BreakPoint with Chuck Colson – Kids and Happiness Good News, Bad News by Prison Fellowship Ministry President Mark Earley. Good news for parents: Teenagers responding to a recent survey stated that it’s not things, but relationships, that make them happy. Even more good news: The relationships that make them happiest are their relationships with us, their parents! “So you’re between the ages of 13 and 24. What makes you happy?” began a report by the Associated Press. “Spending time with family was the top answer to that open-ended question. . . . Nearly three-quarters of young people say their relationship […]

On September 30, we have two special events planned. The first is a combined Sunday class for adults and senior high students. Children and middle school students will attend their regular classes. The second is a combined worship service.

Pastor John Scripture Reference: Romans 3:10-26

The Thermopylae of Christendom—Charles H. Spurgeon (1834 – 1892) Charles Spurgeon became pastor of Park Street Chapel in London before he was 20. His following grew to be so substantial that the 6000-seat Metropolitan Tabernacle was built for his preaching ministry. There he served from 1861 to 1891. He was three years into his seven-year pastorate at Park Street when he spoke the following words from “The Poor Have the Gospel Preached to Them.”1 By that time, the crowds were so great that he was forced into larger venues—in this case the music hall at Royal Surrey Gardens.

Carron Marrow’s Story August 22, 2007 An event planner named Carron Morrow says she had two choices when it came to treating a serious heart condition: Sign liability papers for an unusual new treatment—or drop dead. Not surprisingly, she chose to sign the papers—and became another stem-cell miracle: An adult stem-cell miracle, that is.

Pastor Otis Doherty Scripture Reference: Matthew 7:13-23

by Brent Thompson VICKSBURG, Miss. (BP)–When Justin Peters was born in Vicksburg, Miss., in 1973, the doctors knew right away that something was wrong. They decided not to tell Peters’ parents, who proudly took their first-born son home. It wasn’t long before they, too, noticed something was different about their baby boy. At the age of 1, Peters was formally diagnosed as having cerebral palsy.