On May 21, 2013, United States Senate Chaplain Barry Black prayed the following at the General Conference headquarters to mark the 150th anniversary of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Author and Finisher of our faith, You have been our Hope in ages past, and our Hope for years to come.

1. Searchers continue to look for Washington physician lost in Ukraine. Here's another article on this story. Cameras show missing doctor entering Ukraine park, not leaving.

2. An article looking back 45 years to a tragedy in College View, Nebraska. 

3. Four new unions created in West-Central Africa Division.

Sharon Fujimoto-Johnson in California sets the table for this week's Sabbath at the Spectrum Café. The column features fresh perspectives on food, community and unique stories surrounding vegetarian cuisine.

My childhood memories of Sabbath breakfast are of typical Adventist fare: my mother’s dense whole-wheat bread baked earlier in the week in tall round cans and spread with peanut butter and honey, slices of canned pineapple with a mound of cottage cheese in the center, and interminable bowls of bland oatmeal with raisins and cashews.

1. The Washington Post includes Pathfinders in an article about the growing interest in alternatives to the Boy Scouts of America.

2. Recently, the Pacific Union Conference officially recognized Pacific Union College religion professor Jean Sheldon, Ph.D., as an ordained minister.

3. Dr. Jay Sloop of Yakima, Wash., has disappeared in Kiev, Ukraine, where he was on a medical mission. The 77-year-old retired obstetrician was last seen about 6:45 a.m. local time Tuesday after he left a church compound for a morning walk, said Jay Wintermeyer, communications director for the Upper Columbia Conference.