FOREST LAKE ACADEMY STUDENT IS A WINNER IN HALF-MARATHON
by Marvin Lowman When Forest Lake Academy junior Austin Rodgers crossed the finished line at the Space Coast Half-Marathon in Cocoa, Fla., on Sunday, November 30, his 1:38:35 time put him in first place with an average pace of 7:31 for his age group. He was 63rd overall in a field
SUNBELT NATURAL FOODS CELEBRATES NEW WAREHOUSE
by Roger Ballas, reprinted by permission of The Apopka Chief Save for the sounds from a rolling pallet jack or tow motor or a departing delivery truck, a new Sunbelt Natural Foods distribution center and headquarters has quietly moved in to Apopka, Fla. Located on Benbow Court across from Walmart on US
MALCOLM AND HAZEL GORDON CELEBRATE 60 YEARS OF MARRIAGE
by Gladys Neigel Former Florida Conference President Malcolm Gordon and former First Lady Hazel Gordon celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on June 10, 2014. Hazel grew up with the wish to be a minister's wife. During a youth evangelistic effort, she became engaged to Malcolm who knew early in his life
A LIFETIME OF JOY CONTINUES
by Gladys Neigel What do evangelists do when they retire? Do they move from their house on wheels to a permanent place in a retirement community? Do they move to a desert island? Upon their retirement in December 2014, Florida Conference Evangelists Bill and Sunshine Waters chose to reduce the number of series
MILDRED (EM) CROSBY TURNS 101
by Carol Crosby Mildred (Em) Crosby was born November 28, 1913, and celebrated her 101st birthday on November 28, 2014. The seventh of eight siblings, she has outlived each of them. Em has been a faithful Adventist since the early 1940s when she and her husband, Guy (Ted) Crosby, were baptized in
MELBOURNE CHURCH HOSTS HANDEL'S MESSIAH
by Carol Hearn A standing-room-only audience greeted performers on December 6 for the 22nd annual presentation of Handel's Messiah sponsored by Melbourne, Fla., Church. Singers from 17 area churches were accompanied by an orchestra of strings, timpani, trumpets, and harpsichord. The chorus rehearses five Sabbath afternoons beginning in September. Over the years, strong relationships
IMPACTING LIVES TOGETHER FOR 70 YEARS
by Stephen Yost III Stephen Yost Jr. from Rochester, N.Y., was serving in WWII and stationed at Fort Lewis Army Base near Tacoma, Wash. Ruby Blatt was living with her family in Bremerton, Wash., when friends encouraged each of them to visit Seattle Central Church one Sabbath. Three months later, on December
PATHFINDERS HELP INMATES CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS BEHIND BARS
by Hubert Swearine ’Twas not necessarily a silent night as the halls of the Florida Conference office were decked with warm smiles, cheerful singing, and busy hands of Pathfinders from Central Florida. It was indeed the season of giving as club members poured love into each care package for inmates in
CAMP KULAQUA FOUNDING DIRECTOR PASSES AWAY
Florida Conference is saddened to report the death of Camp Kulaqua's founding director, Wayne Foster. He passed away Monday, February 16, at age 93. "Wayne will be missed," said Phil Younts, Florida Conference Camp Ministries Administrative Director, "but his vision and legacy will live on through Camp Kulaqua and the lives touched for