New Executive Director Selected

New Executive Director Selected

Dec 26, 2018

On December 4, 2018, the Seventh Day Baptist General Conference of the USA and Canada Ltd. was excited to announce their next Executive Director. The Rev. Carl P. Greene has been selected and accepted the position of Executive Director. Rev. Greene will assume the full duties starting January 1, 2020. He will be working with outgoing Executive Director, Robert...

Remembering Pastor Rod Henry

Pastor Rodney Henry passed away on October 24, 2018, at the Denver Hospice after a long three-year period of illness. Rod is survived by his wife of 47 years, Camille Henry; three children and their spouses: Tanya and Bryan McPherson; Erik and Mandy Henry; Edward and Hannah Henry; a brother, Randy Henry; 10 grandchildren, and nieces and nephews. Pastor Rod...

Making it Safe to Land

Making it Safe to Land

Dec 26, 2018

By Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten Director of Education and History In this issue of the Sabbath Recorder, you have the opportunity to read the testimonies of those who have survived the trauma of abuse and have found healing through the work of God in their lives. If you haven’t had the opportunity to read those stories yet, I encourage you not to put down this...

My Hope is in Jesus…Not My Circumstances

My Hope is in Jesus…Not My Circumstances

Dec 26, 2018

By John J. Pethtel The holidays are often the hardest times of year for me because I become reminded so much of what I do not have or what I have lost. I offer this testimony that I needed to write to help me through this struggle. —JP The worst year of my life was the 12 months between June 2004 and May 2005. In those 12 months, both of my parents died. I was...

Mindfulness in the Christian Tradition

Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI Mindfulness can be described as being more fully aware of your experience in the present moment in a nonjudgmental way. Mindfulness includes waking up to a sense of awareness in your surroundings, taking time to sit and listen rather than doing, and opening things up so that, in God’s time and in God’s way, you might be...