This Month's Issue | Seventh-day Adventist Church

The Power of a Teacher

At the North American Division Teachers' Convention in Chicago, Manny Scott shares how a teacher transformed his life.

Story by V. Michelle Bernard

Tears streamed down Manny Scott’s face as talked to some 5,000 Seventh-day Adventist educators at the North American Division 2018 Teachers’ Convention in Chicago.

Read the October 2018 Visitor

Yuri Hong, a teacher at G.E. Peters visits Chicago for the 2018 Teachers' Convention

Read these stories from the 2018 October Visitor:

Exemplifying the Face of Jesus

Editorial by Ileana Santa Cruz-Espinosa

Just About Anything You Can Imagine

Story by Shannon Kelly

For more than 22 years, Tim Harley has been serving Potomac Conference’s Shenandoah Valley Academy (SVA) in New Market, Va., including as head chaplain since 2004, and as the associate chaplain eight years before that.

Harley juggles many responsibilities in his job. He teaches Bible classes to sophomores and seniors; leads baptismal Bible studies; attends regular admin- istration committee meetings; plans mission trips, weekend programs and activities; and helps supervise them on campus.

Part of the Family

Story by Shannon Kelly / Images by Brad Barnwell

For 30 years, Claudio Consuegra has been a volunteer law enforcement chaplain. Consuegra, a member of Potomac Conference’s Beltsville (Md.) church, and the director of Family Ministries for the North American Division, has served as a chaplain in six states.