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Philip Yancey, a best-selling evangelical Christian author and former editor of Christianity Today, will be speaking at Walnut Hill Community Church’s Bethel campus tomorrow night (Friday) at 7 pm, Saturday at 5 pm and will also speak at Walnut Hill’s services this Sunday. Yancey, according to Walnut Hill, “will answer the question he posed in […]

This card from our friends at the New Jersey Family Policy Council arrived at Family Institute of Connecticut today. FIC is deeply grateful for all the love and prayer poured upon our beloved, heartbroken state citizens this past week.

Light is truly shining out of the darkness of the evil that tragically took place last Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary. Being a Newtown resident with personal attachments to those directly affected and a former alumnus of Sandy Hook Elementary, words cannot express the pain. But the actions that are taking place left and right […]

I don’t even know what to say. Things like this don’t happen in my quaint hometown. This isn’t supposed to happen to a school I prided myself on attending as a five year old 19 years ago. My heart is sinking. Friends and family I know are affected. We are all beside ourselves as we […]

Words cannot describe the sadness we at the Family Institute of Connecticut feel upon hearing of the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, CT. According to the most recent news reports, twenty-seven people, including eighteen children between the ages of five and ten, have been killed. Please join us in praying for God’s […]

Putting Connecticut “under the Lordship of Jesus.” That is the mission of our friends at the Connecticut Night of Worship, which holds its big event this Saturday, Nov. 3rd at the Shubert Theater in New Haven. If you can, please attend. Details are here.

FIC will be celebrating the National Day of Prayer at First Cathedral on the evening of Thursday, May 3rd and we hope you will join us. Details courtesy of our friend Bill Brown: A National Day of Prayer Gathering will be held at the First Cathedral May 3rd, Thursday, 6 – 8 p.m.   Christian […]

My previous post on Mayor Perez withdrawing from the National Day of Prayer event at the state Capitol got the attention of far left bloggers and a liberal radio host. Perhaps unsuprisingly, the actual event held far less interest for them. That’s unfortunate for the same reason Mayor Perez’ withdrawal is unfortunate. Many of our opponents […]

Alis has submitted a comment that deserves the front page: Christ is risen! Blessings of the joyful Easter season. And to you, Alis, and to all our readers!

The Christian Defense Coalition is having another prayer vigil and demonstration at ESPN on Monday, February 11, at 12:00 noon. They are hoping to have a decent turnout and have asked that people spread the word. For more information on the vigil contact Rich Kendall at 203-380-0651. Below is an excerpt from a Christian newswire […]