Faith News Network

By Pamela Kay Overbey

Each year, single adults, whether they are never married, divorced, single parents, or widowed, face the approaching holiday season with some apprehension. The reality of their singleness can cause dread of the upcoming constant reminder of the “family” gatherings or the demonstration of the “yuletide” spirit during Christmas, especially this year with the current economic crisis. The Church of God, Cleveland, Tennessee and the Assembly of God, Springfield, Missouri, has jointly developed a working plan to bring holiday cheer. For the past two years, the two entities, in conjunction with CruiseXcel & Vacation Center, Ltd., has devised a way to offer single adults of all ages an opportunity to take a cruise (that once-in-a-lifetime dream). The first year we traveled to Nassau and the Bahamas. This year, November 17-21, we traveled to the Grand Cayman Island and Cozumel, Mexico. Their plan is working as we had 300 the first year and 380 registered for the 2008 cruise. The 380 individuals traveled from many different states and included people from South Africa, Bahamas, England and other countries.

By Pete Chagnon – OneNewsNow

A nonprofit organization is helping teachers advance the pro-life cause in the classroom.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi late last year when asked whether the so-called “Fairness Doctrine” should be returned to the radio airwaves replied “Yes.” This is the policy — overturned by President Ronald Reagan — which required opposing views for basically everything said on radio’s public airwaves.

The Church of God Chaplains Commission, with over 3,000 chaplains around the world, met once again with approximately 20 chaplains and spouses in the Washington, D.C. area for its annual New Years’ Dinner.

In a first for a presidential inauguration, Congressman Paul Broun of Georgia joined the Reverends Rob Schenck of Faith and Action and Patrick J. Mahoney of the Christian Defense Coalition, both based in Washington, DC, in a prayer service inside the US Capitol recently that included anointing the doorway President-Elect Barack Obama will pass through on his way to the platform to be sworn in as the 44th president of the United States on January 20.

Since the inception of the MOVIEGUIDE® Faith & Values Awards Gala and Dr. Ted Baehr’s Annual Report, the number of family movies has more than doubled and the number of movies with positive moral content has nearly quadrupled by 388 percent