“Our goal was to provide tools and ideas to facilitate and enhance efforts to tell our
Church’s stories and share our message internally and externally,” says Celeste Ryan Blyden, vice president for Strategic Communication and Public Relations.
Rob Vandeman began his pastoral ministry career in 1971 at a church in Denver. He joined the Columbia Union in 1984 as senior pastor of Chesapeake Conference’s Spencerville church.
“We never imagined that, months later, it would become a virtual event, allowing participants as far away as California, Illinois and Texas to join us!"
Many churches across the Columbia Union Conference are still closed for in-person worship due to the coronavirus pandemic, including all churches in the Allegheny East and West conferences. Churches in the New Jersey Conference have experienced 38 deaths as a result of COVID-19. Eighty percent of these churches are now open at 25 percent capacity, reported President Dave Weigley at the September 17 Columbia Union Conference Executive Committee meeting.
Publier une photo de vous trouvant Victor dans ce numéro, de taguer le Visitor sur les réseaux sociaux et nous vous enverrons un aimant de LivingWell à Silver Spring, dans le Maryland.
Haz que un adulto publique una foto tuya encontrando a Victor en este número, etiqueta al Visitor en las redes sociales y te enviaremos un imán de LivingWell en Silver Spring, Maryland.
Kids! Get your parents to post a photo of you finding Victor in the September/October issue. Then tag the Visitor on social media (Facebook or Instagram), and we’ll send you a magnet from LivingWell in Silver Spring, Md.
Many pastors have the desire to conduct online evangelistic meetings, but may not have the necessary equipment or resources to do it themselves. In response to this need, SermonView has organized a nationwide online evangelistic series, starting October 9, and is available to any church or individual in the North American Division.
This spring and summer, one student from each of the Columbia Union Conference academies received the Caring Heart Award from Columbia Union’s Office of Education. Those honored demonstrated a commitment to service and witnessing.
Teachers have been studying best practices for online education, redefining schedules, learning new software programs and thinking outside the box for ways to establish relationships and growing a community.
