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Pastor Tom Hughes' 
Pastor Hughes has been working for the Seventh-Day Adventist denomination since 1974, having graduated from Columbia Union College with a B.A. in Theology and Psychology and from Andrews University with a Master's degree in Religion. He has served as pastor, colporteur, evangelist, and Army medic - not to mention writing, singing, and recording songs for Jesus for over three decades - and is currently the pastor of the Newark and Zanesville, Ohio (USA) churches. <http://school.zanesvillesda.org/ and http://www.zanesvillesda.org/>
Pastor Tom's music has been instrumental in helping thousands to commit their lives to Jesus Christ. His first album, What The World Needs Is Jesus contains five original songs focusing on the cross of Calvary.
Tom and Debbie’s duet album contains 10 original songs that witness to the love and power of God.
They have also made a couple of recordings of themselves singing and playing guitar. That's enough commercial. Here's my gift to you. Feel free to copy and use my sermons (also on home page of this website) and use as your own.
Any questions? Email me. Pastor Tom Hughes
Questions? Call Pastor Tom Hughes Phone USA: 1-740-927-2752
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Seventh-Day Adventist
Church is fastest growing of 19th century. more...(Organized 1863)
reports a total of baptized living members as 14,256,078. Adventists also report a statistic of adherents and attendance at Sabbath School and Sabbath worship services of at least 25,000,000 plus around
the world each Saturday.
Seventh-day Adventists global growth rate from 2003 to 2004 was 3.96%. Adventists have a
worldwide organization represented in more than 200 countries, with schools, colleges, hospitals,
printing presses, and TV programs that cover the whole globe. The majority of members (87%) live
outside North America.
History repeats itself, thank God!
The Newark Seventh-day Adventist Church had its beginnings during a two-week camp meeting in August of 1877 that was held at the Licking County Fairgrounds, currently known as Moundbuilder's Park. The first church building (located on North Sixth Street between West Main and Church Streets) was completed and dedicated December 29, 1878, at a cost off $1,500.00.
In 1951, a church building located on the corner of South fifth and Poplar Avenue was bought and occupied. A mortgage-burning ceremony and a dedication service were held on May 20th and 21st
of 1955 to celebrate the newly debt-free status of the Church. It was in this structure that the 100th Anniversary of the founding of the church was celebrated December 1st and 2nd, 1978.
Pastor Sidney Young and Chairman of the Building Committee John Loveridge had engaged the hard work of many of the dedicated members that year, however, and a new site was located and construction begun on the present church at 701 Linnville Rd, Heath, Ohio 43056 USA
Christian education has had its place in the Newark Seventh-day Adventist church from the beginning, and the church has produced a missionary, several teachers, nurses, and dedicated tradesmen, not to mention faithful mothers and fathers, from the children of members and non-members alike. Therefore, the education wing of the new church was constructed first, housing Sabbath School Division classrooms, a library, restrooms, day-school classrooms for the elementary school, a fully equipped kitchen, and a large fellowship hall in which services were held until the Sanctuary was built. This phase was finished in the spring of 1979, and the sanctuary was completed in 1981.
Joy abounded during the weekend of May 13th and 14th, 1988, when another mortgage-burning ceremony and Church dedication was held. As before, former pastors joined in the celebration.
This year (2007), renovation is taking place that actually began in December of 2006. We anticipate another ceremony in a few months, this time a re-dedication, in celebration of our feeling of expectation . . . God must have some big plans for His “light on the hilltop”.
Nut-shell Theology: The Bible, which received the stamp of approval of Jesus Christ himself and his apostles, is the final authority for the lives of those who call themselves Christians (followers of Christ). All humans (except Jesus) are sinners saved by grace through faith, and this is demonstrated in the Old Testament as well as the New Testament. True faith is life-changing and results in a re-birth and a love relationship with the Lord that leads to a new life lived for God in gratitude for the greatest gift we will ever receive. God is God of all; Christ is savior of all; and the gift of salvation is free to all who know they are unworthy but want to be members of God’s family anyway.
Music: Traditional & Contemporary Gospel
Dress Code: Come as You Are
Church at Study: Saturday 9:50 a.m.
Church at Worship: Saturday 11:20 a.m.
Potluck Dinner: Usually the 2nd Sat of the month; everyone welcome!
Head Elder: Leon Brown
, Phone: 1 (740) 345-0919
Newark Seventh-day Adventist School
701 Linnville Road Heath, Ohio 43056
K-8 School - Telephone: 1-740-323-1531 Harriett Snyder, Principal/Teacher
Certified by State of Ohio Grades K-8 Ask for no obligation tour of school.
Locate Adventist schools worldwide Kindergarten through High School, Medical School and more...
Have you wondered if children in small one and two-room schools are receiving the quality of education that they could
get in the larger schools? If you have, then this information is for you.
Statistics show that 80% of graduates from Adventist academies finish college, as compared with
14% from public schools. They receive daily exposure to spiritual principles and make Adventist forever friends.
Challenging the Myth http://www.nadeducationorg/dynamic.html?wspID=464&wscID=140
Individualization
In most small schools, there is a lower teacher-pupil ratio. This allows for more careful assessment of the needs, strengths, and weaknesses of each student. The teacher is better able to individualize the instruction to fit the student's needs and learning style.
Flexibility
The small school setting largely escapes the fixed schedules, pull-out-programs, red tape, and administrative trivialities of larger schools. This enables new teaching strategies to be implemented with a minimum of delay. Field trips, projects, and use of equipment can fit into the actual flow of the classroom learning experience without having to adjust to the plans of several other classrooms.
Curriculum
The North American Division Office of Education has developed quality curriculum materials for multi-grade classrooms. integration of learning levels and subjects allows the students to apply skills across the curriculum in real-life situations.
Social Skills
Several studies have found that multi-grade classrooms improve personal and social development. Students learn to work with a wide age span. Cooperative learning and peer tutoring helps shape social skills. Independent work habits, as well as a greater feeling of responsibility and self-esteem, are developed.
Family Atmosphere
A sense of community quickly develops. There is more interaction among the smaller groups. The mix of age and abilities is more like a family than is found in larger classrooms of same-age children.
Parental Involvement
A major factor for student success in school is for the parents to be actively involved in their child's education. The small school setting provides many opportunities for involvement from helping with projects, field trips, and hot lunches, to serving on the local school board.
Academic Achievement
Studies have shown that students from multi-grade schools do as well or better on standardized tests than students in single grade classrooms. However, more small school students go on to college.
Leadership
Students have the opportunity to develop leadership skills from an early age. Every student is called upon to lead out in some aspect of the school program - a true training ground for the future.
Character Building
Character building is the center piece of Adventist Christian education. The family atmosphere of the small school provides an environment that supports and extends this important work begun in the home.
Spiritual Growth
Seventh-day Adventist Christian education focuses on preparing students for eternity. The smaller setting allows time to be spent in sharing and building a personal relationship with Christ. Smaller groups and flexible scheduling make outreach in service to the community easier to accomplish.
Our children are the future. Salvation is our goal.
Community Services of Seventh-day Adventists in Newark, Ohio USA
Since 1956
New Location: Summer 2008
122 East Main Street, just east of the downtown square by the East Main Street Bridge.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church has, from the late 1800’s been involved in medical ministries and missionary ministries, as well as embracing the privilege of providing local and world-wide relief for poor and underprivileged children of God (all humans are God’s children). The Newark Church had a group of woman called The Dorcas Society (See Acts 9:36-42). The center has been in various locations as the center grew.The forst location was at 73 North 6th Street. The Center moved to 38-40 South Fifth Stree, and then moved again to 122 East Main St the summer of 2008. In 2003, The Carrousel Thrift Shop was opened, and all proceeds from sales go to support the Community Services Center. The excellent reputation of the Center, with the Welfare and Service organizations in the area, is a direct result of the Christian concern exhibited by the volunteers for their clients.
The Community Services Center of Seventh-day Adventists is open every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 12 noon. The Carrousel Thrift Shop is open Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 to 11:45 a.m.

Welcome to our Community
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...God freely gives and would have us freely receive...
The New Testament states that the laborer is worthy of his hire. If you have benefited from these materials
I encourage you to prayerfully consider--if you desire--whether you can send some sum, whether small or large,
to aid in covering the costs of our computer needs. Whatever you may choose to do, know that I insist that
you may freely reproduce, transmit, the sermons, located on this site that come from my pen.
Pastor Tom and Debbie Hughes
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"For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for
welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome." Jer. 29:11 Amplified Bible
Join us this Saturday - LEARN biblical truth that is relevant, practical, and helpful for sustaining you through the course of your week.
- CARE for the physical, emotional, spiritual, and financial needs of group members.
SERVE our community to the spiritual uplifting of all.
Pastor Hughes' Monthly Speaking Schedule...
1st Sabbath (Saturday) Newark & Zanesville Churches
2nd Sabbath Newark Church
3rd Sabbath Zanesville Church
4th Sabbath Newark & Zanesville Churches
5th Sabbath Off (Youth Sabbath)
Mid-Week Service - Newark Church - Tuesday Night 701 Linnville Road, Heath, Ohio (USA)
6:45 pm to 7:10 will be "Seasons of Refreshing" prayer time. Bring your prayer requests, and pray together and in groups for the latter rain to fall on our congregation. Fran Snyder, our church prayer coordinator will be leading out. Plan on being there to give Fran support in this lay ministry. At 7:10 or so, we will sing praise music and worship Jesus in song. At 7:30 we will study the bible together, and you will be OUT THE DOOR by around 8:15 pm. Yes we will have lot's of great things, but the best of all is you can have an EXPERIENCE WITH GOD.
Newark Seventh-day Adventist Church Since 1877 Pastor Tom Hughes, Telephone: 1-740-927-2752
701 Linnville Road, Heath USA (Newark metro area) Ohio 43056
1/2 Mile East of Route 13 on Linnville Road
(Just above the firehouse) Map & Driving Directions
The Newark Seventh-day Adventist Church began during a two-week camp meeting in August 1877
at the Licking County Fairgrounds currently known as Moundbuilder's Park.
The first church building (located on North Sixth Street between West Main and Church Streets) was completed
and dedicated December 29, 1878, at a cost off $1,500.00.
Traditional & Contemporary Music
Dress Code: Come as You Are
Church at Study - Saturday 9:50 am
Church at Worship - Saturday 11:20am
Potluck Dinner, Usually 2nd Sat of month Everyone Welcome!
Head Elder: Leon Brown Email: 
Phone: 1 (740) 345-0919
Newark Seventh-day Adventist School
701 Linnville Road Heath, Ohio 43056
K-8 School - Telephone: 1-740-323-1531 Harriett Snyder, Principal/Teacher
Certified by State of Ohio Grades K-8 Ask for no obligation tour of school.
Locate Adventist schools worldwide Kindergarten through High School, Medical School and more...
Have you wondered if children in small one and two-room schools are receiving the quality of education that they could
get in the larger schools? If you have, then this information is for you.
Each Saturday, Adventists enjoy a 24-hour Sabbath rest from work and school to enjoy family and fellow believers in worship, fellowship, prayer, and communion with God.
Membership: Worldwide 12,000,000
North America 937,446
Churches: Worldwide 48,987
North America 5,329
Schools/Colleges: Worldwide 48,846
North America 1,014
Schools/Colleges Enrollment: Worldwide 1,055,189
North America 85,000
Health Care Facilities: Worldwide 600
North America 80
Statistics show that 80% of graduates from Adventist academies finish college, as compared with
14% from public schools. They receive daily exposure to spiritual principles and make Adventist
forever friends.
Challenging the Myth http://www.nadeducationorg/dynamic.html?wspID=464&wscID=140
Individualization
In most small schools, there is a lower teacher-pupil ratio. This allows for more careful assessment of the needs, strengths, and weaknesses of each student. The teacher is better able to individualize the instruction to fit the student's needs and learning style.
Flexibility
The small school setting largely escapes the fixed schedules, pull-out-programs, red tape, and administrative trivialities of larger schools. This enables new teaching strategies to be implemented with a minimum of delay. Field trips, projects, and use of equipment can fit into the actual flow of the classroom learning experience without having to adjust to the plans of several other classrooms.
Curriculum
The North American Division Office of Education has developed quality curriculum materials for multi-grade classrooms. integration of learning levels and subjects allows the students to apply skills across the curriculum in real-life situations.
Social Skills
Several studies have found that multi-grade classrooms improve personal and social development. Students learn to work with a wide age span. Cooperative learning and peer tutoring helps shape social skills. Independent work habits, as well as a greater feeling of responsibility and self-esteem, are developed.
Family Atmosphere
A sense of community quickly develops. There is more interaction among the smaller groups. The mix of age and abilities is more like a family than is found in larger classrooms of same-age children.
Parental Involvement
A major factor for student success in school is for the parents to be actively involved in their child's education. The small school setting provides many opportunities for involvement from helping with projects, field trips, and hot lunches, to serving on the local school board.
Academic Achievement
Studies have shown that students from multi-grade schools do as well or better on standardized tests than students in single grade classrooms. However, more small school students go on to college.
Leadership
Students have the opportunity to develop leadership skills from an early age. Every student is called upon to lead out in some aspect of the school program - a true training ground for the future.
Character Building
Character building is the center piece of Adventist Christian education. The family atmosphere of the small school provides an environment that supports and extends this important work begun in the home.
Spiritual Growth
Seventh-day Adventist Christian education focuses on preparing students for eternity. The smaller setting allows time to be spent in sharing and building a personal relationship with Christ. Smaller groups and flexible scheduling make outreach in service to the community easier to accomplish.
Our children are the future. Salvation is our goal.
Newark Seventh-day Adventist Church
Community Service Center & Thrift Shop
Since 1956
We just want you to know we're here if you need us!
Lynda Karr, Director122 East Main Street, Newark, Ohio 43055
(Just east of the town square by the East Main Street Bridge) New Location
Phone: 1-740-345-4421
Please feel free to call and arrange a tour. No volunteer will be turned away. /color>/fontfamily> Drop by and introduce yourself. Donations accepted.
Tax deductible in USA
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Free Food/Clothes items while supplies last.
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Walk-in only. Free items subject to qualification. Ask for details./color>/fontfamily>
Hours: Tuesday 9:00 AM - Noon & Thursday 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
We are blessed with a volunteer staff of 14 who unselfishly give of their time and labor.
Our doors are open six hours a week - Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 AM - 12 Noon. /color>/fontfamily>
An average of 20 families are helped each day we are open. Food, clothing, gas vouchers
and gift certificates are given. Our Center sponsored a Family Enrichment seminar and a Marriage Seminar conducted by Pastor Tom Hughes that helped dozens of couples and was open to the community. In November we gave out 25 Thanksgiving turkeys with the trimmings for a complete meal.
We purchased 25 blankets and 20 sets of sweat suits to be distributed during the very cold months./color>/fontfamily>
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Following is the distribution for the year 2005:/color>/fontfamily>
Persons Helped 1,920 Families/color>/fontfamily>
Articles of Clothing 10,800 Pieces/color>/fontfamily>
Bags of Food 3,000 Bags/color>/fontfamily>
Literature 2,880 Pieces/color>/fontfamily>
Bedding & Misc./color>/fontfamily> 360 Items /color>/fontfamily> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Update....August 2006
Persons Helped: 567
Articles of Clothes: 1,566
Bags of Food Distributed: 40
Pieces of Literature Distributed: 1,084
Articles including Household Goods, etc: 119 Update....July 2008
Persons Helped: 482
Articles of Clothes: 1,234
Bags of Food: 461
Pieces of Literature: 403
Bedding: 2
Articles including Household Goods, etc: 53
Seventh-day Adventists...a global presence. 
Columbia Union Conference
Global Mission - Worldwide
Update... July 2007 Adventist Membership

North American Division Adventist Community Services
, Silver Spring, Maryland, is the domestic humanitarian agency of the Seventh-day Adventist Church that meets people’s immediate needs through social services at more than 1,000 localities in nearly 200 cities in the United States and Bermuda. www.communityservices.org. ACS/Adventist Community Services USA Est. 1879
Adventist Development & Relief Agency (ADRA)
http://www.adra.org/ Est. 1956. International (ADRA) is an independent humanitarian agency,
in more than 120 countries without regard to age, ethnicity, politics or religion.
Financial Rating as reported by Charity Navigator http://www.charitynavigator.org/
ADRA Report: http://www.CharityNavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/8078.htm
ADRA Adventist Development and Relief Agency http://www.adra.org/Est. 1956 International (ADRA) is an independent humanitarian agency,
in more than 120 countries without regard to age, ethnicity, politics or religion.
Financial Rating as reported by
Charity Navigator http://www.charitynavigator.org/Report:
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/search.summary/orgid/8078.htm
Links below, in repair. Please pardon our dust.
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http://www.adra.org/site/PageServer?pagename=sos_ocerviewKatrina Update http://www.adra.org/site/Search?query=katrina&x=28&y=11
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- Seventh-day Adventist - Internet & Satellite available in North and Central Americas, South and Central Americas, Europe, North Africa, Middle East, Western Russia,
Africa (Sub-Sahara), Southern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, Pacific Rim
Adventist Education
- K+12 Schools, Colleges/Universities, +65,000 Students
Statistics show that 80% of graduates from Adventist academies finish college, as compared with
14% from public schools. They receive daily exposure to spiritual principles and make Adventist
forever friends.
Challenging the Myth http://www.nadeducationorg/dynamic.html?wspID=464&wscID=140
Columbia Union College <www.cuc.edu>
CUC has become an indispensable community committed to the Seventh-day Adventist Christian
vision of excellence and service. This cosmopolitan institution challenges students to become moral
leaders who affect the world for Christ and His cause.
● This year, U.S. News and World Report rated CUC as one of the most diverse colleges in America,
with students from over 40 states and 27 countries.
● Our location offers exclusive service opportunities and internships in such places as the White House, U.S. Congress, National Institutes of Health, as well as local and national media.
● Our Mock Trial Team completed successfully with top ranked teams across the country and is
supported by CUC's pre-law program, the largest in the denomination.
● Our nursing program is the first accredited in Maryland, and is our largest department with 260 majors.
For two years, 100 percent of the class passed the state board exams.
● CUC boasts a five-year average enrollment growth that is singular in the school's history.
● Through the Student Missionary Program, hundreds of students have served in countries such as
Mexico, Belize, Panama, Micronesia, and Korea.
US News & World Report Rates Adventist School
The SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
Seventh-Day Adventist
Church is fastest growing of 19th century. more...
(Organized 1863)
reports a total of baptized living members as 14,256,078. Adventists also report a statistic of adherents and attendance at Sabbath
School and Sabbath worship services of at least 25,000,000 plus around the world each Saturday.
Seventh-day Adventists global growth rate from 2003 to 2004 was 3.96%. Adventists have a
worldwide organization represented in more than 200 countries, with schools, colleges, hospitals,
printing presses, and TV programs that cover the whole globe. The majority of members (87%) live
outside North America.
At the 2005 Annual Council, world divisions reported baptisms that surpassed one million.
The 1,094,138 baptisms during the past four quarters, July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005, meant that
on the average, everyday within that period 2,996 believers accepted the everlasting gospel and
joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
The resulting total of 14,256,078 baptized membersmeans that there are currently 454 people globally for every baptized
Seventh-day Adventist. The year-end ratio a decade ago was 647 to one. The optimistic projection
of Adventist leadership is that, if current projections are valid, a decade from now there will be
a ratio of 295 general population for every Seventh-day Adventist.
Seventh-Day Adventists are Bible-believing Christians who base our faith, hope and a future in Jesus Christ. We believe that God is concerned with the quality of human life, and the way we live, eat, think, treat each other, and care for the world around around us - is part of His plan. Our families, our children, our jobs, our talents, our money, and our time are all important to Him.
Each Saturday, Adventists enjoy a 24-hour Sabbath rest from work and school to enjoy family and fellow believers in worship, fellowship, prayer, and communion with God.
Membership: Worldwide 12,000,000
North America 937,446
Churches: Worldwide 48,987
North America 5,329
Schools/Colleges: Worldwide 48,846
North America 1,014
Schools/Colleges Enrollment: Worldwide 1,055,189
North America 85,000
Health Care Facilities: Worldwide 600
North America 80
The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), International is an independent humanitarian agency established by the Seventh-day Adventist Church with the purpose of individual and community development and disaster relief around the world. We help people in more than 120 countries without regard to age, ethnicity, politics or religion. Source: Adventist World Headquarters, Office of Archive and Statistics, March 2001
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