News from the Allegheny East Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, which includes churches and schools in Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.
Educators have embraced the new frontier of hybrid instruction and have adapted their classrooms in a way that would never have been conceived prior to the pandemic shutdown.
The conference’s Pathfinder Ministries Department recently hosted a Teen Leadership Training (TLT) retreat at the Mt. Aetna Retreat Center in Hagerstown, Md.
Studying the history of African Americans and people of color is a year-round pursuit at Pine Forge Academy (PFA). But during Black History Month, the focus is greater with programs and activities to educate students and the community about their accomplishments.
At the age of 95, Meade C. Van Putten, former president of Allegheny East Conference (AEC), passed away February 27, 2022. Van Putten was a pastor in the Lake Region Conference from 1951–1962 and was ordained in 1956. He served as the secretary/treasurer of the Lake Region Conference from 1962–1971.
A retirement and the pandemic inspired seasoned authors and members of Allegheny East Conference's Emmanuel Worship Center to each add one more book to their publishing accomplishments.
Dupont Park Adventist School recently connected with both the National School Lunch Program and generous donors who helped launch a program for students coming to school without a lunch.
Allegheny East Conference's Pine Forge Academy staff recently held an Honors Convocation ceremony in which students were recognized for their academic efforts.