This year, the new school year at Shenandoah Valley Academy (SVA) began as expected: registration, orientation, dorm move-in, first classes, greeting new and old friends and teachers—and, most importantly, sacred time was set aside for worship and prayer to dedicate everything that happens on campus to God.
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.
This week at the Columbia Union Conference Board of Education and Executive Committee meetings, the Office of Education staff reported on Columbia Union’s 2025–26 enrollment numbers.
Three Takoma Academy juniors participated in the Minority Introduction to the Health Sciences Program at Loma Linda University, a summer program designed to introduce Black Adventist students to careers in the health sciences.
There is a deep faithfulness and hope in sending teams to serve through preaching, health and construction. The goal is to share the Word of God and love of Jesus, but the greatest impact often happens in those who go.
