UK Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, has described the escalation in knife crime as a ‘national emergency’ with a special emphasis needed to “tackle violence among young people”. [The Guardian] As their part in tackling the problem, Seventh-day Adventists in the UK and Ireland set aside two consecutive Sabbaths as days of silent prayer, particularly in local communities being impacted by gun and knife crime.
Hackney church, London, is just one of the churches that took part in the “rise up in prayer…
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In South Colombia, Adventists leaders give our books to dozens of Senators
Senators at the Congress Building in Bogota, Colombia, were recently visited by a group of Seventh-day Adventists to highlight the church’s values on strong families. Church leaders, along with a Pathfinder group, met with the president of the senate, 20 other senators and more than 80 officials to offer the this year’s missionary book Hope for Today’s Families the church is distributing across the globe.
Ernesto Macías Tovar, the president of the Senate, thanked the Adventist Church for the…
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New Health and Wealth
Annonciata and Niyibizi live on a hillside farm in a rural community in Rwanda. The concepts an training that they received from the EMBRACE project have drastically improved their lives. In this video we hear how they now enjoy better health and have a much better annual income. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyszDw_TpuA
Healthfull and Helpful
Winfredo lives in a coastal village in the Philippines that is only accessible by boat. He has found the ADRA EMBRACE training to be excellent. He says, "the new ideas and concepts that ADRA shared have been helpful and healthful". Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1bMiUI1OTY
Becoming a Better Father
Man Kyaw Thar, a farmer in rural Myanmar, believed that by simply being present for children, making sure they were fed and safe, that he was being a good father. After attending an ADRA training seminar on parenting skills, he learned that there were many things that he could do to become a better father. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kghmLde5YI
