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Our Vision for the Next Five Years • Plant churches in the Silver Spring, Chevy Chase, Upper Marlboro and Suitland areas of Maryland as well as Abingdon, Virginia and begin an initiative to reach Muslims. • Through Cultivate, a new evangelism and church planting initiative, create opportunities for churches and schools to reach members and surrounding communities in a purposeful and meaningful way. • Identify and recruit strong pastors to serve Potomac Conference Corporation churches and companies. • Research and promote best practices for Adventist ministry. • Identify and communicate characteristics of healthy, disciple-making churches. • Prepare intern pastors for ordination and servant-leadership. • Support ministerial families through encouragement, networking and resources. • Build accountable, supportive relationships with pastors and congregations. • Encourage and nurture innovation in congregational ministry • Help pastors train and equip elders, church leaders and congregations for ministry. • Focus on planting churches in major populations of at least 20,000. • Develop and encourage effective church assessment processes. HISPANIC MINISTRIES Jose Esposito Director of Hispanic Ministries Adalid Duran Office Assistant Becky Rivas Office Assistant Oskar Ortiz Sound System After eight years, 606 students have graduated in the following areas: home-church leader, Bible instructor, evangelist, pastor’s assistant, photo by Tony Ventouris – Ancient City Photography. 32 POTOMAC CONFERENCE CORPORATION OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS www.pcsda.org WE EXIST TO GROW HEALTHY DISCIPLE-MAKING CHURCHES 33
Vice President for Education’s Report Voted at Constituency Meeting in September 2015 Voted at Executive Committee in November 2015 KEITH HALLAM began his career at Wisconsin Academy, teaching various technology vocational courses while expanding his services to guidance counseling, academic registrar and administration. Shortly after receiving his Master in Education, he transferred from the classroom to full-time administration. Keith served as a principal for 18 years and, in 2009, began his ministry in the Potomac Conference as Vice President for Education. Through personal experiences, Hallam understands the responsibility of evangelism in our schools and potential that every teacher and administrator has for sharing the assurance of salvation. He believes Adventist education should always be upheld to the highest academic standard and with a personal touch that brings Jesus Christ to life and excites the student to know more about their Savior. Hallam and his wife, Kandyce, have been married for 30 years. They have three grown children: Kurtis, Korrine and Kristofor. left: Vienna Adventist Academy began a community garden, teaching students about healthy living and eating right, Photo courtesy of Vienna Adventist Academy. right: Real-time classroom instruction is provided to off-site classrooms around the conference via Richmond Academy Student Achievement Along with daily monitoring of student learning in the classroom, we engage our 3rd through 8th grade students with the Iowa Test of Basic Skills exam, in which Potomac students average higher than the national average (see 2014 Iowa Assessment graph, pg. 37). Additionally, our 8th grade students are encouraged to take the ACT Explore exam during the spring semester, helping us determine our 8th graders readiness for college (see college readiness graph, pg. 37). Mission The Potomac Conference Corporation Office of Education exists to inspire the future of healthy, disciple-making churches by developing passionate and qualified educators who nurture growth in our students through relationships, excellence and service to the glory of God. Over the past five years, we have undertaken several initiatives to encourage our school communities, focus our attention on improvement and challenge our education team to better themselves for the benefit of their students. Many Potomac Teachers have been presented with various awards, including Carmen Esposito, (left) teacher at John Nevins Andrews School, and Jim Minty (right), who teaches at Shenandoah Valley Adventist Elementary. Esposito photo courtesy of Columbia Union. Minty photo courtesy of SVAE. Significant Accomplishments in the last five years Meeting the financial challenges that Adventist education faces has been a major priority these past five years. Several initiatives and applications have been put into practice to help ease the burdens at the local level: • Facility Grants – $101,675 has been awarded in the form of annual $5,000 matching grants to 12 of our 17 elementary school to assist with projects such as gym remodel, energy efficient HVAC units, lighting and windows, smoke detectors, fire alarms, roof repairs, asphalt, sidewalks, playground equipment and various other maintenance and repairs. • Technology Grants – $101,000 has been gifted in annual $3,000 grants to 14 of our 17 elementary schools for computers, servers, wireless connections, software, document cameras, electronic instructional boards and high speed internet access. • Potomac Partners Offering Tuition assistance – Since 2011, a total of $209,000 has been awarded to 283 students through scholarships funded by Potomac Partners. • Potomac Conference Education Foundation - Through a brand new Virginia Tax Credit initiative, $308,000 was provided to 100 new students for tuition scholarships kindergarten through 12th, during the 2014-15 school year. We expect the giving to increase and assist more students during the 2016-17 school year. (see Education Foundation graph, pg. 36) • Connected School Program – Real-time classroom instruction is provided to off-site classrooms around the conference via Richmond Academy, allowing Potomac students to continue Adventist education where an academy may not be available to them. June 2016 will mark our first graduates from this cooperative venture in education. Nancy Melashenko Superintendent for Education Joannie Galbraith Education Assistant Cyndee Grady Education Assistant 34 POTOMAC CONFERENCE CORPORATION OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS www.pcsda.org WE EXIST TO GROW HEALTHY, DISCIPLE-MAKING CHURCHES 35
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