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.
Pine Forge Academy has a special historical heritage. The school is nestled in a rustic valley that holds some of America's most intriguing colonial history and this country's most poignant folklore.
With the newly renovated Dorcas building, the Community Services Department at Allegheny East Conference's Calvary church in Newport News, Va., recently reinstituted their community grocery giveaway.
During a recent Sabbath jubilee service, the Pine Forge (Pa.) church celebrated its 75th anniversary. Witnessed by members, guests and supporters, Pete Palmer, Allegheny East Conference (AEC) president, and his wife, Dahlia, also attended.
The Pine Forge Academy (PFA) choir recently premiered their long-awaited live musical produc- tion, This Is My Black, at the Flagship Theater in Pottstown, Pa.
Jayné Johnson, first lady of the Metropolitan church in Plainfield, N.J., was recently appointed as the director of the new Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in the New Jersey governor’s office. “I’m honored to carry out this purpose-driven work and grateful for the support of my family and church community,” says Johnson.
Years ago, I started college in Alabama. The degree I chose forced me to transfer to a sister school in California for nine months. An East Coast native, I told God that I would never end up this far away from home again. As they say, man plans, and God laughs.
Because we are in a war against the devil, we need to be “armed to the teeth.” The Bible is our weapons store, our armory where we may arm ourselves for the struggle.
In the movie The Sound of Music, Maria sings “My Favorite Things” to the von Trapp children to comfort them during a thunderstorm. She tells them that whenever she’s scared or upset, she simply sings about things that bring her comfort and joy. I figure if she can sing about “raindrops on roses,” then I should be able to use Scripture to do the same thing.
The Grace Pointe church in New Jersey, formerly known as the First Church of Montclair, recently hosted its first clothes drive to celebrate their community.