Florida Conference News

Updated: On Wednesday, March 14, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America had the opportunity to participate in the taping of a new weekly PBS series entitled I Believe. According to producers, I Believe will travel across America and through host Dennis Wholey will interview different religious leaders to present a basic education in what various religions and faiths believe and practice.

Wholey interviewed Roscoe J. Howard III, secretary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America on the history and basic beliefs of the Church. The crew also traveled to Sligo Church in Takoma Park, Md., to do a tour and talk to its pastor, Ron Halvorsen Jr. about weekly services at the church.

Wholey is a veteran television host. He is also nationally known as the New York Times best-selling author of The Courage to Change and four additional books on personal growth. Wholey’s latest book is The Miracle of Change. His new book, Why Do I Keep Doing That? will be published in Spring 2007.

The I Believe. episode featuring the Seventh-day Adventist Church is scheduled to air May 2. Check local listings at www.pbs.org to see what time I Believe will air in your area. For more information on I Believe, please visit www.ibelieve-tv.com.

The 2007 first-quarter issue of Florida Focus is now available for download in Adobe Acrobat format.

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Substantial construction and renovation projects on the Forest Lake Academy campus will mean that no housing in the dormitories will be available and no classroom building rooms can be used. Without adequate space for on-campus housing and meeting locations, Florida Conference will conduct this year’s Community Bible Conference weekends only: Friday-Monday, May 25-28, and Friday-Sabbath, June 1-2.

Since there will be no daytime events Tuesday-Friday, seminars and a number programs are scheduled on Sunday and Monday. The details of these programs are being finalized.

Watch for updates at http://www.floridaconference.com/campmeeting/ and in bulletin inserts at Florida Conference churches.

(Silver Spring, MD—February 19, 2007)—SONscreen Film Festival co-producers Stacia Dulan Wright and George Johnson today announced the official call-for-entry of films to the 2007 festival to be held at the Adventist Media Center in Simi Valley, CA from April 12th - 14th, 2007.

Update: Entries may now be submitted online at www.sonscreen.com until the extended deadline of March 16, 2007.

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ACTS (Active Community Team Services) will be featured on this evening’s CBS national news at 6:30pm in a special three-and-one-half-minute segment.

The segment will highlight the team’s response at tornado sites in Lady Lake, Florida, and Enterprise, Alabama. ACTS united with 80 volunteers from Gulf States Conference in Enterprise where Adventists are part of a collaborative effort to unite with various faith-based organizations in a unique way. This will contribute to a positive perspective on Adventists in a town where evangelistic crusades have not been well-received.

If you would like to help financially with the efforts in Enterprise, donations may be made online at www.actsdr.org

Or, you may send contributions to:

Florida Conference
Disaster Response
PO Box 2626
Winter Park, FL 32790-2626

Mark your contribution for Enterprise Tornado Response.

Update: A transcript and video of this segment is available online.