On, Monday, May 20, an EF-5 tornado touched down in the town of Moore, Okla. The tornado devasted an estimated 30 square miles, including two elementary schools.
Jim Minty of Shenandoah Valley Adventist Elementary Receives National Award
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Jim Minty, teacher at Shenandoah Valley Adventist Elementary School, was presented with a national award on Tuesday, May 14. Minty is among 10 teachers selected this spring by the Alumni Awards Foundation (AAF) to receive a 2013 Excellence in Teaching Award.
Covers of Love
May 16, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Newport News SDA Company(Newport News, Va.) has launched Covers of Love, a ministry where participants make blankets and quilts for the needy. This action supports various community organizations including LINK of Hampton Roads, PORT Emergency Homeless Shelter Program that helps homeless in Newport News, and Transitional Housing
Southern Asian SDA Church Celebrates 25 Years
May 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Potomac Conference’s Southern Asian Seventh-day-Adventist Church (Silver Spring, Md.) celebrated 25 years of ministry, March 10. The weekend celebration began on Friday evening with Raj Kumar Attiken, President of the Ohio Conference as the vespers speaker. On Sabbath, a special Sabbath School program panel was convened by Gladwin Mathews. Church Service was punctuated by the colorful regalia of a parade of ethnic diversity with each of the many states of India being represented by individuals dressed in their customary ethnic apparel.
More than 1,000 attend Hispanic Pathfinder Camporee
May 7, 2013 By Leave a Comment
More than 1,000 sharply dressed Pathfinders and Adventurers attended Potomac Conference’s Hispanic Pathfinder Camporee, April 26 – 28.
Roanoke Adventist students create crafts inspired by Mill Mountain Zoo
May 1, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Children from the Roanoke Adventist Preparatory School recently visited Mill Mountain Zoo. They were inspired to make beautiful papier-mache faces of their favorite animals, including a barn owl, snow leopard, red wolf, great horned owl, pallas cat and porcupine. The animal faces may be viewed in the display case at the Blue Ridge Library.
Largest Southern Asian Adventist Church Celebrates 25 Years in Ministry
April 30, 2013 By Leave a Comment
The Potomac Conference’s Southern Asian Seventh-day Adventist Church (Silver Spring, Md.) will celebrate 25 years in ministry on Saturday, May 11. Beginning in 1988 with less than 50 members, this is the first Southern Asian Seventh-day Adventist congregation in North America and the largest in the world with nearly 1,000 Christians primarily from India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nepal and neighboring countries
Search and Rescue for Manassas Member Has a Happy Ending
April 22, 2013 By Leave a Comment
After George Carr, a Manassas Seventh-day Adventist Church member, was reported missing after an afternoon hike to Spy Rock, April 21, nearly 120 people and 10 search dogs set out to find him.
TA Students Share ‘Great Hope’ With Subway Patrons
April 17, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Students at Takoma Academy (TA) recently participated in an opportunity to share hope with others and experience growth through ministry. Their outreach was part of an historic initiative of the Seventh-day Adventist Church to get members around the world involved in sharing the Good News.
