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A CHURCH FOR THE CITY
by Gerson Santos, D.Min., Director of Urban Ministries Study Center, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland Reprinted by permission, Ministry Magazine, May 2013 The world is rapidly moving from a rural calm to an urban explosion. In...
URBAN MISSIONARIES WITH A PASSION TO IMPACT LIVES IN FLORIDA
What if a church translated Proverbs 18:24, "A man who has friends must himself be friendly..." into "a church that has friends must itself be friendly?" When the Adventist Church becomes involved, members of the community begin to notice. Former prejudices are broken...
MISSION TO THE CITIES: IMPACTING MIAMI IN 2014
by Allan Machado, Florida Conference Vice President for Spanish-language Ministries The 21st-century Adventist Church needs to reflect on the reality that we live in a world where more than half of the population resides in urban areas. Every day, approximately...
TREADING URBAN GROUND LIKE JESUS
by Gary Krause, MJ, Director of Adventist Mission, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland Reprinted by permission, Ministry Magazine, May 2013 Nineteen hundred and one. The first year of the twentieth century. In New York City, the...
MOVING TO EXPAND GOD'S MISSION
by Mike Cauley, Florida Conference President We are amazed how God is leading us through our office relocation. It started when Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) approached us with plans to use our back parking lot in their Interstate 4 expansion project....
SILVER SPRINGS SHORES CHURCH DEDICATES AGAPE CENTER
by Norma Henry Silver Springs Shores Church in Ocala, Fla., celebrated a dedicatory service in November that included burning the mortgage for their Agape Center. The two-year early payoff was due to the sacrifice of members as their vision and planning came to...
FOOD PANTRY CLIENT DEVELOPS COOKBOOK
by Bob Halstead Members of Homosassa, Fla., Church compiled a cookbook as a special gift for families served twice a month at their Food Pantry. The cookbook contains recipes for the foods they distribute. The recipes could hardly be considered gourmet; yet, "they...
COUPLES RECOMMIT TO MARRIAGE VOWS
by Erik Garcia Lake Worth, Fla., Spanish Church hosted a weekend Family Life seminar conducted by Byron and Ximena Rivera this past fall. The Adventura Matrimonial (Marital Adventure) seminar began on Friday evening and ended Saturday evening with 40 couples in...
BELLEVIEW CHURCH MEMBERS DEDICATE NEW SANCTUARY
by Zlata Sabo Early in 1981, a group of individuals from Ocala, Fla., decided to plant a new church south of town in Belleview. A local bank contributed its basement facilities for the congregation's use on Sabbath afternoons after the bank had closed. While enjoying...
CRAWFORDVILLE CHURCH MEMBERS CELEBRATE 40TH ANNIVERSARY
by Linda Peters Forty-one years ago, a small group of dedicated young people from Forest Lake Academy (FLA) in Apopka made a commitment to reach Crawfordville, a sparsely populated community in Wakulla County with no Adventist presence. After graduating from FLA,...
FLORIDA CONFERENCE NEW HEADQUARTERS GRAND OPENING JUNE 1
You are cordially invited to the grand opening for the new headquarters of Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists and A Better Choice: Books • Natural Foods • Deli. The ceremony begins at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 1, 2014. Florida Conference's new facility is...
MAGABOOK STUDENTS LAUNCH MIAMI INITIATIVE
by Les McCoy The 2013 year-end school break yielded another stellar job by Florida Conference's student MagaBook team. Two of the program's four leaders, Anwar Bowes and Fabian Dzul, led 24 students who solicited $36,000 in donations with $25,000 allotted for...