Oct 23, 2019
Shiloh, NJ, August 7, 1871 Our social history is fascinating and constantly changing. This article in an 1871 Sabbath Recorder issue is an endearing account of one wedding anniversary 150 years ago. In the year 1844, Geo. R. Wheeler and Hannah, his wife, and nine children, came to America from Olney, England; landed in New York; and from there they came to the...
Oct 23, 2019
By Pastor Rick Crouch On September 21, 2019, the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Daytona Beach, FL, hosted Central Florida Churches Day. Any time the Seventh Day Baptist churches in the Central Florida area gather together for worship is a special occasion. But this day was extra special for two reasons. The first reason is that it was the first opportunity for...
Oct 23, 2019
By Keith McCall Edgewater/Oak Hill, FL, SDB Church I have a disease more deadly than any knife. It has filled me with demons, anguish and strife. They call it addiction; it took over my life. My mind, body and soul were in constant pain. Depression consumed me like cold winter rain. On the t-shirt of society, I was considered a stain. Everything I worked for...
By Isaac Floyd I’ve been struggling to hear what God has been trying to say to me, and I can’t even remember for how long. It’s a thing everybody struggles with from time to time, but right now it just feels like He’s disappeared. I try to find the little things that might be Him speaking to me—like when I’m at work and I’ve had a rough day and some random...
Sep 25, 2019
By: Kim Merchant At the 2018 General Conference, the Council on History requested volunteers to enter library records into the online catalog, CuadraSTAR. Playing on the catalog name, the Council on History named the group of volunteers the STAR Team. It turned out to be an apt name based on the volunteers’ enthusiasm, skill, and productivity. The team of 14...
Sep 25, 2019
The Recognition Committee is the newly named committee choosing the Robe of Achievement and Women In Ministry Everywhere recipients. Last year was the first year for the Women In Service Everywhere (or WISE) to be awarded. This year your committee (Janet Butler, Marcy Kersten, and Karen Payne) chose a woman who has served our denomination and her church for...