By Lydia Parris http://www.columbiaunion.org (Visitor Magazine)

Adventist HealthCare has been awarded a $500,000 grant over two years to fund the Adventist HealthCare Navigate to Health Program designed to ensure the most vulnerable populations in the Washington metropolitan area are not lost unnecessarily to breast cancer. The grant was one of several announced at the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Closing Ceremony in Washington, D.C.

Twenty years ago, Vincent discovered witnessing method for members that worked better than bribery
June 5, 2008 Orlando, Florida, United States Ansel Oliver/ANN
Patrick Vincent's SWAT, or Soul Winning Action Teams, will do almost anything to get people to church for the first time. The Adventist pastor with a passion for evangelism then caters Sabbath services to those first-time churchgoers, many of whom end up joining his Florida congregation. [photo: Mark August/ANN]

Gave nearly 70 years of service to Adventist ministry, chaired White Estate Board
May 27, 2008 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Mark A. Kellner, Adventist Review/ANN

Kenneth H. Wood served for 16 years as editor-in-chief of Adventist Review. [photo courtesy Adventist Review]

Diversity both challenge and opportunity, Paulsen tells European pastors

 Six Adventist pastors from across Europe joined world church president Jan Paulsen for the second installment of Pastors: In Conversation May 28. [photos: Rajmund Dabrowski/ANN]

Spike in crime, addiction expected if referendum passes, church leaders say
May 22, 2008 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
Elizabeth Lechleitner/ANN

 Adventist Church leader Roy Adams is urging church members in Maryland to vote against a referendum that would legalize slot machines in the state, which is home to the headquarters of the global Protestant denomination. In a recent editorial addressed to Marylanders, Adams said gambling would increase addictions and endanger families in the state. [photo: Elí Diez-Prida/ANN]