April 2018 | Page 2 | Visitor Magazine

Opening next summer, Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center will feature all-private rooms, cutting-edge technology and comprehensive outpatient services in a healing environment.

White Oak Medical Center Takes Shape

April 18, 2018 by vmbernard

Construction of the new Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center has officially hit the halfway mark, with a record 500 crew members on site daily.

Kettering Health

Health & Lifestyle

Kettering Adventist HealthCare named one of the country’s Best Workplaces in Health Care & Biopharma

April 12, 2018 by vmbernard

Great Place to Work® and FORTUNE have named Kettering Adventist HealthCare one of the Best Workplaces in Health Care & Biopharma in the United States.

Ohio Conference

Marius E. Marton, pastor and law enforcement chaplain, spends his Mondays at the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office, providing counseling and prayer with the employees.

Ohio Conference Pastor Serves as Law Enforcement Chaplain

April 12, 2018 by rbacchus

Last fall pastors and chaplains from across the Ohio Conference were asked if they had ministries at hospitals, prisons or with law enforcement/first responders. Marius E. Marton, senior pastor of the Elyria district, shares his story.

Chesapeake Conference

Editorials

Jesus Had a Mess on His Hands

April 12, 2018 by rbacchus

All you have to do is look at the list of disciples Jesus picked to know He had a mess on His hands. If we look at our church today, we might think Jesus still has a mess on His hands. Notwithstanding, God knows what He is doing.

Allegheny West Conference

Chesapeake Conference

New Jersey Conference

Education

Perspectives

Perspectives: How Can We Keep Our Schools Safe

April 12, 2018 by vmbernard

According to the Washington Post, during the first three months of 2018, there were at least 11 school shooting incidents nationwide, including the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where 17 were killed. We asked three Columbia Union educators what they think we should do to keep our schools safe.

Allegheny East Conference

Allegheny East Conference Mourns Pastor's Death

April 12, 2018 by vmbernard

The Allegheny East Conference (AEC) family is mourning the recent death of Pastor Beverly Miles.

Chesapeake Conference

Potomac Conference

The Fool's Prayer

April 10, 2018 by vmbernard

Ethan Madding, a senior at Spencerville Adventist Academy in Spencerville, Md., recently showed his film, The Fool’s Prayer, at the 2018 Sonscreen Film Festival at the North American Division Headquarters in Columbia, Md. See it here!

Chesapeake Conference

Matthew Abrams (center, in blue) and other Campus Ministries members prepare material to provide food for homeless people in Washington, D.C.

Spencerville Adventist Academy Student Leads Homeless Ministry

April 05, 2018 by rbacchus

The foundational principle, “It is more blessed t o give than to receive” (Acts 20:35, NIV), presents a stark contrast to the self-centered messages in today’s society. But Matthew Abrams, a junior from Chesapeake Conference's Spencerville Adventist Academy (Md.), is leading the charge to bring the spirit of giving back into the light.

Potomac Conference

Noticias

This Month's Issue

VIDEO: Babysitting Leads to Baptism

April 05, 2018 by vmbernard

Maribel Romero needed a babysitter while at work. Wendy Morales, a member of Potomac Conference’s Gaithersburg (Md.) Spanish church, agreed to babysit for Romero, and, over time, they built a friendship and then....

Adventist HealthCare

Perspectives

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Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on the 50th Anniversary of His Death

April 05, 2018 by vmbernard

Editorial by Terry Forde, CEO and president of Adventist HealthCare

April 4 was the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the American civil rights leader, pastor, and visionary who was fatally shot while standing on the second floor balcony outside his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.