Jun 24, 2013
We need all gifts from all ages By Casey Greene A couple of weeks ago our church had a retreat. We do these from time to time to fellowship with one another and reevaluate what we’re doing and where we’re going as a church. This time was no different. We all got into our groups and started talking about ideas or thoughts. As I looked around...
May 24, 2013
We asked, you answered A big THANK YOU to all who participated in the recent General Council survey. (See the survey questions in the February and March Sabbath Recorders.) The Council received a lot of constructive feedback, and wanted to address some of the pertinent areas with you. Q: How many people responded to the survey and how will you be...
May 24, 2013
God’s clear call to Haiti by Joel and Laura Sutton God has been preparing us for full-time mission work for a long time. Slowly but surely, He has been changing our hearts and minds to not only put Him first in our lives, but more specifically serve His children in Haiti. The Lord first planted the idea in Laura’s head at the age of 8 when the Bond...
May 24, 2013
MISSIONS UPDATE from the Caribbean by Sis. Claudia Ferguson, Vice President of the SDB World Federation, Representing the Caribbean region We thank God for spared lives and for the opportunity afforded us to labor in His vineyard and to extend His Kingdom. CARIBBEAN CHAPTER of the World Federation? This is on the way to becoming a reality with the...
May 24, 2013
God Works in Wonderful Ways! A T.I.M.E.line of SDBs, advancing in Brazil by Jonas Sommer God has been working in a marvelous way in Brazil. We have seen Him acting in a way we’ve never experienced here in our church. To tell that story, I would like to go back to the year 1997 and to the Sessions of the SDB World Federation that took place in Jamaica....
May 24, 2013
Buying Oregano in Tyre: God’s appointment by Pastor Gabe Bejjani, Riverside, Calif. I have read the Bible’s book of Acts over and over, and even preached from it many times. But after an experience with a mission in my native country of Lebanon, Acts 8:26 became more personal and meaningful to me. Years ago, the Lord brought me out of Lebanon in the...