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News from our schools within the Mid-Atlantic region

Spencerville Concert Winds Tour Tennessee, Chesapeake Conference, Newport church, Knoxville First church, Ken Parsons

From October 8–12, 2025, the Spencerville Concert Winds embarked on a memorable tour to Tennessee—a trip filled with music, fellowship and faith. The days were rich with experiences: a day of fun and laughter at Dollywood, a day of learning under the guidance of Ken Parsons, wind symphony director at Southern Adventist University, and a day devoted entirely to performance and ministry.

Faculty and Staff Empowered by Support Initiative, Shenandoah Valley Academy, Adult Dream Manager, Stephanie Powell, Becky Patrick

Some say going back to school is like returning to war. Maybe that’s too strong of a description— but is it? Teachers battle within the context of the Great Controversy, the conflict between good and evil playing out each day in the lives of students and their families, and in the professional and personal lives of faculty, staff and administrators.

So Much With So Little, Lake Nelson Adventist Academy, New Jersey Conference,

“And He looked up and saw the rich putting their gifts into the treasury, and He saw also a certain poor widow putting in two mites. So He said, ‘Truly I say to you that this poor widow has put in more than all; for all these out of their abundance have put in offerings for God, but she out of her poverty put in all the livelihood that she had’” (Luke 21:1–4, NKJV).