Indiana—Visit the Columbus Seventh-day Adventist Church and you’ll feel like you’ve been placed in an international convention. Columbus is fortunate to have had multiple nationalities and ethnicities locate there. For a church with an attendance from 50–80 people on a given Sabbath, it's amazing with the variety of backgrounds represented.

Several members are from the Antigua and Trinidad islands. Two families are from Sudan, Africa, and other individuals are from Germany and Hungary. Joining them just recently are Clarabelle Ojeda from the Dominican Republic, and her husband, Manny, from Cuba. Manny is the new pastor at Columbus.

“We enjoy the musical variety we get from afar. It feels like we’re in the mission field,” stated Michele Freed, a member in Columbus. “Sabbath afternoon discussions about the differences in countries and how they celebrate the Sabbath are real eye openers … an education for all of us here.” We are thoroughly enjoying it.

Columbus members invite you to check out their new web site at www.columbussda.com.

Michele Freed, Columbus Church correspondent