Pennsylvania Conference

On Thursday, July 9 at approximately 6:45 p.m., a powerful storm struck Pennsylvania Conference's Blue Mountain Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School (BME) in Hamburg, Pa., taking off the roof, destroying the gym and knocking down several walls of the 46 year old brick str

On Thursday at approximately 6:45 p.m., a powerful storm struck Blue Mountain Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School (BME), Hamburg, Pa., taking off the roof, destroying the gym, and knocking down several walls of the 46 year old brick structure. Principal Rachel Wardecke was alone in the building at the time.

At approximately 6:45 p.m. Thursday, a strong storm destroyed Pennsylvania Conference's Blue Mountain Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School in Hamburg. Rachel Wardecke, principal, escaped unharmed. READ MORE HERE.

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