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We just received word of the passing of Pastor Joe Samuels, early this morning, December 24. Pastor Joe [pictured middle] was a pioneer in the growth of Jamaican SDBs and made inroads for Jamaican pastors in this Conference (USA and Canada) and beyond. Joe was present at ... Read More

Have you filled out the SR Survey? It’s an easy way to provide feedback and suggestions for the Sabbath Recorder! The December 2013 issue—and coming up in our January 2014 installment—we’ve included a one-page, six-question easy survey to help us direct our time and publishing resources more efficiently. ... Read More

This news item came to us from Gay McRoberts:      Some people in southern Wisconsin have already begun celebrating Christmas, thanks to gifts delivered December 15th from the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Albion. A dozen people ranging from 3 to 63 years old gathered on Sunday to ... Read More

The Week of Prayer booklets, sponsored and provided by the SDB World Federation, will soon be on the way to your church’s mailbox. This 2014 theme is “Walking in the Light,” with the daily meditations written by Bethany Chroniger of Shiloh, New Jersey. She offers a fresh ... Read More

Clayton Pinder, former SDB Conference President, passed away at his home in DeLand, Florida on December 9. He was 84. Clayton presided over the 2001 Conference held in Lindsborg, Kansas, with the theme, “Try God.” For many years while living in Salem, W.Va., Clayton served ... Read More

Couldn’t make it to Conference in the summer? Missed out on your regional Association gathering? Here’s your chance to experience a presentation that introduces the 2014 General Conference theme: “CHOOSE.” President Steven James visited the Riverside (Calif.) SDB Church when they hosted the Pacific Coast Association meetings. ... Read More

Our latest Sabbath Recorderannounces that the Women’s Society is once again taking nominations for the 2014 Robe of Achievement. Specific information about the award is on page 25 of the December issue (here). If you would like to submit a nomination via e-mail, Karen Payne would prefer ... Read More

The first SCSC Missions Team has been chosen by the Seventh Day Baptist SCSC Committee in conjunction with the SDB Missionary Society.  Team members will be Cheyane Blevins, Elizabeth Camenga, Lindsay Crouch, and Lauren Telford.  Please pray for this new Missions Track component of SCSC. ... Read More

The Conference received an e-mail earlier this week that made me feel like I was getting a response from a long-forgotten message in a bottle. It came from New Zealand: ______________________ “I was looking through some literature that I received in January 2002. Yes, you ... Read More

As reported on Facebook by the SDB Missionary Society, a short-term mission team from the U.S. will travel to Africa (Gambella, Ethiopia) in February 2014 to serve God by helping to build a Seventh Day Baptist Church there. A congregation already exists, and we will provide ... Read More