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Food From the Heart

Story by V. Michelle Bernard

People come in on Sabbath morning, and the tables are set up, and the classrooms are ready. They don’t know how it happens. It’s like a little Sabbath fairy comes in and sets it all up,” says Roxann Gambin, organizer of Chesapeake Conference’s Triadelphia church potluck for 12 years.

Gambin likes to operate behind the scenes. She and her husband, Len, volunteer at the church, located in Clarksville, Md., each Friday to set up the fellowship hall and prepare the kitchen. She schedules teams to run the weekly potlucks. The Sabbaths her team isn’t serving, she still often helps by dropping by the kitchen before Sabbath School and in between church to heat up and prepare dishes. The Gambins often stay until 3 p.m. to clean.

Get Inspired By The SAC Keynote Speakers

Pieter Damsteegt

Even if you missed the Society of Adventist Communicators convention in Columbia, Md., you can watch the keynote presentations from four young adult digital influencers: Kaleb Eisele, creator of Humans of Adventism; Erica Jones, creator of gorgeous2god; Justin Khoe, creator of That Christian Vlogger; and Emily DelMarie Long, editorial and creative director of the 71.5 magazine.

SAC 2018 Keynote from NAD Adventist on Vimeo.

5 Lessons Learned as a Pastor's Spouse

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5 Lessons Learned as a Pastor's Spouse

 

1. Be You.

“It’s OK to be you. I truly thought I was going to have to change my whole way of life. People truly appreciate me being me and not trying to be somebody I’m not.”—Kathy Pepper

 

2. Be Humble.

“[I’ve learned] humility, and how to [be] OK in a supporting role.”—Jeremy Wong

 

3. There’s Joy in Giving.

Book Release: Burst the Bubble

Interview by Alexis A. Goring

Seventh-day Adventists sometimes tend to “do life” in their own bubble of sorts—speaking their own church language (GC, haystacks, AY), socializing with people who believe like they do and even shopping in special stores, says Sung Kwon, executive director of the North American Division Adventist Community Services, and a member of Chesapeake Conference’s Spencerville church in Silver Spring, Md.

In his book, Burst the Bubble, Kwon challenges Adventist readers to “burst the bubble” and engage the community in what he calls “life on life evangelism.”

Read more about his book in the interview below: