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Family Life Noon Report – 5/27/24

Family Life Noon Report – 5/27/24

Our Memorial Day edition of the Noon Report today includes special extended interviews with

  • Chaplain Nelson Chapman of the Erie Veterans Administration Hospital
  • Retired Army Reservist and V.A. Chaplain Bren Bishop
  • Vietnam-era Navy Medic Dan Miller, with the story of the National Cemetery in the Southern Tier
  • Pastor Scott Wise of Family Church Fredonia

The music included in these stories includes

  • Taps“, the Civil-War era song, played at the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery
  • Journey Home“, a U.S. Army composer‘s song which is a tribute to her military grandfather, and all those who are brought home from battlefields to a hallowed resting place

 

 

Memorial Day 2024 – Special Feature – 5/27/24

Memorial Day 2024 – Special Feature – 5/27/24

Family Life has a special program for Memorial Day:

  • Emphasis on tributes of deceased military heroes (even more than a day off of work/school, and retail sales specials)
  • “Taps” and flag-folding rituals at military funerals
  • The history and significance of a National Cemetery
  • How Memorial Day can affect veterans who lost friends and colleagues in wartime and during deployments
  • A local pastor and a V-A chaplain reflect on the spiritual opportunities as we grieve and remember loved ones

Join Greg Gillispie and Bob Price at noon on Monday, as we tour Pennsylvania and New York for perspectives on Memorial Day.

 

(This Family Life News Special is also available on our podcast feeds, the Family Life Now mobile app, and you can download or share it from FamilyLife.org)

Hometown Heroes – Remembering our heroic war dead – 5/21/24

Hometown Heroes – Remembering our heroic war dead – 5/21/24

Remembering the Heroes from Hometowns in the Family Life region

As we approach Memorial Day, this Family Life News Feature takes you to the Veterans Administration National Cemetery at Bath, New York.

You will hear the stories of the war dead who were laid to rest there, many dating back to America’s Civil War.

Our story-telling guide for this radio-tour is Dan Miller, a volunteer at the museum at the National Cemetery.  Miller himself is a decorated war veteran who served as a Navy medic during the Vietnam War.

 

 

Issues in Education – Budgets, Absentees, Commencement Addresses – 5/20/24

Issues in Education – Budgets, Absentees, Commencement Addresses – 5/20/24

 

School Budget Vote in New York

Combatting Chronic Absenteeism

Controversial Graduation Speech

 

 

Dr. Ralph Kerr with the “Teaching and Learning Institute” sounds off on the important issues impacting our public schools each Monday on “Issues in Education”

 

Capital Connection – PA and NY’s biggest issues of the week – 5/17/24

Capital Connection – PA and NY’s biggest issues of the week – 5/17/24

Planned Parenthood Closing Up Shop at a PA location

Why Assisted Suicide is Bad Medicine

Trump Effect on State-by-state Races

Nassau County’s Transgender Athlete Ban

What to Watch for in the Closing Days of the Legislative Sessions

 

Christian lobbyists Jason McGuire and Michael Geer discuss the issues that impact Christian voters on this weeks’ edition of “Capital Connection”

 

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