Written by: Michael Walker in Featured, Distributed Journeys, Ukraine, Global, News and Inspiration, Serve Beyond Northland on May 16, 2013
Team leader, Dr. Rick Baxley, along with a translator from Music Mission Kiev, advises a widow with heart conditions on ways to improve her lifestyle. The volunteer team of doctors, physician assistants and nurses from Northland has returned from a church planting conference outside of Kiev...
Posted May 16, 2013 | Category: Featured, Distributed Journeys, Ukraine, Global, News and Inspiration, Serve Beyond Northland | Written by: Michael Walker
Team leader, Dr. Rick Baxley, along with a translator from Music Mission Kiev, advises a widow with heart conditions on ways to improve her lifestyle. The volunteer team of doctors, physician assistants and nurses from Northland has returned from a church planting conference outside of Kiev...
Posted May 15, 2013 | Category: Becky Hunter's Random Bits of Wisdom | Written by: Becky Hunter
Joel had Mother’s Day weekend off. Sunday morning he whisked me away to Daytona Beach for a two-day getaway. The sun was warm and a light breeze was blowing as we walked on the beach that day. Monday turned out to be surprisingly cool and downright windy. Didn’t matter. We were loving...
Posted May 13, 2013 | Category: Featured, Distributed Journeys, Ukraine, Global | Written by: Michael Walker
Dr. Rick Baxley and the medical team meets at Music Mission Kiev's offices. A volunteer team consisting of doctors, physician assistants and nurses—all of them Northlanders—will offer much-needed medical services to more than 100 pastors and their spouses attending a church planting...
Posted May 10, 2013 | Category: Celebrate Recovery, Local Sites, Longwood | Written by: CR - Bonnie
Trying not to express my anger in a negative way has become a daily issue. My name is Bonnie, and I am a faithful believer in Jesus Christ who struggles with anger. I grew up being exposed to anger through my grandfather and father. My destructive anger did not manifest until I was married...
Posted May 9, 2013 | Category: News and Inspiration | Written by: Gretchen Kerr
We are so proud of Judy Head, who just received the Public Service Award from the American Society for Public Administration! Judy is a former nurse practitioner turned über volunteer, helping lead Northland's Disaster Response Team (including Hurricane Sandy relief efforts), CPR classes and...
Posted May 8, 2013 | Category: Becky Hunter's Random Bits of Wisdom | Written by: Becky Hunter
Between the services when Joel preaches on Sunday mornings, I stand at the information desk in the foyer. Those times are often highlighted by my interactions with Jorja, a young girl who routinely shows up smiling ear-to-ear. As she approaches, her hands are tight fisted but her face conveys...
Posted May 7, 2013 | Category: News and Inspiration | Written by: Gretchen Kerr
Are you the parent of an adopted child? Have you parented a foster child? Northland's Orphan Care Ministry needs you! As you may have heard, during the month of April, there was an emphasis on orphans from foster care to adopting. It is now time to gather all of you who have person first-hand...
Posted May 6, 2013 | Category: Local Sites, Oviedo | Written by: Emiley Jones
Each year at Northland Oviedo, we dedicate the month of May to examining how we can be living missional lives every day, right where we are. In the past we have highlighted different community organizations in the GaP, multiple missionaries to support, child sponsorship, and other ways to serve...
Posted May 6, 2013 | Category: News and Inspiration | Written by: Daniel Lacich
This morning, I received this very encouraging report from one of our church-planting partners in Uganda. I continue to be amazed at what God is doing through these faithful pastors. Thanks so much for your prayers and support. It is helping to change the world! Praise God, Dr. Dan ... We...
Posted May 3, 2013 | Category: Celebrate Recovery, Local Sites, Longwood | Written by: CR - Mary
I came across a new combination of words during recent reading that opened up a new perspective on recovery. Productive Forgetting: the ability to abandon unproductive ideas and temporarily put aside stubborn problems until new approaches can be considered. This phrase is used in...
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