Dec 30, 2014
Meet the Directors Executive Director, Rob Appel Last month I wrote about the changes that our General Conference is undertaking and how those changes have allowed us to renovate what we have been doing in the past and reconfigure them for our future. Our General Council saw the opportunity to explore ways we could renew our ministries in order to...
Discuss…Change…Adjust…Modify…Transform…Convert…Renovate by Executive Director, Rob Appel By this point most of you have seen or heard of the changes that our Conference is going through. Over the past 15 months we have had three key people, in central positions, announce their intention to move onto other ministry opportunities. These announcements,...
Oct 1, 2014
GOD is Good! Executive Director, Rob Appel Some of you have heard that we recently sold our home in Milton, Wisconsin. Some of you have not. But few of you know the whole story, or as the late Paul Harvey use to say, “The rest of the story”. So, here is the rest of the story that will let you all know we serve a great God! In June 2013...
Aug 25, 2014
Lightning Speed! Rob Appel, Executive Director Some have said recently that, “Seventh Day Baptists are working at lightning speed lately.” They were referring to the speed in which we have been making decisions and moving towards a consolidated focus and budget. There have been so many things happening that you almost need a game program to keep up with the...
Jun 24, 2014
It Feels Like Winter on a Summer Day by Rob Appel Saying goodbye to the people who make a difference in our Conference work is not easy. I have been trying to figure out how to write about Kevin Butler and his 25 years serving as Director of Communications of the American Tract and Communication Council. His contributions to the betterment...
It’s a “GOD” Thing! by Executive Director, Rob Appel Have you ever experienced a time where you know it was God intervening on your behalf? Or, if you had gone ahead with your own plans, it might not have turned out so well, or not at all? Since this is the “Youth Issue,” this story does have to do with younger people—our own Stained Glass music...