GERVON GARCÍA MARSH ORDAINED
Gervon García Marsh, Miami Temple Church Associate Pastor, was ordained on September 19, 2015 Born in Jamaica to Adventist parents, Gervon was raised in a home where principles of service for others, love for others, and dedication to God were highly esteemed. He became actively involved as youth choir director, Adventist
QUILTING MINISTRY IS HER PASSION
by Shereen Scheuneman Elda Mae Reichard, is a special 100-year-old member of Prayers & Squares Ministry at Forest Lake Church, Apopka. Quilting ministry is her hobby, her passion! At home, she carefully hand sews the perimeter bindings of each quilt top before bringing her finished products to exchange for new quilt
LIGHTHOUSE MISSION GROUP REACHES COMMUNITY
by Martin Butler With help from several surrounding churches and businesses, Lighthouse Mission Group members of Altamonte Springs spent Sabbath morning, August 22, uplifting Christ to the 300 families who live in the Remington Inn and Suites community. The mission group, which meets Sabbath afternoons in a storefront a few minutes away,
FLORIDA LIVING RETIREMENT COMMUNITY CELEBRATES FIFTY YEARS OF SERVICE
by Betty Kossick On September 12, 1965, when Apopka was a small Florida town of 4,000 residents, Florida Living Retirement Community (FLRC) opened its doors to a community within a community. The two grew together and, 50 years later, with the City of Apopka pushing close to 50,000 residents, FLRC celebrated
THE LEARNING TREE ACADEMY SERVES COMMUNITY
by Robert Broome The Learning Tree Academy, an outreach ministry of Apopka, Fla., Church, offers the community a complete preschool curriculum for children ages two months to five years. On May 30, the school held its annual baccalaureate program. Most of the 30 graduates' parents are not Adventist Church members. These parents
HIS WAS A LIFE WELL LIVED
by Lynell LaMountain Ron Halvorsen was born January 18, 1938, in Brooklyn, New York. He attended William E. Grady vocational high school which had a delinquency rate so high that a book, The Blackboard Jungle, was written about it and later made into a movie. One day in 1954, Ron, who joked about having
FORT LAUDERDALE CHURCH HOSTS PLAY
by Jeffrey Thompson A near-capacity crowd gathered at Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., Church on July 25 to witness a powerful play, "At the End of Time." This play, based on Matthew 24:9-14, dramatizes the effect of faith, love, and commitment to Jesus. The story line features Matthew and Alice, two teenagers persecuted
SOUTH ORLANDO'S INTENTIONAL, RELATIONAL, AND EVANGELISTIC MINISTRY
by Dan Forbes In a time when first responders are often maligned, South Orlando Church chooses to recognize these individuals. Each year, the church sets aside a Sabbath to honor the police, firefighter, and emergency medical service (EMS) personnel in the community. This day gives the church an opportunity to minister
SPRING MEADOWS CHURCH MEMBER SERVES IN ZAMBIA
by Angela Baerg Jeffrey Brownlow, a member of Spring Meadows Church in Sanford, felt convicted to go overseas as a student missionary during his junior year at Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, Tennessee. One night, he prayed before going to bed and asked God to show him where he was most