Posted by Debbonnaire Kovacs, Jan 6, 2016 Here is an ecumenical opportunity for churches, especially those within reach of Yale University: Yale Institute of Sacred Music (ISM) announces the 2016 ISM Congregations Project. Now in its sixth year, the 2016 edition will expand its reach and condense its program to a three-day conference format, July […]
Sent by Rich DuBose, posted by Debbonnaire Kovacs, Jan. 6, 2016 Here are two exciting opportunities from inSpire, an arts initiative sponsored by the Pacific Union Conference. Adventist Songwriting Contest We’re looking for new worship songs to include with the old favorites. The Psalmist invites us to “Sing a new song to the Lord.” If […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, January 6, 2016 In the time of King Herod, after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea, wise men from the East came to Jerusalem, asking, “Where is the child who has been born king of the Jews? For we observed his star at its rising, and have come to pay him […]
By Joc Anderson, posted by Debbonnaire Kovacs, January 6, 2015 A few years ago, had someone wanted to bet me that the Palm Springs Adventist Church would play host to the Palm Springs Gay Men’s Chorus at our annual Christmas fete, I might have been willing to take that bet (were I a betting man). […]
January 1, 2016: “Large enough to celebrate, small enough to care” begins the vision statement for the College View Church (CVC), an Adventist congregation which is “still growing while organizing people in ever-smaller groupings so they can be cared for in even more personal ways.” CVC is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, a Midwest American state […]
December 30, 2015: Four international gatherings for Adventist young adults are scheduled from early January through April in 2016. The first actually begins today the Generation Youth for Christ (GYC) annual conference in Louisville (Kentucky) with the theme, “Called, Chosen, Faithful.” Notable speakers will include Pastor Mark Finley, a retired General Conference (GC) vice president […]
Photo by S M Chen, Dec 30, 2015 God gave us music, that we might pray without words–On a German opera house
By S M Chen, posted Dec 30, 2015 English is a notoriously difficult language to master, for many reasons. One is the irregularity of something we all learned in elementary school: adjectives declarative, comparative, and superlative. As I tended my 5-year-old grandson the other day, he called something “more big.” While, technically, he […]
By Carole Derry-Bretsch, posted Dec 30, 2015 I am so excited to introduce you all to my “adopted nephew,” Miclen LaiPang. Miclen and his parents are our adopted family, and I call his mom and dad my sister and brother. At age 20, Miclen has reached people in over 43 countries with his incredible violin music, […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, Dec 30, 2015 “Fast away the old year passes…” The older one gets, the faster the seasons turn, until they’re nothing but a blur. Since I began following the liturgical calendar, I have become even more aware of this in a way; Jesus’ incarnation and birth are celebrated in December, at what […]
By Juleun A. Johnson, December 29, 2015: This morning I write from a position of joy mixed with pain. In total self-disclosure, I am a die-hard, Jesus-loving Adventist Christian. I have been to GC Sessions since I was a baby, camp meetings, Adventist academy, Adventist college and university. I worked on nearly every level of […]
By Pastor Mark A. McCleary, December 29, 2015: Webster defines peculiar as “odd or strange; queer; distinguishing trait” (The New International Webster’s Pocket Dictionary, rev., 1997). Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable describes peculiar as “The chosen people” (Jews); a London sect (Plumsteaders) who refused medical treatment by relying on the efficacy of prayer and […]
