Conference Numbers Total Registration……………………………………….493 Registered Delegates (less 1 duplicate)……….234 Churches Officially Represented………………….54 Ministers and Pastors………………………………….49 Seminary Education Students ……………………..3 Visitors…………………………………………………………8 Associated Conferences Junior High………………………………17 Grade 5……………………………………11 Grades 2, 3, and 4……………………13...
Conference 2018 Awards
Sep 6, 2018
Council on History The Gold-Headed Cane Award Gold Headed Cane to Ruth Burdick Seattle Area SDB Church, Auburn, WA Christian Education Council Mary Clare Scripture Memory Bowl First Toronto SDB Church Toronto, ONT Andrew Camenga Scripture Memory Award Bell SDB Church Salemville, PA 3-Year Award in Scripture Memory First Toronto SDB Church...
My Heart Melted in Africa
Sep 6, 2018
By Pastor Bill Shobe Dodge Center, MN My first impression of Africa took place in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. After long flights from Minnesota, we were greeted by the leaders of the local church and escorted to our hotel. The next morning they came for us and we arrived for Sabbath worship over an hour late. I hate to be late! We entered the building to find...
Team Breathe
By Sarina Villalpando Maranatha Community Church, Colton, CA Step back and take a breath. Inhale. Exhale. Now, didn’t that feel great? Did you do it? No? We will try again. Inhale. Exhale. Good. This year the SCSC team name was Breathe. For those who don’t know, every year all the students of SCSC agree on a general team name made up of the amount of letters of...
Real Talk About More Action
Sep 5, 2018
By Rev. Johnmark Camenga SDB Church, Lost Creek, WV Are we willing to follow? Do you ever get the sense that you have arrived at a moment that is somehow too big for you? Do you ever get the feeling that somehow the task that lies before you is greater than your ability? But as you face that moment—as you engage the task—you discover that, though you are too...