Union News

National ASI Convention Draws Record Crowds

Record numbers of attendees and exhibitors participated in the 2011 ASI International Convention Aug. 3-6 at the Sacramento Convention Center. They also gave approximately $2.1 million — well above the …

Gerry Thompson, Former Education Director, Dies

Dr. Gerry E. Thompson, former director of education for the Pacific Union, passed away on Sunday, June 19, in Roseville, Calif., from pneumonia. He was 81. Thompson, who served the …

Southeastern California

“The Little White House” Gets a Man's Touch

Every Monday morning, a group of faithful women assembles in a small two-bedroom house known as the Little White House. To play bridge? To share knitting patterns? Hardly; although to …

Don A. Roth Dies in Loma Linda

Don A. Roth’s name is familiar to Recorder readers. For the past 21 years, since his retirement from the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists as an associate secretary and his …

Southern California

SCC Welcomes New Officers and Superintendent

Harold Crook, Ed.D., was elected superintendent of schools at the 2011 Southern California Conference Constituency Session following the retirement of previous superintendent Richard Carey. Crook served at Newbury Park Adventist …

Central Spanish Church Celebrates 50 Years of Ministry to Los Angeles

On June 25, 2011, the Central Spanish church celebrated 50 years of ministry in central Los Angeles. In late 1960, when Pastor Samuel Weiss invited some members of the Spanish-American …

Erratum

This corrects inaccuracies in the July 2011 article “ASI Pacific Union Members Seek to ‘Hasten the Day:’” LLT Productions, producer of the "Seventh Day" series, is currently in production on …

Central California

Life of Service Impacts Others

Raised in India by Adventist missionary parents (dad was a pastor, mom a nurse), Robert Smithwick grew up watching God do extraordinary things through his parents and other ordinary people …

Soquel Church Celebrates 120 Years of Ministry

On July 2, the Soquel Seventh-day Adventist Church celebrated 120 years of ministry. The original church was officially organized July 5, 1891. Pastor Ramiro Cano, president of the Central California …

Northern California

Redwood Camp Meeting Celebrates 60 Years of God’s Blessings

Around 2,000 campers celebrated Redwood Camp Meeting’s 60th anniversary this summer at the 10-day annual event in the Northern California Conference. Held July 21-30, camp meeting provided many opportunities for …

Arizona

Aviation School Launched at TAA

As the bright blue Cessna 182 descended into the Arizona desert, landing safely at Scottsdale Airport, a shot of adrenaline coursed through the veins of youth director Erik VanDenburgh. A …

Hawaii

Seibel Ordained to Gospel Ministry

Jesse Clayton Kamanoulu Seibel was born Oct. 12, 1980, in Glendale, Calif. A few years later, his parents, Rod and Michele, moved the family home to Oahu where Jesse and …

Nevada-Utah

Camp N.U.C.A. Attracts Record 41 Campers

Every conference faces challenges, and one challenge for the Nevada-Utah Conference is it’s summer camp program. With conference territory spreading from northeastern California to northeastern Arizona, and filled with …

La Sierra University

La Sierra Selected for National Student Retention Study

Sophomore slump, a college phenomenon that frequently results in student discouragement and sometimes withdrawal from school, is getting a kick this fall at La Sierra University. Using a $50,000 grant …

Loma Linda

Adventist Health Study-2 Awarded $5.5 Million From National Institutes of Health

The National Institutes of Health has awarded Loma Linda University’s Adventist Health Study-2 $5.5 million over the next five years, which will allow the study to continue its analysis on …

Nicotine Patch and Gum During Pregnancy Harms Offspring

Researchers at Loma Linda University suggest that the use of nicotine patches or gum by pregnant women may lead to an increased risk of cardiovascular disease for their offspring later …

Pacific Union College

PUC Creates a Place Like Home

When Norman and Carolyn Low were students at Pacific Union College in the early 1970s, they fell in love with the Angwin area and hoped to retire there someday. Thirty …

Adventist Health

Nurse Expands Her Mission to the War Zone

Beginning in the summer of 2010, Maria Moreno-Chow, a nurse at Adventist Health's Kailua Medical Center in Hawaii, spent 195 days in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Her mission was to support a …

President's Perspective

Funding the Mission

The union constituency session is now a memory, and there is still work to be done. As we reviewed the last five years, I was reminded about how the Lord …

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At Rest

Adams, Shirley – b. Nov. 18, 1939, Calbayog City, Philippines; d. June 13, 2011, Sunnyvale, Calif. Survivors: husband, George; son, Larry; daughter, Karen Heaney; five grandchildren. Babb, Rose Ellen (Parsons) …