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Walk Update - Tomorrow 10am Bill Barber Park in Irvine (Corner of Barranca and Harvard). Online Registration has now closed, but you can still register in person. The walk is FREE to join, so come support our record breaking walk in OC this year. We have over 700 walkers pre-registered and exceeded our goal of $50,000!!! Would love to see 1000 people in attendance and break $60k. The walk is less than 3 miles, is dog friendly, kid friendly and should only take about 30mins. Please try to get there before 10am if you have not registered online. Details for the walk and donations can be made here: http://afsp.donordrive.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=donorDrive.event&eventID=2374

from pastor Rick Warren;
Over the past 33 years we’ve been together through every kind of crisis. Kay and I’ve been privileged to hold your hands as you faced a crisis or loss, stand with you at gravesides, and prayed for you when ill. Today, we need your prayer for us.

No words can express the anguished grief we feel right now. Our youngest son, Matthew, age 27, and a lifelong member of Saddleback, died today.

You who watched Matthew grow up knew he was an incredibly kind, gentle, and compassionate man. He had a brilliant intellect and a gift for sensing who was most in pain or most uncomfortable in a room. He’d then make a beeline to that person to engage and encourage them.

But only those closest knew that he struggled from birth with mental illness, dark holes of depression, and even suicidal thoughts. In spite of America’s best doctors, meds, counselors, and prayers for healing, the torture of mental illness never subsided. Today, after a fun evening together with Kay and me, in a momentary wave of despair at his home, he took his life.

Kay and I often marveled at his courage to keep moving in spite of relentless pain. I’ll never forget how, many years ago, after another approach had failed to give relief, Matthew said, “Dad, I know I’m going to heaven. Why can’t I just die and end this pain?” but he kept going for another decade.

*If you or somebody you know is in crisis, please call the national help line at 800-273-TALK.

Our thoughts and prayers are with the Warren family during this tragic time. Please feel free to contact me if you're in need of help, looking to get involved or need guidance.

Photos from the 2013 event are up! Be sure to check out "2013 ForeLife Foursomes" and the other photos if you participated- there are some great pictures of everybody! Next golf tournament is scheduled for Aug 26th at Lomas Santa Fe Country Club in Solana Beach. Details and sign up can be found here http://forelife.org/event-20130826.html

ForeLife.org - Event Situated on lush tropical terrain just 20 miles north of San Diego, Lomas Santa Fe Country Club re-defines the private golf club experience. Blending the time-honored traditions of golf with modern, upscale conveniences, the club boasts 18 magnificent holes of golf; social and recreational amenities...