What kind of music is okay for church worship?

It's a debate that just won't die. Older people hate it. Younger people love it.

So who is right? What kind of music is okay for church?

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In Maryland, Adventist church competing in government health contest

An Adventist church in Maryland is competing in a government health contest.

The Filipino Capitol Seventh-day Adventist Church is currently in 22nd place with a little over 500 votes (as of writing).

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Adventist students use Portal 2 to share Jesus

Amazing things happen when students show God's grace in creative ways.

Students and faculty at Southern Adventist University made a Portal-inspired video illustrating Psalms 22.

It was the intro video for the School of Visual Art & Design's annual end-of-year show.

An Invocation for Artists

Amen.

The video above was made by the School of Visual Art & Design at Southern Adventist University.

Here are the words:

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Adventist academy student drowns in Tennessee

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An Adventist student drowned today in southeast Tennessee. Chakomboka Chama was just 16 years old.

Chakomboka Chama, known as "Chama" by his friends, was swimming with a group of friends at Harrison Bay State Park near Chattanooga, Tenn.

Chama drowned during an attempt to help a distressed swimmer. The other distressed swimmer survived.

Chama was a sophomore at Collegedale Academy in Collegedale, Tenn.

Please keep his family and friends in your prayers.

20,000 young people witness for Jesus in Peru

About 20,000 young people witnessed for Jesus through service projects and evangelistic meetings in Lima, Peru last month.

The outreach was part of a program called Mission Caleb. Each summer, the Mission Caleb program hosts outreach events throughout South America in places where there aren't a lot of Adventists.

After the event, more than 5,000 people joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

What these young people have done to spread God's love is outstanding —and so are the numbers:

• 400,000 copies of "The Great Hope" distributed
• 12,000 trees planted
• 3,000 evangelistic meetings held
• 1,500 units of blood donated
• 60 housing modules built

Source: Adventist News Network. You can read more about this event on the Adventist News Network website.

Oakwood University student drowns in rock quarry [UPDATED]

An Oakwood University freshman drowned at a rock quarry near the university on March 23.

Justin Hanna, 18, of Florence, S.C., was found unresponsive when rescue workers arrived.

According to local Huntsville news stations, Hanna was rushed to the Hunstville Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

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Several Adventist students, Walla Walla missionaries injured in bridge collapse

A March 20, 2001 satellite image of the site where the bridge collapsed. Image: Google Earth.

In India, about 20 Adventist students and two Walla Walla university missionaries were injured when a suspension bridge collapsed March 18.

About 70 people were on the bridge even though it can only support 30 people, reported several Indian news agencies.

Among those injured were a nursing graduate and a current nursing student from Walla Walla University. They have been in India as part of Walla Walla University's India Immunizations spring break mission trip.

The two missionaries were hospitalized along with about 20 students from Riverside Adventist Academy in Meghalaya, India.

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Watch the Just Claim It 3 newscasts

A short newscast, called JCI Today, has been airing during the nightly General Sessions of this year's NAD/World Youth Prayer Congress. If you've missed any of them, don't worry… we've got you covered.

The newscasts are hosted by George Johnson and Suzanne Ocsai. They are joined by a Enie, a puppet voiced by James Black Jr.

You can watch the videos below:

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Watch Just Claim It 3 live online

The third annual NAD/World Youth Prayer Congress is happening now in Greensboro, N.C.

The prayer congress, also known as "Just Claim It 3," runs March 7-11 and is being streamed live online (see video below).

About 2,500 people are attending the prayer congress, according to Manny Cruz, associate director for youth ministries in the North American Division.

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