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Profession of Faith Brings New Member to Hockinson Heights

By Marty Jackson, October 14, 2017

Joanna Knecht was voted into the Hockinson Heights Church in Brush Prairie, Wash., on Sept. 9, 2017, by profession of faith.

Knecht was raised as a seventh-generation Adventist. She was baptized when she was junior age but as a young adult drifted away from the Lord.

She reconnected with the Lord in 2011. And gradually, she says, the Lord has helped her find her way back to the Adventist Church. As the ladies at Hockinson have connected with her, Knecht says, "I feel at home."

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Joanna Knecht (front center) is pictured here with Marty and Connie Jackson and some of the ladies who have had an influence in her life.

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Featured in: November 2017

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Marty Jackson

Hockinson Heights Church pastor
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