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If you have forgotten what old-fashioned romance looks like, you may want to take a look at the new movie, Old Fashioned. It's not your typical pulp fiction fare; it's romance at its old-fashioned best. As the movie's promotional tagline states, "Love is patient, love...

by Karina Campos For the past three years, North Miami Spanish Church's Adventurer club organized a toy drive at Christmas for children at Ronald McDonald House of Miami, but wished they could do more. For Christmas 2014, both the Adventurer and Pathfinder clubs...

by Herb Pritchard You name it---church greeters, elders, deacons, children's story, prayer, special music, the Sabbath sermon---and the Ocala Church Pathfinders/Adventurers, ages 6 to 14, handled it at a recent worship service. Sermon presenter Ian Robison, age 12,...

by Rebecca Knecht I'm a third-generation Adventist. I attended 12 grades and some college in Adventist schools. I sang solos and was a choir member. My children were Pathfinders, and I was on the staff. You may say, "So what? A lot of people have done that. There's...

by Herb Pritchard Eager to serve the homeless and needy, Ocala Church youth sponsored Outreach Ocala on a Sunday in March at the Tuscawilla Park pavilion. This type of outreach was promoted by Generation of Youth for Christ (an Adventist-laymen's Services &...

by Donna Dunbar Compass Communities Company in Port Charlotte targets two groups of people for relationships: Homeless friends (alcoholics, drug addicts, etc.) and Youth (reaching youth in public schools and journeying with them as they are introduced to our best...

by Bob Hayes The following article is my personal journey through the church transformation process. It is not my intent to imply that my journey should be yours, or become the new blueprint for churches. By sharing this, it is my hope that you will find inspiration...

by Sandra Doran with Nancy Pinter Naples, Florida, is known around the world for its warm, sunny beaches, high fashion, and yachts anchored in watery avenues behind spacious homes. But its greatest treasure is found not along the pristine shoreline or in the upscale...

by Ken Langdon, reprinted with permission from Edible Orlando Construction will soon be under way on the new Emeril Lagasse Foundation Kitchen House & Culinary Garden at Orlando Junior Academy (OJA), thanks to generous contributions by the Emeril Lagasse...

by Candy Bedford What makes an Adventist school a success today? There are probably several contributing factors, but certainly one of them is the longevity of special teachers. When new students look forward to a teacher their parents had, it speaks volumes about...

by Stacey Tol As the newly-cut red ribbon floated to the ground on April 20, CREATION Hideout, a new play area at Indigo Christian Academy (ICA) in Daytona Beach, officially opened for business. CREATION Hideout is aptly named. The nature-inspired play area occupies a...

by Frank Runnels, Vice President Florida Conference Office of Education I once attended a lecture highlighting the life of Thomas Edison and his most successful invention, the light bulb. The speaker stressed the value of learning to embrace failures as opportunities...