Connecting Columbia Union Seventh-day Adventists

August 2025

Image from 2025 Washington Adventist University graduation

Washington Adventist University (WAU) has been officially recognized as an Opportunity College and University (OCU) in the latest Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, a distinction awarded to only 16% of over 3000 colleges and universities nationwide.

New Ministry Impacts Reading Junior Academy Students, Pennsylvania Conference, Blue Mountain Academy, Reading Kenhorst Boulevard church, Jennifer Pettengill

Reading Junior Academy (RJA) educators understand that students need to know God and not just hear about Him. “Following God is a personal relationship,” shares RJA teacher Jennifer Pettengill (pictured with students). “The only way to know God is to spend time with Him, being in His Word and prayer, and sharing that with others.”