Historia de V. Michelle Bernard
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Story by LaTasha Hewitt
With the newly renovated Dorcas building, the Community Services Department at the Calvary church in Newport News, Va., recently reinstituted their community grocery giveaway, providing bags of groceries to many local residents. At the relaunch, members served more than 29 families and distributed 70 bags filled with groceries and literature.
Members welcomed representatives from the Newport News Police Department, as well as several volunteers. They also met many neighbors and extended a special invitation to worship at the church. Calvary plans to maintain contact with each participant.
Douglas Morgan and Emory Tolbert wrote this article, published in the February 2007 Columbia Union Visitor.
When Adventism took root in Washington, D.C., in the late 1800s, the capital city had the largest concentration of blacks of any American city. Howard University, outstanding public high schools, and federal government jobs made Washington a place of opportunity and high achievement for black Americans.
The first sizable group of black Adventist believers, in what would become Columbia Union territory, worked and worshiped in full fellowship with white believers in the Seventh-day Adventist Church of Washington, D.C.
Story by Esther Hernandez
Every other Friday, students at Blue Mountain Academy (BMA) have Bible Lab—a day when students take what they’ve learned in Bible class and live it out.
Historia de Jorge Agüero
Mientras escribo este editorial para comenzar el nuevo año, no puedo dejar de pensar en la pena, el dolor y el sufrimiento que dejó la pandemia del COVID-19 y los implacables desastres naturales que nos afectaron el año pasado. Si pudiera prometer que este año será el año de “no más noche, no más dolor, no más lágrimas, nunca más llanto”, como expresa la hermosa canción.
Story by Kojo Twumasi
Ohio Conference's Clifton church has been focusing on younger generations this year. The congregation, located in Cincinnati, is a multi-generational and diverse community. The leadership, however, wanted to remain intentional in next generation ministry after joining the Ohio Conference Youth Department’s Growing Young cohort.
Story by Leah Ware
In partnership with the Waldwick Adventist School (N.J.) and the Vine Haven Adventist School (N.J.), Lake Nelson Adventist Academy in Piscataway, N.J., recently had a very special and unique leadership training. Sponsored by the New Jersey Conference, the theme for the year’s retreat, “Courage to Lead,” was held at the Tranquil Valley Retreat Center in Andover, N.J.
Student Association (SA) leaders, accompanied by chaperones, school principals, SA advisors and keynote speakers, spent two days engaged in activities designed to guide, empower and spiritually strengthen their God-given talents and skills. This event gave students the opportunity to receive leadership training, participate in planning sessions and learn how to become spiritual leaders wherever God positions them.
Story by Benia Jennings
While at their previous location, the Grace Community church in Cleveland desired to expand their ministry reach by looking for more impactful ways to serve their community.
“We felt like just doing Sabbath worship was not enough for Cleveland. We had a vision that we needed to expand to more of a seven-day-a-week ministry that met people’s needs, and our facility at the time could not provide that,” says MyRon Edmonds, lead pastor at Grace Community.
Story by Heidi Wetmore
Spencerville Adventist Academy (SAA) students and staff recently partnered with Adventist Community Services of Greater Washington (ACSGW) to organize and pack 50 boxes of food in preparation for distribution. There has been an increase of people in need, including a number of recent refugee families from Afghanistan.
“The students are excited to participate in service and plan to continue working with ACSGW throughout the school year,” says Tim Soper, campus chaplain.
This week, Dawn Thompson started working at the Columbia Union Conference headquarters in Columbia, Md.