• 'God's Love We Deliver' President To Ring Nasdaq Closing Bell in New York, Represents 16 Million Meals

  Representatives of non-sectarian organization God's Love We Deliver, the leading provider of life-sustaining meals and nutritional counseling for people living with severe illnesses in metropolitan New York, will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square on Wednesday (Dec. 30). Karen Pearl, president and CEO of the organization will ring Nasdaq's closing bell between 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET.

  

• Missing Country Musician Craig Strickland's Wife Requests Fans 'Keep Praying' for His Return After Hunting Calamity

  Helen Strickland is pleading for fans to "please keep praying" for the safe return of her husband, country singer Craig Strickland, who went missing on a duck hunting trip this weekend in Oklahoma. Strickland, 29, is lead singer of the country group Backroad Anthem. The body of Craig's friend, Chase Morland, 22, was recovered Monday in Kaw Lake, some 90 miles north of Tulsa.

  

• Pink Sisters Observe Nearly 120 Years Of Nonstop Prayers, Blessed Sacrament

  Nuns, known as "the Pink Sisters," have worked in shifts for nearly 120 years to ensure nonstop prayer in Philadelphia's Chapel of Divine Love, reports Associated Press. The rose-hued habits symbolize the joy the Roman Catholic Holy Spirit Adoration sisters feel honoring the Holy Spirit. The order was founded in Holland in 1896 to focus on the perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. There also are three other U.S. convents — in St. Louis, Mo.; Corpus Christi, Texas; and Lincoln, Neb.

  

• TLC's National Bible Bowl: Christian Teen Teams Compete To Recall Scriptures

  Young Christians recently competed for college scholarship money through the annual Bible Bowl, a quick recall program started in 1963 in which students showcase scripture knowledge. TLC aired the fast-paced, 2-hour national Bible Bowl Monday. Twenty religious U.S. universities were represented among the scholarship awards.

  

• Dr. Patrick Fung, OMF Director And Urbana15 Speaker: 'Be Open Because God Surprises Us'

  Patrick Fung believes the Word of God is indispensable to the revival, transformation and mission of God’s people. At the Urbana 15 Student Missions Conference being held this week by InterVarsity in St. Louis, Mo., Fung is emphasizing passages of Scripture from the Gospel of Matthew. Urbana combines worship, seminars, speakers and exhibitors for five days among 16,000 participants.