Historical Society annual meeting

The Seventh Day Baptist Historical Society held its annual meeting May 11, 2008, at the SDB Center in Janesville, Wis. Though few members attended the meeting in person, the Society was well represented by the proxies of over 50 members, nearly one-fourth of the total.

The Society voted to adopt its 2007 annual report and elected a new director to serve a five-year term. She is Norma MacLuskie, member of the Riverside, Calif., SDB Church and resident of Newport News, Va. Norma replaces Pastor Chris Mattison of North Loup, Neb., who served for five productive years on the Society’s Board.

Librarian-Historian Nicholas Kersten also gave a brief presentation on the history of Seventh Day Baptist missions to Palestine.

Following the meeting, a special reception honored Pastor Mattison’s years of service to the Society.

(Photo, left to right: Norma MacLuskie, Norma Rudert, Janet Thorngate, Nick Kersten, Ruth Burdick, and Paul Green. News report by Nick Kersten)