Weekly News & Updates | February 13, 2025 | |
Atlantic Union Conference Executive Committee Votes Title Change for Dr. David McKenzie | |
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The Atlantic Union Conference Executive Committee (EXCOM) met on February 11, 2025, for its first-quarter meeting. Among the many reports and presentations, the EXCOM voted to change David McKenzie's title to vice president for Youth and Young Adult Ministries. McKenzie will also continue his duties as assistant to the president for Mission and Evangelism at Home, an assignment he has faithfully served since October 2023.
EXCOM first elected McKenzie as Youth and Young Adult Ministries director in 2018. In 2022, delegates at the 31st Atlantic Union Conference constituency session voted for him to continue in that role.
"It is our prayer that God will continue to guide Dr. McKenzie in his ministry and use him mightily to impact the lives of many across our territory and beyond," says Abraham J. Jules, Atlantic Union Conference president.
Debra Banks Cuadro, communication director and Gleaner editor, Atlantic Union Conference
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SLA Students Collect Non-Perishables for Local Food Bank | Fourth-graders from South Lancaster Academy deliver food donations to a local food bank in Lancaster, Massachusetts. [Photo: Heidi Larsen] | |
To celebrate their 100th day of school, students in Heidi Larsen's fourth-grade class at South Lancaster Academy participated in a food drive. Larsen learned from third-grade teacher Kristie Creitz that the Lancaster Food Bank was taking donations before opening on March 1. The endeavor gained momentum throughout the school, and students from preschool to grade 6 joined the fun. The goal for each classroom was to collect 100 food items to commemorate the special day.
"This was a wonderful way to practice kindness," says Larsen. "They were surprised and grateful for our help."
Source: South Lancaster Academy
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Tony Cuffori Shares Inspiring Evangelism Stories in Barre, VT | |
Watch the latest episode of Connect LIVE as Tony Cuffori, Northern New England Conference (NNEC) evangelism director, shares exciting stories from a recent evangelistic series he presented in Barre, Vermont. "There is a hunger for evangelism," Cuffori told Brad Cauley, NNEC executive secretary, who hosted. The Barre community had not had an evangelistic series in several years. Many people attended the series and invited others, as well.
"God has given us this message," said Cuffori. "There are people open to it. Our responsibility is just to preach the love of Jesus Christ, make sure He's the centerpiece of every doctrine, and God will do the work that we can't do apart from Him."
Cuffori and Cauley also discussed how members can do their part to participate in Pentecost 2025. "There's always a part to play," Cuffori explained. "Don't think it's just the speaker, the elders, or the deacons. Everyone has a vital role because we're all in this together."
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Pray with the Atlantic Union Prayer Ministries department every Tuesday at 8 p.m. and the last Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m.
Zoom Meeting ID:
954 6819 9577
Password: PrayMore
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Atlantic Union Conference Events | |
Late Registration Now Open! | |
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Registration ends in less than 2 weeks! Don't miss your chance to attend the Festival of the Laity Seeds Convention a multi-ministry training event! Prepare for more powerful and effective ministry and evangelism for Pentecost 2025 and beyond!
Seminars offered in English, French, and Spanish! Topics include:
- Prison Ministries
- Children’s Ministries
- Multi-Media Ministry
- Church Planting & The Gospel Commission
- Refugees & The New Pentecost
- Small Groups & Bible Studies
- Effective Strategies for Digital Media Ministry & Evangelism
- and much more!
Time is running out. Register today! Don’t miss this opportunity to grow and serve together.
REGISTRATION OPEN UNTIL FEB. 25
Visit AdventSource.org for more information (or call (800) 732-7587).
HOTEL RESERVATIONS:
Hilton Stamford Hotel & Executive Meeting Center
1 First Stamford Place
Stamford, CT
(800) HILTONS (455-8667)
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Pentecost 2025 Evangelism Series
Join us and invite others March 1-22 to this virtual evangelistic series to kick off Pentecost 2025 with guest presenter Abraham J. Jules, Atlantic Union Conference president. Attend in person at the Community Worship Center in Jamaica, NY, or online. Services will be at 7 p.m. (Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday), and Saturdays at 11 a.m. (March 1 service begins at 6 p.m.)
Watch the live event online on YouTube here or here or on the Atlantic Union Conference Facebook page!
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Virtual School of Evangelism
Join us this Sunday, February 16, for the Atlantic Union Conference School of Evangelism (SoE) from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
SoE is FREE and open to EVERYONE! Follow the Zoom link below to log in and gain valuable tools for effective evangelism. Be sure to invite your friends and family!
You don't want to miss this! See you there!
Zoom link: https://atlantic-union-org.zoom.us/j/98162258420
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Do you have an alumni weekend, church event, or special event happening at a church, school, or other entity within the Atlantic Union? Click HERE to let us know! | |
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February 12-14
Safe Love Couples Retreat: Healing Wounds and Making Deep Connections sponsored by the Southern New England Conference. Registration deadline: Jan. 27. Click HERE for more information.
February 16; 2 p.m.
Gardening Workshop: Get Ready for Your Spring Planting. Come learn how to grow your own food in the city, country, church, and school. Joshua Deonarine, Northeastern Conference Health Ministries director, will host the virtual workshop featuring gardening experts Romona Harkess and Spencer Scott. ZOOM ID: 884 2020 8382. Passcode: 075065.
March 8; 6 p.m.
Festival of Praise: 13th Annual Scholarship Benefit Concert at the Mount Vernon Seventh-day Adventist Church, 230 S. Columbus Ave., Mt. Vernon, N.Y. Free event. For more information, contact (732) 979-7160 or (914) 374-1897. Click HERE to view the flyer with featured artists.
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March 9
Loving Relationships Certification Class sponsored by Greater New York Conference and Andrews University. The online classes begin March 9 and meet on two Sundays per month for seven (7) classes. Click HERE for more information.
March 27-29
Northern New England Conference Music Clinic at Pine Tree Academy. Music Clinic registration deadline: March 1. Click HERE for more information.
April 11-20
Advanced End-Time Level 2 Gospel Medical Missionary Training presented by Northeastern Conference Health Ministries, Eden Lifestyle, and Daley Health. In-person event at the Linden Seventh-day Adventist Church, 228-20 137th Ave., Jamaica, NY. (Zoom link also available.) Click HERE to register and for more information
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About Atlantic Union Conference
Founded in 1901, the Atlantic Union Conference is the headquarters for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the northeast United States and the islands of Bermuda. It serves six conferences, more than 138,662 members in 623 churches and 98 groups/missions, 43 schools, and numerous community-based ministries.
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