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Welcome to the Internet presence of the Columbia Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. From our headquarters in Columbia, Md., we work to advance and execute the mission of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the mid-Atlantic United States. To that end, we provide administrative leadership, governance, and support services to our conferences, ministries, healthcare institutions, elementary and secondary schools, and colleges.

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New Life Member Gets County Recognition, Promotes Prayer for Gas Prices

By Beth Micheals

Rocky Twyman, a member of the New Life church in Gaithersburg, Md., has been in the news for a number of community outreach activities and contributions. Most recently, in honor of National Volunteer Week (April 27-May 3), the Montgomery County Council honored Twyman during a meeting at its headquarters in Rockville, Md. Members of the council, led by president Mike Knapp, drew up a proclamation dedicating April 29 as Rocky Twyman Day. The acknowledgment was a result of Twyman’s assistance in recruiting nearly 14,000 minority donors for the national bone marrow registry since 1992. READ MORE AND SEE PICTURES

New Partnership Expands Hospital’s Services

By Adventist HealthCare Staff

Washington Adventist Hospital and Mary’s Center for Maternal and Child Care, a federally qualified, comprehensive health center based in Washington, D.C., recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the opening of a primary care center in the Long Branch area of Montgomery County, Maryland. The primary care center, the first Mary’s Center location in Maryland, will offer a full range of vital healthcare services to residents in Montgomery and nearby Prince George’s counties, regardless of ability to pay.

“We believe our partnership with Mary’s Center and the opening of the primary care center in Long Branch will further expand access to healthcare services for the communities we serve---a key element in our Vision for Expanded Access initiative,” said Jere Stocks, president of Washington Adventist Hospital. “Together we are strengthening the region’s healthcare safety net.” READ MORE

Union Musicians Awarded at Guild Ceremony

By Beth Michaels
Photos by Green Photography

Twenty-two professional and highly talented musicians from around the Columbia Union were honored and awarded recently during the first Guild of Adventist Musicians Music Awards Ceremony. Run like a Hollywood-studded Grammy Awards ceremony, many friends, family, and other nominee supporters celebrated the winners and enjoyed the numerous musical performances from many of the union’s own A-list musicians.

Jeanette Nelson, a music educator and member of the Dupont Park church in Washington, D.C., founded the Guild of Adventist Musicians in 1991 with nine charter members. Its mission is to encourage and promote excellence in the performance of sacred music, provide a forum for mutual support of Adventist musicians, stimulate expression of musical gifts in the church, and develop training programs to enhance musical ability in young musicians. READ MORE AND SEE PICTURES