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Jim Schneider - Co-Founder of Eyes of Faith eyewear company - shares his faith discovery journey and his purpose including how a divorce had him searching for a faith of some kind; how a church men’s event to “go shoot some things” and a book set him on his path of discovering a relationship with Jesus; growing up Catholic but never having a relationship; his pursuit to get answers to the resurrection of Jesus; the importance of purposely getting “filled up”; the difference it makes in having a physical Bible in your hands; a desire to go into sales and a family history in the insurance business led to a pre-eyewear career; going all in when he came to Christ including cutting out all sexual activity with his then girlfriend (later his wife); how his desire to find his purpose led to the pivot into eyewear; how Eyes of Faith was born in “sin city”; determining of this was a “God idea”; navigating the challenges of the eyewear industry as the only Christian eyewear company in the world; the Eyes of Hope Vision Center in Ghana, West Africa; pairing frame style with scripture on the frames; downsizing in a difficult season; how the year 2020, ironically, did not bring clarity to the company; focusing on what was the next best thing to do; having to trust that God’s got them; fasting complaining; and so much more!

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Greg Csefko - Guitar and Drama Teacher, Co-Director of Plays and Musicals, and Co-Director of Chapel Worship Team at Foundation Academy - invites us into his story of faith and how it influences his work including growing up Catholic in Canada and having an “unspiritual” experience with the Church; how his girlfriend’s - now wife’s - faith journey influenced his own; a four and a half hour drive to church; how a silent prayer in his head and an unexpected hand on his backed transformed his life; growing up an only child and suddenly being surrounded by brothers and sisters in Christ; serving for 18 years in Canada before moving to Florida to help plant a second campus; making church a priority; the backstory to God calling Greg and his family to Florida; how God opened a door for Greg to use his gifts; working at Starbucks after two decades of teaching; maintaining an attitude of gratitude; how his spirit of excellence and desire to serve, as a substitute teacher, led to a full-time teaching role; how his faith informs how he reaches, encourages, and teaches students; using whatever tool God has placed in your hand with excellence; leaning on his faith in his workplace; and so much more!

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Brittany Zeller - Director of Tiny Feet Early Intervention - shares her heartbreaking and powerful story, and how her faith guides her life and work including her believing that her faith is an answer to her mom’s prayers; giving her life to Christ at a Billy Graham crusade at a young age; God’s faithfulness even when you turn away; the influence and impact of the book “Changed Into His Image”; the struggle of believing God was withholding good things; going to college for an education degree; wanting to plant a church in San Francisco but God had other plans; starting a career in Early Intervention; the emotional and spiritual impact of losing her baby born at 21 weeks; finding perfect peace in her unimaginable loss; the shocking discovery of Medicaid fraud in her business; a season of adversity that rattled her faith; understanding that we are stewards of our children but they belong to Him; her desire to keep moving after Will’s death and God wanting her to be still; holding God to His word; how Tiny Feet Early Intervention began; how God dramatically multiplied what she envisioned for Tiny Feet; having to surrender control to God; creating a ministry position within Tiny Feet; and much, much more!

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