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EDUCATORS ENDEAVOR TO FOLLOW BIBLE PRINCIPLES
by Valrey Francis Educators at William A. Kirlew Junior Academy (WAKJA) endeavor to follow biblical principles by providing a Christ-centered education that encourages preparation for this life and for the kingdom of God. Each school day begins with staff worship...
FLORIDA PATHFINDERS EXCEL AT NATIONAL BIBLE COMPETITION
by Jacqueline Amich Florida Pathfinders from Altamonte Springs, Miami Spanish, and Westchester Spanish Churches traveled to Lincoln, Nebr., to compete in the North American Division Pathfinder Bible Experience Finals. They were among 38 clubs representing the United...
EVERY FLIGHT IS A MISSION
by Gladys Neigel With blue skies stretching to infinity, 15-year-old Ken Guill chugged along on a tractor as he cultivated rows and rows of Iowa corn. His attention was suddenly diverted to the sky as he watched an airplane lift off from a nearby airstrip. His desire...
CAMP KULAQUA BREAKS GROUND FOR NEW LODGES
by Phil Younts Camp Kulaqua in High Springs, Fla., broke ground April 14 for three hotel-style lodges with completion anticipated by January 2014. The lodges are designed to accommodate an ever-growing Florida Conference membership and its retreat and conference...
FUNERAL ANNOUNCEMENT FOR JAMES FINLEY
James Finley, father of Associate Education Superintendent Sandra Doran and international evangelist Mark Finley, passed away peacefully in his sleep on June 7 at 2:00 a.m. Visitation will be at Kress Memorial Church, 746 Formosa Ave, Winter Park, Wednesday, June 12,...
ROBOTICS COMPETITIONS PROMOTE TEAMWORK
by Gladys Neigel The Tech Geeks Robotics team from Forest Lake Education Center (FLEC) and the RoboJags Robotics team from Orlando Junior Academy (OJA) recently competed at the Adventist Robotics League (ARL) national championship at Sacramento Adventist Academy in...
FLORIDA CONFERENCE OFFICE STAFF WALKS NEARLY 8,000 MILES
by Gladys Neigel How do you get sedentary people to begin some kind of fitness regime? This was the quandary of Joe Holloway, Florida Conference Health Ministries Director, when he thought of the people who work at their desks every day in the Winter Park...
GARY WHITTENBURG RETURNS TO FLORIDA: VOTED NEW ADVENTIST BOOK CENTER MANAGER
by Gladys Neigel Gary Whittenburg was voted Adventist Book Center (ABC) manager on March 19, 2013, by the Florida Conference Executive Committee. He replaces Pablo Ayala, manager since August 2006, who now manages Sunbelt Natural Foods Distribution---solely owned by...
"YOUR HIGH SCHOOL PREPARED YOU WELL"
by Anthony Bosman "Anthony, reading your research essay was a breath of fresh air," said Professor Wendy Goldberg, my freshman Writing and Rhetoric instructor at Stanford University, California. She continued, "I can tell that your high school prepared you well."...
SOUTHERN STUDENT REACHES HUNDREDS FOR CHRIST
by Angela Baerg When Southern Adventist University student Sarah Andrews first saw a sign advertising a mission trip to Sierra Leone in West Africa, she felt drawn to it like a magnet. The Forest Lake Church member always wanted to go to Africa, but she was a nursing...
TESTIMONY OF A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE
by Renee Edwards "I've grown up in an Adventist home, and I know the doctrines, but I don't know the texts by heart." "How do I give a Bible study?" "How do I get out of my box?" "I want to do more." These are among the comments and questions of many who feel a burden...
AN INVESTMENT WITH HIGH RETURNS
by Mike Cauley, D.Min. Florida Conference President Recently, our friends, Pastor Noel Shanko and his wife, Pat, made a trip back to Yale, Virginia, where they celebrated the 100th anniversary since the beginning of the church there. It began on October 4, 1913, when...