16 October 2020 | Dear Adventist Today, My wife and I recently participated in your virtual communion service. It moved me to examine my involvement in previous standard communion celebrations. This examination was in an attempt to determine what made this service such a uniquely moving event. In so doing, my mind wandered back to […] Source: https://atoday.org/the-atss-communion-was-a-foretaste-of-our-meeting-in-heaven/
Prayer Of Confession
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Downey Adventist Church Worship Service Prayer of Confession Chris Famisaran 17 October 2020 www.downeychurch.orgSource: https://vimeo.com/469120140
How many members does the Adventist Church have now? Annual Council Report and Other World News.
View on ANN today:
On the Annual Council's opening day, the Secretariat Committee reported an increase in Seventh-day Adventist Church membership. G. T. Ng, executive secretary for the global Adventist Church, presented the worldwide Church's most recent membership figures' updates. The two significant challenges to the Church's mission and a potential solution were also highlighted. COVID-19 impacts tithe income and mission offerings
According to Division treasurers reports, the decrease in tithe income is estimated to be anywhere from 5% to 25%. Mission offerings have decreased by 10% to 40%, varying with location.
A series of actions were implemented to help mitigate the expected decrease in tithe and offerings. Financial plans for the 2021 budget were also discussed. Online evangelism reaches out to 18,000 people weekly
Adapting the new normal, Oakwood University Church goes online to minister to the community through the Breath of Life Ministries. The live streams are weekly, but it has reached thousands of people. Watch exclusive interviews and other uplifting news and stories only here at ANN. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogvzvoL2d90
My family knows why we need sexual abuser background checks in church
16 October 2020 | Dear readers, Not long ago we published a letter from a lay person who was offended when asked by the conference office to cooperate in a background check to spot sexual abusers in their congregation. This isn’t, I was informed, an uncommon attitude. Is it necessary? people ask. Don’t we know the […] Source: https://atoday.org/my-family-knows-why-we-need-sexual-abuser-background-checks-in-church/
Enjoy This New Total Body Workout for Beginners
Because we were created to move, exercising is critical to our health and happiness. Enjoy this workout at your own pace. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiq4iLOldjM
Praise/Prayer Oct. 17, 2020
An Interactive Live Praise & Prayer Service Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y13MZbtWAzA
Church Svc. Oct. 17, 2020
Lesson Study – The Law as Teacher – Pramod Hansdak
Worship – "Watching and Not Just Waiting" – Pr. Sujjan John Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skljka2E_iA
Vespers: Oct. 16, 2020
"Witnessing To A Hostile World" – Jeffry Paul Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLrPtZMyRyU
