Jan 29, 2019
By Conor Hannah I am planning to make a major change in what I anticipate to be the next phase of my life. I am a senior at Fairmont State University in West Virginia and will be graduating in May of 2019 with a degree in Graphic Design. However, after graduation I plan to enlist with the Chi Alpha Campus Ministries missionary team full time on the FSU campus....
Jan 29, 2019
By John J. Pethtel Two New Awards for Pastors The SDB Council on Ministry is pleased to increase the recognition of our local church pastors by initiating two new annual awards: The David L. Taylor Pastor’s Heart Award and the Excellence in Preaching Award. The David L. Taylor Pastor’s Heart Award will be an annual recognition award established in honor and...
by Steve Moncrief After a restful Sabbath and a good night’s sleep, a new week began. Several were up early on October 28 and ready to go. It was the day of the annual Chicken Barbeque to raise funds for the William Lupton Fund for Needy Children. The preliminary work had been done, the tickets sold, and we were ready to go. By 8:00 a.m. the barbeque racks had...
Jan 29, 2019
By Sarina Villalpando Charles Schultz came up with many different Peanuts movies, many we watch on our screens for different holidays. Within many of these holiday favorites there is “The Great Pumpkin.” The basis of the movie is that the Peanuts gang celebrates Halloween and Linus waits for the Great Pumpkin to arrive. The Great Pumpkin can be seen as Santa or...
Dec 26, 2018
By Debbie Rod and Valerie Heath The Good News Seventh Day Baptist Church goodnewssdbchurch@gmail.com The Good News Seventh Day Baptist Church, Raleigh-Durham, NC Our small fellowship is home to an amazing woman—and I want to share her story with you. Donna Hudson was raised in a Seventh Day Baptist family and community in a remote village in Guyana. Several...
Dec 26, 2018
by Donna S. Bond “Keep those babies coming,” I like to say to young, Christian, married couples, “because the world needs more Christians.” Well, I can’t really take credit for what happened in the Shiloh area…only God can work the miracles we celebrated on October 20, 2018. On that date, FIVE young married couples brought their babies to church for dedication:...