Nevada-Utah Nevada-Utah Conference of Seventh-day Adventists 10475 Double R Boulevard, Reno NV 89521 Phone: 775-322-6929 • Fax: 775-322-9371
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Focused on Jesus, we witness to the world!
February 2016
Great news keeps flowing from the Nevada-Utah Conference! by Ed Keyes President, Nevada-Utah Conference
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he NevadaUtah Conference continues to be an instrument in God’s hands to advance His work forward. From the looks of the Ed Keyes events taking place all around us it would appear that the Lord’s return to this world is imminent, so we have no time to just take it easy, and that’s why we see so much happening right here in this conference. North American Division Year End Meetings The first week of November our Treasurer, Doug Reeves, and myself had the responsibility of representing the NUC at the annual Year End meetings of the North American Division of SDA’s. These meetings are always quite informative and keep us up to speed on what’s happening in other parts of North America in our denomination, but this one had a greater emphasis on mission than I’ve seen in the past. It was exciting to see some of the strategies that are being developed by the Division, including a special emphasis on church planting and church growth. Obviously, this is what we as Adventists should be all about. As Jesus said when he was just a child: “I must be about my Father’s business.” I’m glad we are taking His example seriously to be about our Father’s business.
Riverview Church After returning from the NAD meetings I had the privilege of introducing Dr. Michael Stevenson, and his wife Chris, to the Riverview church in Reno as the new senior pastor. His message that day was timely and challenging for each of us to be involved in reaching our community for Christ. I believe that with the lay leaders this church has, combined with the pastoral team of Pastor Stevenson and Pastor Kharns, we will see great things happen in the future. Pacific Union Conference meetings The following week several of the NUC staff were involved in the Pacific Union meetings that took place at the Union office in Westlake Village, California. Doug Reeves and Mark Gutman participated in the treasury meetings while Pastors Oneil Madden and Bill Davis were involved in other departmental meetings. Our lay representatives Mistee Galicia and Rith Dok joined me on the Union Executive Committee. They were busy meetings as always, but the big news was about the new Pacific Union leaders coming to fill positions vacated by retirement, and, in one case, the loss of a dear saint, Gerry Chudleigh, who died on July 4, 2015. Tony Anobile, former Arizona Conference Continued president, is the on the next page
“The NevadaUtah Conference continues to be an instrument in God’s hands to advance His work forward.”
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