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Try These Healthy Holiday Recipes

Thanksgiving and Christmas meals don't have to be full of fat and sugar. Try these healthy, hearty vegetarian recipes from chef Clara Iuliano, first published in the 2012 Visitor calendar.

Nutty Harvest Loaf

2 c chopped onions

3 c chopped celery

1 lb extra firm, water-packed tofu

½ c reduced fat mayonnaise or Nayonaise

¼ c reduced sodium soy sauce

1 ½ tsp sage

1 tsp onion powder

4 ½ c organic herb stuffing (e.g., Arrowhead Mills)

2/3 c chopped walnuts

2/3 c chopped pecans

First cold-press extra virgin olive oil for sautéing

Where to get "Desmond Doss" Resources

Want to use the buzz around the movie "Hacksaw Ridge" as a way to share more about Desmond Doss' life and faith with your friends? We've gathered a couple resources below:

1,300 Missionaries Go Door to Door in Western Pennsylvania

Forty-five members of Pastor Feleide Garcia’s churches in the Allentown-Bethlehem area join members of Warren church to distribute 1,700 door hangers, inviting people to the evangelistic series.

Story by Tamyra Horst

Watch the Thursday Evening Fearless Program

Pastor Jonatan Tejel involves Pathfinders as he gives an illustration during the Thrusday evening program during the Fearless Camporee. Photo by Brian Tagalog

More than 3,000 Pathfinders attended "Fearless," the largest camporee in Columbia Union Conference history, October 6 - 9. Watch the October 6 evening program below:

Blue Mountain Academy STEM Team Awarded Lemelson-MIT InvenTeam™ Grant for Invention

Story by Tamyra Horst

The STEM team from Blue Mountain Academy (BMA) in Hamburg, Pa., has been awarded the Lemelson-MIT InventTeam grant and is receiving $10,000 in grant funding for their LighTelligence invention, a system to optimize the circadian rhythms of young people using light. Anthony Perry, invention education associate from Lemelson-MIT, made the announcement at a special assembly at the school October 25.

New Staff Joins Visitor Team

Story by Visitor Staff

Ricardo Bacchus (pictured) joined the Visitor staff this week. Bacchus will serve as assistant director of the Columbia Union Conference Communication Department and assistant Visitor editor, coordinating and editing the conference and academy newsletters in each issue. He previously worked at the General Conference, helping to coordinate and edit Elder’s Digest and Collegiate Quarterly.

W. B. Quigley, Retired Columbia Union President, Passes Away at 94

Story by Celeste Ryan Blyden

Willis B. Quigley, president of the Columbia Union Conference from 1973-78, passed away October 15, as a result of pneumonia. He was 94 years of age.

Washington Adventist University Authorized to Offer Online Programs to Students Outside of Maryland

Story by WAU Staff

Washington Adventist University (WAU) is now a participant in the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA), which allows the school to offer its online courses and degree programs to students outside of the State of Maryland. SARA establishes national standards for the interstate offering of postsecondary distance education programs, and WAU is authorized to accept students into its online programs from other SARA member states and institutions.

WGTS 91.9 Hits Fall Fundraising Goal

Phone volunteers take gifts with a mile in during the WGTS 91.9 Fall Fundraiser.

Story by WGTS Staff

Close to 4,000 WGTS 91.9 listeners cast a vote of support for the station during the media ministry’s recent Fall Fundraiser. Listeners enjoyed four days of stories from fellow listeners about how God is using the station to help change lives. A pivotal moment of the event was when Washington Redskins Quarterback Kirk Cousins and a team of anonymous donors put up a match challenge of $41,000, which listeners more than doubled in the course of an hour. WGTS 91.9 finished the fundraising event with 100 percent of the goal. This was the largest fundraising event in the station’s history.

Washington Adventist University Ranks Among The Safest Colleges in Maryland

Washington Adventist University (WAU) is ranked tenth among the top 19 "Safest Colleges in Maryland" by BackgroundChecks.org in its recently-released 2016 annual report on accredited public and private not-for-profit educational institutions that offer four-year degrees. BackgroundChecks.org is a public safety-focused organization that is committed to increasing safety, community involvement, transparent government and education.

The safest colleges rankings are based on campus crime rates per l,000 residents, as well as on recent Department of Education reports, social media analysis, natural language analysis and research.