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 203 episodes available.

Hometown Heroes episodes:

November 07, 2023 Hometown Heroes – Buffalo Dream Center starts the Curbside Church – 11/07/23
Family Life’s “Hometown Heroes“ A quarter-century ago, Pastor Eric Johns experienced what he is convinced was a God Moment. That year, and in each of the 25 since, the pastor of the Buffalo Dream Center has lived as a homeless person for a week, taking a backpack and a sleeping bag with him. In part …
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October 24, 2023 Hometown Heroes – Christopher Knapp – Total Freedom – 10/24/23
“Hometown Heroes” from Family Life Helping people breaking the chains of addiction is the aim of a western New York ministry. The man running that ministry has seen both sides of the consequences of drug use. One-time addict Christopher Knapp is now director of Total Freedom in Darien Center. Total Freedom offers a long-term, residential …
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October 17, 2023 Hometown Heroes – Liz Smith – 5:9s outreach to first responders – 10/17/23
“Hometown Heroes” on Family Life “We sometimes feel like we kind of have to put Jesus in a box, go to work, and we can take Him back out when we come home. We gotta break that.” — Liz Smith Chatauqua County (NY) Paramedic Liz Smith felt a divine calling to provide encouragement and support …
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September 26, 2023 Hometown Heroes – more on Ukrainian mission with Jeff Seigworth – 09/26/23
Family Life’s “Hometown Heroes“ This is part 2 of our conversation with Jeff Seigworth about his recent — and upcoming — mission work in western Ukraine. Today’s segment focuses on how his experiences with people whose nation is at war influenced his own faith — and what he saw about faith and evangelization for the …
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September 19, 2023 Hometown Heroes – Jeff Seigworth in Ukraine – 09/19/23
Family Life’s “Hometown Heroes“ Multiple mission organizations are active in war zones in Ukraine and southern Russia, bringing Christian healing and Christian hope to those caught in the crossfire. One of those agencies is A-1-8, named after Acts 1:8, the Biblical mandate to take Jesus’ Gospel far and near, into all the world. A18 had …
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September 12, 2023 Hometown Heroes – Chad Kurtz – Truth in Nature (dads) – 09/12/23
Family Life’s “Hometown Heroes“ Chad Kurtz of Brookville, Pennsylvania, saw the challenges boys face in childhood and their teen years, when a father or father figure is not prominent in their lives. He directs the local chapter of “Truth in Nature”, a ministry which matches responsible Christian men with young people who need that kind …
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August 08, 2023 Hometown Heroes – Glenn Tanner – 08/08/23
Many Christians have less of a “handle” on Old Testament scripture as they do from the Gospels and New Testament letters. A church leader in Lancaster, New York, is preparing to address some of that lack of familiarity with the Hebrew portions of the Christian Bible. Glenn Tanner will lead a four-month series of video-based …
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August 01, 2023 Hometown Heroes – NY Child Evangelism Fellowship – 08/01/23
Child Evangelism Fellowship brings the Bible — and Biblical hope — to 19 million children around the world. There are new and expanding New York outreaches of CEF to Genesee, Wyoming, Monroe and Orleans counties. Mary Hooker and Beth Russell tells us about the Good News Club and the Five Day Clubs which reach out …
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July 25, 2023 Hometown Heroes – Matthew 25 Farm, Tully NY – Rick Rarick – 07/25/23
Family Life’s “Hometown Heroes” gets the first-person story of the start of Matthew 25 Farm in Tully, New York, south of Syracuse. It was winter a decade and a half ago, and there was no farm, no property and no equipment — just a spiritual calling. Rick Rarick explains how the farm became a reality …
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July 18, 2023 Hometown Heroes – Link Youth Mentorship – Gary Heydens – 07/18/23
“Hometown Heroes” on Family Life Link Youth Mentorship is a ministry which pairs compassionate, involved adults with young people in the Rochester area. The program is motivated by a Census statistic that 72% of young people in that city spend at least part of their growing-up years in a single-parent household. While the custodial parents …
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FAQs about Hometown Heroes:

How many episodes does Hometown Heroes have?

The podcast currently has 203 episodes available.