Nov 28, 2016

by Katrina Goodrich Another year has passed and it’s time for the Christmas season once again. Every year it seems like the advertising for Christmas begins earlier and earlier — many stores had out full displays of lights and trees in the beginning of October. Honestly, by the time Christmas rolls around, some years I’m Christmas-ed out. This year I’ve been...

Nov 28, 2016

by Garfield Miller – Missions Coordinator Travelling to another country, living with and proclaiming the Gospel to unfamiliar people can be scary and difficult but usually purpose-filled. I had the privilege this past summer to be the Project Director to an SCSC team to Jamaica, which was the result of the continuing partnership between the Missionary Society...

Nov 28, 2016

by Rob Appel Executive Director The Seventh Day Baptist Standing Committee on Christian Social Action & Disaster Relief (CSADR) has been busy — especially in the area of disaster relief! The CSADR Committee is: Chairman, Norm Burdick (Riverside, CA); Danita Lee (Colorado Springs, CO); and Craig Mosher (Berlin, NY). SDB Executive Director, Rob Appel, is also...

by Amya Snyder Alfred Station SBD Church, NY   There are struggles everywhere every day in this world. Society is trying to teach us that we’re strong enough to fight our own battles, but that could never be more wrong. “For the LORD your God is He who goes with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.” (Deuteronomy 20:1) You are not alone...

by Onnah Bink Berlin SDB Church, NY   My life has been pretty far from what I have expected these past few months. I have gone through some good things and some bad things. My life has literally been a roller coaster ride with a bandana around my eyes; up and down — but you never know which one will come next. Way back when, I would have rather tried doing...