At Lake Nelson Adventist Academy (LNAA), teaching is more than a profession—it is a ministry. Each classroom is a sanctuary where God’s calling and purpose meet daily instruction. The teachers are mentors and spiritual guides who have embraced their role as a lifelong mission.
Themed “Better With You,” the Family Ministries Department held the 2025 Couples’ Retreat this summer, in partnership with Chesapeake Conference’s Hispanic Ministries Department. The gathering brought together 86 couples who were richly blessed by devotionals from Pastor Abdiel del Toro and inspiring seminars led by Esther and Orlando Cruz.
It is with deep sadness that that the New Jersey Conference announced the passing of Pastor LeRoy Finck, former president of the New Jersey Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.
Just one year ago, the First Filipino church launched a Hispanic/Latino ministry to serve its growing Spanish-speaking community. E. Jardiniano, senior pastor, and Rafael Monteiro, volunteer lay pastor, began small Sabbath afternoon gatherings focusing on prayer, Bible study and personal testimony.
Yuri Stefanny Bayern and her husband, Yeiferson Trujillo, along with their children, Valentina, Salome and Maximiliano, recently sealed their commitment to Christ through baptism at the Paterson South Spanish church.
At the next Columbia Union Prayer Meeting, New Jersey Conference administrators, pastors and members will share how Pentecost 2025 is making an impact in their territory.
One Sabbath morning in May 2024, a young man named Jeremiah Baily walked into the Bound Brook Spanish church—invited by a classmate. He didn’t speak a word of Spanish. He had no religious background. Yet he stayed.
The New Jersey Conference Planned Giving and Trust Services Ministries invites all members to attend a free Estate Planning Legal Clinic October 26 at Lake Nelson Adventist Academy.
I hear the beeping of machines, distant chatter and a grumpy voice calling for attention. These are the sounds of the Emergency Department where I currently find myself just two weeks before school begins.
