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Growth Spurt: How Demographic Shifts Are Impacting How We Minister

Members from Chesapeake Conference’s Atholton church—Sarah and Anna Singalla, Janet Keng Asare, Pastor Shawn Paris, Jasmin Elliott and Jair Parada—were photographed by Brian Patrick Tagalog in Columbia, Md.

Story by Edwin Manuel Garcia/ Images by Brian Tagalog, Kristi Rutt, Marving Alegria, Goodness Mcfiberesima and Tracey Brown

Spring Valley Academy Student's Alertness Prevents Possible Fire Damage

ASSIST student Makenna Lunde stands with mentors Ron and Paula Curtis in their potentially damaged home, if it weren’t for Lunde’s great instincts.

Story by Vicki Briley

I smell gas!” said Makenna Lunde, a 10th-grader at Spring Valley Academy, during a visit at her ASSIST mentors Ron and Paula Curtis’ home. Ron mentioned that a professional company had cleaned and inspected their gas fireplace six weeks earlier.

Delegates Elect Ohio Conference Leadership Team

At the 42nd Regular Constituency Meeting of the Ohio Conference, delegates elected President Ron Halvorsen Jr. (pictured center), Secretary Oswaldo Magaña (left), and elected Michael D. Gilkey (right) as treasurer and CFO.

Story by Heidi Shoemaker/Photo by Kasper Haughton Jr.

Eighteen Columbia Union PBE Teams Place First at Division Event

A team from Potomac Conference's Beltsville Pathfinder Club reacts to their placement. Photo by Pieter Damsteegt

By V. Michelle Bernard / Photos by Pieter Damsteegt/NAD

Thirty-seven teams from the Columbia Union Conference participated in the North American Division’s (NAD) Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) at Camp Hawthorne (Fla.) April 21.

Ohio Conference Pastor Serves as Law Enforcement Chaplain

Marius E. Marton, pastor and law enforcement chaplain, spends his Mondays at the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office, providing counseling and prayer with the employees.

Story by Heidi Shoemaker

Last fall pastors and chaplains from across the Ohio Conference were asked if they had ministries at hospitals, prisons or with law enforcement/first responders. Marius E. Marton, senior pastor of the Elyria district, shares his story:

Lorain County Sheriff Phil R. Stammitti swore me in as a civilian deputy to serve as chaplain in March 2017.