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Today's riddle: What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath? 🤔 (Answer below!)
1. Planned Major Lane Closures and Traffic Impacts Across Maryland (mocoshow.com) — Drivers in Silver Spring should plan for a long-term northbound lane closure on MD 390 (16th Street), part of an ongoing bicycle and pedestrian project expected to last about nine months. While MDOT's latest statewide update highlights work across Maryland, this Silver Spring project remains one of the most significant local traffic impacts.
2. Business continues at the 2026 Annual Council - Seventh-day Adventist Church (interamerica.org) — Major Seventh-day Adventist leaders are meeting in Silver Spring this week for the church's 2026 Annual Council, where they're voting on key initiatives and hearing mission reports from around the world. Sessions have included devotionals, leadership changes, and updates on the Hope Channel's ambitious goal to reach one billion people by 2030, all hosted at the church's global headquarters in town.
3. Influencer Calls Adventist Leaders to Make the Right Decisions for This Time - Seventh-day Adventist Church - Inter-American Division (interamerica.org) — Hundreds of Adventist leaders are gathered at church headquarters in Silver Spring this week, where a prominent social media influencer urged them to fully embrace digital ministry. Her devotional challenged decision-makers to treat online platforms as a primary mission field and to back media efforts that turn followers into committed disciples, shaping policies now under discussion in town.
4. 'Mission Refocus' Stories Challenge Adventist Leaders to go Where the Need Is Greatest - Seventh-day Adventist Church (interamerica.org) — Silver Spring is hosting global Adventist leaders as they pause their Annual Council business for an evening worship program focused on "Mission Refocus." At the church's headquarters, visiting missionaries shared stories from Cambodia to secular Europe, while leaders were urged to send more workers and expand digital outreach to unreached regions, all under this year's "Called for Mission" theme.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What do you call somebody who crosses the ocean twice and doesn't take a bath?" — A dirty double crosser ! (Thank you Theresia F. for sending it in!)
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