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REACH Graduates First Class at Washington Adventist University

Story by V. Michelle Bernard

The REACH Columbia Union Urban Evangelism School recently graduated its first class at the school’s new center on the campus of Washington Adventist University in Takoma Park, Md.

Tiffany Brown, director, says the program gave the graduates the tools to help them be effective in soul winning and personal evangelism in whatever professions they choose.

“The preacher can only reach the people that are in church, but if you’re a dentist, psychologist or another profession, you can reach people who God brings to you in your sphere of influence,” adds Brown. “Coming to this program will teach you to be effective in soul winning,” especially in an urban setting.

Columbia Union Members Participate in Successful Global Youth Day

Groups from Beltsville and Washington Adventist University participate in Global Youth Day.

Story by V. Michelle Bernard / Photos by Ross Patterson and Mark Sigue

Distributing food and water to the less fortunate and refugees, visiting nursing homes and cleaning parks were just a few of the acts of service that Columbia Union Conference youth and young adults participated in last Sabbath’s Global Youth Day.

Adventist Students Join 17-Minute Walkout for School Safety

Story by Doug Walker and Visitor staff

More than 100 students, staff and faculty from Washington Adventist University (WAU) in Takoma Park, Md., braved stiff wintery gusts to participate in the National School Walkout marking one month since the shooting that took the lives of 15 students and two staff members at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla. They were among students from across the Columbia Union Conference and elsewhere who participated.

WGTS 91.9 Words of Hope: “Turn the Page”

Each month WGTS 91.9 staff share a short film that adds perspective to those very real moments everyone faces, reminding you there is hope through Jesus.

"Sometimes, it feels like what's on the next page is too much for me to bear," says WGTS host Stacey.

For you it might be a change you weren't expecting; a marriage that is falling apart, a job you've lost, or that phone call that changes your entire life," says WGTS host Johnny.

Johnny and Stacey share the latest Words of Hope that God is the author of every chapter in your life, so don't be afraid to turn the page."

WGTS 91.9 Words of Hope | 014 - "Turn the Page" from WGTS 91.9 on Vimeo.

WGTS Listeners Reach Out to Compassion Kids

The WGTS 91.9 Morning Team -- Jerry Woods, Blanca Vega and producer Spencer White celebrate a successful “Days of Compassion” event.

Story by Jerry Woods

WGTS 91.9 listeners recently answered the call to help children in poverty with the station’s recent “Days of Compassion” event. WGTS, a Christian radio station based on the campus of Washington Adventist University in Takoma Park, Md., teamed up with a team from ShareMedia representing Compassion to encourage listeners to sponsor Compassion kids from countries around the world. When it was all said and done, listeners had taken care of over 860 children.