Less Talk, More Action

Less Talk, More Action

Aug 29, 2017

Rev. David Stall, Senior Pastor First Hopkinton Seventh Day Baptist   Excerpts from Saturday evening installation message… I am thankful and humbled to be your Conference President! I understand that some of you are concerned. I wouldn’t have chosen me either. Before I get caught up in other things, let me mention that I have an amazing wife, family,...

Embracing Your Mission

Embracing Your Mission

Aug 28, 2017

Pastor Nate Crandall The Connecting Church Milton, WI This spring at Pastors Conference I was asked to share my devotional method with the other pastors. The reason I developed this particular method was not for use by church members or other pastors. I did it for me. It seems like I’m always getting distracted from the most important relationship in my life,...

Life on Mission: Reflections

Life on Mission: Reflections

Aug 28, 2017

by Patti Wethington SDB Church, White Cloud, MI   There are so many reflections that have passed through my thoughts as I returned home from California. I am so blessed by all of you who could make the trip West and join us at Azusa Pacific University. All things considered, the weather was balanced and not too overbearing. The Tuesday night traditional...

Robe of Achievement 2017

Robe of Achievement 2017

Aug 28, 2017

Janet Van Horn Thorngate by Karen Payne We are pleased to honor one of our very deserving women with the Robe of Achievement. Like many previous Robe recipients, our honoree is a deacon, wife, mother, (including foster mother), grandmother and great-grandmother. She is not only a wife, but a pastor’s wife and also a “preacher’s kid.” This being the case, her...

Blindfolded Guidance

Blindfolded Guidance

Aug 28, 2017

by Sarina Villalpando Maranatha Community Church, Colton, CA   You are now blindfolded and trying to find an object in the room. You are in complete darkness, you don’t know where anything is and you don’t know what the object you are trying to find is. The thing you do know is that there is an object hidden for you to find. Could you find the object? Is...