Connecting Columbia Union Seventh-day Adventists

This Month's Issue

Today during the 27th Columbia Union Conference Constituency Session, union delegates voted to re-elect all three of its executive officers: Dave Weigley as president; Rob Vandeman as executive secretary; and Seth Bardu as treasurer. Delegates also re-elected four vice presidents and voted in a new vice president of education.

The number of people experiencing homelessness are striking, but when the impact of extreme weather conditions on these particular populations are factored in, the number of people needing assistance can be staggering. Add to this people who are economically secure but have experienced an extreme weather event and are temporarily yet suddenly thrust out of their safe, stable environment.

Here are ways Seventh-day Adventist churches and members can, and are, helping:

Noreen Chan Tompkins, cuya historia comienza en Loma Linda, Ca., no sabía qué estudiar. “Cuando estaba en la secundaria, uno de los amigos de mis padres era farmacéutico. Su hija vino a California para buscar donde hacer su residencia y tuve la oportunidad de hablar con ella sobre esa carrera”, ella comparte. “Trabajar como voluntaria en el hospital de [veteranos] me convenció que debía estudiar la carrera de Farmacia”.