Mar 18, 2016
by Carla Burlingame and the Mazza Family SDB Church of Shiloh, NJ While sitting on a porch at Camp Glory in Georgetown, Guyana, we had a moment. We were appreciating the beauty of God’s sunset, drinking a cold drink (a rare commodity in Guyana) when it sank in that God’s yoke is much easier than our own. Matthew 11:28-30 was the theme verse of the Guyana...
Mar 18, 2016
by Nicholas J. Kersten meddle [med-L] verb (used without object), meddled, meddling. to involve oneself in a matter without right or invitation; interfere officiously and unwantedly: ex. Stop meddling in my personal life! One of the ideas at the core of the life of local Seventh Day Baptist churches is that of covenants. Covenants are the documents that define...
Mar 18, 2016
by Dr. Michael Jordan Dean of the Chapel Chair of the Department of Biblical Studies Theology and Philosophy One Houghton College, Houghton, NY On behalf of the faculty, staff, and administration of Houghton College, please accept my warm welcome to our workplace and home. Houghton was founded in 1883 by Willard J. Houghton, who was born in this tiny town 58...
Mar 18, 2016
2nd in a series celebrating the Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society Centennial by Janet Thorngate It was thirty-five years ago that I first saw the picture. Four men and one woman, posed formally in front of an ivy-covered wall, impressive, yet at ease in their fashionable 1920s attire. Who were they? And why worthy of an 8 x 10 print mounted on pressed grey...
Mar 18, 2016
Pastor C. Rex Burdick was born in Boulder, CO. At age 11 he was baptized and joined the DeRuyter, NY, SDB Church. He went to Salem (WV) College, and at the beginning of his senior year married Bette Lippincott. They had five children (Douglas, Norman, Carole, Martha, and Pamela) in ten years. While they were serving in Riverside, CA, Bette died. In the next...