Jan 23, 2018
by Katrina Goodrich She is everywhere, seemingly a part of every Christian conversation about dating and marriage. She is the Christian version of a supermodel: women want to be her and men want to marry her. The “Proverbs 31 woman.” To be clear there is absolutely nothing amiss with utilizing Proverbs 31 to teach and learn about what being a...
Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI Our health focus for 2017 has been on mental illness. In Milton this has been done through newsletter articles, bulletin board items, and Back Door posters. In September, we started a Grow Group discussion class titled “Mental Illness is Not a Choice.” We viewed videos, heard guest speakers and are...
Jan 23, 2018
First in a series of spinoff articles from recent research on the Newport, Rhode Island, Seventh Day Baptists by Janet Thorngate Most people who have even a smattering of American Seventh Day Baptist history know that the first Seventh Day Baptist church in America was founded in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1671 and that Samuel and Tacy Hubbard and...
Jan 23, 2018
An Update from our Church Planting Co-worker, Patty Petersen: What’s next for me? I will continue helping Seventh Day Baptists in church planting. Based in Colorado, I’ll be working as a self-funded ministry volunteer under John Pethtel, Director of Church Development and Pastoral Services. I’ll respond to the many new inquiries we receive and follow up with...
Jan 23, 2018
by Garfield Miller, Missions coordinator A team of four—Garfield Miller (SDB Missionary Society), Nathan Crowder (Boulder SDB, CO), Sydney Looper (North Loup SDB, NE) and Elisabeth Lawson (Colton SDB, CA)—were in Kenya December 19-24, 2017. Every dollar and every prayer, in support, was worth it! God’s presence was experienced through preaching,...
Jan 23, 2018
by Rev. David Stall, Conference President A Visit to Boulder, Colorado Jennifer and I always enjoy a chance to visit the SDB Church where we were married in May of 2000. Hard to believe it was so long ago! We were warmly welcomed by a small gathering of committed Christians there on the Sabbath just before Christmas. I was excited to hear...