Eight students who are a part of the WAY (Wisconsin Academy Youth) Team, spent Sabbath sharing and enjoying fellowship with our friends at Madison East SDA Church. Two students told the children's story and three share shore sermonettes on the meaning of Christian service. The first explained the meaning of true service. The second [...]
Our second “Run for Kosrae!” 5K Fun Run/Walk took place on Sunday, October 17. Students, families, church members, several alumni, and community friends gathered to run or walk an out-and-back distance of 5 kilometers. Matthew Lawrence, a junior, was the first to complete the run, followed by Wisconsin Conference associate treasurer John Ramsey. The [...]
Last Sabbath afternoon, the study body traveled to Richland Center to help pass out literature door-to-door. Working with members from the Richland Center SDA Church, they began by stuffing small bags with literature. Next, they went from house to house, leaving the small bags of literature at each door. By leaving the bags at [...]
The relocation of Afghan families into communities across the United States has created an opportunity for each of us to stand up and assist people in need. Nearly all Afghan families are arriving here with only the clothes on their backs, so the needs are immense. Wisconsin Academy has volunteered to be a Donation [...]
Last week, the Senior Class of 2021 returned from their senior trip to Camp Blue Ridge in Montebello, Virginia. While at Camp Blue Ridge, the seniors spent time helping with a variety of service projects helping get the facility ready to open for summer camps in a few weeks. The seniors worked, slept, ate, [...]
A few Sundays ago, our student body spent part of the afternoon picking up trash along roadsides near campus. As part of Wisconsin's Adopt-a-Highway program, the Student Association has volunteered to clean up the 1.6-mile section of Highway 16 from Johnson Road to the 151 bypass. Students worked in groups led by staff members [...]
Last Sabbath afternoon was warm and sunny, a perfect day to be out in our community sharing the good news! All of our on-campus students traveled to the nearby communities of Rio and Randolph to take small bags of literature door to door. The bags, which we packed several weeks ago on another Sabbath [...]
On March 10-16, eighteen WA students and staff took a service trip to Cedar Rapids, Iowa to help in the recovery effort from last year’s derecho storm. When this damaging weather system swept across the midwestern United States last August, causing high winds and weak tornadoes, Cedar Rapids was particularly hard hit, with many [...]
The heavy snowfall last week offered us unique opportunity to serve. On Thursday evening during rec, about twenty students and staff bundled up and headed over to Prairie Ridge Health, the local hospital in Columbus to clear the snow and ice from vehicles in the parking lot. We arrived about an hour before shift [...]
A few Sabbaths ago, over 30 students and staff spent Sabbath afternoon distributing GLOW tracts in our local community of Columbus. Instead of knocking on doors, students hung small plastic bags on doorknobs. Each bag contained GLOW tracts and an individually wrapped candy. "GLOW" stands for "Giving Light to Our World." These pocket-sized tracts [...]
