by SDB General Council | Sep 11, 2024 | General Council, News
Lauren Kinlocke of the Fort Lauderdale, FL, SDB Church, has served as the General Council Secretary for the last 16 months. She took notes, asked clarifying questions, and created helpful minutes. As she served, she traveled to our in-person meetings, ate with us,...
by SDB General Council | May 22, 2024 | General Council, SDB News
Attending church retreats as a teenager created some of my most meaningful memories of my youth. But I always wondered, “Why call it a retreat? Why not an advance?” I later discovered that the purpose of a retreat is to pull back (retreat) from the hectic pace of...
by SDB General Council | Nov 22, 2023 | General Council
The weekend of November 10-12, your General Council was thrilled to be able to join with the South Atlantic Association in Daytona Beach, Florida as part of our fall meetings. We were blessed to celebrate Sabbath with them, including the graduation of 12 hardworking...
by SDB General Council | May 10, 2023 | Conference News, General Council, News, SDB News
A recent online search revealed the fascinating (to me—sorry to all you normal people out there) fact that there are at least eight different methods for multiplying two numbers together: addition method, long multiplication, grid method, drawing lines, partial...
by SDB General Council | Dec 28, 2022 | Conference News, Conference Week 2023, General Council
Your General Council met virtually for our winter meeting on Sunday, December 18. An important part of our work this season has centered around opportunities to meet together with the broader SDB Kingdom Family, as we finalized plans for our upcoming Virtual Delegates...