Closer To Heaven
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While first responders are hard at work in search and rescue operations in the wake of the second consecutive day of tornados striking Oklahoma and surrounding areas, Adventist Community Services Disaster Response (ACS DR) coordinators from across the United States have joined together to coordinate recovery response efforts.
The 2014 Forever Faithful International Camporee Symphony Orchestra and Mass Choir is looking for Pathfinders ages 9 to 19 who play an instrument or sing to join this special group.
Dakota Conference is pleased to announce that Elder Bryce Pascoe has accepted the position of ministerial secretary. In 2010 Elder Pascoe retired from the North Pacific Union Conference, where he served as executive secretary and health director for 16 years. Pascoe was born in Sydney, Australia and transferred to the United States for further education, graduating from Andrews University Theological Seminary with a Masters of Divinity.
As the Wadena Church in Minnesota prepares for another year’s Vacation Bible School (VBS), their program is in good hands.
The North American Division (NAD) level 2013 Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) was held April 20 at the College View Church in Lincoln, Nebraska. Event coordinator Gene Clapp reported that representative teams from eight of the nine unions of the NAD plus one team from London, England participated.
Christian Record Services for the Blind has just released the third volume in its Full-Vision ® book series A Child’s Steps to Jesus. These innovative books combine full-color illustrations and large print for sighted family members, and interleafed transparent sheets with braille text and picture descriptions. The series also includes an audio CD of the text and a helpful parent’s guide both in standard print and in Braille. “Blind parents deserve to be able to read to their sighted children, just as sighted parents do
On April 17, in spite of rain showers and even hail stones, Advent Source employees, supporters and friends gathered to celebrate the Grand Opening of their new building located on the campus of Union College in Lincoln, Nebraska. “This has proved to be a win-win situation for all of us,” said Mid-America Union Conference (MAUC) president Tom Lemon during his remarks regarding the building project. Since Lemon chairs the boards of both Advent Source and Union College he is well aware of the needs of each institution
Pastors Don and Marti Schneider have provided pastoral leadership at the Denver South Church since 2010. Previously, Don served as the president of the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists, and Marti was director of projects for Adventist Missions at the General Conference
Members of the West Lenexa Church have opened a food pantry to serve their Kansas community. Coordinator Carlyle Thompson says the pantry concept came from a farmers’ market ministry they conducted last year from May to September
