11/12/24 5 O’ Clock Report
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Hometown Heroes – Christian mission in Central America – 11/12/24
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Hometown Heroes – Christian mission in Central America
(and a bonus Love Story!)
Peter and Tyanne Jurka are Mark Webster’s guests on this week’s “Hometown Heroes” feature. The Jurkas are longtime Christian mission workers, serving in Central America. She is from western Pennsylvania, and he grew up in western New York. Their children and grandchildren are also part of their ongoing ministry.
Their story — in their personal lives and the ways they have served people in international mission — are fascinating and heartwarming.
A video highlighting the results of their life-enhancing work is available from StorehouseMission.org.
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11/12/2024
Hometown Heroes – The Cost of Freedom (Part 2) – 10/29/24
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The Cost of Freedom – A place for wellness for military veterans
Part 2 of this Hometown Heroes feature from Family Life News
We continue our “Hometown Heroes” conversation about an effort to create a safe and healing place for people carrying the weight of the battles of war.
Dave Miller-Martini — a military veteran himself — is a board member for “The Cost of Freedom” Foundation, which commits itself to creating a veterans’ wellness and recovery retreat. Phase 2 of creating that retreat center is now underway at Tionesta, Pennsylvania.
For more information:
- The Cost of Freedom website is TheCostOfFreedom.org
- How faith plays into their plans to support veterans
- Their Mission Statement: The foundation “supports development and delivery of innovative holistic healthcare models that integrate faith, nature, mind, body, and spirit to produce individualized treatment care plans.”
Part 1 of this Family Life News interview is available here: Hometown Heroes 10/22/2024
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Hometown Heroes – The Cost of Freedom – 10/22/24
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Today’s edition of “Hometown Heroes” introduces you to Dave Miller-Martini.
He is with “The Cost of Freedom” Foundation, which commits itself to creating a veterans’ wellness and recovery retreat. Phase 2 of creating that retreat center is now underway.
Host Mark Webster went to their recent event in Tionesta, Pennsylvania, to bring you their story. (This is the first half of a two-part series.)
For more information:
- TheCostOfFreedom website
- How faith plays into their plans to support veterans
- Their Mission Statement: The foundation “supports development and delivery of innovative holistic healthcare models that integrate faith, nature, mind, body, and spirit to produce individualized treatment care plans.”
Part 2 of this feature is available here: Hometown Heroes 10/29/2024
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Hometown Heroes – Jenn Boyd of “Hope Walks” – 10/15/24
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This week’s guest on Family Life’s “Hometown Heroes” feature is Jenn Boyd of the “Hope Walks” ministry. It works from Pennsylvania, but provides international medical work to help relieve the physical limitations — and, just as important, the social and personal stigma — faced by many children who are born with Club Foot syndrome. Their emphasis is that a treatable condition shouldn’t keep a child from walking.
This ministry has provided treatments for more than 161,000 children in 14 nations.
Hear about how this medical mission work is transforming lives and communities. Tap the podcast player on this page. You can also go to FamilyLife.org/newspodcasts to download or share this conversation with other who you believe would be interested too. (That link also give you a subscribe option to be notified each time Mark Webster posts a new edition of his “Hometown Heroes” interviews.)
Jenn Boyd is the communications project coordinator for Hope Walks, based in York Springs, PA.
For more information:
- The website for Hope Walks is www.hopewalks.org
- A background video is called “Hope Prays, Heals, Impacts … and Walks”. Their site also has multiple other videos online to explain the problem, the mission’s ways of healing, and the first-person stories of the families whose lives are enhanced because of a surgery which is simple and common in the U.S.
Family Life Noon Report – 10/15/24
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Hometown Heroes – In My Father’s Kitchen – 9/17/24
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In My Father’s Kitchen
“Hometown Heroes” on Family Life
You have been at an intersection, where a homeless person is standing at that street corner, holding a cardboard sign asking for help. Many people drive by, which makes sense, because a cash handout might be diverted toward furthering an addiction.
Yet, one of those episodes became the spiritual calling for someone who knows a thing or two about feeding people. He bought a lunch, circled back, offered it to the man, and had a life-changing conversation. For both men.
John and Leigh-Ann Tumino launched In My Father’s Kitchen in 2011 to address the physical and spiritual hungers which were 
widespread in parts of Syracuse.
Chef John Tumino tells our Mark Webster about this ministry, the people it serves, and how the people who carry out this kind of loving work are transformed too.
You can find more about In My Father’s Kitchen from their website, online video and history.
IMFK also sponsors a program to help panhandlers and homeless individuals to build up work experience and skills. It is cleverly named “Hire Ground“.
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Hometown Heroes is a Tuesday feature from Family Life News. Find these inspiring stories during the Noon Report, 5 O’Clock Report, and our podcast feed. These are available from the website, our livestream, the Family Life Now app, and many podcast players. Listen, subscribe or download them by searching for “Family Life News”.
Bible2School – Time Out from the School Day for Faith Development -9/03/24
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Bible2School – Time Out from the School Day for Faith Development
A Family Life Interview with Kori Pennypacker
A Pennsylvania-based program gives students the opportunity to leave the school building each week for a Bible-based time of fun and learning.
Some might wonder how this can happen with secular elementary schools, but it is legal and successful for families who choose it.
Kori Pennypacker is President of Bible2School, which essential offers a voluntary option to have experiences similar to Sunday School or an interactive Vacation Bible School. It happens during recesses or lunch periods, offsite, so Bible2School is free to have faith-based content.
Pennypacker explains the program, tells us about how this program benefits students who are already in churches and those who don’t yet have any interactions with faith, and how Scripture and values education benefits school and communities.
This interview was our daily News Feature during the Family Life Noon Report on our network of nearly 70 radio stations across PA and NY — and on our live stream.
For more information:
- How 100 PA students used their state-approved “Release Time” to head out to get Bible-centered learning, starting in 1979
- Why courts have confirmed that this is legal, and how the program is spreading nationwide
- What happens during a Bible2School activity
- How you and your community can explore how to start Bible2School where you live
Hometown Heroes – Tim Kolpien – Elmira Impact – 8/27/24
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A hockey team which is making an impact in Elmira is seeking host families for its players.
Hear about the mission of the Elmira Impact teams from Tim Kolpien.
Family Life’s Bob Price asks him about the types of players who use the Impact as a path toward higher callings and future advancement in their sport.
For more information:
- The Elmira Impact website
- The program’s mission
- The search for “Billet Families” who welcome a player into their homes
- For churches and mission agencies who could use a little help on a special project, these players also carry out community service. You can contact the team with suggestions and requests to have these young men help.
“Hometown Heroes” on Family Life profiles individuals and programs in New York and Pennsylvania actively making a difference in their communities. Listen each Tuesday during the Noon Report and the 5 O’Clock Report, then find the current and previous podcast versions at www.FamilyLife.org/newspodcasts.
Hometown Heroes – Paul Marshall of Willow Network – 8/20/24
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Our weekly “Hometown Heroes” feature introduces you to people who find ways to live out their faith by helping their community. For this edition, Paul Marshall tells you his first person story of leading the Willow Network of Pregnancy Care Centers in Central New York. He has done so for 20 years, offering information and encouragement to women and couples who face unexpected or unsupported pregnancies.
For further information:
The Willow Network website is www.willownetwork.org
You can hear, share or download this and other episodes of “Hometown Heroes” from www.familylife.org/newspodcasts
