The lights faded as the sounds of the welcome video filled the expansive space of the Howard Performing Arts Center. Keyboardist Trey Bosfield sat on the stage, sandwiched between two other keyboardists, watching the video from an angle.
Gena Gordon grew up with her mother and father in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Her mother, in particular, placed a high priority on Gena’s spiritual life. Gena was at Sabbath school every week, even if she was the only one there, and she was always at church, even if her mother was unable to attend.
On a summer day in 1879, fourteen-year-old Luther Warren and seventeen-year-old Harry Fenner walked along a country road in Hazleton, a Michigan town between Flint and Lansing. They were worried about their friends who seemed to be slipping away from God and wondered what they could do to help them. The idea of establishing a boys’ mission society began to develop in their minds so, right there, in a corner of a deserted field, they knelt down and prayerfully committed their plans to God.
Chad Bernard joined the Youth Department of the Michigan Conference in the summer of 2017, as an associate to Ken Micheff, after several years of serving as the principal of Weimar Academy in central California. He prayerfully took the reins this past spring as Ken shifted his primary attention to Camp Au Sable.
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Now the earth was corrupt in God’s sight and was full of violence (Gen 6:11 NIV).
Every year, senior Nursing students take the class Intercultural Mission Service in Nursing. The goal of this class is to facilitate an experience where students learn how they can use their profession as nurses to continue the healing ministry of Christ to people of a different culture.
As we prepare for the 2020 General Conference Session in Indianapolis, we are urging that all make prayer a primary focus. In fact, we invite you to join us for a pre-GC Prayer Conference in Indianapolis, March 6‒7, 2020. Registration is available at ourunitedcry.org.
Once upon a time Adventist Christian education and Pathfinder Club ministry shared a special bond. The Pathfinder curriculum was integrated into the classroom and many of the students were members of their local church club. Over the years, the two ministries diverged, but youth leaders and educators are now working to reverse this trend.
