The Good News - November 2010 Palm Beach County Issue

www. GoodNewsFL. org pg. 15 INSIDE www. GoodNewsFL. org Anitra Parmele THE GOOD NEWS Got in debt Lost his job Got sick The handwritten words scrawl across the screen as the video that launches Hope South Florida to the congregations of the eight partner... More

www. GoodNewsFL. org pg. 15 INSIDE www. GoodNewsFL. org Anitra Parmele THE GOOD NEWS Got in debt Lost his job Got sick The handwritten words scrawl across the screen as the video that launches Hope South Florida to the congregations of the eight partner churches begins. Over the next ten minutes, tens of thousands are introduced to some staggering statistics about the thousands of fellow South Floridians on the wait list for shelter and left to sleep under bridges, in their cars, or the wooded areas around the I-95 exits. Perhaps most difficult to see are the faces of the children. Of the over four thousand South Floridians in Broward County who find themselves homeless each night, they learn that almost twenty percent are children. Introduction of a Vision During weekend services this past August at Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale, Christ Church, Christian Life Center, Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, First Baptist Church of Ft. Lauderdale, First Presbyterian of Fort Lauderdale, Less