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If You Are On Facebook & Grandma is Not

May 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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If you and many family members have started to share information about your daily happenings as well as photos, you may see how fun it is to connect with loved ones and hear from them more than just one time a year at Christmas. One of the reasons I personally like Facebook is that I receive "real life" updates - about the dog that had to go to the vet after eating a rubber ball, the kid's school play, and even the whole family being sick. I know what to pray for for people today! And the information they share is not all sugar-coated like in the annual Christmas newsletter. But what about Grandma? Or is there someone in your family who refuses to jump on the FB bandwagon even though you have told them all about the fun photos and … [Read more...]

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Teen Starts “Wear iT Wednesday” to Spread Faith Message

May 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
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We thought this was a cool idea & it's always encouraging to see youth doing something for Christ. Although this isn't specific to illness, we thought you may want to pass it along to your own kids, gr&kids, youth pastors, etc. Maybe we should start a day where we wear a button or something to create more invisible illness awareness & where our true hope comes from too? _______________________________________ “Wear iT Wednesday™” is a grass roots movement which empowers Christian youth to show the joy of their faith as one community. Wear iT Wednesday™ is the idea of college senior, Chelsea Eubank. Chelsea’s vision is to register over 1,000,000 youth on www.wearitwednesday.com to gain their commitment to wear their favorite … [Read more...]

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Christian Grandparenting Support

September 29, 2009 By 3 Comments
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Are you a Christian grandparent? Are you raising your grandchildren? Many grandparents are! According to their web site, "Christian Grandparenting Network is a Christian organization devoted to challenging those in mid-life and beyond to finish the race well by living for future generations. CGN is committed to helping individuals and churches cultivate 'intentionality' in inter-generational ministry by focusing on and strengthening the grandparent-grandchild relationship. We live in a time when the darkness of sin and unrighteousness is sweeping over our land with ferocity seeking to engulf the minds and hearts of our youth and young families." They offer prayer support, articles, resources and even Grand "Camps." Related articles … [Read more...]

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