More People and Events Many events took place simultaneously during the General Conference Session. Musical concerts, the SONscreen film festival, and Impact St. Louis 2005 were just a few. For more features, stories and pictures visit: www.adventistreview.org, nad.gcsession.org and news.adventist.org.
More People and Events
Many events took place simultaneously during the General Conference Session. Musical concerts, the SONscreen film festival, and Impact St. Louis 2005 were just a few. For more features, stories and pictures visit: www.adventistreview.org, nad.gcsession.org and news.adventist.org.
Street art ministry leader Manny Cruz, from California, instructs Shaniya Bryant on the intricate details of graffiti art, one of many ministries generated by Impact St. Louis 2005. During the General Conference Session, 150 youth, ages 1533, met at the University of Missouri, St. Louis campus for two hours of daily training each morning in 23 different areas of ministry. Then in the afternoon, they went out into various parts of the city to put their training to use. (Richard Herard)
A reunion of present and former King's Heralds, the oldest continuous gospel quartet in the United States, performed at the July 8 Friday evening program. (Melita Pujic)
Their official yellow voting cards held high, North America's delegates indicate their vote on one of the issues discussed during the session. (GLEANER photo)
Kay Blaklock, Riverside, California; Greg Nakashima, Portland, Oregon; Michael Polite, St. Louis, Missouri; Ruth Lisa Paul, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; and Joel Vaiti, Martinique, practice with their puppets during Impact St. Louis 2005. This training prepared the various delegates from around the world for a back-home outreach ministry. (Richard Herard)
People came from all over the country to help teach children to love Jesus at the 58th Adventist Church world session in St. Louis.
From left: Stew Harty, Faith for Today television producer/director; Mark Brown, producer/director of several well-known Hollywood feature films, including "Barber Shop" and "Barber Shop 2;" and Karen Kirkland, producer/director with the Nickelodeon Channel, share the art of storytelling during a seminar at the SONscreen Film Festival. At the request of the General Conference president, this film festival was moved from its usual October date to coincide with the General Conference world session so more people would have the opportunity to see the work of talented, under-30 Adventist film makers. (Jere Wallack)
Jan Paulsen, re-elected General Conference president, and his wife, Kari, were introduced to the delegates and guests during the first Sabbath morning worship service.
The America's Center convention center was the site for the exhibition hall, dining facility, seminar rooms and welcome center for the General Conference Session. The church business sessions were held in the Edward Jones Dome where the St. Louis Rams play football. (Volker Henning)
William Johnsson, Adventist Review editor, presented Jan Paulsen, GC president, with a giant-sized mockup of the cover of a new magazine to be called Adventist World. This monthly magazine will be distributed to Adventist members, free of charge, throughout Asia, the South Pacific, northern Europe, the Americas and Africa beginning with the September issue. (GLEANER photo)
The West-Central Africa Division delegates wore their colorful traditional costumes on Sabbath. Native costumes provided a rainbow-hued pageant during the division reports from around the world. (Ron Quick)
Joan and Merlin Fjarli from Medford, Oregon, were honored for their commitment to evangelism and church building in India during the Southern Asia Division report and again during the Global Mission feature on the first Sabbath. When asked about their love for India, Joan said that the people in India were thieves because they had stolen her heart. (GLEANER photo)
