Pennsylvania Conference | Seventh-day Adventist Church

Musicfest Coming Soon!

Story by Dave Morgan
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March 1 and 2, the Elementary Musicfest is open to students grades 5–10. This includes homeschool, Adventist school and public school students. Musicfest is under the direction of Lawrence Galera, director of music at BMA. The two-day event includes vocal and instrumental workshops, as well as group performance and an afternoon showcase of individual performance. For more information about how your school, student or co-op can participate, contact info@bma.us.

An Extension of Family

Story by V. Michelle Bernard

Walk into a potluck at the Pennsylvania Conference’s Shermans Dale church, and you might nd sauerkraut or barley casserole or vegan lasagna. One thing you will always find is a feeling of family. And a pot of “Grandma Sterner’s” baked beans.

The beans have been a staple at the potluck for the last 30-plus years, rst made by grandma Grace Sterner, now cooked by her granddaughter, Robin Page.

Blue Mountain Academy Welcomes New Principal

Burney Culpepper (pictured with his family) will be the new principal of Blue Mountain Academy

Story by Tamyra Horst

Youth Ignite Mission to the Extreme

More than 200 young people gathered at the Lehigh Valley Seventh-day Adventist School in Whitehall, Pa., for the “Ignite Lehigh Valley” youth rally.

Story by Tamyra Horst

Lillian Torres Recognized as 2018 Notable Person of Honor

Lillian Torres receives a Notable Person of Honor Award from Dave Weigley

Story by Celeste Ryan Blyden

C. S. Lewis once said, “Relying on God has to start all over every day, as if nothing has yet been done.”

Lillian Torres, one of the Columbia Union’s 2018 Notable Persons of Honor, has relied on God throughout her 24 years in full-time ministry, with 13 years of self-supported work and nine years as a medical missionary.