Hometown Heroes

By Family Life

A special Family Life news feature that tells the story of people who are sharing Jesus in their community.

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The podcast currently has 199 episodes available.

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February 14, 2023 Hometown Heroes – Lydia Rizkallah – 02/14/23
Lydia Rizkallah, a student at Corning-Painted Post High School, chose to be a Christian only about 4 months ago. Despite being new as a disciple of Jesus, she is already spreading her faith. Lydia has already formed a Jesus Club there and is coordinating a large youth rally in her town at the end of …
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January 31, 2023 Hometown Heroes – Julie Chapus – 01/31/23
When Julie Chapus answered her phone, she was unaware that the distraught young woman on the other end would be her first contact with a pervasive human rights issue happening in Rochester — human trafficking. “Miss Julie’s School of Beauty” is a new outreach for victims of human trafficking. The innovative program provides cosmetology training …
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January 24, 2023 Hometown Heroes – Jeff Winton – Rural Minds – 01/24/23
Hometown Heroes this week features Jeff Winton, founder and head of Rural Minds, a Chautauqua County, NY-based organization dedicated to advocating for improved mental health services for rural America. Winton was motivated by a tragedy in his own family to start Rural Minds, which urges action because mental illness is a growing epidemic, and the …
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January 17, 2023 Hometown Heroes – Andrea Witmer – 01/17/23
This week’s local hero is Andrea Witmer with Mercy Run Ministry in Mifflinburg, PA. Her efforts focus on aiding prisoners and victims enslaved in the adult sex industry.
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January 03, 2023 Hometown Heroes – Bill Matteson – 01/03/23
Hometown Heroes features Bill Matteson, founder of Chautauqua County’s “CopeFoundation19”, dedicated to assisting children whose parents have died of opioid overdoses. Matteson’s adult son died four years ago this week, leaving behind three children.
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December 20, 2022 Hometown Heroes – Bob Lecher – 12/20/22
This week’s Hometown Heroes features Bob Lecher of Painted Post NY, a facilitator with The Fatherhood Connection – a statewide organization dedicated to helping men find identity and purpose in being fathers.
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December 13, 2022 22-1213_Hometown Heroes_ Polla Mulligan
This week’s Hometown Hero is Polla Mulligan, founder of WNY’s “White Whiskers Senior Dog Sanctuary,” which is in the process of renovating an old VFW post in Akron, NY as a new home for senior dogs.
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December 06, 2022 22-1206_Hometown Heroes_ Steve Taybor
Steve Taybor of the Buffalo satellite of “Eight Days of Hope” in Buffalo is this week’s Hometown Hero.
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November 29, 2022 22-1129_Hometown Heroes_ Steve Bigner
This week it’s Pastor Steve Bigner of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Eggertsville, NY, talking about their Daily Bread food truck ministry.
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6min
November 22, 2022 22-1122_Hometown Heroes_ Eric Johns
Pastor Eric Johns with the Buffalo Dream Center lives homeless for a week in Buffalo each year at Thanksgiving.
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7min

FAQs about Hometown Heroes:

How many episodes does Hometown Heroes have?

The podcast currently has 199 episodes available.