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The Family wins Corporate Citizen/ Concerts com’n up! Leadership Award Ticket info at TheFamily.net Left to right: Donna Fischer October 13 MercyMe Lifer Tour 2017 Fox 11, Ray Johnson Festival GRAMMY® nominated MercyMe at the Fox Cities P.A.C. Foods, Michelle Hansen The Shopko Foundation, On their Lifer Tour this fall. Carrying the namesake of their latest No. Jeff Brasel Festival Foods, 1 album, LIFER, the American Music Award winners will perform Heidi Prahl The Family, fan favorites such as “I Can Only Imagine,” “Flawless,” “Greater” and 1.5 lbs. chicken breasts 2 8 oz. packages cream cheese, Paul Cameron The Family, more, including their current chart-topper “Even If” which has been a Sonia Barham The Family, 1 green pepper, diced cubed continuous No. 1 mainstay on the Christian radio charts. Joining the 1 red pepper, diced 1 tsp. chipotle chili powder John Polansky Appleton tour will be radio favorites Ryan Stevenson and Unspoken. Fox Cities Kiwanis Club, 1 onion, diced 1 tsp. cumin (not shown) Lynn Marie 1 package fajita mix 1 Tblsp. dried cilantro Hopfensperger Fox October 13, Steven Curtis Chapman 1 4 oz. can diced green chilies 16 oz. shredded cheese, Communities Credit Union Crystal Grand Music Theatre, Wisconsin Dells 1 14.5 oz. can petite diced Cheddar or Mexican blend “The impact of “Help for the Homeless” 89 crisis agencies in 15 communities This 58-time Dove Award-winning artist has sold nearly 11 million albums in his tomatoes in the community cannot be overstated. received $377,000 worth of hygiene three-decade career of creating music. Scripture and worship music have been lifelines for Chapman during the past several years as his family has grieved the loss of his Sauté chicken until juices run clear. Shred or dice into small It raises the awareness of homelessness products through 820 partnering pieces, set aside. and housing instability; it empowers employers, churches, and schools. youngest daughter, Maria, in an accident on May 21, 2008. individuals to really make a difference Saute veggies until tender-crisp. Put chicken back in pan. The award recognizes organizations with What sustained him was proclaiming truth. “Really, out of desperation what came to my heart and my lips in the lives of others. Finally, the Add fajita mix and water per package directions. Stir in chili’s a philosophy of giving and community was, ‘Blessed be the name of the Lord. You give and take away.’ And I just kept saying it. I kept singing it and hygiene products that we receive whispering it. I’d go where nobody could hear me, and I screamed it until I didn’t have a voice left, and every and tomatoes, do not drain. Heat to simmer. Add cream enable us to treat our program involvement that have made significant cheese, stir to melt and blend. differences in the health and well- time I did, it was like I would feel something pull me back a little bit from that abyss, and I’d have a little participants with dignity and respect more oxygen in my lungs to say it again. It was like the only clarity I had would come when I would say, ‘God, being of the community. The award In two pie plates or a 13X9 baking dish: Layer ½ of hot while responding to their most I’m going to bless Your name. You give and You take away. I’m going to trust You.’” personal and basic needs, making encourages and supports corporate social fajita/cheese mix, ½ the shredded cheese - repeat. their transition from homelessness to responsibility and community leadership. October 14, Tim Hawkins “Just About Enough” Tour Bake at 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes, until cheese is safe, stable housing easier and more Stephanie H. Weill Center in Sheboygan, with special guest John Branyan melted and heated through. humane.“ Joe Mauthe, Executive Director, Thank YOU for helping! We Since giving up his job as a grocery truck driver in 2002, Tim Hawkins has been Housing Partnership of the Fox Cities. couldn’t do it without you! establishing himself as one of the most in-demand comedians in the country. With Serve with your favorite tortilla chips, Fritos Scoops or 300 million video views online and over 100 sold-out concerts every year, his celery sticks. The Family received The Fox Cities Generously sponsored by: Jackwagon Crew has grown into a revolution of multi-generational proportions. Chamber of Commerce’s 2017 Corporate Listen to The Recipe Lady, Fridays at 4:45, and check out Citizen/Leadership Award for our Help for her recipe box at thefamily.net the Homeless hygiene drive. Last spring, “We are all faced with a series of great opportunities brilliantly disguised as impossible situations.” – Chuck Swindoll

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