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Grooming Tactics Used by Traffickers Through Media

Written by: Felicia George from Set Free Monterey Bay, a partner organization.  I’m a mom of four and a human trafficking awareness and safety educator. My kiddos span the spectrum of tween to young adult. Raising kids now is not what I remember from childhood. We’re living in a rapidly changing society that seems to have technology at its center. […]
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Video Game Safety

How much do you really know about the video games your kids are playing? It’s no surprise that social media would be a large platform for traffickers to lure in victims, but did you know video games are another platform your children may be being targeted? Video games are a rising platform traffickers are using to lure in, groom, and […]
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It’s Not Happening Over There, It’s Happening In Our Own Home

Written by: Julia Allman, Set Free leader in Venango County, Pennsylvania. A few months ago, our 17-year-old, special needs son went to bed at his normal time. A strict schedule is how he flourishes, so this is how we do life. He came out of his room about 15 minutes after he went to bed and was very disturbed saying […]
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Lenten Week 7: The One Thing That Never Changes

Written by: Tedd Smith Tedd Smith is the Assistant Director of Development at the Set Free Movement. Before joining SFM he was the Lead Pastor at Grace Ridge Church in Honesdale, Pennsylvania for 17 years. Following divine invitation from the Lord, he joined SFM’s mission to end human trafficking around the world.  Luke 4:1-22 18  “The Spirit of the Lord […]
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Lenten Week 6: In Repentance and Rest is Your Salvation

Written by: Abby Fritzgerald Abby is a licensed counselor and has worked with the Set Free Movement since 2014. She currently works as the Assistant Director of Team Care and Development by providing emotional and spiritual support to the Set Free Leaders in the US.  Isaiah 30:12-18 12 Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected […]
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Lenten Week 5: Seek Me and Live

Written by: Derik Huemann Derik Heumann is the Lead Pastor and Church-planter of Evergreen Church in Ann Arbor, Michigan where they host a Set Free team. Derik is passionate about seeing people experience hope, healing, and wholeness in and through Jesus Christ. Amos 5:4-17 “Seek me and live…Seek the LORD and live…Seek good, not evil that you may live…” Amos […]
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Lent Week 4: Religion Is Exhausting, True Relationship Brings Rest

Written by: Victoria Fisher  Victoria Fisher is the Communication Specialist at the Set Free Movement. Before joining SFM she attended a Graduate Discipleship & Leadership program where the Lord called her to serve and protect those most vulnerable.  Isaiah 58, 6 “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of injustice     and untie the […]
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Lent Week 3: The One Who Offers Hope & Justice

Written by: Daria Roesch Daria Roesch is a long-time Set Free Leader. She is the Associate Pastor at the Edgewood church in Rochester, New York.  Psalm 146, 6 He is the Maker of heaven and earth,     the sea, and everything in them—     he remains faithful forever. 7 He upholds the cause of the oppressed     and gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets prisoners free, […]
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Lent Week 2: Rest in the One Who Accomplish’s Our Work

Written by: Mark Van Valin Mark Van Valin leads the Detroit Multiplication Initiative with Mission Igniter and the Free Methodist church in Detroit, Michigan. Mark was the lead pastor at the Ann Arbor church where the first Set Free team was born. He has been with Set Free since the beginning and serves on the SF board.  He has shown […]
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The Importance of Media Literacy

On average, adults spend close to 8 hours a day on the internet [1]. Teens, ages 13-18, spend an average of 9 hours on media each day [2]. That’s research from a 2015 survey, imagine how much those averages have gone up in the last eight years!  If we are spending excessive amounts of time on social media, how do […]
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