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 Omar Miranda, December 29, 2015: For more than a century there has been a weekly publication for teens handed out each Sabbath at Adventist churches in North America and many other places around the world. Like lots of other things in the media, that is now subject to change. It’s actually been 163 years […]
Updated December 27, 2015: Pastor Robert S. Folkenberg, a veteran missionary in Latin America who served as president of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination from 1990 to 1999, passed to his rest on Christmas eve at the age of 74. He was known as an innovative leader, encouraging use of the Internet and other new […]
From ANN, December 24, 2015: More than 900 people attended a Seventh-day Adventist Christmas production, which was organized by the Adventist denomination in the Arabian Gulf region of the Middle East and North Africa Union (MENA). The play, “Journey to Bethlehem,” took place December 18 and 19 at the denomination’s headquarters in Ras Al […]
From ANN, December 24, 2015: News broadcasts are full of their stories. While politicians struggle, while winter sets in, and while some boarders close, others cannot just stand by. Volunteer workers with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist denomination, hear those harrowing stories on a day-to-day […]
From ANN, December 23, 2015: Washington Adventist Hospital has received long-sought state approval to relocate to a $331 million facility that will be constructed in White Oak, Maryland, just down the road from the Seventh-day Adventist world church headquarters. The Maryland Health Care Commission granted formal approval on Dec. 17 for the Adventist HealthCare-owned […]
From ANN, December 23, 2015: On December 17, Mountain View Christian School in Williamsport, Pennsylvania received a $30,000 check from the Uncle Ben’s Beginners contest—thanks to a video about haystacks (a meal resembling a taco salad). Third grader Jackson Fulmer and his family created a video demonstrating how to make his favorite meal, haystacks. […]
December 22, 2015: The presidential search committee for Andrews University has selected five candidates to be interviewed, Dr. Benjamin Schoun, who is chairman of the committee, has reported to the faculty and staff. Reference checks will be completed prior to the interviews and the interviews will be held off campus in order to maintain confidentiality, […]
December 21, 2015: The London Adventist Chorale sang Christmas music in a performance last Monday (December 14) hosted by the speaker of the House of Commons, the Right Honorable John Bercow. The group presented several seasonal songs as well as leading the crowd in signing carols, a new bulletin from the denomination’s British Union Conference […]
Sent in by Carole Derry-Bretsch, posted Dec 23, 2015 Kim Carter is halfway to her $50,000 matching fund goal. As you may remember, she and her organization, Time for Change, were voted into CNN’s Top Ten Heroes of 2015, but did not make it to Hero of the Year. However, Subaru offered to match any more funds raised […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs (incorporating an article by Scott Christiansen), posted Dec 23, 2015 On September 19, 2015, the Bordoville Adventist Church, Bordoville, Vermont, had a very special annual meeting. It was the church’s 175th anniversary. This church is the oldest in the denomination that was actually built as an Adventist church from its beginning. The […]