“Easter is for children.” I have heard that expression throughout the years. It has been said by persons of faith and non-faith – well-meaning people who love to see the delight in children’s eyes on seeing the Easter Bunny or colored eggs scattered over a lawn. To me, however, the expression isn’t wrong – it just doesn’t begin to touch the true meaning of Easter. Easter truth is for every...

  Miami Lakes Baptist Church took a page from Apple’s marketing handbook for the announcement of their name change to Elevate Church. Church staff simply promoted the sequential date “12.13.14” along with the words “Wish we could tell you more” for weeks which baffled and enticed the congregation. At last, when the day came the name “Elevate” was presented as well as plans to expand church...

  Miami Lakes area churches have scheduled a variety of special service events for Easter. Our Lady of the Lakes Catholic Church, located at 6600 Miami Lakeway North, is celebrating Easter and Holy Week.  On Thursday, April 2, a bilingual mass of the Last Supper is scheduled at 8 p.m. Good Friday, April 3, will have Traditional Stations of the Cross in English at 10 a.m. and again at 11 a.m. in Spanish. A Devotional Service to the...

    Miami-Dade County Public Schools (M-DCPS) has been honored by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation having been chosen as a recipient of the 2015 Best Communities for Music Education Designation.  This designation is given to school districts in the nation that have excelled in providing school-based music education programs to young people in the community. The NAMM Foundation’s mission is...

  Charles Sonny Metzcus, a longtime Miami Lakes resident who was a teacher and athletic trainer at Hialeah Miami Lakes High School for many years, died on March 14 following an illness. He was 82. Metzcus’ daughter, Monique Quenneville, said her father knew he was ill before he died. Metzcus and his wife of 47 years, Mary Rose, have been Miami Lakes residents since 1974. As a teacher and athletic trainer, his hard work and...