Sabbath School

Content Description The church record book for each church was where the church clerk kept the membership record and the minutes of the church board meeting. Often, other information was also kept there. In addition to the church record book, churches kept record books for finances, for the Sabbath school, and for other groups or functions, such as the Tract and Missionary Society.This collection includes the official church record books, and date from the founding of the church in 1861 to 1950. The...

Content Description The Church Bulletin Collection contains bulletins from Seventh-day Adventist churches from around the world, though the bulk are from the United States. The bulk of the bulletins are from the 1970s to the current time. This is not a closed collection, meaning we will continue to add new bulletins as they become available to us.A review of a range of church bulletins can reveal changing worship styles across regions of the country and over time. The bulletins show the order of...

Content Description The primary feature of this collection is a sizeable number of original poems composed by Max Hill covering different themes such as education and spirituality. Some of his poems were published in the Review and Herald, the Adventist general church paper. Other works include books titled, Exchange Ship and Studies in Prophets.There are some personal and biographical documents in the collection as well. Of...

Content Description This collection contains records of several church departments, such as clerk, Sabbath School, Treasurer, and the Oakland School. Also, it includes several documents on the history of the Oakland Church.