B arbara N eher has been teaching sewing and cooking classes
for 46 years. She has written two cookbooks and a sewing in-
structional book. She is cofounder and national director of the
“It’s My Very Own” and “Bags of Love” ministries for the past
12 years. These ministries are now in five countries and 42 states.
P hilip S amaan is a theology professor at Southern Adventist
University. He has served as the chief editor of the adult Sabbath
School lessons, and as a professor both in the Religion Depart-
ment and the Theological Seminary at Andrews University. He
also served as director of the Doctor of Ministry program, the
Center for Continuing Education for Ministry, and the M.A. in
Pastoral Ministry. Samaan has served in the Africa-Indian Ocean
Division, and the North Pacific Union. He pastored and was or-
dained in the Idaho Conference. He has a multitude of published
works among which are many books.
O lan T homas has worked at It Is Written for eight years. Thomas
has served God in outreach ministry in multiple capacities dur-
ing his life. Early in his career, he served in literature evangelism
leadership in Greater New York, Michigan, and the Indian Ocean
Union. He later worked in pastoral ministry in three regions of
Michigan. While serving as pastor, he was called into planned
giving ministry to assist church members in gifting assets to the
work of God. Olan Thomas is married to Phyllis Walkup Thomas
and they have three grown children Samuel, Charissa, and David.
K en W etmore is pastor of the historic Madison Campus Church
near Nashville, Tennessee. Prior to serving at Madison Campus,
Wetmore was the Youth Director for the Kentucky-Tennessee
Conference, a pastor in the Upper Columbia Conference, and
worked in public relations and broadcast news in Georgia and the
island of Guam. Supporting his call to ministry are his wife of 18
years, Rachelle, and their two children Kyla and Eric. His pas-
sion is to follow God’s will for his life and to help others discover
God’s will for their life.
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