In the turbulent times we are all currently traversing, Seventh-day Adventists everywhere are also pondering what impacts the health and economic crises of the moment are having upon the Church. Is the Church able to do anything to mitigate its effects?
Most nations of the world and vast areas of their economies have been all but shut down, with no clear road map to re-entry, even in places that have cautiously implemented a loosening of social restrictions. What started as a mild inconvenience…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/GBvZInc8qSk/

In a scenario where the capacity of the Carlos Monge Medrano hospital in Juliaca, Peru, has reached its limit due to COVID-19, the American Clinic of Juliaca—a health ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church—has agreed to support the national health ministry’s contingency plan. In this instance, it made 15 electric hospital beds available to the population for the care of patients infected with this deadly virus.
Juliaca is a city of more than 276,000 people and is the capital city of San…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/kiSShGVPQ9w/

As a result of the suspension of classes in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the recreation of children and the management of their learning is now handled within each home, presenting new challenges for each family. The restrictions now imposed on our lives lend us to hearing and saying “NO” more often than perhaps we’d like.
The writer Ellen White points out in relation to children and their entertainment that “we must provide them with innocent recreation, to lead them along pleasant…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/JYcmgF1D890/

Loma Linda University Medical Center recently earned Magnet Recognition as part of the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s (ANCC) Magnet Recognition Program. 
Helen Staples-Evans, DNP, RN, NE-BC, senior vice president of care services and chief nursing officer at Loma Linda University Medical Center, thanked the ANCC for their commitment to excellence and for the recognition, but attributes the honor to the nursing staff.
“Today is a celebration about each one of our nurses. I hope you will…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/UsvKjqUyD68/

Newbold College of Higher Education has announced an extension of their remote online learning experience for the 2020 autumn semester. As a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and following thorough consideration, the decision was made to ensure that the health and safety of both students and staff remain a top priority.
The decision is in line with the pathway being taken by a number of other universities and higher education providers worldwide.
Given Newbold’s close community setting, its…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/E4lKqQzeBF4/

On April 27, Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) donated 2,100 masks to the Central District Hospital of Pavlovsky Posad, Moscow Region. The next day, 800 masks were transferred to Psychiatric Hospital No. 8 in the city of Orekhovo-Zuevo, Moscow Region.
The donated masks were sewn by members of the Adventist community of Ivanovo, who continue to work on making more. Church members plan to distribute 6,000 masks around the Central Association territory.
ADRA expresses its gratitude…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/Gq0URSULBY4/