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Chesapeake Conference

The Chesapeake Conference has over 13,924 members in 74 congregations (64 churches, 10 companies) in Delaware, Maryland, and on the edges of Virginia and West Virginia. It has a pastoral workforce of 65, and its largest congregation, Spencerville (Silver Spring, Md.) has a membership in excess of 1,719. The Chesapeake Conference operates a strong Christian educational program that includes nearly 100 teachers and more than 1,050 students in 11 schools including one high school, a Pre-K - 12 grade academy, a Pre-K - 10 grade academy and eight elementary schools. It also operates an Adventist Book Center and four Adventist Community Services centers in Maryland and Delaware.

Mt. Aetna Camp and Retreat Center, outside Hagerstown, Md., is a fully-accredited camping and retreat center that hosts more than 700 youth during the conference's annual summer camp program. The site, which houses a nature center with a collection of stuffed animals, birds, insects, and reptiles from around the world, is used for field trips, outdoor learning programs, church retreats, spiritual seminars, and camping and hiking excursions.

The Columbia Union Conference and churches in the Allegheny east, Chesapeake and Potomac conferences recently kicked off the "Prophecies of Hope" evangelism initiative.  Here are a few photographs from the events across the Baltimore/Washington area.  Want to see your church featured?  Email your photo and caption to visitor@columbiaunion.net or tweet it using #Propheciesofhope.

 

Allegheny East, Chesapeake and Potomac conferences are gearing up for the Columbia Union Conference's "Prophecies of Hope" evangelism initiative starting April 11.

Watch this video report to see snippets from the March 21 prayer rally and watch interviews from participants eager to share hope with their communities.