21 Jul 2022: ACS Ends Marshall Fire Recovery Efforts After Five Months
The Rocky Mountain Conference ACS Disaster Response team was engaged in the Marshall Fire Recovery efforts from January through May of this year. The fire which started on December 30, 2021 at the intersection of…
20 Jul 2022: Ephesus Church Hosts Community Services Training
Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist Church in New Orleans, Louisiana, hosted a Community Services training for its members on May 28, 2022. It was coordinated by the Community Services team under the leadership of Lucinda Keller and her…
30 Jun 2022: ACS Responds to Catastrophic Flooding in Montana
On June 13, 2022, catastrophic flooding due to heavy rainfall and rapid snowmelt resulted in the closure of Yellowstone National Park with over 10,000 tourists evacuated. The unprecedented flooding has caused massive destruction in several…
25 May 2022: ACS Participates in National VOAD Conference
Adventist Community Services was one of 70 national member organizations that participated in the annual National VOAD Conference held from May 2-5, 2022, at the Renaissance Baltimore Harborplace Hotel in Baltimore, Maryland. The theme for…
24 May 2022: Loss of a Dedicated ACS Leader – Phyllis Alexander
It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart to inform you of the death of Phyllis Alexander who passed away on Friday, May 20, 2022. Phyllis was the ACS Disaster Response Director for the…
28 Apr 2022: ACS Celebrates 50th Anniversary at Convention in Texas
The North American Division Adventist Community Services (NAD ACS) celebrated its 50th anniversary at the ACS Convention in Grapevine, Texas from April 7-9, 2022. It was widely attended by more than 200 ACS directors, pastors,…
11 Jan 2022: Record-Setting Fires Destroy Over 1,000 Homes in Colorado
UPDATE – January 26, 2022 The ACS Disaster Response team at the Rocky Mountain Conference is leading the efforts in response to the recent Marshall Fire, the 6,000-acre wildfire that has destroyed 1,270 homes and…
10 Jan 2022: Passing of Long-Time ACS Volunteer Lowell Tripp
We are saddened to announce the passing of Lowell Irving Tripp, one of our long-time Adventist Community Services volunteers, on December 7, 2021 at the age of 100. He was predeceased by his wife of…
20 Dec 2021: ReNewed Hope Food Pantry Food Distribution
How do you distribute food to 310 families in just over an hour? Thoughtful organizing and lots of smiling volunteers! “God keeps bringing people to be a part of this ministry. About half of those…
13 Dec 2021: Deadly Tornadoes Ravage Communities in Six States
UPDATE – DECEMBER 14, 2021 The recent Midwest tornadoes have left communities with considerable damage to homes and property, closed roads, power outage, and numerous fatalities. ACS directors in the affected conferences have spent many…