NEWS ABOUT THE NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION
MONDAY, JULY 3
NEWS
Don C. Schneider Elected NAD President
July 2, 2000Voted: 3:10 p.m.
Elder Don C. Schneider, president of Lake Union Conference from 1994-present, was elected this afternoon to the top leadership position in the North American Division.
Born in Merrill, Wisconsin, he received his BA from Union College, his MA from Andrews University, and was ordained to the pastoral ministry in 1968. He is married to Marti Connell and has two adult children, Don, a medical doctor in Family Practice Residency in Ventura, California, and Carol, Principal of Green Bay Junior Academy, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Elder Schneider started his pastoral ministry in the Arkansas-Louisiana Conference and has worked in the Minnesota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Wyoming, New Jersey, Rocky Mountain, and Northern California Conferences and the Central and Lake Union Conferences.
In addition to the responsibility of Lake Union President, he also is Coordinator of Church Planting Conference in the North American Division Evangelism Institute.
In presenting his name to the delegates, Elder Jan Paulsen, General Conference President said, "He comes with a broad range of experience and deep commitment to the Church. I'm delighted to present his name to the committee."
—Denise León Valenzuela
Read the official North American Division press release.HAPPENINGS
Café Serves Food, Conversation In A Contemporary Spiritual Atmosphere
The arrival of thousands of Seventh-day Adventists, including thousands of young adults, has added a new café to the entertainment scene of Toronto for this week. A Christian Café is up and running evenings after 8:30 at the Toronto East Seventh-day Adventist church, located at 170 Westwood Avenue, that will feature contemporary Christian music, snacks, and informal conversation.The aim is to create a meeting place for young people who are uncomfortable in conventional church settings yet still want to know God. The café will follow community seminars presented by José Rojas, youth director for the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists.
The café and its casual atmosphere are open to Christians and non-Christians alike, according to leaders from Impact Toronto 2000 Colette Muth and Wesley Szamko, who will host the café. "We want to open up the avenue of this type of ministry for youth to reach those who don't know Christ already," says Muth, who has run similar cafés in Australia and at Southern Adventist University in Collegedale, Tennessee.
—Lynn McDowell
Director of Communications, IT2000
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Attendees Treated To Mini-concerts In Exhibition Hall
Each day, session attendees have enjoyed listening to Chapel Records recording artists in the exhibition hall, outside the Adventist Book Centre.
Upcoming Happenings Feature: Lunchtime Concerts in the Park series.
EXHIBITS
More Resource Centers: Tools You Can Use
Pictured below are more photos of the exhibition hall booths that were set up by various resource centers throughout North America. Click the left column link for Sunday, July 2, for photos of additional booths.
 Bibleinfo.com http://www.bibleinfo.com/ |
 TAGNet.org http://www.tagnet.org/ |
 SDANet http://www.sdanet.org/ |
 Parablemaker http://www.parablemaker.com/ |
 Adventist Deaf Ministries http://www.deafadventist.org/ |
 Kettering Clergy Care Center http://www.ketthealth.com/clergycare/ |
 Weimar Institute http://www.weimar.org/ |
 Wildwood Lifestyle Center & Hospital http://www.tagnet.org/wildwood/ |
Upcoming Exhibit Feature: Education facilities.
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