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Family Life 5 O’Clock Update – 7/10/2024
This is our Wednesday update, including Kevin Williams evaluating the stormy and severe weather crossing Pennsylvania and New York this afternoon and evening.
Our full 15-minute Family Life 5 O’Clock Report returns tomorrow, following our one-day “Project TOWER” Fund Drive.
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Family Life Noon Update – 7/10/2024
This is our Wednesday update, including Kevin Williams’ forecast regarding severe weather in Pennsylvania and New York.
Our full-length Family Life Noon Report returns tomorrow, following our one-day “Project TOWER” Fund Drive.
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It’s “Hometown Heroes” on Family Life
This week’s guest on “Hometown Heroes” is Julie Palmer of PATH — a faith-based organization which fights against human trafficking in western New York.
P.A.T.H. is People Against Trafficking Humans and is headquartered at Depew NY.
Their programs offer prevention, education and restoration. The Enrichment Center in Buffalo offers practical support to any adult or youth who has become a victim of crime, assault, domestic violence, sex trafficking or labor trafficking.
They offer a 24/7 line for voice calls and texts: 716-601-5678. The website is pathofwny.org.
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PATH sponsors a Community Awareness Event and Luncheon on July 30. That day will feature displays created by some of the people who have escaped from their captivity by traffickers. Information is here.
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“Hometown Heroes” is a Tuesday Family Life News feature which seeks out people who, individually or through their groups and organizations, are active with bringing about positive change in their local communities.
Your host is Family Life News Anchor Mark Webster. Subscribe to this podcast to get an update each time a new episode is posted. You can search through and listen to archives at www.FamilyLife.org/NewsPodcasts.
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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.
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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:
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
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Family Life Noon Report – July 4, 2024
“Freedom & Faith”
On this special edition of the Family Life Noon Report:
[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.
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.
Family Life’s News Producer Greg Gillispie hosts this July 4 half-hour special.
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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.
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7/03/24 – 5 O’Clock Report
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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.
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Hometown Heroes – Mary Jo Major @ Lily House
Lily House helps women who are escaping human trafficking in the Dominican Republic.
Mary Jo Major tells us about this problem, the solutions that active people are bringing about, and a few of the stories of how important and life-changing this ministry is.
