Loma Linda University Health is embracing an opportunity — one that only comes every five years — to engage with the worldwide body of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, which is Loma Linda’s parent organization.
This afternoon, church members from around the globe will come together in San Antonio, Texas, to begin the 2015 General Conference Session.
The president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Ted Wilson — also a Board of Trustees member at Loma Linda University Health — says, “During a General Conference Session, not only do we have the joy of worshipping together as a worldwide family; we have the opportunity to clearly focus on the mission of the church, and how best to accomplish that mission.”
“Mission is critical not only to the church, but to Loma Linda University Health, which exists to continue the teaching and healing ministry of Jesus Christ,” adds Richard Hart, MD, DrPH, president of Loma Linda University Health, “not only locally and regionally but around the world.”
To share the story of how Loma Linda University Health accomplishes this, the organization is hosting an exhibit at the General Conference Session that brings the experience of being at Loma Linda to church members from every corner of the earth.
The exhibit features replicas of the “Mission Globe” and “This is the Very Place” sculptures as well as the gates on Anderson Street welcoming visitors to campus. As visitors arrive at the exhibit, they will get a glimpse of visiting Loma Linda in person.
In addition to sharing a physical representation of Loma Linda University Health, the exhibit tells the stories of Loma Linda. At each of seven digital kiosks, visitors can read about the many ways Loma Linda University Health lives out its mission and shares its message of healing and wholeness through education, clinical care, outreach and research.
There will also be stations in the exhibit for presentations and quiz shows, a film festival and Vision 2020 for visitors to learn more about Loma Linda University Health.
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