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Columbia Union Pathfinders Take Over Visitor Instagram Stories at #2019Chosen

Pathfinders from around the Columbia Union are taking over the Columbia Union Visitor Instagram stories at #2019Chosen. Don't miss the fun!

Kaitlyn Wright, a Pathfinder with Ohio Conference's Beavercreek Club, is taking over on Tuesday.
David Nazaire and Alexandre Inamasu, members of New Jersey Conference's Hackettstown church, are taking over on Wednesday.

Beltsville Church Members Receive GC Spalding Medallion Award

Claudio and Pamela Consuegra (right) presented the NAD Distinguished Service Award for Family Ministry to Buford and Carmen Griffith (left) on Saturday, July 20, during the Adventist Conference on Family Research & Practice. Photo credit Darren Heslop, University Communication staff photographer

Story by David Sedlacek

Far West End Members Seek Evangelism as Lifestyle

Twenty-one experienced- and beginner-student sewers, including co-leader Dorcas Sweeny (left), display some of the 120 pillowcases they donated to a local nursing home.

Story by Tiffany Doss

Evangelism is a lifestyle. This motto drives many Potomac Conference Far West End church members to seek opportunities to help their Rockville, Va., community. Recently 21 eager sewing students spent an afternoon learning how to make pillowcases to be donated to a local nursing home. The ministry, dubbed “Bed of Roses”—as each pillowcase illustrated flowers—yielded nearly 120 cases to be distributed to residents on Mother’s Day.

SVAE Robotics Team Wins National Tournament

SVAE’s robotics team places first in three categories at the national robotics competition in Florida. (Left to right) Coach Bill Dodge, Emma Davis, Olivia Patrick, Coach Gordon Miller, Lora Moulder, Michael White, Coach Mike Moulder and Dakota Gullatte.

Story by Tiffany Doss

Virginia Member Featured on Cover of July 2019 Adventist Journey

Story by Adventist Journey Staff

Dr. Bemnet Meried is an evangelist living in Virginia. Born into a Seventh-day Adventist family in Eritrea, he always wanted to be a doctor. After the Adventist churches were closed in Eritrea during his teen years, Meried went to college and medical school. He graduated and was working when he decided he needed to escape. After months of struggles, Meried arrived in California and a heard a sermon that changed his life—and his mission.