on Israel last week on our Family Life Noon Report. That interview is available here.
Family Life Noon Report – 10/25/23
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Hometown Heroes – Christopher Knapp – Total Freedom – 10/24/23
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“Hometown Heroes” from Family Life
Helping people breaking the chains of addiction is the aim of a western New York ministry.
The man running that ministry has seen both sides of the consequences of drug use.
One-time addict Christopher Knapp is now director of Total Freedom in Darien Center. Total Freedom offers a long-term, residential approach that seeks to treat the whole person, to break the addiction cycle and then keep them free of it – all with the framework of Biblical principles:
Yes, there are immediate results that begin in the short-term. Knapp though emphasizes that their long-term, residential approach to the problem gives those struggling something that may have proven elusive until they arrived: time.
Total Freedom describes its mission as “helping people overcome addictions and destructive lifestyles.” Their emphasis is not to be a rehab program but a process toward a complete lifestyle change — under the guidance of the Holy Spirit.
More information, videos, and an application are available from their website.
Family Life Noon Report – 10/24/23
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Issues in Education – Conferences, Scores, and more – 10/23/23
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“Issues in Education” on Family Life
It’s Parent-Teacher Conferences time. How can parents and guardians make these meetings most effective and helpful for students. Former school administrator and now education watchdog Ralph Kerr gives his insights and advise on this edition of our Monday news feature “Issues in Education”. There are several questions which are particularly fruitful for this mid-semester check-in.
Also this week, Dr. Kerr talks about interactions parents and other constituents can have with their local school board, plus an update on standardized test scores.
Dr. Ralph Kerr with the “Teaching and Learning Institute”. TLI describes its mission as the emphasis to get Christians involved in their local public schools and become candidates for school board. The institute studied a recent election where fully half of 139 western New York school districts only had one candidate running for each of the open seats.
Family Life Noon Report – 10/23/23
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091 Rise Up: Recess
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It’s one of the best part of the school day…that break between lunch and going back to class. Find out what Steve, Terese and Tim’s favorite recess activities were.
Then: the candy corn no one needed.
Rise Up is a morning radio show hosted by Steve, Terese & Tim, on Family Life, a network of stations across New York and Pennsylvania. Our podcast is a weekly conversation that will help you think and grow in your faith. If you haven’t already, subscribe today, so you don’t miss a single episode! Listen online and find out more about our show at familylife.org.
