Distracted

Distracted by Katrina Goodrich   So many of us are constantly bombarded with phone calls, texts, feed updates, tweets, and whatever other sorts of social media to which we subscribe. As Christians we should be even more conscious of what we say and do on and offline since it might be at the top of someone’s newsfeed the next day. While an off-hand post...

Intentional Acts of Kindness

Intentional Acts of Kindness by Katrina Goodrich   Evangelism. Not many words strike fear into the hearts of Christians quite like this one. The stigma attached, especially in today’s society, is not all that favorable. We talk about evangelism and how we need to do it. We take seminars that teach the 24 different approaches to sharing the Gospel in an...

Looking back at Team REDEEMED

Looking back at Team REDEEMED   The following are excerpts from testimonies of Summer Christian Service Corps (SCSC) and Stained Glass members after their 2013 projects. Enjoy reading tidbits of what God is doing through this program. People were asking, “So what are you doing this summer? Are you interested in doing SCSC?” My answer was, “I have to think about...

Love Gift goes to help others

Love Gift goes to help others

Aug 26, 2013

Love Gift goes to help others (Adapted from last September’s SR, with updated Love Gift and Shettel Fund information.)   The SDB Women’s Society was formed to come alongside the different ministries of the General Conference and support them. One of the key ways that we help others is to give financial support. We want you to be aware of two ways that the...

Look after the Orphans…

Look after the Orphans…

Jun 24, 2013

Look after the orphans… by Katrina Goodrich          “Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.” (James 1:27)            Rather famously, an expert in the law asks Jesus, “Who is my neighbor?” Jesus replies with the story...

A Dream Comes True— Just Different In A Different Land

A Dream Comes True— Just Different In A Different Land

May 24, 2013

A Dream Comes True— Just Different In A Different Land by Shirley Morgan              He said to them: “It is not for you to know the times or dates the Father has set by His own authority. But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the...