"Be the Sermon": Global Youth Day's Service Sabbath in the Record, 2016–2019
Reports from 2016 to 2019 describe Adventist young people spending one Sabbath a year on community service in place of a regular sermon.
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Pieces by Jonah (6)
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The Haystack and the Potluck: Documented Threads of Adventist Fellowship Meals
Three separate reports document the Adventist church potluck as a place of hospitality and vegetarian cooking, and one of them traces the history of the "haystack" dish.
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Pins, Patches and Long Sashes: An Archived Pathfinder Note on Display
Church reports present camporee pin trading as a way to make friends, while one Pathfinder historian's 2021 essay worried that oversized sashes can look like showing off.
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"Storytellers First": Young Adventist Filmmakers on Faith Without the Sermon
Church and college reports on the Sonscreen student film festival quote young filmmakers and teachers describing faith-shaped films that tell stories instead of preaching.
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A Week to Slow Down: How Students Describe Campus Week of Prayer
Three separate campus reports, from 2020 and 2026, show students describing Week of Prayer as a pause from school pressure and a time to pray with peers, though not everyone is enthusiastic.
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Before Sundown: How Adventists Describe Friday as "Preparation Day"
Church guidance and personal memories from several independent writers describe a similar Friday rhythm of cleaning, cooking and quieting down before the Sabbath begins.
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