Family Spotlight: The Abraham/Weaver Family

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The Abraham/Weaver family has been attending TPC as a family unit since 2016. Before their marriage, Thomasina and Randy attended the church while dating. Prior to that, Randy began attending the church at birth. Randy was born into a family that started their Adventist roots back in Trinidad and Tobago. His parents migrated to the Washington, DC area, and some years later, he was born at the Washington Adventist Hospital. His mother was already attending TPC and began attending the church as well. A few years later, his brother Kevin was born, and he began attending …

Family Spotlight: The Veloo/Arason Family

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Nesamalar (Malar) Veloo and Immanuel Arason married in 2019 and are blessed to enjoy their blended family including their two amazing children. Both were born in Sri Lanka but met in a different timeline in life. Malar was born and raised in Matale, Sri Lanka, from where she relocated to the U.S. in 2005 to work and start her career as a Caregiver. In 2011 her two wonderful children Jonathan and Joshua joined her in the U.S. and have since become citizens. Malar grew up in the Catholic faith. She became a Seventh-day Adventist in 2010 …

Gospel Goodreads

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THE HOLE IN OUR GOSPEL   T.D. Jakes Sr. has described The Hole in Our Gospel as “a clarion call for the church to arise and answer the question, Who is my neighbor?…. If you read this book, you will be inspired, but if you do what this book is asking, you will be forever changed.” Like the prophets’ message we studied in Sabbath School this past summer, this book brings a message from God about those in need around the world: “Church, where art thou?”  Watch this short video from the author. Buy your book at your favorite …

Family Spotlight: The Descorbeth Family

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Philip Descorbeth is a native of Brooklyn, New York. His family is from Haiti. His parents have lived in New York for over 40 years. Philip has been a member of Hebron SDA Church since birth. Philip was very active at Hebron. He served as the Assistant Youth Director for 2 years and Assistant Treasurer for several years. As an Assistant Youth Director, he assisted in the renovation plans for the Young Adults Church. He also served as a Young Adult mentor and constantly looked to inspire youth to want to be more involved in church …

A Taste of the Kingdom of God!

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Below is a letter of thanks received from Ken Flemmer, Director of Adventist Community Service of Greater Washington. A couple weeks ago, Takoma Park members did something that made and will make a difference.  Even though Thanksgiving Food Drive does not have a long history, members took even more seriously Paul’s words in Galatians 6:9: “Let us not become weary in doing good.” Takoma Park stepped up to meet a great need at this time of the year, and in so doing set a record in the amount of food brought to the church that was …

Family Spotlight:Kisha & Craig Samuel and Family

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Kisha and Craig Samuel married in 2014 and are blessed to have joined our families of five amazing children. Craig is a native of St. Johns, Antigua who relocated to New York in the ’90s and ultimately to Maryland. He is currently pursuing a Masters in Cybersecurity at UMBC and is an AWS and Cybersecurity Consultant delivering solutions to commercial and federal clients. Kisha was born and raised in the Bronx, New York. During her adult life, she visited many Christian churches but could not acquire a true understanding of Christ’s teachings. As Craig shared his …

Family Spotlight: Pancheta Wells & Family

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Pancheta Wells, daughter of Ivan and Gertrude Thompson hails from the beautiful Island of Jamaica. She gave birth to 12 children and delivered her last child before the midwife arrived. Pancheta, affectionately called Ms. P. raised all her children in the Seventh Day Adventist Church.  In addition to being a housewife, she taught classes to help adults and young people learn to read and write and ensure that the young people went on to high school and beyond. After the death of her late husband, she migrated to the United States in 1988 to join her …

TPC Health Ministries presents Chronobiology & Human Life, Part 4 – Part XXIV

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Chronobiology and Mealtimes. (Please see the previous issues for the background) This issue examines calories, food choices and mealtimes. Calories A comparative research undertaken by Jakubowicz (Jakubowicz D., et al. (2013). High-caloric intake at breakfast vs. dinner differentially influences weight loss of overweight and obese vomen. Obesity (Silver Spring) aimed to examine whether high-calorie intake in the morning or afternoon significantly impacted weight loss. The study compared two groups of overweight and obese women ingesting the same portion of calories. The data revealed that the group given a bigger breakfast and a smaller dinner had the …