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Crystal Mountain Marriage Retreat, Nov.
12–14. This is a great opportunity to
get away with your spouse to reconnect
and be renewed spiritually. The
location and facilities are very conducive
to make wonderful memories,
meet new friends, gain valuable marriage
advice and just have a great
time. Our speakers this year will be
Dr. W. Clarence and Dianna Shilt. They
have a message that will change your
life. Make plans to attend this year,
and do something great for your marriage.
For more information or to register,
call Alyce at 517-316-1543, or
e-mail her at ablackmer@misda.org.
North American Division
WWU Alumni e-Newsletter: Walla Walla
University is starting an e-newsletter
to communicate with alumni. It will go
out once a month. To sign up to receive
the e-newsletter, please visit the
Sligo Homecoming Weekend: Come
home to Sligo Church for a joyous
reunion, Aug. 6–8! From Fri. evening
vespers through Sun. brunch and beyond,
you will catch up with friends,
feel stirred as former pastors dig into
God’s Word, enjoy the best of music
(as always!) and have fun at a Sat.
night talent show. For a true homecoming,
you’ve got to be here! For
more details, visit www.sligochurch.
org or phone 301-270-6777.
Invitation to Recall 150th Anniversary of
Adoption of the Name ‘Seventh-day Adventist’:
Oct. 1 marks the 150th anniversary
of the adoption of the name
“Seventh-day Adventist.” Adventists
worldwide are invited on Oct. 2—the
Sabbath closest to the anniversary
date—to commemorate this historic
anniversary in a variety of ways. In
Announcements
local churches, other Adventist institutions
and organizations are also invited
to commemorate the choosing of
our name sometime during the month
of Oct. Program suggestions, historical
resources and other information for
the commemoration are available at
www.150SDA.org. You, your congregation
and your institution are invited to
join the worldwide Adventist family in
commemorating the 150th anniversary
of choosing our church’s name.
Wisconsin
Legal Notice: Notice is hereby given
that the quadrennial sessions of the
Wisconsin Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists and the Wisconsin Corporation
of Seventh-day Adventists are
to be held at Wisconsin Academy in
Columbus, Wisconsin, on Sunday,
October 3, 2010. The organizing com-
first meeting of the session convening
at 9:30 a.m. Duly accredited delegates
and delegates-at-large will be
authorized to elect officers, directors
of departments/services, and members
of the executive committee, constitution
and bylaws committee, and
nominating committee for the new
quadrennial term, along with corporation
trustees for the ensuing quadrennial
term. Delegates will also transact
such other business as may properly
come before them. Each church shall
be entitled to one delegate for the
church organization and one additional
delegate for each 25 members
or major fraction thereof.
Mike Edge, president
Roger L. Driver, conference secretary
Richard G. Habenicht, corporation
Web site at alumni.wallawalla.edu.
addition to individual members and
mittee will meet at 8:30 a.m. with the
secretary
PARTNERSHIP
with GOD I
God’s Growing
Family
b y G a r y B u r n s
left the hotel early this Sabbath
morning to catch the train to the
Georgia Dome for the last day of
the 59th General Conference Session.
When I arrived at Five Points, my transfer
station, the platform for the westbound
Blue Line was overcrowded with my international
family. From one end of the
platform to the other, my brothers and
sisters were singing hymns as one mass
choir. My family was not limited to Seventh-day
Adventists. Others joined their
hearts and voices to sing the familiar
hymns, including some of the workers at
the Dome.
Just before our train arrived, we sang
“We Have This Hope.” The words and music
were unfamiliar to some of my brothers
and sisters, but the message rang
true to their hearts. Their faces lighted
up as we lifted our voices on the last
strain. I couldn’t help but imagine how
our Heavenly Father must have felt as He
heard the praise of His children—His different
children.
As we approached the Dome, I asked
a worker if she’d ever experienced anything
like that before. She said, “No, but
I was blessed. It started my day off right.”
When we entered the Dome, we were
greeted with a cheerful “Happy Sabbath”
by a number of workers.
God’s children are everywhere. It’s
time to recognize and acknowledge one
another, to join our hearts and voices in
familiar truths, and to teach one another
new songs with messages that ring true.
Gary Burns is the communication director of the
Lake Union Conference.
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