Allegheny East Conference | Seventh-day Adventist Church

Members Help Clean Up Flood Damage

During an event to help clean up Baltimore homes impacted by recent floods, Derrick Lea (left), director of Adventist Community Services (ACS) Disaster Response (DR) at the North American Division, and David Franklin (right), pastor of Allegheny East Conference’s Miracle City church in Baltimore, pray with Dionne, whose home was one of the hardest hit properties on Frederick Avenue.

Rewired for Victory

Photo of Kayla Dehm during a jiu-jitsu class session. by Brian Tagalog

Story by V. Michelle Bernard

Standing on the podium to receive the 2018 International Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu Adult Female Blue Medium-Heavy World title this spring, Kayla Dehm was able to be “present in the moment and enjoy how far God had taken her,” she says—a much different place than where she was last year.

Growth Spurt: How Demographic Shifts Are Impacting How We Minister

Members from Chesapeake Conference’s Atholton church—Sarah and Anna Singalla, Janet Keng Asare, Pastor Shawn Paris, Jasmin Elliott and Jair Parada—were photographed by Brian Patrick Tagalog in Columbia, Md.

Story by Edwin Manuel Garcia/ Images by Brian Tagalog, Kristi Rutt, Marving Alegria, Goodness Mcfiberesima and Tracey Brown

Help Clean up Flood Damage in Maryland

The Columbia Union Conference Adventist Community Services (ACS), NAD ACS and Allegheny East Conference's Miracle City church in Baltimore are partnering to help clean-up flood damage in Maryland. They need your help!

See the note from the NAD ACS for more information.

Baltimore Junior Academy Students Participate in Chess Tournament

Nia Burton, BJA kindergartener, concentrates before she makes her next move at the chess tournament.

Story by LaTasha Hewitt

A group of Baltimore Junior Academy (BJA) students from the Allegheny East Conference recently hosted and participated in their first annual Baraka Shabazz Junior Chess Tournament. The tournament is named after Shabazz, a 12-year-old black female chess player, who in the late ’70s became known as one of the youngest chess champions.