On June 23, 2020, the North American Division (NAD) Committee voted a stimulus package of $10 million to provide financial assistance to the division’s conferences through its unions. This comes at a time when COVID-19 has impacted many Adventist members and entities.
“The North American Division recognizes the financial challenges facing the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America due to COVID-19,” the proposal stated. “Careful consideration has been given to the current and future…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/Xmk0zvnDd0c/

The Seventh-day Adventist Church throughout the Inter-American Division (IAD) is seeking to engage every church member in the territory in a coordinated 24-hour prayer and fasting experience on July 3-4, 2020. The activity is part an on-going comprehensive plan across Inter-America that will mark the end of the Adventist world church’s “100 Days of Prayer” initiative.
The prayer initiative, which began in late March, was initiated by the General Conference’s Revival and Reformation Committee….Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/1YZ9ht54fgA/

“If you need to vent, contact me.” That was the phrase that caught the attention of Instagram viewer — and student — Joyce Sette, who lives in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo. 
Joyce, dealing with family problems at the time, contacted the student who authored the post, Júlia Thomasi Feitosa. They didn’t know each other, but that changed as Júlia studied with Joyce via the communications service known as WhatsApp.
Even though she’s a student who also has an internship, Júlia has…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/4bARr6BV_WU/

At the height of COVID-19 isolation, social media challenges occupied our screens. So when university student Tom Do was challenged to do 25 push-ups for 25 days, he decided it was time to level up—both in terms of the challenge itself and the impact he could make.
“I thought to myself, how could I bump it up a bit? If I really wanted to raise awareness or generate money, I was going to have to do something more extreme than 25 push-ups.”
A new plan formed: walk more than 15 miles (25…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/p79SA0jZPBQ/

The word acute denotes a “sudden onset and severity” on one’s mental, social and emotional wellbeing. During COVID 19, although the needs of members may vary from place to place Sabbath School members seem to have acute needs. These needs can facilitate or hinder their learning of biblical principles, teachings, beliefs or values. This article focuses on how to teach the Sabbath school lesson in times of crisis. We will examine three areas: the context of learning, the biblical text, and Sabbath…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/L6FfVRQWYY4/

We all know all lives matter to God. This is reaffirmed by scriptures such as, “For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek; for the same Lord is Lord of all, abounding in riches for all who call on Him (Rom. 10:12).
While all lives matter to God, He knows all lives don’t matter to all people. We play favorites, and usually defer to the powerful. That’s why biblical prophets repeatedly called for special protections for the “quartet of the vulnerable”[1] listed in Zechariah 7:9-10: “This…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/wAlOEFFZBf0/