May 2019 | Page 5 | Visitor Magazine

Connecting Columbia Union Seventh-day Adventists

Read the May 2019 Visitor Magazine (2018 Annual Report)

May 06, 2019 by vmbernard

The Columbia Union Conference, woven together by 150,000 members, is as unique as the shades in a tapestry. The yarn, however, representing our great diversity, only serves a purpose when intertwined in solidarity. Read our 2018 Annual Report here.

Columbia Union News

Pathfinders from a Beltsville Broncos team participate in the NAD PBE. Photo by Jonathan Logan/Lake Union Conference.

14 Columbia Union Teams Place First at North American Division Pathfinder Bible Experience

May 02, 2019 by vmbernard

Twenty-three teams from the Columbia Union Conference recently participated in the North American Division's Pathfinder Bible Excperience event in Rockford, Ill.

Columbia Union News

Mountain View Pastors pray during Transformational Evangelism. Photo by Brian Tagalog

Event Invites Pastors to Evangelize Outside the Box

May 02, 2019 by vmbernard

In one of the first sessions, Columbia Union President Dave Weigley reminded attendees that Jesus told His disciples to launch into the deep and cast out their nets to catch fish, and thanked them for making it a priority to “sharpen their swords to win souls for Jesus.”

Columbia Union News

Allegheny East Conference

Allegheny West Conference

Chesapeake Conference

Ryan Comeau, associate pastor at Hagerstown, accepts an award for the Christ Con project. Photo by Brian Tagalog

Shark Tank Event Supports Young Adult Evangelism

May 02, 2019 by vmbernard

One of the highlights of Transformation Evangelism, Columbia Union Conference’s recent event for pastors in Columbia, Md., included the awarding of $20,500 to young adult evangelism projects planned and run by local young adults.

Coronavirus Pandemic

Kettering Health

Health & Lifestyle

NASA-like Operations Command Center Helps Patients Get Care Faster

May 02, 2019 by rbacchus

By Christina Keresoma

Kettering Adventist HealthCare, based in Dayton, Ohio, recently celebrated the opening of its new operations command center, powered by TeleTracking software, which helps coordinate patient flow throughout the system.

Editorials

APPLE/IPHONE photo taken by James Mitchell found on Flickr

The Steve Jobs Paradox

May 02, 2019 by rbacchus

Editorial by Gary Gibbs

With the invention of the iPhone, Steve Jobs, co-founder of Apple, revolutionized the way the world communicates. Yet, days before he died, Jobs wept as he confessed to his adult daughter, Lisa, “I didn’t spend enough time with you when you were little.”