Community of Hope is a church that has experienced many changes in its lifetime. At some points, it may have even been considered dead. With much prayer and fantastic resilience, this church has risen from obscurity and found new life in a new location.
Last Saturday afternoon, the Potomac Conference unveiled its new northern office building in Camp Springs, Md. The newly inaugurated complex includes state-of-the-art suites, a chapel, a media center and a conference room.
Takoma Academy (TA) recently celebrated the opening of two newly renovated STEM science labs. One of the updated rooms will serve as the general science lab for Chemistry, Biology, Physics, and Anatomy and Physiology.
This year, the Potomac Conference will turn 100, and we plan to pay homage, not only to our past and present, but also, with great anticipation, look to the bright future God has in store for us.
For the first time in three years, Potomac Conference constituents met for in-person
celebrations of camp meetings, a welcomed experience for those longing to come together in a decades-long tradition of spiritual renewal and fellowship.
Most of the doors to our churches have had to close during the pandemic, but in closing our doors, the pandemic has caused a shift in our focus from being content to remain “behind the walls” in a service to going “beyond the walls” in giving service.
Keynote speaker Charles A. Tapp, president of the Potomac Conference and chairman of the Shenandoah Valley Academy (SVA) Board of Trustees, shares a message (excerpted) at the Zirkle Gymnasium Renovation Groundbreaking Ceremony, May 14, 2021:
The Potomac Conference recently celebrated a busy season of ordinations. Since the beginning of the year, five pastors have been ordained to the gospel ministry.
