7/8/24 5 O’ Clock Report
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Missions Pulse – Door International’s ministry to deaf communities around the globe – 07/08/24
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Door International’s ministry to deaf communities around the globe
Family Life’s “Missions Pulse” feature
The people who are served by the ministry organization Door International cannot hear this Family Life news feature.
Which is all the more reason why you should listen to this.
Rob Myers and Door’s other workers and volunteers are active in an evangelism effort to reach out to a people group in which only 1 of every 50 people are followers of Jesus. The outreach is to deaf individuals and communities. Myers “opens the door” for our listeners to understand why it is so hard to share Good News and provide Scriptures to deaf people.
Door says the most fruitful evangelists to deaf people — in whatever nation it is — are Christ’s believers who also cannot hear. As is true in many other faith-sharing efforts, people with direct connections to the indiginous population have an authority and a commeraderie that outsiders need to take long times to develop. Church planters and evangelists who share the same un-hearing circumstances as other deaf people often are best able to bring those people to a relationship with Jesus.
The ministry also is active in translating 110 Biblical narratives into sign languages. This is a massive task — if you are thinking only about ASL (American Sign Language), you are forgetting about the other 375 sign languages around the world.
For more information:
- Door International‘s story, purpose and techniques
- The significant challenges and opportunities faced by deaf people, especially when considering how to compassionately, respectfully minister with them.
- Hear more stories of Bible translation efforts, other evangelization projects, and Christian relief ministries from the Missions Pulse collection at www.FamilyLife.org/newspodcasts.
7/5/24 5 O ‘Clock Report
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National Soaring Museum – Elmira NY – Staycation Destinations – 7/05/24
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National Soaring Museum – Elmira NY – Staycation Destinations
The Soaring Museum is an interesting placed to visit any time, but the week ahead (July 6-13) has a unique event while comes to our listening area only once every four years.
Some two dozen motorless aircraft “descend” on Elmira, New York for the International Vintage Sailplane Meet. The event is free and open to the public.
Sailplanes are more than “gliders”. Gliders are towed into the air and remain aloft only as long as they can resist gravity. Sailplanes though are specially engineered to catch the updrafts and wind currents so they can stay aloft much longer.
Local aviation historian Traff Doherty is our guest for this week’s “Staycation Destinations”. He provides:
- details about the experiences for spectators of the Sailplane Meet
- history of how the unpowered planes were used, especially in wartime
- why Harris Hill and Elmira became the center of the national Sailplane community
- more about the National Soaring Museum, for anyone who wants to visit — during the Meet, or beyond those eight days
For further information:
This month’s Sailplane Meet: details about July 6-13
National Soaring Museum: guest information (the museum is open year-round, Wednesdays through Sundays)
America’s “Soaring Capital”: the history of how motorless aviation developed in the Elmira region
The U.S. Soaring Hall of Fame: the people & their stories
Family Life Noon Report – July 4, 2024
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Family Life Noon Report – July 4, 2024
“Freedom & Faith”
On this special edition of the Family Life Noon Report:
- Actor Gary Sinise tells his story of how portraying Lieutenant Dan changed his life, and how he and his movie character has changed the lives of those in military service, their families, veterans, and — especially — disabled veterans.
[Spoiler alert: Forrest Gump’s commanding officer became a paraplegic because of his military service in Vietnam.]
The award-winning, generational-touchstone movie Forrest Gump entered America’s consciousness — and our national conscience — when it debuted 30 years ago this weekend.
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- Christian professor Caleb Verbois gives us insight into how the Christian faith shaped America’s founding generation and their documents. The Declaration of Independence and the U.S Constitution are rooted in Biblical tradition and Christian priorities.
- Political History professor Jeff Bloodworth talks about the extreme personal risks taken by Colonists who chose to rebel against the British king. He also told us that modern-day political turmoil and divisiveness is nothing new. Debate, derision and name-calling are a quintessial aspect of being a democracy — and has been throughout two and a half centuries of U.S. history.
- The “free exercise” and “establishment” clauses are the parallel protections of religious freedom in the First Amendment. But, as we hear from Biblical scholar Paul Kemeny, the United States might have come close to having one official religion for at least some colonies in the new nation, but it was stopped by protests in the decade between the Declaration and the Constitution. Without that early advocacy for full religious liberty without government entanglements, freedom of religion would have been shaped very differently.
Our guests for this Faith & Freedom-themed holiday special:
Dr. Caleb Verbois is Professor of Political Science at Grove City College (Erie, Pennsylvania)
Dr. Jeff Bloodworth is Professor of History and Director of the Public Service and Global Studies Program at Gannon
Dean Paul Kemeny leads the School of Arts and Letters, as well as teaching Bible and Religious studies at Grove City College
Academy-award-winning actor Gary Sinise portrayed Forrest Gump’s commanding officer (and First Mate on Gump’s shrimp boat) in the 1994 movie Forrest Gump. His Gary Sinise Foundation is active in supporting current and previous American service personnel.
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- The American Veterans Center conducted the Gary Sinise interview. You can listen to or watch his longer conversation about Forrest Gump, Apollo 13, his full acting and directing career, and how disabled veterans have given him spiritual renewal and a meaningful life purpose.
Family Life’s News Producer Greg Gillispie hosts this July 4 half-hour special.
July 4 Special – Family Life News – 7/04/24
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The Founders & and the Influence of Faith
Partisanship in Revolutionary Times … & in Ours
What Forrest Gump’s Lieutenant Dan shows veterans & civilians about Vietnam & about Hope
Colonials & the Earliest Debates on Religious Liberty
This is our Independence Day Holiday Special from Family Life News.
Greg Gillispie is your host for this series of special interviews for this patriotic weekend.
7/03/24: Jamaica & Hurricane Beryl
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Jamaica & Hurricane Beryl
A Family Life Interview
A Category 4 Hurricane is bearing down on the tiny island nation of Jamaica, with 145 mile an hour winds. Nestled on a clifftop overlooking the southernmost part of the island is a ministry called “Follow the Source,” a subsidiary of “Source of Light” Ministries. They teach the Bible to 25-hundred public schooled kids each day. Family Life News Anchor Sarah Harnisch sat down with ministry head Elaine Schiffer to take an inside peek at what it takes to protect a ministry under a hurricane. To learn more, you can email Elaine directly at elaine [at] followsource.org
Portions of this interview aired during the Family Life 5 O’Clock Report on Wednesday, July 3.
7/03/24 – 5 O’Clock Report
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The Closing of Clarks Summit – a Family Life Interview – 7/03/24
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The Closing of Clarks Summit – a Family Life Interview
Clarks Summit University, a Christian college and seminary in eastern Pennsylvania, has ceased operations. While there is grief and sadness surrounding the school’s closure this week, One leader on their staff shares with Family Life News stories of positive responses as well — gratitude, celebration, and a commitment to hope.
Lynze Mewhort has served as a program director and a dorm parent supporting students there. She talks about the immediate reactions among the students and staff at Clarks Summit, appreciation for what the school has done to shape lives and communities across its 90+ year history, and arrangements now underway to help current students transition to their next places.
This interview was part of the Family Life Noon Report on Wednesday, July 3.
Pennsylvania Congressman Glenn Thompson offered his reflections on Clarks Summit on Tuesday, July 2.
7/2/24 5 O ‘Clock Report
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7/2/24 5 O ‘Clock Report
