Feeling God’s Presence

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Saturday afternoon, Grace entered to check on Brooke and spent some time listening to her. Brooke started sharing how the chaplain made her feel close to God. She had experienced this feeling only one other time in her life when she was losing her life in a hospital many years ago. But the doctors and nurses brought her back. Now, Brooke shared, she felt God in her hospital room again, and it was all because of her time with Grace and the chaplain. Grace and Brooke had tears in their eyes as Grace knew she needed to check on her other patients. She told Brooke she would check on her later. She walked out and bumped into Kevin. He had decided to come in on his day off to check on Brooke since he thought there could be a chance she would be discharged early. Grace said to Kevin, “You have perfect timing. She was telling me about how she loved your visit yesterday.”

As Kevin walked into the room, Brooke was surprised to see him, and she started giggling. She looked at him and told him she couldn’t stop crying until today because of yesterday. Kevin said, “What made you cry?” Brooke said, “My last job was for law enforcement, and I got shot and almost died in the hospital, but the medical team brought me back to life. That was the first time I ever felt God’s presence. The second time was when we prayed and as I closed my eyes.” She looked at him through teary eyes. “There was something about the visit and prayer that I felt God in this room. This hospital is a special place with special people.” Kevin said, “God called Moses to the burning bush. He asked Moses to take his sandals off. This is holy ground. This is not just a hospital room, but a hospital room filled with God’s presence. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of your experience. May I pray with you one more time?” Brooke said of course.

Kevin prayed “We thank God for standing on holy ground. Thank you for your presence in this room.”

Receiving a Necessity

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Legal Notices

PENNSYLVANIA CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS QUINQUENNIAL SESSION

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Obituaries

FARVER, Irene L., born Oct. 20, 1923, in Salina, Kan., to Henry and Marie Friesen; died Apr. 16, 2021, in Cottonwood, Ariz. Irene walked five miles to her one-room elementary school in Colorado. The closest high school was 30 miles from home in Holly, so her father rented a room for her to attend. Irene studied pre-nursing at Southwestern Junior College (now Southwestern Adventist University) in Keene, Texas, and received a degree in Nursing from the Boulder-Colorado Sanitarium and Hospital. She met her husband, William (Bill) Farver, when his military troop stopped into Boulder for a few days. They later married in 1946 after his return from World War II. They both attended Emmanuel Missionary College (now Andrews University) in Berrien Springs, Mich., where she earned a degree in Nursing Education. Irene was the school nurse at Cedar Lakes Academy (now Great Lakes Adventist Academy) in Cedar Lakes, Mich., Blue Mountain Academy in Hamburg, Pa., and worked in hospitals in Michigan, Georgia and Pennsylvania. A member of the Blue Mountain Academy church, Jesus, family, friends and nursing were her life. In her retirement, she provided nurs ing care for church members, sang for church service, played the saxophone in the church orchestra, and volunteered at her local food bank. Irene is survived by her daughters, Janis Farver of Cottonwood, Ariz., and Lahna Farver of Takoma Park, Md. Her husband preceded her in death.

PHIPPS, St. Clare M., 19, 1928, in Spring Lake, N.J.; died Feb. 11, 2021, in Decatur, Ga. In his more than 50 years of ministry, St. Clare served the Lord in many capacities: special assistant to the pres ident of the Allegheny East Conference (AEC); ministerial secretary of AEC; pastored 25 churches in Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia; built churches in West Virginia, Ohio and Virginia; completed extensive renovations to the Shiloh and Berean churches in West Virginia; was a Bible teacher, public relations staff member, assistant dean of men, pastor and counselor at Pine Forge Academy (Pa.); guest speaker and facilitator for workshops at singles’ retreats, marriage/ divorce recovery seminars, Black History events, Prison Ministries, music in the Black church, and Sabbath School Enrichment for Oakwood University; authored articles on singles’ enrichment, music workshops, building in the Black church, pastoral care for the terminally ill, and more; held evangelist efforts throughout the Unites States and internationally in Africa, Australia, Bermuda, Guyana, Jamaica,

Don received a scholarship to play basketball for Penn State University. His sisters, Elizabeth (Liz) and Beatrice (Bebe), who had become Seventh-day Adventists, sent him literature about the Sabbath. The university didn’t allow him to skip basketball practices, games and classes on Saturdays. Thus, Don enrolled at Washington Missionary College (now Washington Adventist University) in Takoma Park, Md., where he studied theology. During his senior year, Don married his wife, Dorothy (Dot), on Dec. 29, 1955. He interned at Potomac Conference’s Patterson church.

In August 1958, he graduated from the Seventh-day Adventist Theological Seminary (Mich).

On June 24, 1961, Don was ordained into the ministry at Potomac Conference’s camp meeting. For 39 years, Don served as pastor at: Lynchburg/ Yellow Branch churches in Virginia; Review and Herald church in Hyattsville, Md.;

Worthington (Ohio) church; Atlantic Union College church; Kettering Memorial church in Ohio; Vallejo Drive church in Glendale, Calif.; Forest Lake church in Apopka, Fla.; and Walker Memorial church in Avon Park, Fla. The couple retired in August 1996 in New Market, Va. In 2010, they moved to Hendersonville, N.C.