Raising Children in Their Early Years
Daycare vs. Homecare
What did Adventist church leaders, including co-founders James and Ellen White, along with Joseph Bates, do and say as they wrestled with thorny issues of their day? How did they, along with other early pioneers, seek to connect with their community?
On April 8, 2024, 100 people stood on the campgrounds of Timber Ridge Camp in Spencer, Indiana with their eyes raised to the heavens. Eight seconds into 3:04 p.m., they began the 30-second countdown, till they all cried “glasses off!” and gazed at the total eclipse.
In a poignant testament to resilience and faith, the launch of Shiloh en Español at the Historic Chicago Shiloh Seventh-day Adventist Church marked a significant milestone on April 13, 2024.
In a bold move to attract qualified new teachers and pastors, the Lake Union Conference is pledging one million dollars for incoming Andrews University students to pursue careers in teaching and pastoral ministry.
From May 12–June 2, 2024, Maranatha Volunteers International and Andrews University will carry out significant upgrades to Lamson Hall.
If I ask you to go back in time and recall one of your favorite early childhood memories, no doubt your experience would include people, places and events.
The pre-K room at the Crayon Box Children’s Learning Center at Andrews University is a colorful maze of learning centers — one features a wall-mounted rotary phone, play kitchen, and rack of dress-up clothes. Even the bathrooms are built with low sinks and miniature stalls.
The day of Detroit Center Seventh-day Adventist Church's long-awaited reopening in January 2024 was one of the coldest days in memory. Inside the unassuming beige brick one-story building, a familiar sense of warmth and fellowship filled the air, a welcomed contrast to the frigid bite of winter.
It has been one year since I started working at Lake Union as Public Affairs and Religious Liberty (PARL) director. I am blessed to work with your conference’s PARL directors this past year and, as you can probably see from their articles in this issue, our discussions on the mission and work of PARL are always engaging.
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Lake Region Educator Named Teacher of the Year
When we study human development, we realize that children’s first teachers are often informal ones—family members and friends who guide and direct them.
Some years back, decades ago, while strolling on the campus of Andrews University, I spotted what appeared to be a track meet near Meier Hall.
Three conferences in the Lake Union are teaming up to deliver synchronous Adventist Education online for 1st through 8th grades.