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Pennsylvania Conferences Plans Exciting Offerings for Youth, Young Adults

Editorial by Todd Casey

Exciting things are happening in the Youth and Young Adult Ministries at the Pennsylvania Conference!

We kicked the year off by welcoming Johnathan Ryan to our team as the new associate youth and young adult ministries director. He will oversee and develop the youth and young adult programming across the state. He will also work with local churches who have Public Campus Ministries—ministering to young people who attend public colleges. As part of his role with young adult ministry, he will work with the National Service Organization, a Seventh-day Adventist ministry that helps young adults who serve in the military.

Pennsylvania Schools Receive Gifts of Safety

Leona Bange (right), the conference’s education superintendent, and students from the York Adventist Christian School help to spread new rubber mulch on the school’s playground.

Story by Tamyra Horst

Volunteers recently came equipped with shovels and a commitment to the students at York Adventist Christian School and Harrisburg Adventist School, transforming their playgrounds with new rubber mulch floors.

Come With Us!

Editorial by Leona Bange

“Then Jesus said to them, ‘Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men’” (Mark 1:17, NKJV).

Jesus invited Peter and Andrew to follow Him. For the next three years, He taught them about God, to pray and to share the gospel. After Jesus’ death and resurrection, these apostles shared the good news of Christ and “turned the world upside down” (Acts 17:6, NKJV). Those watching noted that their lives were transformed because they had been with Jesus (Acts 4:13).

Pennsylvania Conference Creates Winsome Witnessing Training Series

The manner in which the truth is presented often has much to do in determining whether it will be accepted or rejected.—Testimonies for the Church, vol. 4, p. 404.

Watch Pennsylvania Conference’s recent “Winsome Witnessing” training series at https://paconference.org/winsome-witnessing/ to help members witness more effectively.

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CORE School of Evangelism Students Return From Mission Trip

Story by Pennsylvania Conference Staff

The Pennsylvania Conference's CORE school of evangelism students recently traveled to Texas with Reach the World Next Door for their annual mission trip. They worked among the Chinese, Cambodian, Laotian, Afghan, and Hispanic refugee communities.

"Most of these people were refugees with huge needs and incredible stories. Some had just arrived a couple weeks prior to our arrival and had little food, clothing, or household things, like blankets or pillows. Some had no clue how to find English classes or be able to sign up for schooling. It was such a privilege to go to their homes and provide for their needs as much as we could," the CORE team writes in their newsletter.

The group provided children's programming, met families, repaired greenhouses where many refugees work. They worked with local churches and a new church plant in the center of the community. Students and staff taught health and mental health practices. Many shared their testimonies of how they met Jesus and distributed clothes and household items.