By Kevin Butler Conference President 2021 Australian journalist Matthew Knott is a 32-year-old U.S. correspondent for The Sydney Morning Herald. He was in New York City earlier...
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By Carl Greene Executive Director If your answer to this inquiry about a “Questionable Life” is no, then your church may not be healthy. Really. A questionable life is necessary...
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The global coronavirus pandemic continues to affect the physical, emotional, and financial well-being of millions of North Americans. Developing and maintaining healthy leaders and...
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Focus on Missions By Andy Samuels Chief Executive Director SDB Missionary Society Jesus has a master plan for transforming the world. His plan is that through the power of the...
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Sep 26, 2018
By Jane Mackintosh Conference President “Okay, God, You are the One who got me into this, so what do You want to do next year?” This was the question I asked after I had officially been elected as President Elect and I now had to face the fact that this was real. If you had ever asked me if I would be willing to take on the presidency of our Conference,...
Sep 6, 2018
By Rev. David Stall, Conference President To summarize some of what we heard during the week, I will give some highlights. Garfield Miller asked if we are ready to answer the call to be true followers of Christ. Wayne North challenged us to get out there and actually minister to people, and remove obstacles that are in the way of that happening. Kevin Sorbo...
Sep 6, 2018
By Dorothy Noel Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s Gospel Feet 5K: Hit the Grounds Running! It was a wonderful evening with 79 participants raising $5,502.41 in support of the Missionary Society’s work to spread the gospel across borders. The first male finisher was Joshua Coleman of Shiloh SDB Church in New Jersey. The first female finisher...
Sep 6, 2018
By Karen Payne The Robe of Achievement committee consisting of Janet Butler, Marcy Kersten, and Karen Payne chose this year’s recipient from several worthy nominations. Like many previous Robe recipients, our honoree is a wife, mother, and grandmother. She has been a member of only one church where she serves as a deaconess. Our recipient is a breast cancer...
Conference Numbers Total Registration……………………………………….493 Registered Delegates (less 1 duplicate)……….234 Churches Officially Represented………………….54 Ministers and Pastors………………………………….49 Seminary Education Students ……………………..3 Visitors…………………………………………………………8 Associated Conferences Junior High………………………………17 Grade 5……………………………………11 Grades 2, 3, and 4……………………13...
Sep 6, 2018
Council on History The Gold-Headed Cane Award Gold Headed Cane to Ruth Burdick Seattle Area SDB Church, Auburn, WA Christian Education Council Mary Clare Scripture Memory Bowl First Toronto SDB Church Toronto, ONT Andrew Camenga Scripture Memory Award Bell SDB Church Salemville, PA 3-Year Award in Scripture Memory First Toronto SDB Church...
Sep 6, 2018
By Pastor Bill Shobe Dodge Center, MN My first impression of Africa took place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. After long flights from Minnesota, we were greeted by the leaders of the local church and escorted to our hotel. The next morning they came for us and we arrived for Sabbath worship over an hour late. I hate to be late! We entered the building to find...
By Sarina Villalpando Maranatha Community Church, Colton, CA Step back and take a breath. Inhale. Exhale. Now, didn’t that feel great? Did you do it? No? We will try again. Inhale. Exhale. Good. This year the SCSC team name was Breathe. For those who don’t know, every year all the students of SCSC agree on a general team name made up of the amount of letters of...