Feb 25, 2013
First Baptist Church in Riverview was the location for the Tampa premier for a new faith-based movie starring Erik Estrada on Sunday, March 24. Estrada was present at the church for the film to meet and chat with more than 400 parents and teens in attendance to see his movie, Finding Faith. Estrada is best(…)
Jan 31, 2013
By Sandy Meyer Grace Community United Methodist Church is excited to announce some brand new events beginning in February. On Saturday, February 16, Grace Community UMC will launch its new service, which will be held every Saturday at 6:05 p.m. The new service is an alternative worship service for those who aren’t able to attend(…)
Nov 21, 2012
While you are out shopping for all of those fabulous holiday gifts this year, stop by the Sincerely Santa table located outside of Dillard’s at the Westfield Brandon Mall and pick up a letter from a child and help fulfill his or her Christmas wishes. Sincerely Santa is a 501(c)(3) non-profit started in 1987 strives(…)
Nov 18, 2012
By Kayla Hayes It’s hard for some of us to imagine a church so great that even our children jump out of bed to attend, but that’s just the response that Access Church of Lakeland gets. Lead Pastor Jason Burns said “We want you to love church. We created the kind of church I wanted(…)
Nov 18, 2012
By Derek Maul My wife, Rebekah, and I have been remodeling our Valrico home and digging up the garden a little over 16 years now. On the map, and even according to the original survey, the structural “footprint” looks exactly the same. However, with new features like a gourmet kitchen, completely remodeled bathrooms, re-imagined living(…)
Nov 18, 2012
By Derek Maul For Rodney Body, who recently retired from South Georgia, accepting the call to the pulpit of First United Methodist Church of Seffner was a lot like coming home. “Florida has always been in my blood,” Body said. “We moved to Plant City when my dad was laid off from the railroad in(…)
Nov 18, 2012
By Dr. Reba Haley It would be beneficial to look at the effects that a person’s childhood has on the way he/she parents their children or child. It is clear that an individual learns how to communicate and relate to significant others by observing social interactions. People communicate and relate from their point of(…)
Nov 18, 2012
By Kayla Hayes New life Village, an intergenerational community in Tampa dedicated to helping children out of foster care, understands that it truly does take a village to raise a child. According to Fostering Court Improvement there are more than 2,000 children in foster care in Hillsborough County alone. Imagine a community where neighbors and(…)
Nov 18, 2012
By Debora Coty Why on earth would that woman want a meeting with me? I hung up the phone, puzzled. Margaret had long been dissing me, ignoring my phone calls and e-mails, and walking past me at church like I was invisible for the past ten years. And now she wanted to take me to(…)
Nov 18, 2012
By Libby Hopkins Human trafficking has become the second fastest growing criminal enterprise after drugs. It is a $32 billion enterprise with 27 million affected globally. Tampa Bay is rated number five in the country for sex trafficking and at one point was rated number one. The Rachel Project wants to raise awareness about this(…)
