Directors' reports

SECOND QUINQUENNIAL POTOMAC CONFERENCE CORPORATION CONSTITUENCY MEETING

SUPPLEMENTAL REPORTS FOR DIRECTORS, ASSOCIATES, and ASSISTANTS 2010 – 2014

Your

Kingdom

Come September 27, 2015 Sligo Adventist Church

7700 Carroll Ave, Takoma Park, MD 20912

Table of Contents Camp Blue Ridge ........................................................................................................................................................3 Communication............................................................................................................................................................6 Human Resources.......................................................................................................................................................8 Information Technology........................................................................................................................................... 10 LivingWell.................................................................................................................................................................... 12 Trust Services, Planned Giving, Stewardship..................................................................................................... 14 Youth, Pathfinders, Adventurers............................................................................................................................ 15 Potomac Organizational Chart............................................................................................................................... 20

How to use this booklet The reports found in this book are a continuation of reports from the first book of Corporate Officers and Vice Presidents who are elected at the constituency meeting on September 27, 2015.

According to Potomac Articles and Bylaws, the Directors, Associates, and Assistant Directors are nominated and elected at the first Executive Committee following the Constituency Meeting, scheduled to take place November 15, 2015. This book contains most of those individuals with a few Associate Directors in Pastoral Ministries and Education in the other book.

For a visual of who is nominated when, please refer to the Organizational Chart on the last two pages of this book (pages 20-21). There you will find a legend indicating individuals nominated and voted at the Constituency session on September 27, 2015 will have an icon C beside their picture, with the ‘C’ representing ‘constituency.’ The legent also indicates leaders nominated and voted at the first meeting of the Executive Committee, scheduled for November 15, 2015 with an ‘E’ representing ‘Executive’ Committee E .

As the first constituency with this new division of elections, the visualization on the Organizational Chart may help delegates analyze the information presented in an organized, understandable way.

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Camp Blue Ridge

Jerrod Gable

Jennifer Gable

Director Associate Director Camp Blue Ridge Camp Blue Ridge 2013 – Present 2013 – Present

The Gabels brought to the Potomac Team a passion for the outdoors and kids. As courageous and strong leaders, they have met challenges of repairing an aging infastructure while increasing renters and campers.

Camp Blue Ridge was established in 1957 in the Blue Ridge Mountains, in Montebello, Virginia and serves the constituents of the Potomac Conference Corporation. The ministry

of camp has impacted thousands of families, developed leaders and mentored youth. There are many who don’t realize how far reaching the camp’s ministry runs. This is not just a summer camp, which in itself is one of the largest youth evangelistic efforts each year, but also provides a venue for church retreats, elders training, leadership training, youth retreats, etc.

We are excited to see what the Lord has in store for Camp Blue Ridge as we move towards the future and fulfill our mission.

2010 – 2015 Significant Accomplishments: • Held over 200 church, family, youth, and pathfinder ministry events.

• Received 1,766 campers through summer camp ministry.

• Mentored 178 staff members who have shared their love of Christ with our campers.

Our Mission: To grow disciples with a love for

Jesus Chart 1: CBR Rental Group Reservations per year We exist to grow

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• Increase the awareness of Camp Blue Ridge as a retreat center for churches and youth groups.

• Begin phase 1 of master plan –new multi-use building with a kitchen.

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• Established a 3-way matching program to financially assist campers to attend camp.

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• Developed a taskforce volunteer program.

• Launched new camp website www.campblueridge.org.

• Developing a portion of the property for Pathfinders.

• Developed a long-term master plan.

• Updated camp promotional materials.

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Years: • Develop and improve leadership skill-training for youth and young adults who work at camp.

• Completed an official property survey.

• Improve facilities in ways that the land can be used to experience God and nature in restorative methods.

• Transitioned all cabins so they can be winterized to save on propane costs.

• Provide excellence in service and programming that will exceeed expectations.

• Provided new meeting spaces, as well as updated much of the infastructure.

• Double the number of summer campers and increase camp use as retreat by 75%.

• Ambassador program: Develop a group of constituents that would share camp news with their local community on a monthly basis.

• Improve general landscaping and grounds.

• Clearly mark trails and map for hiking.

• Improve curb appeal through general landscaping, completion of renovations, and maintenance of buildings.

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A special thank-you to Camp Blue Ridge’s former leader for his dedicated service during some of the Gailbraith past five Bruce Camp Director years.

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Communication Karen Cress Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives and Communication 2011 – Present

Tiffany Doss

Kosly Joseph

Communication Specialist 2012 – Present

Pastor and CCB Implementation Coach 2012 – Present

Chart 3 Highlights: The purpose of the Communication • 16.6% ConferDepartment is to ence Office are covsupport minisered annually tries throughout • 16.8% of the conference churches can get office, churches, covered each year schools, camp and (around 160 churches LivingWell store as & companies exist in together, we grow Potomac, excluding healthy, discipleMission Groups) making churches through sharing • 5.2% of schools Chart 3: Stories Published 2010–2014 individual and corare covered annuinspiring and informative stories for the porate stories of ally, with 20 schools with four two pages of Potomac People monthly. transformation. Throughout the years, being featured per year averthis department has been led by capa- On average, 40 stories are published age, each year. The Visitor goes to every ble and talented leaders who had a Potomac home and even prisons. The Chart 4 Highlights: passion for God and a desire to work • Small regions, defined by a for Him. It is upon their hard work that same stories, with some exceptions, are often featured in the Visitor’ s digital lower number of members today’s team carefully and prayerfully News Bulletin, as well. within the region, average one continues to build (see inset, p. 9). article per region per year The Visitor The communication department • Conference departments averworks to give a well-rounded picture The Columbia Union Visitor is the age 16.5 articles per year of what is happening in the Potomac largest monthly methodology of comConference Corporation and works to • DC/MD averaged 6.2 articles municating with our constituency. The cover news and events sponsored by per year communication department submits the conference, churches and schools.

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needs of others, modeling Christ’s method of reaching people.

Our Strategy for the Future Your Communication Department is planning several immediate changes: • Continue transitioning Leader2Leader into a local church and school leadership newsletter, not employee only.

Chart 4: Stories by Regions, 2010 – 2014

Church Management Solution Following two conference-wide assessments, two major issues were identified as needing attention: training for church leaders (thus EQUIP was created by the Pastoral Ministries Department), and increased communication. However, communications is a complex, multifaceted point of discussion as it envelopes such a wide variety of mediums, methods, and preferences. Communication issues began to be addressed quietly, through focus groups and research, identifying the differing needs surrounding communication.

After focus groups, research, testing, referencing, on site visits, and all-day demonstrations, it was decided that Church Community Builders (CCB) addressed the needs identified based on its simple, yet robust database and incredibly friendly ability to share with all types of computers--Apple, Linux, or Windows, to name a few. As implementation began, however, FOG also set in–an acronym for Fact, Opinion and Gossip. Let’s connect Fact to some of the rumors heard around the conferece:

• CCB is mandatory for all

churches. No, it is an option available to assist in both managing and communicating ministries – easily.

• CCB is replacing the official

database, eAdventist, for the North American Division, as a member database. No, instead we are working together to produce more accurate data.

• All churches must install this

year. No, a 50-church installation limit is set this year – with only a few open slots left.

The outcomes have been exciting!

Baptisms due to the way the solution tracks small groups no matter where or when they meet; plus discovering attendance is much higher than when manually counted due to simply missing people.

The purpose of CCB is to help leaders better communicate with one another, as well as spend less time managing the church and spend more time in ministries training, and meeting the We exist to grow

• Work with the Human Resources Department to create a new employee newsletter that includes personnel changes, openings, and as appropriate, reasons for changes. This will also include new policies (as well as reminders of old ones), including, healthcare changes.

• Increase the use of social media and blogging tools to better reach younger generations and provide a safe place for dialogue.

• Increase number of (1) CCB implementations; and (2) stories by creating a communication team in each region using CCB’s tools to collect and coordinate stories.

Former leader to whom we are forever grateful – for his commitment to Christ, laughter, and people Dan Jensen throughout this ATP for Communication conference.

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Human Resources Jordan Trent

Kimberly Allen

Director (former) Human Resources 2015 – July, 2015 Position Open

The Human Resources Department has seen major changes since the last constituency meeting and seeks to provide quality service for all Potomac Conference Corporation personnel operations in an ethical, responsive, sensitive and Christ-like manner.

Significant Accomplishments from 2010 - 2014: • Each year the number of new employees attending the August new employee orientation has gradually increased.

Teachers, Staff members, and Pastors alike all attend. Pastors also attend a pastoral orientation individually whenever they first arrive in the conference.

• Implementation of Adventist Payroll System (APS) for the Human Resource and Treasury departments was completed.

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Benefits Assistant 2013 – Present

• Implementing the Locally Funded Employee (LFE) Initiative in March of 2012, when the executive committee, on recommendation of the North American Division, voted to approve a standardized hiring process for any individual hired at the local level (e.g. school or church).

This process continues to be implemented throughout the conference as the HR department is committed to ensuring that timely, accurate and complete information is shared with all the supervisors, business managers and pastors within Potomac’s territory.

• Standardized departmental processes and updates to conference policies are still in progress and the HR department continues to make daily strides in accomplishing this expansive and necessary goal.

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Office Assistant 2013 – Present

• Potomac Conference Corporation Administration, along with the HR department, have actively engaged in valuing and embracing diversity within our conference’s hiring process. For example, Chart 5 on the next page indicates changes in gender diversity between 2010 and 2014. Males have a slight decrease of -2.04%, but women have increased 2.3%.

Our vision for the next five years: • Improve customer service experience • Provide timely, accurate and relevant information to our churches and school • Continue to create a standardized system for the employment process and updates to Conference policies • Pursue paperless (electronic) documentation system.

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Former full-time HR leaders during the past five years who have influenced outcomes and set pace for the future of HR.

Johanna Prestol-Dominguez Director for Human Resources

2010 – 2013

Chart 5: EEOC Gender Demographics - 2010 and 2014 Compared

Lynette Christ Associate Director for Human Resources

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Information Technology Frank Cox Director of Information Technology 2008 – 2012 2013 – Present

Within the Information Technology Department, the purpose is very simply this: “Experience and share the love of Jesus through technology, our lives and His word.” Whether it’s supporting the staff at the conference office, LivingWell or helping one of our schools, the IT Department is dedicated to equipping each entity with the latest technology, allowing them to efficiently streamline their own ministries.

The department has diligently worked to keep the Potomac Conference Corporation moving forward in a positive technology direction. Several projects have been completed to keep our technology up to date and office efficiency at a maximum.

Significant Accomplishments 2010 – 2014: • To protect information and hard work, we prepared for any system breakdown or catastrophic failure, by upgrading from Microsoft 2008R2 failover cluster to 2012R2 10

failover cluster to provide robust redundancy and new backup systems.

• With hundreds of entities spread across Potomac, many of our employees have many miles inbetween them. In order to bridge this gap, we implemented Microsoft Lync to allow for secure chat and video conferencing. This enables workers to save on travel and allows remote employees to accomplish more by meeting face-to-face more often.

encounter every month, the store received an Exchange server for their email, giving them a more robust email system that properly addresses their needs.

• To make sure all employees are equipped with the best tools to minister, all outdated PCs were replaced with new computers to ensure proper technological efficiency and speed.

• To improve communications with the thousands of customers that LivingWell employees

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Our plan for the next five years: •

Implement SharePoint, a document management system, to begin moving toward the cloud and allowing employees to access data securely and from any location. This is a top priority to keep work running at maximum efficiency. Microsoft SharePoint will help us accomplish this and keep us from being bound to the office or a laptop in order to access timely information.

• Complete Certified Information Systems Security Professional and Certified Ethics Hacker certifications to ensure that the best practices for security measures are

being taken against hackers and all Accomplishing the Mission. technical and managerial competencies and skills are being met to The IT Department wants to help furprotect the organization from the ther this gospel by any means possible growing sophisticated attacks. by providing adequate technological support and helping to move the gos• Deploy Microsoft Lync to our pel forward by being an active part of schools. By using secure messagthe mission field. ing and video conferencing we can communicate faster and more effectively with our students and teachers within the conference.

We have learned the benefits of a “Blessed video call over a phone call. Video are you poor, allows each party to see facial For yours is the expressions and body language to kingdom of God. better understand one another.

–Luke 6:20

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LivingWell – Kathleen Burton

Open Position

Operations Manager 2008 – Present At LivingWell since 1977

General Manager Since October 2014

Mission: LivingWell is an important part of the outreach and nurture ministry of the Potomac Conference Corporation. The store has been a mainstay for Seventh-day Adventists looking for books, music, food and other products that keep them closely connected to the church.

The store is a busy place. Located between Target and Staples in Silver Spring, Md., more than 13,000 transactions are processed every month.

About 70% of the store’s clientele are not Adventist members, meaning

the store accepts money from almost 9,000 non-Adventists each month (see Chart 6 for a 5-year total). In order to be more intentional about reaching this group of people, store leadership has begun offering Bible study groups for its customers. It also distributes free literature to its customers, helping them learn about Adventist beliefs.

Healthful Food.

Christian Books.

Thoughtful Gifts.

Calvin David Financial Manager 2011 – Present

• Rebranding to LivingWell in order to reach a wider range of people.

• Restructure staff to build sales in smaller departments of the store.

• Redesign the interior to place better-selling products in better locations in the store.

• Increase number of food demonstrations to increase sales of food.

• Music will be featured in better ways and better locations in the store.

The store rebranded itself in the spring of 2015, becoming LivingWell. The new brand plays on both the story of Jesus and the woman at the well in John 4 and on the store’s During this quinquennium, the store Living Well - Potomac ABC programs and products developed a new product line – 785,000 Customers Served: 2011-1015 for healthful living. healthful living classes. More than 250 people have participated in at least The store has seen sales one of these classes. While the classslip from $7.3 million in es have not yet become significant 800,000 Adventists fiscal 2010 to $6.6 million 235,000 contributors to the bottom line, leader30% in fiscal 2015 (see Chart 600,000 ship believes LivingWell classes are an 7). While that reflects important growth area for the store.

Community 400,000 a trend in brick-and550,000 70% mortar retail, LivingWell 200,000 seeks to rebound in 0 sales by making several Customers changes: Chart 6: Customers Served

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Lisa Myaing General Manager

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Thank you to our former General Manager for her many years of leadership at our store.

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Trust Services, Planned Giving, and Stewardship Hugo Chinchay Director (former) Trust Services 2008 – June, 2015 Position Open

Hugo F. Chinchay served faithfully as Director Trust Services through June 2015. He reports the following for the last five years.

We are so thankful to God for those who have remembered Kingdom growth as they consider how to distribute the wealth that God has given them stewardship over during their life time.

What we have accomplished in the last five years: 473 planned giving instruments were written from 2010 to 2015. 68% of families have chosen to utilize a legal will as the instrument to accomplish their important work as God’s faithful stewards.

The current value of future bequests total $5,947,111. What an incredible blessing this will be in years to come for Kingdom growth in the Potomac Conference Corporation!

Our Future Goals: • Recruit a new Director of Trust Services with a keen desire to assist God’s people as they grow as Stewards.

• Develop and implement a systematic plan to train churches, leaders and individual members in the principles of Stewardship and Planned Giving.

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Youth, Pathfinders, Adventurers Josant Barrientos

Sherilyn Of’Fill

Youth Director 2015 – Present

Pathfinder Associate Director 2010 – Present

Youth department: Mission: “To disciple young people into their God-given ministry calling.”

Motto: “Find your ministry. Exceed your dreams.”

What we’re about: The focus of the youth department is to help young people grow in their own spiritual journeys, forge deep lasting connections with the adults in their home congregations, find their own place in ministry to others and recognize that they are part of a powerful force that is ready to carry out the mission for Christ.

Our part in this growth process is to provide larger group settings and help adults, who minister to and with our youth, gain the tools, support and inspiration they need to continually make a difference in the lives of the young people.

Potomac Partner Funds Each year, the youth department is given a percentage of the Potomac Partners offering received by the conference. We are currently using these funds in several ways: Helping with the development of the Pathfinder use area at Camp Blue Ridge (Montebello, Va.) Provided a conference pin to every Pathfinder and staff person who attended Forever Faithful Camporee in Oshkosh, Wisconsin (2014) Public Campus and Young Adult Ministries We have begun to focus on ministry to and with our young people who are part of the public college or university educational system in our conference. We have also developed two ministry events for our collegiate and young adult members, giving them more places to connect spiritually and socially with others in their age group who are committed Seventh-day Adventists.

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Nancy Crickenberger Office Assistant 2013 – Present

iThirst is an intense spiritual retreat experience that calls our young adults to leave their busy lives for a time of Bible study, personal reflection on what God wants to say to them and social interaction with fellow young adult Christians who are serious about having God in their lives.

Hispanic Young Adult Retreat is a special weekend of spiritual renewal, held at Camp Blue Ridge, for our Hispanic young people. Each year brings a new theme and allows time with friends and spiritual renewal, enabling them to return to their homes with a revitalized commitment for God.

Denton Grady Youth Director

1999 – 2014

Thank you to former youth director for his many years of dedicated service to Potomac’s youth.

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Chapters of Adventist Christian Fellowship have been started on two university / college campuses within the Potomac conference region.

The purpose of these chapters is to provide mutual support for Adventist students on campus and reach out to other students who are searching.

However, we have many more students on other campuses that need training that will enable them to begin chapters on their campuses.

5 Year Goals for Youth: • Increase the official Adventist presence on public campuses by 10%.

• Develop training for leaders of groups on public campuses.

• Work with our local congregations to help them find ways to include young adults in ministry and leadership.

• Develop youth evangelistic programs.

• Increase activity in Social Media.

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High School Ministry Over the last five years, we have been doing a number of events and activities focused on high school students in our conference, including YouthFest (which has grown to include two locations), Teen Bible Retreat, Youth Olympics, Youth Fun Day @ Kings Dominion and Far Out Missions trips.

Teen Bible Retreat is a weekend event which combines both spiritual renewal and social interaction with fellow Christian teens. Teens come away from the event with lasting friendships and inspiration to continue their personal spiritual journeys.

YouthFest is an annual youth rally which began as a large event in the DC metro area, but has now expanded to having a second rally in the Richmond area. This event has traditionally allowed youth to share their talents in various ways and has brought spiritual encouragement through dynamic speakers.

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Youth Fun Day @ Kings Dominion and Youth Olympics have given our youth time to have good, clean fun with fellow believers from all over the conference. The Fun Day @ Kings Dominion also serves as a fundraiser for the youth department, helping to off-set the costs of other events we provide.

Far Out Missions is a highly effective mission trip led by our former youth director, Denny Grady. It challenges young people to look at their lives, their relationships both with people and with God by taking them out of their comfort zone, “far out” into the Amazon River basin in Brazil.

There they participate in construction, evangelism and health ministry. Young people who go come back changed.

Many return to their home churches and schools with a new love for Jesus and a fire to serve.

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5 Year Goals for High School Ministry: • Develop four training events per year for youth ministries leaders.

• Increase the attendance of high school students at training events by 20%.

• Begin an official movement for bringing an Adventist presence to public high school campuses.

• Equip the local churches with new, meaningful ways to involve their high school students in the church organization.

• Develop youth evangelistic programs.

• Increase activity on social media to better engage our young people.

Pathfinder Ministry Pathfinder ministry is alive and well in Potomac. Each year, new clubs are starting and new leaders are stepping up to say, “God use me to make a difference in the lives of kids.” Confer-

ence coordinators are forging new paths of growth for both Pathfinders and staff as they encourage participation in exciting ventures such as Pathfinder Bible Experience and Teen Leadership Training. God is at work in the hearts and lives of young people and their leaders.

Pathfinder Bible Experience is a new North American Division Bible testing program which encourages Pathfinder teams to memorize and apply major segments of a single book of the Bible each year. PBE is drawing staff, parents and local church leaders into an intentional Bible study process.

Teen Leadership Training is an intentional training program for high students who remain in the Pathfinder club. The program connects each Pathfinder with a carefully selected local mentor and individualized growth experiences.

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Pathfinder Fair is a one-day event which brings our Pathfinders together for a day of themed activity unique to Pathfinders such as archery, lashing and drill.

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we have outgrown the main campus of Camp Blue Ridge.

The dramatic increase in participation is largely due to the successful reunification of the Spanish and English speaking clubs of our Pathfinder community.

Drill & Drum Day has become a reality as more clubs have become interested in being part of drill team competitions and have started utilizing the drum corp as part of their club program. It is a day of precision and concentration after many hours of practice and dedication.

Staff leadership training is a grouping of events focused on helping club staff become and remain effective leaders within their clubs and churches. The training includes the Master Guide milestone, which is the highest rank within the Pathfinder ministry structure. Some of these events are one-day sessions while others are weekend sessions that give time for social connections as well.

5 Year Goals: • Plan and implement an annual Pathfinder mission trip.

• Double the number of clubs and teams participating in Pathfinder Bible Experience.

• Gain approval of academy academic credit for the TLT program and increase active participation by 20%.

• Increase the number of active Pathfinders by 25% (especially teens).

• Double the number of active area coordinators and increase the

number of active clubs by 25%.

• Develop and implement a coordinated staff leadership training program which includes systematic use of Master Guide and disciplemaker training curriculums to increase the spiritual growth focus of the Pathfinder ministry.

• Develop and use the new section of property at Camp Blue Ridge as home for the Pathfinder Camporee and other large events.

Adventurer and Children’s New Adventurer Clubs are starting every year. Families are getting involved and evangelism is happening through the relationships created by club activities. Leaders are gaining skills that translate into lives being changed for eternity through their ministry in their local churches. Vacation Bible School continues to be an effective connecting tool used by many churches to reach their communities with the Good News.

Pathfinder Camporee is an annual weekend camping experience which brings the majority of clubs from around our conference together for a time of outdoor adventure and spiritual inspiration. A new section of camp is being developed for this event, as

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Adventurer Club Ministry is a locally based club for families with children who are four-years old through grade 4. These clubs provide structure and activities to enhance the spiritual, physical and social growth of children and their parents.

Adventurer leadership training is a new weekend event specifically focused on the skills needed and issues encountered by leaders who work with young children and their parents. This event is becoming a regional source of support and training for leaders from neighboring conferences as well as our own.

Adventurer Fun Day is a special day for Adventurer groups to earn awards, spend time together and explore the outdoors. This has become a two location/day event – one in the DC metro area and the other in the Richmond area—allowing more Adventurer clubs to participate.

Vacation Bible School is an annual, usually summer-time, child evangelism tool used by many of our churches to show children the love of Jesus. To aid in the cost of providing this ministry, there is a $2 per child participant rebate available to churches that complete the reporting process each fall.

Participating in Children & Youth Divisions during Camp Meeting is part of the responsibility bundle of the youth department. This is also becoming a training and leadership opportunity for high school students and young adults who enjoy working with children. The dedication and energy of these young people is inspirational to experience.

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include increased use of the ALG curriculum and additional coordinators.

Increase the number of active Adventurer clubs by 20%.

Begin an annual Adventurer Family Camp out or Retreat.

Utilize training opportunities for local Vacation Bible School leaders.

Create a leadership training opportunity for youth and young adults within the annual camp meeting children’s divisions.

5 Year Goals: • Implement a training/coaching process for local children’s ministry leaders.

• Develop a more complete support and training system for local Adventurer club leaders. This will

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Potomac Organizational Chart C Jorge Ramirez Vice President for Administration 2007 – Present

Denise Hevener Administrative Assistant 2006 – Present

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E Frank Cox Director Information Technology 2008 – 2012 2013 – Present

Claudya Barrientos Conference Clerk Contracted since 2013 – Present

HR Director

Position open since July 2015 Director Human Resources

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Gisselle White-Palacios Office Assistant 2013 – Present

Jerrod Gabel Director Camp Blue Ridge 2013 – Present

Kimberly Allen Benefits Assistant 2013 – Present

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Jennifer Gabel Associate Director Camp Blue Ridge 2013 – Present

Adalid Duran Office Assistant 2014 – Present

C John H. Cress Vice President for Pastoral Ministries 2011 – Present

Maurice Battle Associate Director for Pastoral Ministries–North 2012 – Present

Becky Rivas Office Assistant 2007 – Present

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Candy Seibert Office Assistant 2011 – Present Sharon Cress Parker Associate Director for Discipleship 2011 – Present (Retiring)

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Jose Esposito Director for Hispanic Ministries 2007 – Present PCC Pastor 1997 – 2007

Oskar Ortiz Sound Technician 2010 – Present

E Peter Casillas Associate Director for Evangelism and Church Planting 2012 – Present

Rick Labate Associate Director for Pastoral Ministries–South E 2013 – Present PCC Pastor 1983 – 1996 & 2001 – 2013

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Mary Ann Sheffer UnderTreasurer 1984 – Present 1972 – 1977

Dave VandeVere Vice President for Finance 2014 – Present PCC Pastor 2004 – 2014

E Daryl Hevener Associate Treasurer 2002 – Present SVA 1988 – 2002

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Kanetha Peters Assistant Director, Finance 2009 – 2015 Position open 9/1/2015

William K. Miller, ‘Bill’ President 2006 – Present

Charlene Sheffer Administrative Assistant 1976 – Present

Okemas Williams Associate Treasurer/Auditor 2010 – Present

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E Calvin David Financial Manager LivingWell 2011 – Present

Karen Cress Asst. to the President for Strategic Initiatives and Communication 2011 – Present

Tiffany Doss Communication Specialist 2012 – Present

Position open since October 2014 General Manager LivingWell

E Luis Alferez Assistant Director Finance 2008 – Present

Mark Sutherland Director Maintenance 2014 – Present

E Ron Olysne Associate Director Maintenance 2014 – Present

Kathleen Burton Operations Manager LivingWell 2008 – Present At Living Well since 1977

Kosly Joseph Pastor and CCB Implementation Coach 2013 – Present

C Keith Hallam Vice President for Education 2009 – Present

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Sherilyn O’Ffill Associate Director for Pathfinders 2010 – Present

Joanie Galbraith Office Assistant 2005 – Present

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Administrator Director

Nancy Melashenko Associate Superintendent for Education 2009 – Present

Josant Barrientos Youth Director 2015 – Present

Associate Director Assistant Director Office Assistant Contract Workers

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Cyndee Grady Office Assistant 2005 – Present

Nancy Crickenberger Office Assistant 2013 – Present

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Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.

Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts, As we forgive our debtors.

And do not lead us into temptation, But deliver us from the evil one.

For Yours is the kingdom and the power

Our Father in heaven, help us to honor your name.

Come and set up your kingdom, so that everyone on earth will obey you, as you are obeyed in heaven.

Give us our food for today.

Forgive us for doing wrong, as we forgive others.

Keep us from being tempted and protect us from evil.

(Matthew 6:9-14 CEV)

and the glory forever. Amen.

(Matthew 6:9-14 NKJV)

“Our Father in heaven,hallowed be your name.

Your kingdom come,your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil”

(Matthew 6:9-13 ESV).

Our Father in heaven, Reveal who you are. Set the world right; Do what’s best—as above, so below. Keep us alive with three square meals. Keep us forgiven with you and forgiving others.

Keep us safe from ourselves and the Devil. You’re in charge! You can do anything you want! You’re ablaze in beauty!

Yes. Yes. Yes. (Matthew 6:9-13 MSG)

“‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

Give us today our daily bread.

And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.’”

(Matthew 6:9-14 NIV)