MINNESOTA NEWS
Meet Maplewood Academy’s New Principal by Laura Cummings Laura Cummings
Last November Marshall
Bowers announced that
2011-12 would be his final year serving as principal of Maplewood Academy (MWA). Looking for a replacement, the search committee met Justin Okimi and was extremely impressed. Okimi was offered the position and has accepted. Okimi and his wife, Shelli, currently live in Smyrna, Georgia where he is principal of Atlanta Adventist Academy. Both Justin and Shelli attended boarding academies and have a heart for the mission of these schools. Because Okimi has experience with distance learning at Atlanta Adventist Academy, he is equipped to assist the integration of this new technology at MWA. Okimi holds an
MBA from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and was graduated from Union College with bachelor’s degrees in both math and English. Besides working as a principal, Okimi has been a corporate trainer and consultant for Adventist Health System, an assistant camp director, and an assistant chaplain at Union College. He has a passion for Jesus and for young people. Maplewood Academy is excited to welcome the Okimis for the 2012-13 academic year. Laura Cummings is development director for Maplewood Academy.
Minnesota Conference Constituency Meeting Notices Minnesota Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Notice is hereby given that the 1st Quadrennial Session and the 107th Regular Session of the Minnesota Conference of Seventh-day Adventists is called to convene at the Armstrong High School auditorium located at 10635 36th Avenue North, Plymouth, Minnesota, on Sunday, April 29, 2012, for the purpose of electing officers and departmental directors and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the session. Delegates from the churches comprising the Minnesota Conference are on the following basis: One (1) delegate for the organization and one (1) additional delegate for each twenty-five (25) members or fractional majority thereof. The first meeting will be called to order at 10:00 am on said date at which time all duly elected delegates shall be seated. D. Edward Barnett, president Justin C. Lyons, vice president for administration Reginald Leach, vice president for finance
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Minnesota Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists Notice is hereby given that the 1st Quadrennial Session of the Minnesota Conference Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a non-profit corporation under the laws of the State of Minnesota, will be held in conjunction with the 1st Quadrennial Session and the 107th Regular Session of the Minnesota Conference of Seventh-day Adventists at the Armstrong High School auditorium located at 10635 36th Avenue North, Plymouth, Minnesota, on Sunday, April 29, 2012, at 10:00 am. The purpose of the meeting is to elect the officers and members for the Board of Trustees for said Association, as well as transact any other business that may properly come before the delegates. All delegates to the Conference Session are the voting members of this corporation. D. Edward Barnett, president Justin C. Lyons, secretary