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The 2022 Master Guide Convention was held on August 3-6, 2022, with the theme of “Leading the Way.” The event allowed dedicated youth leaders from all across the North American Division to meet new and old friends, enjoy a wide range of outdoor activities, and participate in round table discussions about the past, present, and future of Master Guides in ministry.

From August 30 to September 1, 2022, the Multilingual Ministries department hosted the Hispanic Annual Council Meeting, where various speakers encouraged, inspired, and reminded pastors of their mission to multiply hope within their communities through the theme, Multiplica Esperanza (Multiply Hope). More than 80 leaders attended the three-day event.

Adventist Health Simi Valley has donated a command center trailer to the Hope Crisis Response Network that will be used as an operations center during statewide disaster response.

The Township of Willingboro, New Jersey, invited the Willingboro Seventh-day Adventist Church to participate in the town’s second annual Juneteenth Festival on June 18, 2022. Marilyn Bell, director of communication/event coordinator for the festival, was pleased with the church’s participation in 2021, telling them that the church received rave reviews.

​​​​​​​On Sabbath, September 3, 2022, Adventist Community Services (ACS) hosted a water distribution at a local Adventist school in Jackson, Mississippi, a city of about 150,000 residents. A total of 15,000 bottles of water were handed out.

On August 28, 2022, 17-year-old student Kiarra Alma Gordon was killed and six others injured during an accident involving a bus from the Holbrook Indian School (HIS) in Arizona. According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, the bus slowed down in traffic near a rollover crash when it was struck from behind by a semi-truck.

The 2022 CALLED Pastors' Family Convention was held June 19-22 in Lexington, Kentucky. Close to 6,000 clergy members and family attended the quinquennial event that was delayed for two years because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are links to stories and videos from this event.

The North American Division has a wonderful strategic focus called Together in Mission. I love this focus and the emphasis on multiply, media, and mentorship as our way of going about our mission. But what I especially love about this focus is the word “together.” For too long our church and its various departments have worked in silos. It’s time for us to come together and unify — and work together in mission.

For three days, June 19-21, 2022, at the Ministry Tech Lab, thousands of church leaders at the CALLED Pastors’ Family Convention were able to talk with experts on everything tech-ministry related, including special time slots to talk about microphones, cameras, lights, and more for worship services, podcasts, Bible studies, and evangelistic outreach.

This summer, two brothers attending Southern Adventist University received gold medals during the SkillsUSA’s national championships held in Atlanta, Georgia. Allen and Brandon Gustrowsky, sophomore and junior computer science majors, participated in the collegiate division for web design and development.