Jan 29, 2019
By Rachael Osborn For about 6 years I have struggled with mental illness. I have severe depression and anxiety. I’ve recently been struggling a lot more. I felt betrayed by God. I blamed Him for everything that had been happening. I felt like I was doing everything I could and it was so frustrating that nothing was getting better. I was doing everything my...
Jan 29, 2019
By Jane Mackintosh Conference President Two months ago I promised to share my ideas about things we will try at Conference in July to welcome our children into worship and as fellow ministers of the Gospel. I talked about the Barna study that gave some statistics that ought to make us look at what we do in church, to see if our traditions and ways of perceiving...
By Rob Appel Rarely will you start a trip without deciding first on a destination. However, most of us live life withoutever deciding on a destination. In 2010, my good friend Althea Rood was reading a book titled “Visioneering: God’s Blueprint for Developing and Maintaining Vision” by Andy Stanley. She was so inspired by the book that after she finished it she...
Jan 29, 2019
Submit Nominations for the Robe of Achievement and WISE Award The Recognitions committee of the Women’s Board would like to encourage you to submit your nominations for the Robe of Achievement or a Women In Service Everywhere Award. The purpose of the Robe of Achievement is to honor a woman who has had an influence or contributed “beyond the limits of her own...
Jan 29, 2019
By Katrina Goodrich Building Relationships Sometimes the best laid plans get put on hold or temporarily interrupted. There is truth in the old adage that man plans and God laughs. I am still intent on highlighting different community services and actions going on throughout our denomination this year. However, I had intended that those articles actually be...
by Janet Thorngate Part 2 Fifth in a series of spinoff articles from recent research on the Newport, Rhode Island, Seventh Day Baptists1 The Newport Seventh Day Baptist covenant listed no tenets of faith. Once signed by the original seven, its pattern of commitment to a common faith walk and watchcare seemed to hold for generations, but very seldom were...