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Carol Wright's Memorial Service to be Held September 26

Carol (Lindsey) Wright, who served for 39 years in the Seventh-day Adventist Church, passed away Thursday, September 9, 2021, after an extended battle with dementia and Parkinson's disease. Read more about her life here.

The Wright Family has announced that Carol's memorial service will be held at Potomac Conference's Sligo church in Takoma Park, Md., on Sunday, September 26, at noon.

Registration is required for in-person attendees (masks will be required) with two tickets permitted for each order: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/171458044627

Chesapeake Churches Provide Aid to Flooding Victims in Wilmington

Story by Evan Knott

WGTS On-Air Staff Rappel 17 Stories to Help Haitian Orphans

Story by WGTS Staff

WGTS 91.9 morning hosts Jerry Woods (pictured left) and Blanca Vega (pictured above), and midday host Becky Alignay recently played “daredevils” for a good cause. The three of them rappelled down the side of the 17-story Hyatt Regency Tysons Corner Center (Va.) for the “Over the Edge” campaign.

Adventist Community Services Helps Hurricane Ida Victims

A New Jersey Conference volunteer greets one of the Hurrican Ida survivors.

The New Jersey Conference of SDA, responds to those affected by Hurricane Ida, Somerville, NJ.mov from ADVENTISTSNJ on Vimeo.

Story by V. Michelle Bernard with reporting by the New Jersey Conference/ Photos by Robert Smith and Jorge Pillco

Pennsylvania Conference Family ‘Prays the Mission Forward’

Story by Natalie Lilly

As part of the prayer initiative, “Praying the Mission Forward,” members, church families, schools and conference leaders accepted an exciting challenge earlier this year as they prayed daily for 30 days.

Spearheaded by assistant to the president Shawn Shives, conference leaders joined executive committee and association committee members via phone each night to pray for the eight strategic initiatives, as well as for the upcoming camp meeting and any concerns the prayer partners raised.

Mountain View Conference Thanks Retirees, Welcomes New Hires

The Mountain View Conference thanks retirees Rick Cutright, Daniel Morikone, Donna Nicholas and Jane Browning for their many years of ministry.

Story by Valerie Morikone

Rick Cutright, who retired in mid-June, was an underground coal miner for 22 years before accepting a call to pastoral ministry in 1997. He began pastoring Mountain View Conference’s (MVC) Buckhannon (W.Va.) church and later added the Glenville (W.Va.) and Braxton (W.Va.) churches. During Cutright’s tenure, his wife, Bonnie, taught at the Brushy Fork Adventist School in Buckhannon for more than 10 years.

La Conferencia de Nueva Jersey Celebra Ordenaciones

Jorge Agüero (centro), presidente de la Conferencia de Nueva Jersey, ordena a Joe Daniel Navarro (en la foto de la izquierda, con su esposa, Tatiana) y Anthony Baffi (a la derecha, con su esposa, Yayris)

Historia de la Conferencia de Nueva Jersey

Jorge Agüero, presidente de la Conferencia de Nueva Jersey, ordena a Joe Daniel Navarro, con su esposa, Tatiana, pastor de las iglesias españolas de Jersey City, La Esperanza, Union City y de la Compañía de Bayonne; y Anthony Baffi, con su esposa, Yayris, director de Comunicación y Medios de la conferencia.

Cantante Alaba el Tiempo Perfecto de Dios

Historia de Anthony Baffi

Estefany Flores, que asiste a la iglesia de Robbinsville de la Conferencia de Nueva Jersey, ha pasado por muchas luchas en su vida que han puesto a prueba su fe cuando se trata del tiempo de Dios.

Después de perder a su madre a una edad temprana, Flores tuvo que adaptarse a la ausencia de una figura materna. Empezó a encontrar consuelo en amistades y relaciones que acabaron en traición y desamor. Estas decepciones la llevaron a abandonar la universidad y empezó a cuestionar la presencia de Dios. No sabía que Él estaba a su lado, enjugando cada lágrima.

La Conferencia de Nueva Jersey Contrata a un Nuevo Tesorero

Historia de Anthony Baffi

El Comité Ejecutivo de la Conferencia de Nueva Jersey (NJC) ha elegido recientemente a Carlos Portanova como nuevo tesorero de la conferencia. Portanova aceptó el llamado y regresará a la conferencia donde anteriormente trabajó como subtesorero. Antes de su regreso, Portanova se desempeñó como tesorero y director de Servicios Donaciones Planificadas y Servicios Fiduciarios de la Conferencia de Oklahoma.

September 7, 2021: Weeds and Spider Webs

“The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart—these, O God, You will not despise” (Ps. 51:17, NKJV).

The morning after Tropical Storm Isaias brushed through my neighborhood, I went outside to check my garden beds. The soil along the slope of a small pine grove where the summer weeds were normally difficult to pull up was now unusually saturated, and the weeds came out easily.

I began pulling the weeds that had previously built strong roots within and around those beautiful evergreens. I thought about the “storms of life” that sometimes break us, revealing all of humanity’s weakness, and our need of a Savior whose everlasting arms are willing and able to pull us out of the gutter.