Your WBFJ Family Station Forecast: Today: Mix of sun and clouds. Breezy…High 45
Next Monday evening, the Forsyth County commissioners are expected to decide whether to appeal a federal judge's ruling that sectarian invocations or prayers that mention Jesus or make other references to a particular faith are unconstructional. Forsyth County Board members are getting swamped with e-mail calling for an appeal, thanks in part to an organized effort by the local N.C. Partnership for Religious Liberty.
Learn more: www.letusallpray.org/
Thanks to Dr Steve Corts (Center Grove Baptist Church) for talking about this prayer issue.
Matthew 10:32-33
"Whoever acknowledges me before men, I will also acknowledge him before my Father in heaven. But whoever disowns me before men, I will disown him before my Father in heaven.
Winston-Salem police reporting that home break-ins are up 15% over the same time last year and detectives say home security systems are helping them identify burglars. 84 homes were broken into during the past week.
http://www.myfox8.com/wghp-home-invasions-up-100217,0,4634482.story
FYI: Is your home protected against a break-in?? Here is a crime prevention checklist to help you avoid home invasions (Winston-Salem Police Dept)
www.cityofws.org/Home/Departments/Police/CrimePrevention/Articles/CrimePreventionTips
Eight of the ten American missionaries detained in Haiti for the past three weeks on suspicion of child abduction were finally released and arrived in Miami early Thursday morning. Two Americans, however, still remain in Haiti for further questioning. The eight Americans are part of the ten-member U.S. team that was arrested Jan. 29 by Haitian authorities while trying to transport 33 Haitian children to the Dominican Republic by bus. They say they wanted to take the children to an orphanage and care for them after a 7.0-magnitude quake devastated Port-au-Prince. Haitian authorities, however, say the group did not receive government permission to take the children out of the country.
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20100218/eight-baptist-volunteers-arrive-in-miami/index.html
President Obama will host the Dalai Lama, the exiled spiritual leader of Tibet, at the White House today…despite protests from China.
http://www.voanews.com/english/news/asia/Dalai-Lama-US-President-to-Meet-at-White-House-Thursday-84682702.html
American Airlines will resume commercial flights to Port-au-Prince on Friday. Flights to Haiti’s capital have been limited to humanitarian aid since the January twelfth earthquake. American Airlines and American Eagle have provided a total of 30 humanitarian flights since January.
Guilford County Commissioner Billy Yow will run for the 6th District seat currently held by longtime Representative Howard Coble. Yow, of Pleasant Garden, said he plans to file this morning. Howard Coble is North Carolina's longest-serving Republican congressman www.wxii12.com/politics/22593709/detail.html
You've heard it before…to avoid a heart attack don't smoke, eat right and exercise. But a new study saying the add ‘happiness’ to the list. Even if you're grumpy by nature, just try to be cheerful. Researchers at Columbia University rated the happiness levels of more than 1,700 adults in Canada with no heart problems in back in 1995. The study is published in the European Heart Journal.
SPORTS: ACC Basketball action last night:
#6 Duke rallies past Miami…81 - 74. Maryland over NC State
The Winter Games in Vancouver…
For the USA: Snowboarding superstar and defending champion Shaun White won GOLD in the men's halfpipe. Lindsey Vonn took GOLD in the women's downhill. And, Shani Davis became the first man to win back-to-back 1,000 meter Olympic speedskating gold medals.
The U-S now has 14 medals in the Vancouver Olympics, five gold, three silver and six bronze.
A daily schedule at Vancouver: www.vancouver2010.com
