April 2019 | Visitor Magazine

Vote for Your Favorite Shark Tank Entry!

April 25, 2019 by vmbernard

Which project submitted for the Columbia Union Conference's "Transformation Evangelism" event should win $500 to reach young adults? Weigh in here!

Washington Adventist University

Education

Published on Polymers

April 24, 2019 by vmbernard

The paper titled Synthesis, Characterization, and Water-Degradation of Biorenewable Polyesters Derived from Natural Camphoric Acid was published in the Green Chemistry Journal.

Education

S.T.O.M.P. team members (front row) Nicole Mikov, Rachel Breakie, Grace Betances, Shaine Price; (middle row) Grace Lawrence, Annika Cambigue, Devaney Ross; and (back row) Kobe Wilkins, Ally McCoy, Ayden McCoy, Deejion Jackson-Cook and Max Shull promote school spirit in the SVA hallways.

Spring Valley Academy Students 'Stomp' School Spirit

April 24, 2019 by rbacchus

Story by Vicki Swetnam

Spring Valley Academy (SVA) is proud to announce “S.T.O.M.P.” (Stand Together On Mutual Pride), a new high school club that promotes school spirit. Twelve students came together with a desire to encourage and foster more school spirit among the student body.

Columbia Union News

Education

Alison Jobson Selected to Lead Columbia Union ECEC Department

April 24, 2019 by vmbernard

“Alison brings to this position an outstanding record of scholarship and leadership,” says Donovan Ross, vice president for Education in the Columbia Union Conference.

Mountain View Conference

Senior and volunteer Maddie Wymer from the Highland Adventist School grooms a dog at Fancy Paws.

Mountain View Conference Votes Mission, Values, Priorities

April 23, 2019 by rbacchus

After Mountain View Conference’s (MVC) mission statement was created in 2018, a survey was sent to MVC committee members, pastors, teachers and leaders. After the data was compiled, the results were presented to the MVC Executive Committee in December for further clarity. The conference administration team then took the information and created a single document reflecting the prayerful thoughts and ideas of those surveyed. In January 2019, the Executive Committee unanimously approved the document shown.

Education

Junior Sh’Dai Forrester and freshman Miya Fields serve food in the cafeteria.

Pine Forge Academy Develops Student Work Ethic

April 23, 2019 by rbacchus

The school day is over, but not for students who attend Allegheny East Conference's Pine Forge Academy (PFA). Junior Joseph Cheatham, a student supervisor for the gym custodians, has “learned to work hard and how to get a job done,” in the PFA Career Readiness Program.

Mountain View Conference

Six Geese a-Walking by Tim Green from Flickr

Working to Take the Mission Forward

April 18, 2019 by rbacchus

We can testify that Jesus has been with the Mountain View Conference throughout the last five years. As we have made mission our primary focus, He has blessed in ways that have left us speechless at times.

Chesapeake Conference

Chestertown (Md.) church members organize plans and pray over their community territory.

MissionWorks Evangelism Seminar Empowers

April 18, 2019 by rbacchus

Earlier this year, more than 260 lay-leaders and pastors from 25 churches in the Chesapeake Conference attended the MissionWorks workshop, led by the North American Division Evangelism Institute (NADEI) and the Chesapeake Evangelism Department.