Dave Weigley, president of the Columbia Union Conference and chair of Kettering Health, announced today that he has appointed Celeste Ryan Blyden to serve as chair of Kettering Health’s Membership Board and Board of Directors.
Fifty female pastors, chaplains and theology students gathered at the first-ever Columbia Union Women Clergy Retreat with new energy to continue the mission God has given them.
The Association of Adventist Women recently honored a Columbia Union member with their Woman of the Year award. Carmela Monk Crawford is the editor of Message Magazine.
The Columbia Union Conference’s 97 early childhood education centers, elementary, junior academies, academies and colleges have a combined enrollment of 8,069 this school year, up from 8,027 last school year.
Tom Wetmore, a longtime Columbia Union member, wrote on Facebook, “I’m so deeply saddened by this news. I was blessed to serve with him through the years. His good humor and friendship will be long remembered. He was a man of integrity and served our Church with honor and distinction.”
