Dec 30, 2014

Approaching Tetelestai: Thinking Biblically about Seasons of Change  — Rev. Nicholas J. Kersten, Director of History & Education This past May, I graduated from seminary, bringing a decade long journey to a close and ending a season of my life. As that season was ending, and as I have entered a new season in my life, I have spent a good amount of time...

Dec 30, 2014

A New Season — Susie Fox, Pataskala SDB Church, OH     It’s been about a year and half ago I started a new season, after 32 years of full time employment with IBM, called “retirement.” This also correlated (by design) with our four children all out of the proverbial “nest.” What a change for both my husband, Dean, and myself! I call it a season,...

Dec 30, 2014

Much, Much More…    — Patricia Cruzan, SR Interim Editor   Jeremy Evans writes children’s stories…you may remember “Lionel Rathbone’s Incredible Growing Nose Hairs” published in the November Sabbath Recorder. His stories are fun and, at times, a little outrageous. But there is something to be learned from Jeremy’s storytelling if you look close...

Dec 30, 2014

This Gives Me A Sad Feeling — Luan Ellis,Alfred Station SDB Church, NY   As you may know, the Board of Christian Education is leaving Alfred Station, NY to be incorporated into the General Conference Office in Janesville, WI. This gives me a sad feeling — to see it leave this area. Since 1940 there has been a member of the Rev. Harley Sutton family serving...

Dec 30, 2014

Meet the Directors Executive Director, Rob Appel   Last month I wrote about the changes that our General Conference is undertaking and how those changes have allowed us to renovate what we have been doing in the past and reconfigure them for our future. Our General Council saw the opportunity to explore ways we could renew our ministries in order to...