High school student drowns during class field trip

A high school student from Walker Memorial Academy drowned today during a school field trip.

J.J. Branchedor, a 17-year-old student from Avon Park, Fla., was swimming at the beach with three other friends when they got caught in a rip current.

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Adventist students create 3d animated movie

Students at Southern Adventist University made a 3d animated movie that is going viral online.

On the first day of its release, Rock in the Road was selected by the staff at Vimeo.com to be featured on the front page of the video-sharing website.

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This is how Jesus rolls

It's a new day. Why not make it the start of a new life? It's your turn. Make your move. Where are you?

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2,000 young people baptized in Papua New Guinea

By @Adventist_News, special to A Sabbath Blog

About 2,000 young people have been baptized in a mass baptism in the Pacific Ocean. It is likely history’s biggest Adventist baptism of young people in the English-speaking world.

They’d been attending an evangelistic campaign by Californian-based pastor John Carter. In total, 5,000 people were baptized at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea in a Sabbath morning beach service.

Then, just six hours after this giant baptism, at the last meeting in the series, another 1,000 young people also requested baptism.

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4,500 people attend first ever Pathfinder camporee in Northern Asia-Pacific Division

Earlier this month, about 4,500 people attended the very first Northern Asia-Pacific Division (NSD) Pathfinder Camporee, Adventist News Network (ANN) reported.

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Oprah Winfrey learns Sabbath is actually on Saturday from Adventist movie executive

Let's say one day you meet a celebrity and he or she asks you what your religion is. How would you answer?

Would you be worried about what they'd think of you? Would you be afraid your answer might make them feel uncomfortable?

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GYC 2012 promotional video

Learn more about the 2012 Generation of Youth for Christ conference at gycweb.org

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.