Public Campus Students Attend Impactful Event

Story by Stephen Lee

The Princeton Adventist Christian Fellowship, in collaboration with ANEW, a student-run movement organized to network Adventist ministries on secular campuses in the Mid-Atlantic region, and sponsored by the New Jersey Conference and Columbia Union Conference, recently hosted a powerful weekend seminar titled, “Bittersweet Message.” This event, held at Princeton University, united 200 young adults from Princeton, Yale, Penn State, Johns Hopkins, Temple, Iowa State and many other universities, creating a supportive space for Seventh-day Adventist students who attend public campuses.

Frank Hasel, associate director for the Biblical Research Institute at the General Conference, delivered an inspiring message on Adventist identity, emphasizing the potential of young people from prestigious universities to influence culture and society.

The weekend included workshops, outreach opportunities and a screening of The Hopeful, a film by Hope Studios, and a Q&A with its executive producer Kevin Christensen. Through their impactful messages, pastors Jermaine Gayle and Israel Ramos from Michigan Conference’s Campus Ministries Department, enriched the event, calling young adults to be Daniels and Pauls on public university campuses.

Mpillo Norris, one of the event organizers, expressed the event’s purpose: “We’re here to let Adventist students know they’re not alone.”