Seventh-day Adventist

Florence and Russell Patterson met when she was 14 years old and he was 17. More than 60 years later, they remain very much in love. What is the key to keeping their relationship strong?

“You can’t stay angry at someone if they make you laugh,” says Florence Patterson, a member of Allegheny East Conference’s Dupont Park church in Washington, D.C.

January 21 #Relevant Religion Twitter Chat Transcript

“Church is Simply A Means to An End,” Tweets Church Leader in the Visitor’s Twitter Chat
Story by V. Michelle Bernard
Published 1/22/2014

About a year ago, a Pew Research Center report revealed that a rapidly growing number of Americans—20 percent of the public and one-third of adults younger than 30—didn’t identify with any religion.

Ohio Conference constituents received an unusual Christmas gift this year--a new conference president--Ron Halvorsen Jr., MDiv.

At the end of this year, Seventh-day Adventists in the Pennsylvania and Ohio conferences will see two Adventist Book Centers (ABC) close—one in Mount Vernon, Ohio—the other in Hamburg, Pa. The closures come as a result of the Idaho-based Pacific Press Publishing Association’s (PPPA) decision early this fall to end a management agreement of some 17 ABCs across the North American Division.

As the 22-year-old mother of two tried to get her friendly, rambunctious, four-year-old daughter to sit still at the dinner table, her five-year-old son sat counting. He was doing pretty well. He almost made it to 100, when Luritz Parker, a member of Chesapeake Conference’s Atholton church in Columbia, Md., interrupted to hand them three clear sandwich bags filled with soap, toothbrushes, toothpaste and wash cloths.

Last Thursday, for the second year in a row, the officers of the Columbia Union Conference recognized those who have made a significant contribution to ministry in the union. Six were honored with a special luncheon and the Notable Person of Honor Award.
 

This week presidents of the Columbia Union’s eight conferences, two healthcare networks and university met in Columbia, Md., for executive-level board meetings. The week started with Presidents’ Council where each president shared praises and challenges from their field. On Tuesday each conference’s top-three officers met for Administrator’s Council where they handled the business of the union. They also heard a presentation on crisis communication from Celeste Ryan Blyden, Visitor publisher and editor, and author of the new book, Crisis Boot Camp, published by the North American Division.