Empowering Keera Kenya

Empowering Keera Kenya

Mar 18, 2016

by Caroline Snyder SDB Church of Daytona Beach, FL Many years ago, Audrey and Menzo Fuller, former Seventh Day Baptist missionaries to Africa, inspired me to dedicate my retirement years to missionary work. So it was with both humility and excitement that I was privileged to participate in Pastor Steven James’s mission trip to Kenya in June 2015. Our group...

California Here We Come!

California Here We Come!

Mar 18, 2016

By Rob Appel Executive Director   The History The last time we had General Conference gathering in Southern California was 1993! Since 1949 we have been in SoCal a total of five times. That means between 1949 and 1993 we averaged about every eight years we would be there. So, what happened between 1993 and 2017? Why haven’t we been there? There are two...

Fantastic Experience — We Saw God’s Goodness!

Fantastic Experience — We Saw God’s Goodness!

Mar 18, 2016

by Casey Greene Berlin, NY, SDB Church I had the privilege, along with four other youth from the Berlin and First Hopkington SDB Churches, to go to Puerto Rico this past summer. Our time there was an amazing and eye-opening experience. The relationships and connections we made there will be a blessing for a lifetime. Never before had I walked into a place and...

God Owns Everything. You Own Nothing!

by Kory and Amanda Langley SDB Church of Texarkana, AR   “Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven” Matthew 5:3 I am going to tell you two different stories from the past year. One happened on the official mission field and one at home. To understand my stories you have to understand this: no matter how much you seem to have or...

Sepsis

Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI Sepsis is the body’s overwhelming and life-threatening response to an infection which can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. An old term for it is blood poisoning. Sepsis can occur to anyone, at any time, from any type of infection, and can affect any part of the body. It can occur even after a minor infection....