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Contents AUGUST 2006 In Every Issue 3 | Editorial 4 | Newsline 9 | Resource Guide Newsletters 25 Allegheny East 14 27 Chesapeake News & Features 29 Columbia Union College 31 Highland View Academy 10 | Parenting—The Second Time 33 Mountain View Around: Why More Grandparents 35 Mt. Vernon Academy are Raising Grandchildren 37 New Jersey 39 Ohio Tanisha Greenidge 41 Pennsylvania Most people know someone who was raised by a grandparent. 43 Potomac With 6 million children currently under the primary care of grandparents or other relatives, research reveals that this trend is 45 Spencerville Adventist on the rise in America. See how Columbia Union grandparents Academy are coping with parenting—the second time around. 47 Takoma Academy 14 | Camp Meeting Photo Blog 51 | Bulletin Board Celeste Ryan Blyden 55 | Last Words Camp meeting, the annual spiritual retreat coordinated by our conferences, is just about over for another year. We visited several camp meetings to meet Columbia Union members and take pho - On the Web: tos. In this feature, we take you there via our photo blog. Officers from the Columbia Union Conference recently traveled to Africa to review 18 | Temple of Praise: progress of projects funded by Urban Church Plant Celebrates the Missions Abroad initiative. 25th Anniversary I See photos from their trip I Listen to their Audio Visitor Sherry English interview The Temple of Praise Seventh-day Adventist Church began as an www.columbiaunion.org urban church plant 25 years ago. Read about this growing multi - cultural congregation of 240 members who recently celebrated a silver anniversary. About the Cover: Pennsylvania member Gloria Lithinwaller, who raised granddaughter Jana Gagne, now helps care for her great-grandchildren. Photo by Darren Modricker. 2 | VISITOR Communion GERALD SMALL Giving Thanks for Grandmothers and Grandfathers would like to thank the Visitor staff for featuring grandparents in this issue. Grandparents are very special, and I would like to tell you about the difference Ithey made in my life. At a very young age, after my father passed away, I ended up spending a lot of time and years living with my grandparents. And if it had not been for my grandmother, I am not sure where I would be today. As I look back, I realize they were not perfect—but they cared for me, loved me, and helped me along my journey. I have happy memories of my grandfa - ther taking me into his woodworking shop and teaching me how to build birdhouses and other small items. It seems that grandparents have the patience for detailed activities like that, and I was the fortunate receiver of the benefits of working closely with adults who had time to pay attention to a young child. Now looking at my grandmother from my current perspective of raising my own grandchild, I have a new appreciation for her patience and energy. She always made me feel that I was her favorite. Although she must have grown weary trying to keep me from climbing over and under the pews, she always saw to it that I got to Sabbath School and church and learned about Jesus. She was ever faithful in keeping me involved with activities like Pathfinders and Ingathering, etc. She even saw to it that I was able to go to church school, and after my mother passed away, she sac - rificed to send me to academy. On many occasions, I saw my grandmother praying for me. I would hear her say that someday I was going to be a preacher. It was during these young years that she helped instill in me a love of Jesus. When I was in academy I felt the call to become a min - ister. But after graduation, my journey took me several places. Though I became an LPN and spent time in the military, I was still determined to enter the ministry. Her encouragement and support through these detours did a lot to keep me focused on following God’s call. Oh, how happy she was when at last I was able to go to college and become a minister. WAITING FOR THE DAY In this last generation, more and more grandparents are being called to the responsibility of raising grandchildren. Trying to readjust one’s plans for the slowing-down-years to include an active child is not easy, but the joys of seeing—once again—a little one taking his/her first steps toward Jesus are rewarding. I will always be grateful to my grandmother for being here for me, and am anxiously wait - ing for the day when we can meet in the clouds and I can introduce her to my grandchildren. Gerald Small is pastor of the Stroudsburg and Easton, Pa., churches. Read more about his family on page 12 . AUGUST 2006 | 3 Newsline LAVERNE HENDERSON Adventist Named his wife Debra and their 7-year- grateful to the larger Adventist Chief of Procurement old daughter Taylor. community for these funds and at National Gallery are anxious to be attentive and of Art Church Plants to responsive as God unfolds His blessings in making the Rodney Cartwright has been Receive Global Harrison congregation a trans - appointed the chief of procure - Mission Grants formational presence in its com - ment and contracts at the Two church planting proj - munity.” Harrison Mission is a National Gallery of Art in ects in the Columbia Union 3-year-old plant initiated by Washington, D.C. Cartwright Conference territory have been Cincinnati pastor Jeba Moses brings 21 approved for grants from the and currently led by volunteer years of General Conference Office of pastor Robert Helm. federal Global Mission. A total of The notification of the grants contracting $22,500 a year for five years came from the North American experience will go to the PULSE church Division to the Columbia from the plant being implemented by Union’s Office of Creative Department Adventist Community Services Ministries, which coordinates of the Navy, Environmental of Greater Pittsburgh and the Global Mission activities within Protection Agency, Resolution Pennsylvania Conference as this eight-state region. These Trust Corporation, Federal part of the Pittsburgh Metro grants are funded by offerings, Deposit Insurance Corporation, Initiative. A grant of $8,000 a direct donations, and the and the Department of Health year for three years will go to endowment dedicated to Global and Human Services. He also the Harrison Mission church in Mission. —Monte Sahlin served in the private sector for the Ohio Conference. “Pittsburgh is one of the 25 two years as a contract manager Officers Review with AT&T in the Federal largest cities in the United Systems Division where he States. Yet Missions Abroad negotiated and administered we find Projects multimillion-dollar information only one Officers from the Columbia technology and telecommuni - Adventist for Union Conference recently trav - cation contracts with federal every 1,250 eled to Africa to review progress civilian agencies. residents,” of projects funded by the In his new role at the remarked Missions Abroad initiative. In National Gallery of Art, Pennsylvania president Ray South Africa, they visited the Cartwright will be responsible Hartwell. “For years we have Adventist Church’s newly for the corporate procurement been praying about how to completed Grahamstown and contracts function, reach people in this great city. Elementary School, which used staffing, and the entire gallery— This grant will enable us to carry to have 60 students but now whose annual budget is almost forth a broad community servic - enrolls more than 300. In The $1 billion. He will oversee es approach to ministry and lay Gambia, they visited Ebenezer procurement processes for the foundation for a church Academy where funds are being some of the world’s rarest plant in the southern part of used to erect a science building art collections. metropolitan Pittsburgh.” that will help the school Cartwright, an elder at Ohio president Raj Attiken upgrade its curriculum. The Allegheny East Conference’s was equally leaders also went to Ghana’s Capitol Hill church in D.C., thrilled. Valley View University where attended Oakwood College in Upon receiv - Missions Abroad is funding a Huntsville, Ala., and has two ing the new classroom for nurses. degrees from the University of news, he Before heading home they Maryland at College Park. The stated: “We stopped in Liberia, a country native Washingtonian lives with are deeply devastated by years of civil war, 4 | VISITOR Newsline to assess need. “The conditions Mrs. Lee,” “We also came up with a vision were deplorable and it broke my said Frank proposal of several items for pos - heart,” said treasurer Seth Bardu Perez, presi - sible implementation.” One (pictured below), who recalls that dent and major project will involve joint- there was no electricity or run - CEO of training efforts, in central loca - ning water, not even at Cooper KAHC. tions, to enable leaders to com - Adventist Hospital. Despite their The plete their Children’s Ministries plight, executive secretary Neville announcement was made during certification. Manspeaker also Harcombe says the people keep the recent constituency session plans to develop a “challenge to smiles on their faces. “Their spirit where Oakwood president Delbert excellence in ministry” seminar is resilient; now that they have Baker expressed appreciation on for presenters and lay people. peace, they have hope.” The behalf of the institute’s name - sakes—Charles Bradford, E. Earl Prison Ministries Cleveland, and Charles Brooks. Congress Planned The Creative Ministries Children’s Ministries office of the Columbia Union Leaders Join Forces Conference will host a Prison Columbia Union Conference Ministries (PM) Congress on Children’s Ministries (CM) lead - Sabbath, October 28. The event, ers (pictured below) recently met which will take place at the team, which included former at the union headquarters.

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