INTERNATIONAL DAY CELEBRATED AT SILVER SPRINGS SHORES CHURCH
by Norma Henry Silver Springs Shores Church, Ocala, Fla., celebrated International Day on June 15 with 29 nations represented in a Parade of Flags. The program focused on the population, climate, and growth of the Adventist Church in each of these
LAY ADVISORY COMMITTEE SUPPORTS CONFERENCE
by Eric Cantillo The Florida Conference Lay Advisory Committee's quarterly forums are held to discuss ways for churches to reach evangelism goals, foster church growth, consider recommendations from the laity, and strengthen the relationship between laity, pastors, and the Conference. The
NATIVITY SCENE IS GIFT TO COMMUNITY
by George Worrell For two weekends each December, members of Columbia City Company in Lake City, Fla., present a live, drive-through Nativity scene with emphasis placed on recapturing what transpired 2,000 years ago. The special effects, lighting, and Middle Eastern costumes
CHURCH SHARES BLESSING OF CHRISTMAS WITH CHILDREN
by Adelle Brown On a December Sunday, Solid Rock Church, Orlando, Fla., (formerly Pine Hills Church) held a Christmas party for their children and community friends. Sponsored by Children's Ministries, the party's objective was to bring joy into the children's lives as
MEMBERS GIVE AWAY GAS CARDS
by Ann-Marie Jackson, Gleacia Phillips-Wilson North Port, Fla., Church members take their mission seriously to reach out in the community. This past October, the congregation hosted its second Gas Card Giveaway and presented $25 gas cards, along with goodie bags and
MISSION TO THE CITIES
by Mike Cauley, D.Min. Florida Conference President Florida Conference has begun an initiative called Mission To the Cities. It is actually one ingredient of a two-part emphasis about returning to our purpose as a movement. At the beginning of the work of the Seventh-day
THE CHALLENGE OF THE FLORIDA MISSION
by Tim Nichols, Florida Conference Vice President for Pastoral Ministries How can we effectively fulfill our calling to go to "
THE CHINA CONNECTION
To show a liberal, self-denying spirit for the success of foreign missions is a sure way to advance home missionary work; for the prosperity of the home work depends largely, under God, upon the reflex influence of the evangelical work
CHURCH ON A MISSION TO MOVE FORWARD
by Abel Paulín, Florida Conference Center For Mission Coordination (Evangelism Department) Director Paul came to Ephesus with the mission of expanding God's kingdom in that city. Ephesus was a cosmopolitan port city in Asia, bustling with commerce and culture. It promised
A CHURCH FOR THE CITY
by Gerson Santos, D.Min., Director of Urban Ministries Study Center, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Silver Spring, Maryland Reprinted by permission, Ministry Magazine, May 2013 The world is rapidly moving from a rural calm to an urban explosion. In 1800, only 3 percent of