Since 2010, Bless Friday® has provided an alternative to frenzied Christmas shopping on the day after Thanksgiving. Churches in Houston, The Woodlands and Trinity, Texas and Seattle, Washington are preparing service projects that honor Christ at Christmas on Friday, November 24 and this year also on Saturday the 25th. These churches encourage families and individuals to celebrate Bless Friday® as an alternative to Black Friday.

State Prayer Leaders and teams are being invited to Cleveland, Tennessee for the second annual campus revival, led by Dr. Tim Hill, the General Overseer. During the days of January 8-10, 2018, prayer leaders will gather for training at the North Cleveland Church of God.

There is a crisis in our healthcare system and it is not declining reimbursement rates or bureaucratic interference. Our healthcare system may be suffering from a crisis of faith. The documentary “Your Health: A Sacred Matter” (yourhealthasacredmatter.com/) investigates this crisis from the perspective of patients and medical professionals.

Busy parents looking for help with nourishing their children’s spiritual development can now find it in an innovative, fun-filled “Sunday School in a box” collection delivered direct to their home.

Hispanic Ministries of the Church of God recently received an update concerning Juan Ignacio Macías’ condition. The update was submitted by Evangelist Ignacio Macías, Juan’s father, who is an ordained bishop and evangelist with the Church of God.

Irene Bennett and her husband, Stephen, a former homosexual man, co-founded SBM Worldwide, Inc. in 2000 and TheParentsGroup.com in 2007. Together, they offer hope and help to men and women who struggle with unwanted same-sex attraction, the offer both one-on-one and group support, biblical resources, encouragement, and hope for parents, spouses, and family members with LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender) loved ones.

When approaching the Greatest Story Ever Told, how would someone balance the reverence of the sacred text and still offer something new enough to draw a crowd? For Simon Moore and Carlos Kotkin, writers of the new Sony Animation/AFFIRM Films release The Star, arriving in theaters Friday, focusing on lovable, talking animals surrounding the holy family helps bring a new perspective on the journey to Bethlehem and the birth of Jesus Christ.

“Standing with Competence” is the theme of Heritage Week at the Pentecostal Theological Seminary November 14 and 15. Activities include a Tuesday chapel service at 11:00 a.m., the annual Azusa Lecture Tuesday at 7:00 p.m., and a luncheon/panel discussion featuring seminary alums on Wednesday at 11:00 a.m.

A little more than one year after receiving the holy blessing of Pope Francis in the Vatican City, the highly-anticipated pre-apocalyptic drama The Second Coming of Christ is landing in Los Angeles theaters.