The Meeting at the Eighth Street Church: How Whiteness Oozed into Adventist Culture
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th of September 1902, Sabbath morning, the President of the Atlantic Union,[1] H. W. Cottrell, the President of the Chesapeake Conference, E. W. Farnsworth, and the second in command at the General Conference, W. A. Spicer, walked into the Church on Eighth Street, the only Seventh-day Adventist Church in Washington D.C. They arrived on a mission, commissioned by the President of the General Conference, Arthur G. Daniells. The trio bore a colossal task. Upon entering the church, they immediately encountered opposition from church members.[2] Although this meeting may be one of the most consequential in Adventist history, it lingers ignored or unnoticed by most Adventist historians and church members.
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More than 300 human resources (HR) professionals across the North American Division (NAD) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church attended a three-day HR virtual conference on April 25-27, 2021. The event, themed “RefocUS,” centered on training workshops, policy update sessions, panel discussions, and daily devotionals. To accommodate as many people as possible in the NAD, daily schedules started at 5:00 p.m. EDT on the Zoom meeting platform.
“RefocUS is about learning who we are, why we engage, what motivates, and how we as HR professionals mentor and serve,” Orna Garnett, NAD Human Resource Services (HRS) director, said. “Mentorship is an important building block in the NAD’s strategic focus, and faith-based human resource practitioners are in a unique position to facilitate both formal and informal mentorship programs within their respective organizations.”
Exotic pets are in the spotlight at expo in Chesapeake
Local exotic pet owners haven t been able to get together for a long time because of the COVID-19 pandemic. But this past weekend, they finally could. Author: 13News Now Staff Updated: 8:24 PM EDT May 9, 2021
CHESAPEAKE, Va. As with everyone and everything else, exotic pet owners haven t been able to get together for a long time because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
But this past weekend, they were finally able to congregate an an expo at the Chesapeake Conference Center.
There were breeders and distributors of a wide variety of reptiles, including snakes, lizards, geckos, amphibians, arachnids, and also furry exotic mammals like Sugar Gliders, Ferrets and other pet rodents.
“We learned that we are resilient. When City Hall, the schools, public libraries, museums and recreation centers closed, we were able to shift the paradigm and continue engagement with our constituents online."
Rob Vandeman, Former Chesapeake President, Passes Away
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April 23, 2021
Rob Vandeman, the recently retired executive secretary of the Columbia Union and former president of Chesapeake Conference, passed away this morning surrounded by his wife, Judy, and their family, at his home in Clarksville, Md. after a yearlong battle with cancer.
“Today, the Columbia Union and Chesapeake Conference has lost a gifted administrator, beloved church pastor, and very dear friend,” says Jerry Lutz, president of Chesapeake Conference.
Vandeman, a dedicated pastor and administrator, served the Seventh-day Adventist Church for almost 50 years, including 27 years in Chesapeake Conference. Vandeman began his career in Chesapeake as the senior pastor of the Spencerville (Silver Spring, Md.) church, where he pastored for 12 years. Vandeman was elected executive secretary and ministerial director for Chesapeake Conference in 1995 and later as Chesapeake president in 2005. For the la