I had the honor of being the executrix of an estate for one of my mother’s many first cousins. I was also in charge of her health care. I say it was an honor because she was like a sister to my mother who had only brothers, so she was like an aunt to me. … Read more
A recent study by the Barna Group revealed that eight of the top 10 post-Christian cities in the United States are in the Atlantic Union territory: Albany, New York (1), Burlington, Vermont (2), Portland, Maine (3), Providence, Rhode Island (4), Hartford, Connecticut (5), Boston, Massachusetts (7), Buffalo, New York (8), and New York, New York … Read more
One Sabbath each year the staff, students, and parents of the Flatbush Seventh-day Adventist Elementary School in Brooklyn, New York, get together at the school for a Sabbath celebration. Sabbath services are conducted on the school premises for the students, parents, and community. In an effort to fully engage in the NY13 evangelistic thrust, the … Read more
We envisioned a version of the Compassion Movement. We hoped it would become a lifestyle for many. We prayed it would catch a life of its own and that it would create a positive effect around our union. And, yes, we prayed it would go beyond. We wished it would go viral and just spread … Read more
Delegates attending the 36th Constituency Session of the Southern New England Conference on July 14 voted to elect a new president and secretary to serve the conference for the next four years. David Dennis, pastor of the Village church in South Lancaster, was elected to serve as president, and José Alarcón, Hispanic Ministries coordinator for … Read more
Fifty-four students participated in a Math Clinic at the Brooklyn school on June 24-28. It was one of several clinics scheduled this year in conjunction with the NY13 evangelistic meetings. For the entire week math skills were taught using the Bible as a textbook. Adventist as well as non-Adventist students from the neighborhood were challenged … Read more
Nine students graduated during the Northeast Evangelism Training School’s (NETS) first graduation program at the Spanish Broadway church in New York City on June 30. Two additional students received certificates of participation. The ceremony signaled the completion of the first NETS four-month program held in conjunction with the NY13 evangelistic meetings at the Manhattan church … Read more
Hundreds of youth, young adults, and adults participated in several compassion initiatives during the joint camp meeting of the Greater New York and Northeastern conferences on June 29 at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The projects included a shoe drive with Soles4Souls and a Rose with a Promise, along with a visit to … Read more
More than 12,000 people attended the Joint Camp Meeting of the Greater New York and Northeastern conferences at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Uniondale, New York, on June 29. It was the first time these two conferences opted to forgo camp meeting at their usual locations and unite in one location. The event marked … Read more
In his devotional book, The Chosen, Dwight Nelson shares the following statistic regarding people who have accepted Jesus as their personal Savior: 75 percent of all Christians in America today accepted Christ before the age of 14. This means that three out of four men and women who are Christians chose Him as their Savior … Read more
