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Year-end Meetings Reveal Tithe IncreaseBy Celeste Ryan BlydenAt the year-end meeting of the Columbia Union Conference Executive Committee, attendees learned that despite the economic downturn, tithe is up 1.7 percent in the Columbia Union. “In every other union in North America, tithe declined,” said union treasurer Seth Bardu. “But we are thanking God for His blessings and for sustaining His church during this difficult time.” READ MORE AND SEE PICTURES
Washington Adventist University Exhibits Modern ArtBy Visitor StaffThe English Department Honors Program at Washington Adventist University (WAU) is pleased to present the distinctive work of Beatrice Riese to the Takoma Park, Md., community and beyond. More than 80 people—including nearly equal numbers of faculty and staff, honors students, other WAU students, and community members—attended the opening reception on November 3. The exhibition will be on view until February 3, 2010.Riese was born in the Netherlands but raised in Germany. Her family was forced to leave Germany, and settled in Paris, where Riese studied art. Fleeing the Nazis, she escaped through Casablanca to America. She lived and taught in Richmond, Va., and studied there under the abstract expressionist artist Clyfford Still. Later she moved to New York and became a textile designer. For 10 years she studied art with modern master Will Barnet, and also started collecting African art (her important collection is now in the Brooklyn Museum). She was affiliated with several art organizations, including the AIR Gallery—the first nonprofit gallery devoted to art by women—and Abstract American Artists, where she served as president during the last 14 years of her life. READ MORE AND SEE PICTURES 
Women Encouraged to Trust in “the Lamb”By Visitor StaffNearly 500 women, hailing from the Allegheny East and West, Chesapeake, Potomac, New Jersey, New York, Northeastern, and South Atlantic conferences, as well as from community churches, attended the Allegheny East Conference’s biennial Women’s Ministries conference in Atlantic City, N.J. Themed “Redeemed by the Blood of the Lamb,” the weekend featured inspirational music, fervent prayer, and eight power-packed and Holy Ghost inspired sermons. Guest speaker Augusta Olaore, from Babcock University in Nigeria, encouraged the women to dip all their concerns in the “Blood of the Lamb.” READ MORE AND SEE PICTURES |
