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Contents ON THE WEB PLAYING COMES SECOND Thirteen teams and nearly 150 players make up the Virginia Area Adventist Basketball Association, a ministry of Allegheny East Conference churches. Rudy Ortega, commissioner, reports that participating churches have gained new members. Their motto? “Christian first, player second.” Watch more at columbiaunionvisitor.com/vaaba. DESIGN A MINISTRY TEAM “Any church that utilizes teams to accomplish God’s mission helps create the community God hopes will invigorate His church,” says John Cress, Potomac Conference’s former vice president for pastoral ministries. Read his tips for creating an effective team at columbiaunionvisitor.com/ministryteams. 4 | Newsline A NOTABLE CAREER 6 | Noticias After 50 years in healthcare, George Burton retires from 8 | Underscore Kettering College in Kettering, Ohio, as medical director 10 | Feature for the respiratory care program and the Kettering Health Network Sleep Centers. This physician, author, educator and All in a Day’s Work speaker: however, departs as a “legend.” Read more at columbiaunionvisitor.com/ Elena Cornwell burton. Three professionals share how they witness to others through CHANGE their God-appointed careers … and how they learned to YOUR LIFE balance home life with professional and personal ventures. Donnell Josiah, a member of Allegheny East 15 | Newsletters Conference’s Miracle City church 44 | Bulletin Board in Baltimore, recently published Overcomers: How to Change Your Life in 31 Days, a moti- vational guide for readers to achieve personal development. Read more at columbiaunionvisitor.com/changeyourlife. BEST VEGGIE MEAT? About the Cover: Dr. Milton Brown is photographed at the Drug FriChik or Grillers? What do you think Discovery Program, Georgetown University Medical Center, by Joshua Roberts/AP Images. Above: Terry Hess is photographed at JayDee’s is the best “veggie” meat? Visit Family Fun Center in Inwood, W.Va., by Daniel Shanken/AP Images. facebook.com/columbiaunionvisitor and take our online poll. 2 | VISITOR May 2016 Editorial WILLIAM “BILL” MILLER Tethered Together Beth Michaels n Editor V. Michelle Bernard n Assistant Editor, Digital Media Coord. Kelly Butler Coe n Art Director, Designer t was a warm afternoon as we returned from an Sandra Jones n Advertising, Circulation Manager unsuccessful attempt to summit Mount Rainier The Visitor is a monthly publication of the Columbia Union I(14,410 feet) in Washington State. The eight of us Conference reaching approximately 61,900 Seventh-day Adventist homes in the mid-Atlantic area. The Visitor provides had sat at Camp Hazard (11,600 feet) for two days, news and information, inspiration for effective ministry, the weather finally forcing us to return home. and insight on issues with a spiritual focus to help engage members in experiencing the mission. On our descent, we made our way around the CONTACT n (410) 997-3414 n columbiaunionvisitor.com Wilson Glacier and crisscrossed the Nisqually [email protected] n To subscribe, change address Glacier, trying to avoid the many open crevasses, or discontinue Visitor mailings, call your local conference as listed below. Ask for the membership clerk. Free to members. however, came to a crevasse we could not go All others, $21 annually. Email [email protected]. around. We located a snow bridge to traverse over. After testing the PUBLISHING bridge, we decided it was safe to cross. When it was my turn to go over, Celeste Ryan Blyden n Publisher the snow bridge collapsed. I fell 14 feet and became wedged in the cre- Board: Dave Weigley (chair), Beth Michaels (secretary), vasse, upside down. Seth Bardu, Celeste Ryan Blyden, Larry Boggess, José H. Cortés, William T. Cox, Henry Fordham, Ron Halvorsen Jr., My climbing partners had several options: stand on either side of the Ray Hartwell, Bill Miller, Rick Remmers, Rob Vandeman crevasse and shower me with pity, yell insults or leave me. However, we The Visitor is printed at Pacific Press were a team, literally Publishing Association in Nampa, Idaho. roped together in COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE two groups of four. 5427 Twin Knolls Road, Columbia, MD 21045 (410) 997-3414 n columbiaunion.org Before we left on our trek, we had taken Dave Weigley n President Rob Vandeman n Executive Secretary time to prepare and Seth Bardu n Treasurer practice for some- Frank Bondurant n Vice President, Ministries Development Hamlet Canosa n Vice President, Education thing like this. Walter Carson n Vice President, General Counsel, PARL When the snow Celeste Ryan Blyden n Vice President, Communication and PR bridge collapsed, Rubén Ramos n Vice President, Multilingual Ministries Harold Greene n Director, Information Technology I yelled, “Falling!” Curtis Boore n Director, Plant Services Immediately, my rope Emmanuel Asiedu n Secretary-Treasurer, Revolving Fund team fell flat on their Carol Wright n Undertreasurer bellies and dug in CONFERENCES their ice axes to stop ALLEGHENY EAST: Henry J. Fordham, President; LaTasha Hewitt, Visitor Correspondent n Tel. (610) 326-4610 n visitaec.com my fall. The members ALLEGHENY WEST: William T. Cox Sr., President; Bryant Smith, of the other team came back, anchored and one repelled down to help me Visitor Correspondent n Tel. (614) 252-5271 n awconf.org out. We cared for one another, were committed to one another. CHESAPEAKE: Rick Remmers, President; Samantha Young, Visitor Correspondent n Tel. (410) 995-1910 n ccosda.org MOUNTAIN VIEW: Larry Boggess, President; Valerie Morikone, LOVE ONE ANOTHER Visitor Correspondent n Tel. (304) 422-4581 n mtviewconf.org This is how a healthy church looks and functions. In life, we each will “fall” NEW JERSEY: José H. Cortés, President; Paulo Macena, Visitor Correspondent n Tel. (609) 392-7131 n njcsda.org (see Rom. 3:23). A healthy church is prepared to assist those who stumble OHIO: Ron Halvorsen Jr., President; Heidi Shoemaker, Visitor and fall—those who are in a relationship with God and those who aren’t. Correspondent n Tel. (740) 397-4665 n ohioadventist.org Jesus prepared, each day, for the mission He was called to—to seek PENNSYLVANIA: Ray Hartwell, President; Tamyra Horst, Visitor those who were lost, “fallen” (see Luke 19:10). His preparation was quiet Correspondent n Tel. (610) 374-8331 n paconference.org POTOMAC: Bill Miller, President; Tiffany Doss, Visitor reflection with the Father (see Mark 1:35), and a fresh daily outpouring of the Correspondent n Tel. (540) 886-0771 n pcsda.org Holy Spirit (see Christ’s Object Lessons, p. 140). This preparation enabled EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS him to mingle “with men as one who desired their good. He showed His KETTERING COLLEGE: Nate Brandstater, President; Jessica sympathy for them, ministered to their needs, and won their confidence. Beans, Visitor Correspondent n Tel. (937) 395-8601 n kc.edu Then He bade them, ‘Follow Me,’” (The Ministry of Healing, p. 143). WASHINGTON ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY: Weymouth Spence, President; Angie Crews, Visitor Correspondent A healthy church is prepared for the mission through quiet time with the Tel. (301) 891-4000 n wau.edu Father and the outpouring of His Spirit. A healthy church then engages the HEALTHCARE NETWORKS community because they “desire their good.” A healthy church is com- ISTOCKPHOTO / ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE: Terry Forde, President & CEO; mitted as a team and roped together in Christ’s love to fulfill His mission, Thomas Grant, Visitor Correspondent Tel. (301) 315-3030 n adventisthealthcare.com willing to fall on their bellies in order to dig in their ice picks and catch CICCHETTI KETTERING ADVENTIST HEALTHCARE: Fred Manchur, CEO; someone. As God instructs, love one another in the same way I loved you. Christina Keresoma, Visitor Correspondent This is how everyone will recognize that we are His disciples [team], when Tel. (937) 395-8167 n khnetwork.org ROBERT ® ® they see the love we have for each other (see John 13:34-35). BY Adventist and Seventh-day Adventist are the registered trade- marks of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists®. n PHOTO Volume 121 Issue 4 William “Bill” Miller is president of the Potomac Conference. May 2016 VISITOR | 3 Newsline Leadership Summit at the Columbia Union headquarters in Columbia, Md., to review the history and discuss the future of the church organizational structure. “It is an interesting time in the nation and church, and we specif- ically asked for presentations to focus on certain topics: why are we organized, what counsel do we have from the early church leaders ... and how to move the church forward in mission, message and structure,” says Dave Weigley, union president. During the two-day event, presenters George Knight, a church historian; Olive Hemmings YOUTH SUPPORT GLOBAL SERVICE (pictured), professor at Washington Adventist University in Takoma Gabriel Torres, who attends Allegheny East Conference’s Park, Md., and other church leaders Rehoboth Spanish group in Reading, Pa., was one of the thousands and historians examined how of youth to participate in Global Youth Day, a worldwide event. to interpret and apply Scripture and how the church organization can better govern the fulfillment of its mission. AHC BREAKS GROUND researchers, businesses and retail- ON NEW HOSPITAL ers. The hospital, estimated to open This March more than 300 in early 2019, is projected to contrib- community members, elected ute $5 billion to the state’s economy officials and Seventh-day Adventist and create nearly 7,500 jobs. leaders (pictured) gathered to “I would like to thank our break ground