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‘Faith Bomb’

December 08, 2020 by Web Administrator

Two weeks prior, sending my middle son, Sam (pictured), to boarding school 3,000 miles away from our home in Oregon never crossed my mind. I went to bed unsuspecting of what the night would bring. Little did I know, God was about to drop a “faith bomb.”

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Navigate Uncharted Territory Together

November 30, 2020 by Web Administrator

As we reflect on the extraordinary events of 2020, we understand our lives have dramatically changed. The pandemic shut down the economy, prohibited public gatherings and closed churches and schools.

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Youth Olympics Challenges 31 Days of Health

November 11, 2020 by Web Administrator

This year, Potomac’s annual Youth Olympics that usually draws more than 1,500 participants to Shenandoah Valley Academy’s campus in New Market, Va., looked a little different. “We were not able to do our regularly scheduled Olympics Games, due to COVID-19,” explains Youth Director Josant Barrientos, “but that is not an excuse to not exercise and take care of our bodies!”

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Prayer Vigil Stretches Miles to Minneapolis

October 05, 2020 by Web Administrator

When crises occur, it’s often a natural response for people to come together to help. As America reeled from the public death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, an idea stretching from Maryland to Minneapolis began to form.

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More Than 20,000 Fed During Pandemic

September 09, 2020 by Web Administrator

In 2010, Gavin Simpson, now a member of the Harrisonburg (Va.) church, embarked on a life-changing journey of faith as a missionary. Over the last decade, through Eleventh-Hour Laborers, a nonprofit ministering to the less reached regions of the world, he has worked in India, Nepal, Myanmar, and, most recently, Cuba.

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101 Classes Introduce New Hobbies to Members

July 20, 2020 by Web Administrator

You don’t need to be enrolled in college to take a 101 class in the intricacies of gardening, maneuvering remote controlled helicopters, creating stained glass or baking bread.

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Perseverance Proves Golden for Senior

August 01, 2017 by owetmore

The Congress Bundestag Youth Exchange (CBYX) recently selected Takoma Academy senior Courtney Davidson for an international program which chooses 250 high school students from Germany and the U.S. to switch places for one year.

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For the past year, pastors, such as Daniel Royo of the Piney Forest church in Danville, Va., along with teachers and staff, have been discussing what social justice means from a biblical perspective.

Living a Life of Social Justice

July 26, 2017 by owetmore

For many, social justice is a volatile subject. Some feel the time for open and honest, even painful, discussion has not yet arrived. As followers of Christ, our privilege is to create an environment where we can discuss and live out a biblical perspective of justice. As theologian Russell D. Moore says, “The gospel drives us to an understanding that the ultimate accounting of justice doesn’t rest with the state, or with ourselves, but with the Judgment Seat of the kingdom of God.”

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James Ferry photographed Paul and Patrick Graham

July/August 2017 Feature: Cut From the Same Cloth

July 01, 2017 by owetmore

I believe we were called from the womb. We were even almost born at Camp Victory Lake (N.Y.) in Northeastern Conference,” says Patrick Graham (right), referring to himself and his identical twin brother, Paul, who have dedicated their lives to ministry.

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July/August 2017 Feature: Balancing Each Other Out

July 01, 2017 by owetmore

Ministry is often a family affair. These dynamic, dedicated family duos—father-son, father-daughter, husband-wife and siblings—have dedicated their lives to working for the Seventh-day Adventist Church. How are they alike? Different? What blessings and challenges have they experienced? And what have they learned along the way?