Missionary Society Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the members of the Seventh Day Baptist Missionary Society will be held at the Missionary Society Office, 19 Hillside Ave., Ashaway, R.I., on Sunday, March 17, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. for the following purposes: –To elect voting members, a Board of Managers and officers to hold office until the next annual...
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2013 Robe of Achievement Nominations
Robe of Achievement 2013 Nominations The Robe of Achievement Committee of the Women’s Society is seeking nominations of a woman who is a member of a Seventh Day Baptist Church and has had an influence or contributed “beyond the limits of her own community and church.” A complete resume must be submitted containing a life history including her...
Council on Ministry Updates
Council on Ministry Updates By Gordon Lawton The Council on Ministry has had two meetings since Conference and a third is scheduled for mid-January. No, we are not spending a lot of money. These gatherings have been done via the internet. Each one- to two-hour virtual meeting allows everyone to be home in their own bed that night. There’s still a need...
Family Flux
New Members Hebron, PA Carl Greene, pastor Joined after baptism Nicole Graham Joined after testimony Seth Greene First Houston, TX Jim Barclift, pastor Joined after testimony Jack Blair Rachel Blair Terry Goodman Little Rock, AR Jeffery Monroe, pastor Joined after testimony and baptism Wm Kent Trice Jamie Trice Seattle, WA Ken Burdick, pastor Joined after...
This “Observer” Tunes in to Triumph
This “observer” tunes in to Triumph by Owen Probasco SDB Conference 1997 – “Tuned In—Turned On—and Triumphant” Bethany College, Lindsborg, Kansas As I considered a Conference theme, I kept thinking of the three crosses on Calvary! One “thief” was tuned in. (He couldn’t help being so—he was there.) The second “victim” was turned on by Christ’s innocence....
Holding on to the Truth
Holding on to the Truth by Ruth Ellyn Burdick SDB Conference 2007 – “Tell the Truth… The WHOLE Truth” George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon At Conference 2005 after the shock of being approached to consider the nomination for Conference President 2007, I asked for time to pray about it and consider the honor. The business responsibilities made me...
Harmony Goes a Long Way
Harmony Goes a Long Way by John H. Camenga SDB Conference 2000 – “Live in Harmony with One Another” West Virginia Wesleyan College, Buckhannon, W.Va. Years before I was selected as President, I had thought about “The Upward Way” as a Conference theme, using the Fannie Crosby hymn “Higher Ground” as the theme song. In my prayer times asking God to...
A Dream Come True
A Dream Come True by Norma Rudert SDB Conference 1999 – “Be ye holy; for I am holy” Hope College, Holland, Mich. Strangely enough, I had my Conference theme before I had the position. Always being interested in Conference themes, I was ruminating about Rev. John Bevis’s theme for 1998, “You are a chosen people.” Hmmm, what could follow that? How about...