by Zack Payne | 7 May 2020 | Let it not be said that Seventh-day Adventists haven’t utilized media for ministry. I remember when growing up thinking how cool it was that the Seventh-day Adventist Church had magazines, radio stations, television channels and, later, websites dedicated to accomplishing Christ’s mission. I never really gave it […] Source: https://atoday.org/is-there-a-future-for-the-local-church-in-a-media-world/
Pastor Ted Wilson says: “This is not the end…” a special message to all Seventh-day Adventists
Pastor Ted Wilson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, delivers a message to all Adventist church members: "Friends, according to biblical understanding, this is not the final crisis. This is not one of the seven last plagues, but it certainly is a precursor to what is coming. I believe that Jesus is coming very soon. Biblical prophecy will be fulfilled. You can count on that. We are living in the last days of Earth's history." Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eg5DItHpd5M
Chef Steers Cooking Volunteers to Provide Hot Meals for the Homeless
News Brief For May 7, 2020
News reports from the Center for Youth Evangelism, Lifestyle Magazine, the brand new Adventist Health virtual hospital, the US Virgin Islands, newly-acquired Adventist Health Mendocino Coast and the Inter-Oceanic Mexican region: The Andrews University-based Center for Youth Evangelism has cancelled its “Cruise With a Mission” Alaska trip, scheduled for September. The center is instead advertising […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-brief-for-may-7-2020/
Vegetable Garden Ministry During Pandemic Generates Large Following
Love in the time of corona
The middle-age of the day is a slow slog of work; of forcing words that would usually flow naturally between people into a digital space. I make lists to remind myself to be human—breathe/stretch/read/drink water. It seems manic and eternal. By evening I’m old; exhausted by ennui. To find my way through this, I start a Facebook group with my students in response to a National Poetry Month challenge: “a poem a day for April.” Source: https://wp.avondale.edu.au/news/2020/05/08/love-in-the-time-of-corona/
Youth in Japan fight COVID-19 with multi-generational program
A group of young people, who had planned to participate in March’s Youth Rush program, but were unable to do so due to the coronavirus outbreak, came up with a new idea called Daniel Rush. Youth Rush is a student literature evangelism program of the Japan Union Conference.
This program was designed to provide young people with an opportunity to grow spiritually and socially during the long quarantine in which they cannot attend school. Not wanting to waste time and idle at home, three college…
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Young people build church shelter and ready 39 candidates for baptism
While many Adventists in Lae have found COVID-19 restrictions distressing and limiting to their faith journey, Akaly Vetalis and Numan Asine—young people from Bumbu Sand church, a community of nearly 400 people—have treated the restrictions as an opportunity for ministry.
Vetalis and Asine visited Micah Akui, youth ministries director for the Morobe Mission, requesting leadership resources for their newly-built church.
“At first I did not quite understand what they were up to,” explained Akui….
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Pathfinders assist in solidarity drive-thru organized by city hall and local TV station
As the pandemic linked to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 continues to disrupt lives around the globe, Seventh-day Adventists in Brazil are doing their part to help neighbors in need. Over the weekend of April 25-26, members of the Orion Pathfinders Club in Praça dos Imigrantes, in the south of Minas Gerais state, collected donations at a drive-thru collection stop.
Hundreds of people came to the site to donate food, cleaning supplies and clothing. Selma Dias, Pathfinder leader, said…
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“Call Your Mother” — #DearCoronavirus, Episode 8
In many regions of the world Mother’s Day is celebrated this month. In Episode 8 of the #Dearcoronavirus series, we’d like to thank all our moms around the globe for their support and love. And we promise to call you more! #CallYourMother #HappyMothersDay #thanksmom #thanksfamily #callyourmom #callyourmum #youarenotalone
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