Tri-State Voice Moves to Quarterly Print Edition; Will Update New Web Blog Weekly

By Tom Campisi

The Tri-State Voice is celebrating its 20th anniversary with some major changes and upgrades. We are now printing quarterly instead of monthly, while our online blog edition will be updated weekly.

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Good Samaritans Flooded the Community

By Rachel Mari

Rev. Brad Gray, a pastor at Calvary Temple in Wayne, NJ, saw firsthand the fury and devastation unleashed by Hurricane Irene. But he also was a witness as the power of God came in like a flood.

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Clothing Drive Benefits Star of Hope Ministries, Solid Foundation Skate Park

Borst Landscape and Design will hold its annual clothing drive from Monday, October 3 through Friday, October 21, at company headquarters, 260 West Crescent Avenue in Allendale, N.J. Area residents are asked to bring new or gently used clothing for men, women and children, including outerwear, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. A truck will be parked outside the Borst office where donors may deposit their clothing donations.

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The Media, Divorce, and Pat Robertson

By Daniel Mann

ABC News learned that Pat Robertson had foolishly stated that someone he knew had the right to divorce his wife because she had Alzheimer’s disease. Predictably, ABC produced a neurosurgeon who understandably called Robertson on his shameful and heartless position.

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Skate Park Ministry in North Jersey Gives Youth a ‘Solid Foundation’

Steve Wolfe

By Rachel Mari

Bringing the Gospel to an indigenous people group—that is what missionary Steven Wolfe is doing in his own backyard—or nearby parking lot. Through his work with Solid Foundation Skate Park in Midland Park, NJ, the ministry is reaching hundreds of local youth and their families every year.

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Reaching Out Reflections: Nameless, Faceless Possibilities

If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.â€Â â€“ 2 Chronicles 7:14

By Jeremy Del Rio

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Faith in the Face of Fear

By Bishop Donald Hilliard, Jr.

We’re living in a strange and peculiar hour. Historians are sure to mark this as one of the most stressful and fear filled periods of all time. In an increasing secularized culture, many of us have been conditioned to give into fear and rather than take courage and activate faith in the midst of our storms. Fear and worry are among the most disabling factors of post 9-11 life.

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Remembrance and Renewal: Rev. Del Rio and Dr. Rivera Will Lead 9-11 Anniversary Services

By Tom Campisi

On September 11, 2001, as the World Trade Center came crashing down in a cloud of dust and New York City was shook to its core, two pastors from Lower Manhattan came together  to form a network that quickly emerged as a strong tower and refuge for a shell-shocked community.

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Fall Conference Previews: Movement Day, FUEL, Legacy Minded Men…and more

This fall, there are a myriad of conferences and seminars in Metro New York City. From the 51st annual Christian Ministries Convention to the New York City Leadership Center’s 2nd Annual Movement Day, the menu is extensive and rich.

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A Sacred Assembly Against Same-Sex Marriage

By Tom Campisi

As the battle to preserve biblical marriage appeared that it would come down to a single vote or two in the New York Senate, Dr. Joe Mattera and City Action Coalition enlisted the help of a potential game changer—former New York Giants’ Super Bowl champ David Tyree.

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New Parenting Blog Helps Move Young People ‘From Apathy to Energy’

By Rachel Mari

For Jeff Boucher, parenting is something worth writing about. A Wyckoff, NJ-based pastor who has worked with youth for more than 25 years, Boucher recently launched a new blog to “help parents move their kids from apathy to energy.â€

Boucher, senior pastor of Powerhouse Christian Church, is also is the president of Touch the World, a global missions organization for youth that he founded in 1990.

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Prayer Is at the Forefront of these Movements

Commentary by Tom Campisi

From the inaugural Movement Day in Manhattan to the 50th Annual Spiritual Life and Christian Ministries Convention in North Jersey, the power of prayer was spoken of with paramount importance.

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Hunger Knows No Holiday

By Tonni von Schaumburg

The United States Census Bureau recently released poverty statistics showing that an unbelievable 43.6 million people in America live below the poverty line, the greatest number since the bureau began publishing reports. More children fell into poverty as well, 20.7 percent—the highest number since 1995. As of August 2010, the national unemployment rate was 9.6% or 14.9 million persons.

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Celebrating National Adoption Month

By Nancy Dykstra-Powers

Did you know that November is National Adoption Month? It is a time to celebrate the joys of adopting a child and it’s a time to consider the courage a birthmother and birthfather had in making an adoption plan for their child. It is also a time to reflect on the fact that as Christians, we have all been adopted by God!

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Rutgers Faithful Believes for a Miracle

By Tom Campisi

“Keep choppin.” That was the battle cry instituted by Coach Greg Schiano a few years back as he attempted to change the culture of a losing football program at Rutgers University.

Before his team turned the corner and began to play in bowl games on a regular basis, Schiano likened Rutgers to someone trapped deep in the woods with only an axe in his hand. The only way out was to chop what’s in front of you. (more…)

Author, Youth Pastor ‘Infuses’ a Generation

By Samantha Bruno

In April, Pastor Jack Redmond preached to 16,000 teens, parents, and youth leaders as one of the speakers at Teen Mania’s BattleCry event at Continental Airlines Arena in East Rutherford, New Jersey. And this summer, he continued to be a catalyst as a speaker at the Revelation Generation festival and with the release of his third book, Infusion. Receive. Grow. Give it away.

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New York Adoption Law Allows Unmarried Couples to Adopt

(EP News) – A new law, signed by New York Gov. David Paterson on Sept. 19, promotes children growing up in motherless or fatherless families – and undermines the strength of marriage and the family.

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‘I Am My School’ Prayer Walk Will Be Held on Halloween Weekend

Student leaders from greater New York are organizing a citywide prayer walk of 1,600 public schools on the weekend of Halloween and inviting the city’s 7,100 churches to participate.

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Op-ed: How the Radical Gay Agenda Will Capitalize on the Suicide of Tyler Clementi

By Dr. Joseph Mattera

The recent tragic suicide of Rutgers freshman Tyler Clementi was one of the most heart-wrenching things I have ever read about. It broke my heart and caused me to weep. Most of us can empathize with his devastated parents (who may not have even known about his sexual proclivities) and even with Tyler (even if we are not involved in homosexual activities) because we have all been humiliated by others in some way or form, although probably not to the extent Tyler was humiliated with the live webstream of his sexual activities in his college dorm.

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Wheels of Fire

Legacy Minded Men are on the move in North Jersey. Literally.

On Saturday, September 18, Legacy Minded Men held the Wheels of Fire Motorcycle Run at Cornerstone Chapel in Pompton Plains, NJ. The event was a benefit ride for the Relief Bus, a ministry based in Elizabeth that feeds and reaches out to the homeless and poor in Metro New York.

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