Union News

Executive Committee Boosts Evangelism and Education

In spite of tight economic pressures, Pacific Union Conference evangelism and education endowment funds performed very well in 2010, resulting in record scholarships granted for the current school year and …

Southeastern California

GC President Speaks in Redlands

More than 500 seniors from southern California jammed into the newly-renovated Redlands sanctuary on Feb. 21 to see and hear Ted N.C. Wilson, who was elected president of the Seventh-day …

LLU Donates to Academy’s Biology Complex

Loma Linda Academy has received the first portion of a $500,000 gift from Loma Linda University and LLU Medical Center. At Loma Linda Academy's Jan. 4 board meeting, Loma Linda …

Religious Liberty Leader Visits SECC, Speaks With Church, NARLA, and Academic Groups

John Graz, director of the General Conference Department of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty, spent nearly a week in the Loma Linda-Riverside area in early February. At the invitation of …

Adventist Lifestyle “Poster Girl” Marge Jetton Dies at 106

A longtime Loma Linda resident, Marge Jetton, died on Tuesday, Feb. 15, at a board-and-care home in Loma Linda. She was 106 years of age. The story of her life …

April to Be Adventist Christian Education Month in SECC

This month, members of constituent churches of Southeastern California Conference's schools can expect to see and hear more of the students they are helping to educate. SECC has designated April …

Southern California

Lafo Ordained to the Ministry

Eliu Lafo, pastor of the Compton Samoan church, was ordained to the gospel ministry on Sabbath, Feb. 12. Born in Tutuila, American Samoa, he has four brothers and three sisters …

Pasadena Members Reach Out — Near and Far

Pasadena church members multitask as they reach their communities while also nurturing members. A recent calendar included renewal of marriage vows, saturating the immediate church neighborhood with 5,000 pieces of …

Notice of Southern California Conference Regular Constituency Session

Please take notice that the 63rd regular Constituency Session of the Southern California Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is called to convene as follows: Place: White Memorial Seventh-day Adventist Church, 401 …

Glendale City Church Reconnects with Former Members

“As the new year dawns, I propose a simple thought: Are we capable of Reconnecting, Reclaiming and Reflaming our missing members?” That question, posed in 2010 by Don Greathouse, Glendale …

SCC Pathfinder Convocation Encourages Action and Commitment

The program for the 2011 Pathfinder Convocation was as packed as the church where it was held, filled with activities extending into the afternoon. More than 2,000 Pathfinders, leaders and …

Central California

Turning Tragedy into Triumph

The Sabbath morning service included communion, and Wesley Davis had washed the feet of his son, Wendale. A high school junior, a good student and star basketball player, Wendale was …

MBA Student Donates Hair to Locks of Love

Imagine this announcement in morning worship at Monterey Bay Academy in January by a beautiful sophomore girl: “I will be cutting off my hair and shaving my head.” At an …

Bakersfield Southside Hosts the Wendale Davis Foundation Leadership Conference

More than 200 teens, in free event T-shirts, packed the sanctuary of the Bakersfield Southside church Feb. 25 for the third annual leadership conference sponsored by the Wendale Davis Foundation. …

Northern California

Asian/Pacific Adventists Show Unity in Diversity

A sea of jubilant people, representing 12 ethnic and 24 local church groups in the Northern California Conference, gathered together under one roof last October for an afternoon of inspiration …

Training Conference Inspires and Equips Women's Ministries Leaders

About 200 women attended the Northern California Conference Women’s Ministries Leaders Training Day, held in the Chico church gymnasium in February. A major focus of the event — titled “A …

Leoni Meadows Plans for a Great Summer Camp

“Oh How He Loves Us,” the theme for Leoni Meadows summer camp 2011, is based on the text found in John 3:16: “For God so loved the world, that He …

Redding Adventist Academy Students Put Their Faith into Action

After challenging her freshman and sophomore students to come up with special service projects, Redding Adventist Academy Bible teacher Devann White had a pleasant surprise. “The kids went far beyond …

Arizona

Walter Arties Joins Conference Team

Walter Arties, who has worked for many years in the evangelistic outreach of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, was recently invited by the Arizona Conference to be the new Assistant to …

eMANgelism Challenges TAA Men

At the beginning of the academic year, Thunderbird Adventist Academy boys' dean Matt Eaton and assistant dean Jono Prakash, began talking about how they could help evangelize the young men …

Nevada-Utah

"Winning Las Vegas" Becomes Major Project

It’s a multi-year project. It’s cutting-edge technology. It’s a multi-faceted approach to evangelism. It’s bringing together never-before-seen cooperation and collaboration between Adventist organizations. It’s “Winning Las Vegas — Reaching the …

La Sierra University

New La Sierra Center To Help Adventist K-12 Schools

Educators and administrators across the North American Division and beyond have a new resource to help propel Seventh-day Adventist schools to greater excellence. The Center for Research on Adventist Education …

Loma Linda

LLU’s Doctor of Nursing Practice Program Experiences Rapid Growth

The Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.) degree is a new and rapidly growing option for nurses seeking a doctoral degree, according to Susan Lloyd, Ph.D., R.N., associate professor of nursing …

LLUMC Opens New Hospital in Murrieta

Loma Linda University Medical Center–Murrieta held its grand opening celebration for the community Sunday, Feb. 6. Despite being held on Super Bowl Sunday, the event was attended by more than …

Pacific Union College

PUC Education Days: Connecting Future Teachers with Jobs

On Feb. 7, more than 100 principals, superintendents and education directors from the Pacific Union arrived at Pacific Union College for 2011 Education Days, an annual networking event for future …

Adventist Mission Scholarship

Education and theology students at PUC are eligible for a $3,000 grant, renewable annually, to assist them as they prepare to further the mission of the church. To see all …

Adventist Health

Art Puts Focus on Spiritual Healing

Adventist Health’s focus is on healing the whole person — physically, mentally and spiritually. One way the hospitals offer spiritual renewal is by trying to create a warm, welcoming environment, …

President's Perspective

Loving Jesus More

In his view of the end times, the Apostle John saw and wrote of the sources of victory over the enemy, Satan. “And they loved not their lives unto the …

Public Affairs & Religious Liberty

Church State Council Assists Wronged Workers

American Christians debate what are the worst sins of our nation and culture: abortion, poverty, sexual immorality and environmental degradation deserve consideration. But is it possible we have missed something …

Religious Land Use Bill Turns Ten Years Old

Ten years ago, Congress enacted a bill to protect churches and other religious bodies in their use of land from hostile and discriminatory local governing authorities. A decade later, the …

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Arizona Conference Thunderbird Adventist Academy Alumni Weekend (April 1-3) TAA Campus, 7410 E. Sutton Dr., Scottsdale. Info: Sherrie Warren, TAAnews@thunderbirdacademy.org or 480-948-3300, ext. 125. Hispanic Womens' Retreat (April 8-10) Camp …

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Alumni Reunions Barstow Homecoming (June 18) 250 Broadway, Barstow, Calif. Sabbath morning services, potluck luncheon, afternoon service featuring Musicappel from the Loma Linda Filipino church. RSVP to Richard Parent, pastor: …

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Anders, Emma Amelia Haleakaia (Kama) – b. Oct. 19, 1922, Kaupo, Maui, Hawaii; d. Jan. 13, 2011, Ukiah, Calif. Survivors: son, Robert Marshall; daughter, Dorothy Burns; six grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren. …