Florida Conference of Seventh-day Adventists : News

Florida Focus, Winter 2009

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:37:09 +0000

The Winter 2009 issue of Florida Focus is now available for download in Adobe Acrobat format.

Ambassadors For God Partner With the Community To Improve Quality of Life
“You Crown the Year With Your Bounty, and Your Carts Overflow With Abundance”
African Orphans Minister To Student Missionary From Southern Adventist University
2010 North American Division Health Summit
Forest Lake Church Festival of Health
A Lesson In Thankfulness
Camp Meeting 2010
Planned Giving and Trust Services
Coming Events
Generation Change: Pathfinders Exemplify Selfless Giving

Florida Focus, Autumn 2009

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:16:16 +0000

The Autumn 2009 issue of Florida Focus is now available for download in Adobe Acrobat format.

69th Regular Constituency Meeting
Changed Forever By the Adventist Bookmobile
Publishing Department Introduces a New Opportunity
Parents and Children Canvass Together
Florida Pathfinders At Oshkosh Camporee
Florida Prison Ministries—Changing Lives For God: 1989-2009
Kids’ Talk: GO FISH Convention For Kids
Florida Camp Meeting 2010
Coming Events
Tools For Giving
Generation Change: High School Student Bible Retreat

Florida Camp Meeting 2010 Announcement

Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:16:30 +0000

New Location! New dates! A new experience! Come and enjoy Camp Kulaqua, a 700-acre retreat and convention center in North Florida. Thursday through Sunday, March 4-7, 2010. Featured speaker: John Nixon, Senior Pastor at Collegedale Seventh-day Adventist Church. Maps and camp information available at www.campkulaqua.com - Registration for accommodations and meals begins October 15. Specific registration information and more Camp Meeting details to follow in a future announcement and at www.floridaconference.com/campmeeting

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:50:29 +0000

ACTS World Relief is conducting an Emergency Preparedness and Community Outreach training seminar at the Mt. Sinai Seventh-day Adventist church Sept. 27 Sunday at 8am (breakfast—donation requested) and main session from 9am to noon.

Address: 2600 Orange Center Blvd., Orlando, FL 32805 - (407) 298-7877

Breakout sessions include: Kitchen Care (Hands-on cooking with several mobile kitchens), Emotional/Spiritual Care (Psychologist Dr. Jeanne LeBlanc), Medical Care (Dr. Warren Lovett), Specialty Care, and Mechanical Care.

This open invitation is for those not serving as delegates to the Florida Conference Constituency Session.

Learn more about ACTS World Relief at http://actsdr.org/about-us

Florida Focus, Summer 2009

Thu, 13 Aug 2009 19:06:23 +0000

The Summer 2009 issue of Florida Focus is now available for download in Adobe Acrobat format.

Leadership Summit Reports

Core Values of Primitive Adventism
Youth Ministry Today
Attendee Comments
Transformational Relationships Are Key
Where the Rubber Meets the Road
Spiritual Gifts Functions
Each Member a Disciple-maker
Why God Called Our Church Into Existence
The Importance of Discipleship and Small Gropus
Apostolic Leadership
This Is Where We Are Going

Greater Miami Adventist Academy

Education Center for Early Childhood
Campus Ministries Evangelism
AcroAmericas Gymnastics Team

Forest Lake Academy

Health Academy and Advanced Learning
Distance Learning Academy
Students In Ministry

Northwest Miami Spanish Church Small Group Miracles
Coming Events

Go Fish Children’s Ministries Convention
Camp Meeting 2010

Simple Church
Planned Giving and Trust Services
Generation Change: Go Forth, Make Disciples

Camp Meeting 2009 DVDs

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 18:55:03 +0000

DVDs of sermons and interview testimonies from Camp Meeting 2009 are now available for $7 per disc or $10 for both discs. Details and ordering instructions at http://www.floridaconference.com/campmeeting/

Online video and audio media is encoding and will be available soon.

Florida Focus, Spring 2009

Fri, 03 Apr 2009 14:47:13 +0000

The Spring 2009 issue of Florida Focus is now available for download in Adobe Acrobat format.

Building Bridges To Hurting People
More About Jesus—115th Annual Florida Conference Camp Meeting
Willing Hands Uplift Others
A Two-way Blessing
Journey of a Thousand Thanks
A Challenge Became Aline’s Triumph
Third Grader Says “No” To Birthday Gifts and “Yes” To Helping Others
Florida Living Retirement Community—Where Friends Become Family
Property Development Volunteers Needed
Donor Advised Fund
Coming Events
Generation Change: Missionaries In the 21st Century

Paperless Southern Tidings

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:27:04 +0000

Southern Tidings subscribers can help the publication go green by choosing to receive electronic copies instead of printed copies. This option allows you to receive Southern Tidings up to two weeks earlier than print edition delivery. To subscribe, visit http://www.southernunion.com/Green

Dr. Ben Carson Memoir To Air On TNT Network

Tue, 03 Feb 2009 15:18:16 +0000

Academy Award-winner Cuba Gooding Jr. will portray Dr. Benjamin S. Carson in a TNT Original television movie, “Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story,” the cable network said. The movie will air on TNT February 7.

More information available on the Adventist News Network and on www.tnt.tv.

Fire Devastates Upper Columbia Conference Office

Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:28:33 +0000

The Upper Columbia Conference office in Spokane, Wash., was significantly damaged by fire, Sunday, December 28. The fire, first reported around 5 a.m., destroyed more than half of the building, including the Adventist Book Center, board room, and central administrative offices. By late in the day, firefighters were hopeful of containment, trying to salvage at least a portion of the west wing of the building, including Positive Life Radio affiliate KEEH FM studios and He’s Alive television. Cause of the fire is still undetermined.

None of the usual UCC office e-mail and phone contacts are immediately available, although IT personnel are hopeful to have some if not all restored later in the week. Conference leaders are working on interim headquarters options and are contacting staff to ensure continuity of essential services.

The Upper Columbia Conference Web site, www.uccsda.org, will be back online soon with regularly updated information. For further information, contact Jay Wintermeyer, UCC communication director, at jay@joyfullcreations.com.

Photos of this devastating event can be seen at the following Flickr album:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/designerbrent/sets/72157611751595181/

Additional information and updates about the fire can be seen at the various Spokane news media sites, including the following:

http://www.krem.com/topstories/stories/krem2-122808-7dayfire.16526d3d.html

http://www.kxly.com/global/story.asp?s=9586223

And, most certainly, prayers for our UCC friends and colleagues are especially appropriate at this time.

Steve Vistaunet
Asst to the President/GLEANER editor
Northwest Adventist Headquarters
5709 N. 20th Street
Ridgefield, WA 98642

360-857-7045

503-329-9808 cell