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31 Jul

Posted at 14:51h in Faith, Family, Ministry by
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Dr. Sharen Ford is a nationally-recognized child welfare consultant and the retired Manager for Permanency Services for the Colorado Department of Human Services in the Division of Child Welfare Services. She retired with 30 years of comprehensive work history with the department. She currently serves as the Director for Foster Care and Adoption at Focus on the Family and is as committed as ever to raising awareness regarding the need for every child to have a quality family.

Dr. Ford joins us today to discuss foster parenting and the challenges and rewards associated with it.

Dr. Sharen Ford – Focus on the Family

29 Jul

Posted at 15:01h in Community, Education, Family by
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Melissa Juarez, Jim Murphy, Terry Heisey, and Wade Randall discuss the value of private Christian Education, and the success their students are having at the elementary, middle,  and high school levels! Students graduating from Hope High School are also experiencing a high degree of success in college, trade schools, and in the work force.  Hope offers advanced academics, athletics, art, music, and spiritual encouragement as essential elements of an education at Hope Christian Schools.  Melissa is the Dean of Students. Jim is the Athletic Director, Terry is the Head of School, and Wade is the High School Principal. Hope Chrisitan Schools serve students pre-k through 12! More information is available at https://www.hopechristianschool.org/.

 

25 Jul

Posted at 16:52h in Community, Local Issues, Politics, Public Policy by
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Carla Sonntag is the President and CEO of the New Mexico Business Coalition (https://nmbizcoalition.org/), and Better Together New Mexico  (https://bettertogethernewmexico.org). Since 2009, NMBC has been a nonpartisan, non-profit voice for businesses and all New Mexicans. BTNM promotes public policies based on the principles of less government, individual freedom, free enterprise, and traditional American values.

Today she joins us to discuss current New Mexico Townhall meetings.

25 Jul

Posted at 09:26h in Abortion, Community, Ministry, Women by
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Care Net Pregnancy Centers of Albuquerque provide FREE pregnancy services, including testing and ultra-sounds. Paula Gonzales is the Executive Director of Care Net Pregnancy Centers of Albuquerque, and Jaden Ortiz is the Creative Director.

Today, they join us to share updates on this ministry and to discuss CareNet’s upcoming “Walk for Life” event, sharing details on how to participate and what participants can expect.

 

Home | CareNet Pregnancy Center of Albuquerque | Albuquerque, NM (carenetabq.com)

22 Jul

Posted at 11:13h in Children, Community, Mental Health by
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Rio Rancho High School freshman students, Aaron Christensen (pictured Left), and Jack Skousen (pictured right) are Co-Chairs of the upcoming Harmonies of Hope dinner concert, on August 17 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm at the Sandia Presbyterian Church.  Harmonies of Hope is a charity dinner concert that will benefit The Grief Center. A ticket to the concert will include dinner and a night of inspiring and uplifting music performed by members of our community. Tickets are available for adults, students, and families. Children 2 and under may attend at no cost. Suzie Blake (pictured in the center) is the Director of Development for The Grief Center. She explained what a great job Aaron and Jack had done in recruiting other students to perform at the concert while helping to organize the event. For ticket and donation information go to https://griefnm.org/event/harmonies-of-hope/.

Director of Education, Mickey Kivitz joins Suzie in the second half of the show explaining how the grief of losing his brother motivated him to help people as a volunteer with The Grief Center.

 

19 Jul

Posted at 17:15h in Faith, Family, Finances by
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John Moore Associates helps clients plan their finances according to biblical principles. They bring a servant’s heart to all they do, with caring, attentive, proactive, and responsive service to their clients and colleagues. They consistently find real solutions to clients’ challenges to optimize stewardship.

Brian Cochran of John Moore Associates joins us for his weekly financial update.

 

Managing wealth using Biblical Principles – John Moore Associates

19 Jul

Posted at 17:05h in Community, Politics, Public Policy by
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Every day, The Heritage Foundation is building an America where freedom, opportunity, prosperity, and civil society flourish.

Heritage’s mission is to formulate and promote public policies based on the principles of free enterprise, limited government, individual freedom, traditional American values, and a strong national defense.

Genevieve Wood of the Heritage Foundation joins us today to discuss the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and its implications for the United States.

The Heritage Foundation

 

19 Jul

Posted at 10:09h in Bible, Faith, Ministry by
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Josh Zeichikis the Director of Church Engagement at Focus on the Family. He is pursuing his doctorate with an emphasis in Pastoral Leadership and is the author of the book, Help, My Parents Abused Me When I Was a Kid.

 

He joins us today to discuss the appropriate response to sin and moral failure in Christian leaders. Drawing on his expertise in ministry and counseling, he shares insights on how to process the pain that results from such moral failure.

 

Josh Zeichik – Focus on the Family

18 Jul

Posted at 16:49h in Discipleship, Faith, Ministry by
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Bill Campbell is an author who joins us to discuss his book “Renewal Journey”, a devotional tour of some of the greatest revivals in Scripture and in history. Renewal Journey is a 40-day walk through nine topics of spiritual focus: Nurture, Scripture, Repentance, Hope, Prayer, Guidance, Surrender, Empowerment, and Faithfulness. Each topic is explored consecutively from an Old Testament example of revival, to accounts of revival in church history, and then from insights given to us in the New Testament.

 

Staff | Scripture Awakening

18 Jul

Posted at 16:15h in Bible, Faith, Ministry by
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Faith Comes By Hearing has come alongside the worldwide translation community in a movement to ensure that everyone on Earth has access to Jesus Christ’s Gospel in a format they can understand. The various ministries carrying out this work have entered into an unprecedented time of unity, meaning that at long last, after two thousand-plus years, the finish line is now in view.

 

Deana Summer and Matthew Evans join us to discuss a new short film that they have produced for Faith Comes By Hearing.

 

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