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Allegheny West Leaders Encourage Purity at Young Adult Retreat, CotillionStory by Conference Staff
The Allegheny West Youth Ministries Department recently hosted its first conference purity retreat, an inspirational event for young men and women to focus on the importance of sexual abstinence until marriage. During the four-day weekend retreat in Columbus, Ohio, conference leaders educated, challenged, inspired and affirmed the 130 young people through four areas: the physical, mental, social and spiritual values of sexuality. READ MORE AND SEE SLIDESHOW 
Adventists Best Peers in Johns Hopkins Diabetes Study
In 2009 the Johns Hopkins Center for Nutrition, in partnership with the American Diabetes Association, embarked on studying churches in Baltimore to see if churches could help members reduce their risk factors for diabetes. The Healthy Bodies Healthy Souls study of 15 churches included Allegheny East Conference churches—United in Christ, Cherry Hill and Miracle Temple. Results from the study were recently released. READ MORE AND SEE PHOTOS 
Potomac’s Radio Programs Impacts Station Owners, Community
Airing six times a week, Acción Adventista and Ondas de Esperanza, two radio ministries spearheaded by Jose Esposito, director of Potomac Conference’s Hispanic Ministries, should cost more than $1,000 a month to broadcast in the Richmond, Va., area. However, owners of Radio Ponder expressed that they have been blessed by the programs and now ask for just $200 each month. READ MORE AND SEE PHOTOS 
Mountain View Young Adults Meet for Prayer ConferenceStory by Trudy Squires; photos by Monica Zill
“Talks about prayer went beyond just methods, and went right to the heart of why we pray and what it’s all about,” said Tricia Lee Wilkins, who attended Mountain View Conference’s first Young Adult Prayer Conference held April 27-29 at the Valley Vista Adventist Center in Huttonsville, W.Va. |
