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Photo by Steven Mastoianni

The idea for the Allegheny West Conference (AWC) Young Adult Retreat was birthed in the backseat of Jerome and Carolyn Hurst’s car. During a two-and-a-half-hour ride home from the conference constituency meeting, Charde (Hurst) Hollins, a recent college graduate, and her parents bounced ideas back and forth, as she wrote them down on a stray piece of paper and pen from the bottom of her mother’s purse.

Leaders say this new, three-story building in Columbus is a necessary tool in helping to them complete their mission—preparing people for Christ's soon return

Story by Bryant Taylor

The Allegheny West Conference (AWC) Executive Committee voted recently to purchase a new building to house

In Albania, a country rebounding from Communism and a largely secular Muslim population, the Roma people struggle to find adequate employment, education and healthcare. A group from Allegheny West Conference recently traveled to this Southeastern European country to help. 

Story by Christopher Thompson and Visitor Staff

Story by Tamaria L. Kulemeka

Allegheny West Conference (AWC) teachers did more than mull over educational theory at their recent in-service session. As a matter of fact, for most of the day, teachers tinkered, measured, programmed, tested and received a crash course in robotics.