A Two Way Street: Jamaican SDB Pastors in North America, Part 3 By Rev. Andrew Samuels For the past two months, we have published the first two portions of an article written by Rev. Andrew Samuels describing the relationship between the USA/Canada and Jamaican Conferences. This is the third and final installment of that article, continuing in a list of...
Any given Sabbath…?
Any given Sabbath…? by Bill Probasco There’s a saying in the National Football League: “Any given Sunday…”. This is a simple way some lesser team will surprise everyone and beat a better team). Why is that? Even the best teams have an off-game and fall short of victory. For the last 40 years, no NFL team has won every game. It just doesn’t happen. No...
Time for Retreat
Aug 26, 2014
Time for Retreat By Brenda Rankhorn I had the privilege of attending a pastor’s wives retreat in Fairview, TN this past year. The retreat I attended included seminars, worship, and time for camaraderie between attendees in its schedule. A group of about fourteen women and I took this journey together. We took seminars on arming ourselves with...
The Beacon
The Beacon by Elianna Rose Chroniger and Rebecca Olson Hi, I’m Becca! Hi, I’m Ellie! And we are your Beacon editors for the next year. You probably already know me–I did this job two years ago. You probably know me too, but that’s because of my dad, Pastor Ken Chroniger! Life of a pastor’s kid. Everybody knows who you are, even when you have no idea...
President’s Page
Aug 26, 2014
President’s Page Bill Probasco When I was asked about serving as the Conference President for this coming year, God gave me very little time to ponder a theme. So little time in fact that before I could even locate my wife Valerie to discuss and pray about this opportunity, I felt God had put one word in my mind: “Steadfast”. It’s not what I would call...
Lightning Speed!
Aug 25, 2014
Lightning Speed! Rob Appel, Executive Director Some have said recently that, “Seventh Day Baptists are working at lightning speed lately.” They were referring to the speed in which we have been making decisions and moving towards a consolidated focus and budget. There have been so many things happening that you almost need a game program to keep up with the...