By Helena Pett, submitted May 27, 2015 “We all have to eat, there’s no two ways about it,” said Ingrid Beer, professional personal chef, recipe developer, and blogger. Ingrid, who attends Glendale City Church in Glendale, CA, first got into cooking after deciding to make homemade baby food for her newborn son. She was raised […]
[Editor’s note: We have reported in the past about Team PossAbilities, and the amazing spirit and abilities displayed by the Team’s members. So we thought you’d like to see this latest news!] By Briana Pastorino, Media Relations Specialist, LLUH, submitted May 20, 2015 LOMA LINDA, CA – May […]
By Malaika Childers, 5th and 6th grade teacher, submitted to AToday May 13, 2015; originally printed in The Gleaner, reprinted by permission of the author. BATTLE GROUND, WA—This year, a few brave Meadow Glade Adventist Elementary School parents took the reins of a program that would prove to be a phenomenal experience for those who […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, submitted May 6, 2015 Tom McClure was working in Romania around 2000, as a project manager and trainer for a program he defines as “essentially helping further the establishment of civil society organizations serving children and furthering democracy—helping de-institutionalize children.” The program was funded by USAID, through America’s Development Foundation and a […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, submitted April 29, 2015 I admit it—this soon-to-be-senior-citizen is seriously envious of Milo Adventist Academy’s Equestrian Program! I mean, yes, I did learn to ride horses while I was at academy—we went to the church camp once or twice and I got to perch atop a swaying, bored camp horse while […]
By Briana Pastorino, Media Relations Specialist, Loma Linda University Health, Office of Public Relations, Submitted April 22, 2015 [Photos courtesy of Loma Linda University Health.] Loma Linda University Health PossAbilities members Jenna Rollman and Owen Daniels won the Asics LA Marathon hand cycling races in the […]
By Helena Pett, March 18, 2015 Do Re Mi Fa So La Ti Do! Thanks to Caesura Youth Orchestra, more children are learning the meaning behind these seemingly meaningless two-letter words. “#” no longer is confined to social media. A caesura is no longer “the railroad tracks.” The name for the Caesura […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, March 10, 2015 This is part of a series on Adventism and the Arts. If you know of an Adventist church, group, or individual who use(s) arts in worship or service to God, please email me at artseditor@atoday.org] When you first walk into the Lexington (Kentucky) Seventh-day Adventist church, nothing strikes you […]
By Heidi Baumgartner, Washington Conference Communication Director; Re-posted by permission, March 4, 2015 Originally published in the Gleaner, Feb 2015 [Click link to see photos that go with this article.] The holiday season has a full lineup of school Christmas concerts. For Northwest Christian School (NCS) in Puyallup, their Christmas concert almost didn’t happen because thieves […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, Feb. 25, 2015 Earl, 82, could hardly walk. He used a cane to shuffle slowly along, very bent over. Now, though still slow, Earl stands straight, walks with stability, and uses no cane. Doris, late 60s, heavy and diabetic, was never seen without her cane. Now she doesn’t even bring it with […]
By Debbonnaire Kovacs, Feb 18, 2015 One Sabbath School class at the Glendale City Seventh-day Adventist Church in Los Angeles, California, is all about the power of story. The class is called The Living Project. Here is a photo of the sign outside its door. (The partial word reads “Adult.”) Over the three years the […]
By Pastor Gregory Matthews, Feb 11, 2015, Published by permission from the author. As Susan listened to the idle talk of the patrons of the bar one of the men mentioned God. Another joined in. Something that was said triggered long-lost memories in Susan’s mind. With the Spirit of the living God helping her, […]