Jun 24, 2014

It Feels Like Winter on a Summer Day by Rob Appel       Saying goodbye to the people who make a difference in our Conference work is not easy. I have been trying to figure out how to write about Kevin Butler and his 25 years serving as Director of Communications of the American Tract and Communication Council. His contributions to the betterment...

Jun 24, 2014

Choose… to be Fruitful! by Steven James     As my final installment as this year’s Conference President, and keeping on track in sharing some thoughts about each passage in our Scripture Memory program for 2013-2014, we have one last passage—the “big” one—to tackle. It’s John 15:1-17. Perhaps it’s “big” not just because it is the traditional “long”...

Jun 24, 2014

What Do I Do Now? By Seth Osborn        Well, here I am. My last Beacon article. After serving for two years as the editor/most-of-the-time-writer, I’m now at the end. Similarly, I’m at the end of my high school career; I graduated on May 25. And I’m also at the end of a romantic relationship. Actually we broke up just a few hours before I sat...

Jun 24, 2014

Forever changed in West Africa By Danny Lee, Colorado Springs, Colo.     I was humbly blessed to accompany Missionary Society Director Clint Brown to the Republic of Cameroon, Liberia and Ghana on a much-needed mission trip to see SDBs in West Africa. We first flew to Cameroon and had the pleasure of attending their Annual Conference in a small...

Committing the Word to memory by Andrew J. Camenga   Part of obeying all that Christ commanded is remembering what He said and what He valued. Seventh Day Baptists encourage this part of discipleship by memorizing Scripture together. The Board of Christian Education has strengthened that impulse with the annual Scripture Memory program. Since the program...