“We are so thankful to God for this building, located in the very center of the Hispanic community here in Scranton,” states Will Peterson, vice president for Administration at the dedication of the Scranton Hispanic Adventist Mission Group's facility.
“We made up our minds that we needed to start a kid’s program," said Pastor Angel Smith. "We decided to tutor grades K-8 after asking the local police department what we could do about this situation in our community."
What does it take to transform a church in the community into a community church, asked Edwin DePaula in his presentation at Columbia Union Conference's Transformational Evangelism.
The Navarros retired earlier this year—Al from the Hope Channel and Bonnie from the Pacific Union Conference—and joined the Pennsylvania Conference Planned Giving team. However, they are beginning their retirement a little bit differently than the norm of vacationing and spending time with grandchildren.
Jeremy Garlock has accepted the invitation by the Pennsylvania Conference Executive Committee to serve as vice president for Education. Garlock joined
the conference February 1.
Mandy Reibsome, baptized by Mike Sady, pastor of the Shamokin Mission (Pa.) Group, was just one of the 639 people who joined a Pennsylvania Conference church in 2018.