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Business Owner Brings Unique Magic to His Work, Ministry

18 Saving the Least Among Us 24 Typhoon Texas Storms the Katy Area with Faith and Fun 30 Cracking the Teenager Code: 10 Tips for Ending the School Year Strong 39 Recipe: Pesto Chicken 41 The Buzz About Katy 43 Pharmacist Brings Hope to Patients with New Medical Technology 47 Dear Doctor 50 2016 Christian Summer Camp Guide 61 Bear Creek Copperfield Rotary to

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Isn’t it nice that for the first time I can recall, our votes for the presidential primaries actually meant something? In Texas for instance, our magazines’ endorsed candidate, Ted Cruz, won by a landslide. Overall, many of the candidates that we endorsed won, some lost, and a few others are in the run-offs that will be held in late May.

In Harris County we are strongly backing Paul Simpson for Harris County Republican Chair, Lori Bartley for Congress, District 18, and Gary Gates for Railroad Commissioner.

In Fort Bend County we love Ron Cohen for County Court at Law Number 5, Mike Beard for Constable Precinct 1, and Gary Gates for Railroad Commissioner. Additionally, our magazine endorsed Wayne Thompson for Fort Bend Constable, Precinct 3 in the primaries.

However, since then I have gotten to know Rob Cook. I find him to be an outstanding person; a man of integrity and character, who has done a great job defending Fort Bend County. While we don’t pull our endorsement of Wayne, either man would do a wonderful job protecting the citizens of Fort Bend County.

For far too long, Christians have been told they shouldn’t be involved in politics. Due to this, many have turned a blind eye to this essential establishment, refraining from voting or running for office as proud servants of God. As a result, we have filled our offices with corrupt rulers who view Christianity with contempt and suspicion, while praising the secular and ungodly. If we are to save our great nation, we must stand for what’s right. If the righteous won’t speak out for truth and justice, then who will?

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His enthusiastic voice carries across the crowd, and he begins his demonstration. He holds up a piece of rope that he says represents Adam.

“When Adam was born, he was perfect before God,” the man explains. “As sin entered the world, we became separated from God.”

He then cuts the rope into two pieces and shows the crowd.

“That separation was temporarily healed by what Jesus did on the cross,” he says tying the two pieces together. “The tied knot is an example of what Christ did, bringing us back in communion with the father.”

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“That’s a pretty straightforward magic effect, but when I add the spiritual application the children really enjoy it, and remember what they’ve learned,” said local business owner, Leonard Courtright.

Courtright has been performing these Biblicallybased magic tricks since he was a child, and has used his talents to minister to children in cities both in his native Illinois and here in Texas. He believes that these fun, slide-of-hand maneuvers help children grasp concepts that might have been otherwise lost on them.

“When I was a child, my parents would ask me what I learned from the church message. I did that with my own kids, and they wouldn’t remember a thing,” he said. “That’s really my goal with magic—that when parents ask their children what they learned in church, they’ll remember because it’s in their minds differently.”

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Courtright looks forward to doing extensive mission work when he retires, but for now he uses the opportunities he has as the owner

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“I live my life and run my business on the principles of my faith,” he said. “We pray before company meetings, we pray over meals with our salespeople, and I pray over every business decision.”

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“Every month, we find an organization to support financially,” he said. “We have supported a number of pregnancy centers, Toys for Tots, and the ministry of man named John Downs, who is a chaplain for Harris County jails.”

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Recently, I had an experience I just haven’t been able to shake. I accompanied a group of 52 students from Fort Bend Christian Academy on their annual trip to Costa Rica. In years past, we spent our mission time working in a fairly nice area where we painted, made repairs, and helped out wherever needed in the community. This year, however, was different.

From our comfortable hotel in San Jose we boarded a bus that took us to what appeared to be a town of devastation. Our mission work for the day was at Centro Lacitos de Amor (Bows of Love), a day care center in what is considered to be the poorest town in Costa Rica, Los Guidos, on the outskirts of San Jose. Over 35,000 people – many refugees from surrounding Central American countries – live in the marginal community of Los Guidos. Their houses are put together with scrap wood and corrugated metal, and toilets sit out in the open behind steel bars that line the street but offer little protec-

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Meet those kids, play soccer with them, and tuck babies into their cribs, knowing all the time exactly what’s going to happen to them, and then try coming home unchanged.

Human trafficking is much easier to hide in a country such as Costa Rica, which has legalized prostitution. One in three children are sexually abused and there are few resources available to the victims. Who perpetrates these crimes?

Appallingly, American tourists are the biggest offenders, as sex tourism has become a hugely profitable business in Costa Rica. They couldn’t do what they do if Americans were unwilling to shell out money to have sex with children. I can’t think of anything more disturbing – more sickening – than that. Generally, the same groups involved in sex trafficking

are also involved in drugs and arms trafficking, so the victims are limitless.

As I looked around the concrete structure that houses these kids for the day, I felt the unrelenting heat, smelled the stench of acrid water and sewage, and batted away flies. I took in each young face and wished with all my heart that I could take them home, save their lives, and rescue them from a certain future of misery. I came home feeling helpless, incapable of making a difference. As a Christian, I struggled with the unfairness of it all, the fact that my children were born in America with every privilege and these children were born into poverty in a country that won’t protect them. In fact, the government will look the other way while lining its pockets off these poor children’s bodies.

I shared this story with a group that makes reaching out to help others the main tenant of its existence – Sugar Land Rotary. My fellow Rotarians cringed at the suffering of this community as I asked for prayers for the children of Costa Rica. And that’s when guest speaker Mustafa Tameez, Founder and Managing Director of Outreach Strategists, shared that we don’t have to go to Costa Rica to see this horrible crime playing out. We’ve got it right here in Houston, the number one city in the U.S. for human traffick

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The Port of Houston and the Texas/Mexico border make it easy for women and children from Central America to be brought to the U.S. under the guise of work or marriage. They are then kept against their will in brothels hidden behind seemingly legitimate businesses, such as massage parlors and restaurants. It’s going on right under our noses, and as Christians, we have a duty to stop it.

“This modern-day slave trade is an affront to modern human decency. It is the product of the worst among us,” Gov. Rick Perry said.

This is why it takes the best among us to help. I urge you to get involved in any way you can to stop this most heinous of crimes.

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Anyone with information on human trafficking can call the National Human Trafficking Resource Center at 888-3737888.

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Typhoon Texas Storms the Katy Area with Faith and Fun

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There’s nothing quite like the feeling of jumping into the water on a hot, Texas summer day. And this year, families living in the Katy area, will have a new way to beat the heat.

It’s called Typhoon Texas, and it’s a state-of-the-art waterpark that will open its doors May 28. The one-of-kind, Texas-themed park will give families in the Katy area a place to enjoy the sights and sounds unique to Texas, cool off with thrilling water rides, and provide a place for families to enjoy some family fun.

“The owners really wanted to open a family attraction in the Katy area, but weren’t sure where to build,” said church groups sales manager for the company, Antoinette Chew. “They originally looked further out of town, but kept coming back to this site in Katy because they felt like there was such a need with all of the families in Katy.”

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The workshop, which is being offered without cost to attendees, will focus on little-known ways of getting grants and scholarships for college, regardless of GPA or how much money a family earns. The class will cover topics such as how to double or triple eligibility for scholarships (even if a family makes too much money to qualify for financial aid), the secret to attending a private college or university for less than the

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The Texas Twister – this six-person water raft ride sends patrons through a serpentine splash zone, before dropping the raft into a Texas-sized boomerang wall.

The Snake Pit – These two-rider tube slides twist and turn like a west Texas Rattler.

Slide Boarding – this is a video game and water slide all in one. Use your board controller to shoot at targets as you’re speeding down the slide.

The Gully Washer – an area designed specifically for kids aged five to 12. It has spray areas, slides and rope bridges perfect for cooling off and having fun.

Bucaroo Bayou – this area, complete with mini slides and a splash pad, are geared towards the youngest Typhooners.

The Lazy-T – this lazy river stretches across the entire park and is the length of five football fields. Its design is meant to give park patrons the feel of floating down the Guadalupe River in the heart of hill country.

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This Texas river feel also comes through in the park’s landscaping.

“[We] have put a lot of time and money into the landscape,” Chew said. “It’s not like the typical waterpark where you go in and it’s a lot of concrete. You’re going to see a lot of plants and greenery native to Texas. It’s going to feel like you’re on vacation.”

Another aspect of the new park that sets it apart from others like it is the state-of-the-art water filtration system that turns the water completely around every two hours.

“There are only a handful of waterparks in the country that have this type of system,” Chew said.

“The owners have put a lot of attention into the cleanliness of the park, and have made sure that everything is very clean for our guests.”

And patrons will not only have clean facilities and attractions to enjoy, but also the park’s theme nights and faith-integrated events like the faith and family night on June 8 from 6 to 9 p.m., and a youth lock-in on June 10.

“The lock-in is for youth and their pastors, and will be from 10:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m.,” she said. “We’re going to have guest speakers from the NBA, the NFL, and performances by several bands.”

NGEN Radio, a Christian rock and hip-hop station, will be emceeing the event along with the group Can You Hear Me Now. Along with lock-ins, the park can also be rented out for VBS kick-offs, church family days, and even Sunday services.

“We already have the stage and AV equipment for their bands to come in and hook up, and the pastor can come in and preach from the park,” Chew said. “This can be a great way to encourage families to come to services in the summer when attendance is generally lower.”

For more information about Typhoon Texas and how your family or church group can enjoy the waterpark, contact Antoinette Chew at Antoinette.chew@typhoontexas.com or (832) 942-8869.

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Point out the difference and remind them that how they end is even more important than how they started. *Note: If your kids are fond of taking pictures of teacher’s notes on the whiteboard, I urge you to discourage them from this practice. It is a proven fact that writing something down contributes to memory retention; taking a picture of it does not.

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4. Encourage organization, especially when it comes to major projects and tests. What can they do today that will make tomorrow a little easier?

*Note: The ubiquitous cell phone is the perfect place for kids to store due dates and scheduled activities. They can customize their calendars to send reminders, so there’s no excuse for forgetting.

5. Keep your kids in school. Teachers see a significant increase in absences during this time of year, and many are unwarranted. Stress to your kids the importance of being in class every day and staying focused on their number one job.

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The Lone Star Symphonic Band will perform a spring concert, titled “Summer Is On Its Way!” on April 24th, 2016. The concert will begin at 4:00 pm at CrossPoint Community Church, 700 S. Westgreen, Katy, Texas. Tickets for the concert are available on the Band’s website - www.lssb.org - for $5.50 each, and will be available at the door the day of the concert for $10 each.

L to R; Kristen Deason, Sarah Pergande, and Cassie Avendano were a few of the members of the Seven Lakes Chapter of the FFA that sold programs at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo. Proceeds from the chapter’s sales commission will toward the A ​ gricultural Sciences Center project located on Katy Hockley Cutoff.

Shelby Bailey, standing behind the head of bull, took 3rd Place in the Brangus class at Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo.

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Irene Farris, Luella Palmer, and Arsh Ali were the winners at the annual Bluebonnet Competition for elementary students at Calvary Episcopal Preparatory. Competitors squared off to see who knew the Bluebonnet books best. All of the finalists in the competition showed that they are competitive and dedicated readers, and we applaud their achievements!

Officials from Fort Bend County, the City of Meadows Place and TXDOT gathered to celebrate the grand re-opening of West Airport Blvd in Meadows Place. This project replaced the existing pavement, upgraded the traffic signal and added additional turn lanes at the intersection on West Airport Boulevard.

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Calvary thespian and their teacher, Paula – “Ms. Cookie” – Smith, traveled to Dallas for One Act Play Competition. Calvary students did an amazing job at their first One-Act competition with their performance of “This is a Test.” In addition, 8th grade student Sydney Smith was named All Star Cast and 8th grader Leo Wall received an honorable mention in the All Star Cast.

The Central Fort Bend Chamber’s Young Professionals Committee hosted a Golf Talk event on March 31 at the Fort Bend Country Club in Richmond. Participants received hands-on instruction from Board Chairman Jeff Haley and Board Member John Kennedy. After an optional short game clinic, guests moved inside for a cocktail reception and golf talk, where Mr. Haley and Mr. Kennedy coached everyone on how to survive the Fort Bend Scramble season.

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On Feb. 10, Calvary Episcopal Preparatory high school students had the opportunity to visit Judge Kristin Guiney’s 179th Harris County Criminal Courtroom and learn about the criminal court system. The Houston Bar Association sponsored the event and appointed two volunteer attorneys to conduct the voir dire, or jury selection process, with CEP students being the “jury pool.”

Fort Bend County Judge Robert Hebert told more than 500 attendees the county’s future is bright, and growth will continue at a phenomenal rate. The State of the County was presented by Johnson Development Corporation and Dannenbaum Engineering and was held at Safari Texas Ranch in Richmond Friday, March 4, 2016.

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Pharmacist Brings Hope to Patients with New Medical Technology

By Jessa McClure

Artist Lisa Tenney dabs at a bright blue glob of paint, filling her paintbrush with color.

Her hand then moves to the canvas where she brings her vision to life. Three years ago, Tenney’s canvas was empty and her paintbrushes dry.

She had been diagnosed with a form of lymphoma that left her with little energy to carry out daily tasks, let alone the stamina to paint.

“I had been on a painting sabbatical for a year because I didn’t have the strength to carry out the rest of life’s demands and still paint,” she said. “I felt like life as I had known it was over.”

But a week after being diagnosed, she got a call from a high school friend, Dr. Ferryl Boyance D. Ph, R. Ph, who was working on a new form of alternative medical evaluation and remedy.

“She offered to introduce me to what she was doing and I was open to trying it,” Tenney said. “I didn’t have any grand hopes for a miracle cure.”

The method includes what Boyance calls a bioenergetic evaluation that uses the patient’s acupressure points to provide data about

what is happening inside the patient’s body that cannot be seen by simple explanation of symptoms.

“The machine measures the electricity flowing through the body,” she said. “And once we can see which organs aren’t functioning correctly, we can try to remedy those issues.”

After the scan is complete, patients will receive a report that shows what parts of their body are suffering. But, not only does the evaluation show the problem, it also provides a solution.

“It’ll show what you’re missing and identify the herbal corrective or pharmaceutical path that will help to alleviate these issues,” Boyance said.

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Once the problem has been identified, Dr. Boyance, then uses the machine to encode radio waves into a water-based solution that can help replenish nutrients and treat the patient’s medical issues.

“The water acts like a CD or floppy drive,” she said. “Signals are emitted into the water and then you take 10 drops, three times a day.

Every time you take those drops it downloads the information into your body.”

Boyance knows that this new method sounds far-fetched, but she believes that bioenergetic evaluations are the future of medicine.

“It’s not like drugs where you have to let it dissolve in your stomach and then it has to be absorbed into the blood stream and get to the organ before it can help. It’s immediate,” she said. “That’s what got me into it. It works faster than any other pharmaceutical, herbal or homeopathic treatment.”

Although she offers evaluation and remedy services from her home right now, her hope is to one day use this technology in a pharmacy setting where pharmacists can use scans as a form of preventative medicine.

“When the doctor sees you, they can only see what you tell them,” Boyance said. “If you forget to say that your knee hurts or that sometimes your side hurts, the doctor won’t get that information.

But the machine forgets nothing, and can scan your whole body. If it shows your pancreas is weak, then we’re not going to wait for you to become a diabetic to remedy that condition.”

She hopes that having patients come in for scans even when they’re not feeling sick will help give doctors and other medical professionals something to compare to when the patient is sick.

“Seventy or 80 percent of my patients come in because they don’t feel good or have pain,” she said. “I say, once we get you out of

the pain, please come back every year so we can have a baseline.”

Although Boyance believes wholeheartedly in this new form of detection and correction, she also knows that God is in control of each patient’s journey.

“I am 100 percent positive that there is so much grace out there that there is nothing physically that God cannot overcome,” she said.

She also believes that when a patient is feeling better physically, they have the strength to deal with other emotional or spiritual issues that might arise.

“My hope is to be a blessing and make my patients’ bodies as strong as possible,” she said.

The doctor and her alternative medical evaluation and solutions have already been a blessing to Tenney, who has returned to her painting passions.

“I am finally able to do art again, and this spring I’m starting to teach classes in my home studio,” she said. “I would recommend Dr. Boyance’s treatments to anyone. Not only did they give me my life back, but working with [Boyance] was great. She is one of the most giving, selfless people I know.”

Dr. Ferryl Boyance D.Ph, R.Ph graduated from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy, 1987. She is proud to be a second generation pharmacist and has 30 years of experience in pharmacy. Dr. Boyance entered the world of bioenergetic evaluations in 1999 and is the only pharmacist on the continent with this specialty. With over 17 years of successful bioenergetic evaluations and outcomes, she is considered an expert in this fast emerging field of science. Bioenergetics matches your body electrically with the best pharmaceutical, herbal, and vitamin solutions so you can choose your path to wellness. She is available for group lectures as well as individual bioenergetic evaluations and solutions. Please contact her at 832.628.6894 or ferrylboyance@icloud.com or www.uniquepharmacist.com

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Summertime at the YMCA is a time for sun and fun. Overnight, day or specialty camps at the Y share one thing: they’re about discovery. Kids have the opportunity to explore nature, find new talents, try new activities, gain independence, and make lasting friendships and memories. And, of course, it’s fun too. At the Y, there’s a camp for everyone.

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Mark your calendar for May 2, 2016. Bear Creek Copperfield Rotary Club is holding their fund raising golf tournament at Willow Fork Country Club in Katy. The tournament will raise money needed to fund existing projects and the club’s upcoming 2016-17 community projects. Rotary’s mission is Rotary Serving Humanity but without the help of local business and individual support it would not be possible.

The Bear Creek Copperfield Rotary Club provides educational based projects such as Tools4Life which provides educational motivation, Educational Encouragement Awards at Campbell, Cardiff and Kahla Middle Schools, as well as Helping a Hero, a Backpack project which provides food on the weekend for less fortunate families, assisting Cy-Hope and supporting a Special Pals project. The club also hosts a monthly Birthday Party at a local senior center provide a band and birthday cake to make their day a special one. Additional projects are planned for 2016-17.

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Epiphany of the Lord Launches Campaign to Build First Catholic Elementary and Middle School in Katy

By Sara G. Stephens

Katy, TX - Epiphany of the Lord Catholic Community has announced the public phase of its Faith in Our Future…Investing in Catholic Education Capital Campaign. This major fundraising effort is designed to acquire the funding needed to build a Catholic school on the parish campus located at 1530 Norwalk Drive in Katy. The school would be the first Catholic elementary and middle school in Katy.

“We are excited to begin the public phase of our campaign,” said the Rev. Thomas Lam, pastor at Epiphany of the Lord Catholic Community. “We are thrilled to accept this opportunity to invest in the future of our most valued resource, our children. As Catholics, we are called to build God’s kingdom, to teach others who God is, and spread the Gospel message. For our parish, this is the next step in fulfilling that directive.”

Plans call for a new school featuring two classrooms for grades Pre-K-8 with a capacity of 550 students. The $12 million project cost covers the construction of the new school. In addition, the project seeks to expand and relocate the parish’s Outreach Program which serves the community through a wide variety of social outreach activities, including the parish’s St. Vincent de Paul facility.

“The value of a Catholic education is priceless,” said Denny Dellinger, campaign co-general chair. “It is an education based upon our Catholic morals and values, designed to build a strong foundation academically and socially. It is an education that offers a child a chance at a successful future and we are grateful to be associated with this exciting project.”

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So far, more than $2.7 million in gifts and pledges have been received from 162 families. The parish will continue inviting families

to make leadership gifts throughout the duration of the active fundraising for the campaign which will run through May of this year.

“I am thankful for the response we have received thus far,” Fr. Lam said. “The sacrifice of our families in the silent phase has placed us in position to realize our goals, but I am encouraging, and humbly asking, everyone in our parish family to make a commitment. If this school is to become a reality, we need everyone to identify their sacrificial commitment. I firmly believe this school will help build a stronger community for all our families at Epiphany.”

The pledge collection phase of the three-year capital campaign runs through May 2019 with preliminary plans for the school opening scheduled for September 2018.

Established in 1981, Epiphany of the Lord Catholic Community is a member of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. The parish serves more than 6,000 households, and the Katy community through a wide variety of social outreach, ministries and faith formation programs from early childhood through adult.

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Ronnie Norman: Missionally-minded Pastor Brings Hope to Community, Overseas

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As children gather to hear stories and play with church volunteers, Pastor Ronnie Norman of First Colony Church of Christ Sugar Land, talks with a group of men and women, getting to know them and inquiring about how the church can meet their needs. This ministry, which focuses on the Four Corners community in Fort Bend County, is just one of the ways Pastor Norman leads his church to make a difference in the world.

He takes the Lord seriously when he says in Matthew 28:19, “go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.”

The pastor encourages all of his nearly 2000 parishioners to be “on mission” in their daily lives, and enlists their help to provide prayer, donations and man power to bring hope to those who are less fortunate in the community and abroad.

“We have a strong missions presence in Honduras, Haiti and

Uganda,” he said. “We have started over 20 churches in Uganda and we go on many short-term mission trips annually, both foreign and domestic.

The church also spends much of their time and effort assisting and ministering those living in the under-resourced area of Four Corners in Fort Bend.

“We do tutoring and community cleanups there as well as providing school supplies for students and gift cards for teachers in an elementary school.”

Norman founded First Colony Church of Christ in 1985, and has been the pastor ever since. At that time, the pastor and a few core members wrote out a mission statement that said the church would “exist to honor God and lead people into a growing relationship with Him.” “I love our mission and I’m as committed to it now as I was 30 years ago when we started,” he said.

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“We aim to gather in larger groups for praise and in smaller groups to connect. We aim to grow as lifelong, enthusiastic disciples of Jesus Christ through bible knowledge, prayer and generosity,” he said. “We also aim to go, making a difference for Jesus Christ at home, in the church, in our community and beyond.”

Norman has built his church from the ground up, and has relied heavily on his Christian upbringing in Columbia, TN and his experiences ministering to people in Lakeland, FL area from 1981 to 1985.

“I love my church family at the First Colony Church of Christ and would attend there even if I were not on staff,” he said.

Norman and the rest of his church are working to add to the family with the addition of three multi-site campuses in the next 36 months.

“We just launched our first multi-site campus in Richmond on September 13 and that is going beautifully,” Norman said.

When the pastor isn’t launching new church sites or helping to administer school supplies to children in under-served areas of the community, he enjoys spending time with his wife Martha of 35 years, their two children and five grandchildren.

“One of our treasured blessings is that our children and grandchildren live nearby and are active players in our church family,” he said. “I’m a blessed guy.”

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Child Evangelism Fellowship®: Sharing God’s Burden

By Lydia Hardesty

For 79 years Child Evangelism Fellowship® (CEF®) has been used of the Lord to bring children to Himself. Founder Jesse Irving Overholtzer had a deep burden to reach children across the globe with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. He said, “I’m very burdened that people evangelize the children, not because we say so, but because it is commanded in the Word of God.” This same burden has been passed down from generation to generation of CEF workers and volunteers who continue the work of bringing the Good News of Jesus Christ to “Every Child, Every Nation, Every Day.”

In the past few years, CEF has seen record-breaking growth. In 2014, 19.9 million children around the world heard a face-to-face presentation of the Gospel from a trained CEF worker or volunteer. That’s a phenomenal 28 percent growth from 2013! But behind all these numbers and statistics are real-life children whose lives are being transformed by

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Even when schools let out for the summer, CEF ministry continues. There are many programs CEF provides in the summer months, but the primary summertime activity is 5-Day Club®. These summer Bible clubs have been described as “VBS on-the-road.” They are taught anywhere convenient for children —backyards, parks, community centers, apartment complexes and the list goes on. One a week for six consecutive weeks, children gather to hear Bible lessons and a missionary story taught by screened and trained CEF workers and volunteers, many of whom are older teenagers, who serve as mentors and examples to the younger children. The kids enjoy exciting games and high-energy activities, but most importantly, they hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ each day. Every summer tens of thousands of children worldwide hear the Gospel because of the ministry of 5-Day Club.

In an effort to provide an alternative to the increasingly commercialized and materialistic nature of Christmas, CEF launched a brand new program in 2015 called Christmas Across America.TM The holiday season commenced very early for CEF local directors and teacher trainers, as they worked to facilitate training sessions for the many volunteers who gave their time to tell children the true meaning of Christmas. In November and December, children all around the country were invited to attend “Ultimate Christmas Parties.” They played games, made crafts, ate snacks and heard the true meaning of Christmas. Ultimate Christmas Parties were held in all kinds of locations—daycares, women’s shelters, restaurants, hospitals, ice cream parlors and even a carwash!

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“For years, my neck and back pain prevented me from doing the things I enjoyed in life. Thanks to Spinal Decompression, I can now do whatever I want without having to worry about my pain. Thank you for giving me my life back.”

- Mary C.

“After suffering an injury, my doctor turned me on to the benefits of natural healing. I very quickly learned to appreciate how well these methods could help the body heal, and I was inspired by my own positive experience to become a chiropractor. The fundamental philosophy of chiropractic medicine is to promote the body’s ability to heal itself. As a partner in your wellness, I will focus on restoring the body’s joints and muscles to optimal functionality. Because everyone derserves to live pain free.”

-Dr. Bill Sheppard

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Darian Lamb Signs National Letter-of-Intent With Lady Lions

Darian Lamb, 6’ post player, from Faith West Academy in Katy, TX, has signed a National Letter-of-Intent to play for the Southwestern Assemblies of God University women’s basketball team.

Lamb has averaged 10.8 P/G, 1.6 Stl/G, 1 A/G, and 7.8 R/G. Lady Eagles are currently 10-2 in District and an overall record of 14-11.

Lamb plans to major in business with a minor in multi-cultural studies. She is the daughter of Bob and Kaci Lamb of Katy, Texas.

Southwestern Assemblies of God University is a private, Christian university in Waxahachie, Texas. Under the leadership of Coach Tiffany Phillips, the Lady Lions is tied for third place in the Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC) with a record of 7-5 and an overall record of 15-9.

(L to R): Assistant Varsity Coach Ayala Adams, SAGU Assistant Coach Lauren Crenshaw, Darian Lamb, Varsity Coach Christina Kurt, and Athletic Director Drew Long.

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