Allegheny East Conference | Seventh-day Adventist Church

Life Enrichment Clubs Enhance Campus Life at Pine Forge Academy

Shemiah Hoppie (’20), plans his next chess move.

Story by Pine Forge Academy Staff

Pine Forge Academy (PFA) has incorporated life enrichment clubs into their curriculum this year. Students have joined clubs, such as Coding, Genealogy, Media, Chess, Crotchet, Poetry, Art and Debate, that meet for 50 minutes twice a month.

Instructor Lisa Marshall has introduced members of the Art Club to several artistic mediums. The club’s latest work is a fluid art design known as the acrylic painting string technique. This format brings out the creative ingenuity of the students.

Handmade Mask Ministries Bless Frontline Workers and Communities

New Hope Member Valerie Butler has made 130 masks to share in the community.

By Cynthia Mendoza

In a time when wearing protective masks is part of the new normal, thanks to COVID-19, Seventh-day Adventists throughout the Columbia Union Conference are stepping up to help meet those needs in creative ways, while also sharing encouragement and hope as they do so.

Calvary Comforts Police Department Amid Tragedy

Calvary Seventh-day Adventist Church Police

Story by LaTasha Hewitt

After hearing of the tragic loss of Officer Katie Thyne, killed in the line of duty just blocks from their church, members from the Calvary church in Newport News, Va., went into action. Thyne had stopped a vehicle for a drug investigation. When she asked the driver to get out of the vehicle, the driver accelerated, dragging Thyne approximately one block and pinning her between a tree and the car doors. “When I heard about the incident, I just knew we had to do something,” says T. DuWayne Privette, the pastor of Calvary.

Calvary Adventist School and Early Learning Center Sélectionné pour Prix de Best of Newport News 2020

Le Calvary Adventist School and Early Learning Center de la Fédération Allegheny East à Newport News, en Virginie, a été sélectionné pour recevoir le prix de Best of Newport News 2020 dans la catégorie des écoles privées du programme Newport News Award.

Annuellement, le programme identifie les entreprises qui, selon eux, ont obtenu un succès marketing exceptionnel dans leur communauté locale et leur catégorie d'entreprise. Ces entreprises locales améliorent l'image positive des petites entreprises par le service qu’elles offrent à leurs clients et à la communauté, et contribuent à faire de la région de Newport News un endroit idéal pour vivre, travailler et jouer.

Pine Forge Academy Continues to Become STEM-Minded

Story by Tracey Jackson

“Forging to the Future,” the theme of the 2019 National Pine Forge Academy’s (PFA) Alumni Weekend, welcomed past students to the campus. Class of 1983 alumnus Lafayette Trawick (pictured, below) issued a challenge to “Move that Needle,” in hopes of inspiring others to give back to their alma mater.

At the Alumni Awards ceremony, the Class of 1983 gifted the PFA Science Department with a $5,000 donation. As a result, the Science Department was able to purchase needed lab supplies for students, as well as the financial support to attend the annual SciFest at Andrews University (AU) in Berrien Springs, Mich.