Religious Liberty Sabbath
- October 2, 2025
Join us at Cedar Lake church for Religious Liberty Summit, hosted by the Michigan Conference Public Affairs & Religious Liberty department.
We are honored to share this Sabbath with students and staff from Great Lakes Adventist Academy, the Cedar Lake church family, and the wider community as together we explore our uniquely Adventist understanding of religious liberty and freedom of conscience—why it remains central to our faith, and why now is the time to lift it up with clarity and conviction.
A potluck meal will be provided for attendees.
Save the following links to watch via Facebook or YouTube.
Please access the livestream link through the Cedar Lake church YouTube page below.
Schedule | Titles | Presenters
Friday Night (7pm)
Title: Is Separation of Church and State Fiction?
Presenter: Joe Reeves serves as assistant director of the Sabbath School and Personal Ministries Department of the General Conference. His responsibilities include being the editor of the inVerse Sabbath School lesson for young adults (www.inversebible.org) and the host for the inVerse program on Hope Channel (www.hopetv.org/inverse).
Sabbath School Panel (9:30am)
Title: Let’s Decode Revelation 13
Panelists: Cody Francis, Jennifer Woods, Matt Hill, Nathan Greene, Giancarlo de Miranda, Joe Reeves, Bettina Krause, and Andy Im.
Divine Service (10:50)
Sermon Title: The Great Decluttering
Presenter: Bettina Krause is editor of Liberty magazine and an associate director of the NAD PARL department. She previously served as an associate director of the General Conference Public Affairs and Religious Liberty department, with responsibility for government affairs.
Afternoon Service (2pm)
Presentation Title: A Wounded Christianity
Presenter: Joe Reeves serves as assistant director of the Sabbath School and Personal Ministries Department of the General Conference. His responsibilities include being the editor of the inVerse Sabbath School lesson for young adults (www.inversebible.org) and the host for the inVerse program on Hope Channel (www.hopetv.org/inverse).
Panel Discussion (3pm)
Title: Contours of Adventist Religious Liberty
Panelists: Cody Francis, Jennifer Woods, Matt Hill, Nathan Greene, Giancarlo de Miranda, Joe Reeves, Bettina Krause, and Andy Im.
Final Presentation (4pm)
Title: Christian Nationalists
Presenter: Cody Francis serves as Ministerial Director for the Michigan Conference.
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