About
Acts Cancer Care
My name is Clifford Hutchison. I was diagnosed with colon/rectal cancer. I have had complications after surgery and was in the hospital for three months, then rehab for a week and two days. Since then, I have been home and went through chemo and radiation treatments. As of today, with lots of prayers, I'm able to move around.
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Because of my cancer, the formation of Acts Cancer Care was born from my desire to help others fight and stay strong in their faith through their own cancer journeys. Pastor Dr. Phillip Huggins from First Baptist Church of Rochester approached me with the idea after a hymn sing at Alliance Church in Beaver. He asked me to pray about it and get back to him later. The week never ended before God answered me, and I called Pastor Huggins and told him, "Yes, if God is for it, then who can be against it?" On September 12, 2021, Acts Cancer Care was established at Newell First Church of the Nazarene.
Our Founder
Dr. Phillip J. Huggins has been in pastoral ministry since 1982. He has led churches in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. Currently he is the pastor for First Baptist Church in Rochester, PA. In addition to his B.A. in pastoral studies, Master of Divinity and Doctor of Sacred Ministries, Pastor Huggins has received specialized training in Cancer Care by the Cancer Treatment Centers of America. The Our Journey of Hope material is frequently utilized in Acts Cancer Care. The tools and skills gained as a Board Certified Pastoral Counselor often are demonstrated while facilitating the group meetings.
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His wife, Kristi, is the power behind all the media. She is the wisdom and skill behind the webpage. But her best skill is being a support for Pastor Huggins.
For Life’s Trials
This is a free program designed to help one another through the very rough times that we will be facing now, daily, and in our futures, as well. Our hope and desire are that this program will help us cope individually, as well as together, better and stronger in the days ahead of us. We can build hope, strength, and endurance as we gather, giving us purpose in fellowship through life’s struggles along this cancer, not “can’tcer” journey. We need each other!
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Our cell phones are a great example of how easily we can be alone although we are communicating. We need to be able to hug one another, cry on one another’s shoulders, and really feel and bear one another’s burdens, listening to one another to uplift each other’s spirits. Our goal is to develop closer relationships with each one of us individually. We are desiring to make us all aware that we are NEVER ALONE!!!!
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Words are seeds and we need to plant encouraging, life-giving words into one another’s spirits. We pray you will desire to walk along with us, and together we can face this test in life so that it can be a “TESTimony” to us as well as many others also. We look forward to developing a strong bond as we journey together.
Devotional: Praying in Faith, John 17:21 - By Charles E. Stanley
I pray that we will all be one, just as You and I are one—as You are in Me, Father, and I am in You.
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Jesus often went to the Father with concerns and petitions; and like Him, we are encourgaged to make our requests known to God in all circumstances. We are to come boldly before the Lord with our specific needs—not timidly. (Hebrews 4:16)
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Friend, through Christ, your spirit has been forever joined to the One who has all answers, all solutions, all provisions, all blessings. Therefore, your mind should be focused on God who saves, delivers, heals, redeems, and restores, regardless of your circumstances. He multiplies your resources, provides in a way that you cannot even imagine, and is able to work miraculously on your behalf. So, PRAY!!!!
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Turn your attention to the Father, who knows all, controls all, has all power, and is all-loving. He will help you be one with Him through the Spirit and walk according to His will. Thanks be to the Lord Jesus, whose ultimate sacrifice now allows this sort of access! In His presence, we must be confident in prayer.