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The Power of a Simple Tract: Transforming Lives with Messages of Hope and Wholeness
<figure class="figure size--large"> <img alt="A smiling young girl holds several tracts in front of the Mercedes Stadium in Atlanta." data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="c1601396-1afd-4ea1-9a0b-78c3b30d2668" height="1800" src="/sites/default/files/inline-images/img-20241019-wa0032.jpg" width="1200" loading="lazy"> <figcaption class="figcaption"><p class="font--secondary--xs"><em>A young participant of the Southern Union Publishing Department's outreach event smiles as she hands out tracts at Atlanta, Georgia's Mercede</em></figcaption></figure>
50 Ministerial Spouses Unite for Community Service, Fellowship, and Training During the 2024 NAD Year-End Meeting
Community service, fellowship, and training sessions made up the spouses’ meetings during this year’s NAD Year-End Meetings, with roughly 50 spouses of conference leaders in attendance.
Report on 2024 Consolidated Enrollment
The Association of Adventist Colleges and Universities (AACU), comprised of the presidents and other top leaders from 13 Adventist colleges and universities in North America, has determined that the latest consolidated fall enrollment numbers for all 13 institutions totals 20,828 students. This increase of 256 students from the previous year marks the second consecutive year of total growth.
Charting a New Path: 2024 Administrators’ Conference Unites Leaders to Shape the Future of the Church in North America
It’s been 10 years since conference and union presidents, executive secretaries, and treasurers gathered in one room to brainstorm how best to carry out the church’s mission in North America. A long-awaited follow-up, the 2024 administrators’ conference hosted more than 200 conference and union officers at the NAD’s headquarters on Oct. 30-31.
Pathfinders to Attempt Breaking Four Guinness World Records at Gillette Camporee
Pathfinders heading to the “Believe the Promise” International Camporee in Gillette, Wyoming, will strive to break four Guinness World Records: the largest postcard collection, the biggest great ball contraption (GBC), the fastest time erecting a four-person tent, and the most backpacks stuffed with school supplies in an hour.
La Sierra University School of Education Launches Leadership Academy for New Administrators
A new certificate program, the School Leadership Academy through the La Sierra University School of Education, was launched at the end of June, providing fledgling school leaders best chances for success with instruction in strategies and practices for dealing with key challenge areas. The academy, a training program designed for K-12 education leaders, hosted a first cohort of 12 administrators and teachers for four days between June 24-27, 2024.
International Pathfinder Camporee Offering More Than 10,000 Hours of Volunteer Service to Gillette Community
When Darin Edmonds talks about the Pathfinders coming to town, he can’t stop smiling. He is proud that, as former chair of the Campbell County Public Land Board (2020-2023), he signed the contract designating Gillette, Wyoming, as the site of the 2024 “Believe the Promise” International Pathfinder Camporee, running from August 5-11.
A Lineage of Care at Southern Adventist University
Families in Southern Adventist University’s School of Nursing are connected by care and united in their calling to serve. Several students and faculty recently had the opportunity to see each other in new contexts–a mother and daughter graduating together, a professor teaching her daughter, and a whole family using their training as they work in tandem in the medical field.