COVID-19 has affected the number of volunteers, hours of operation, food distribution hours, and other programs at most Adventist Community Services (ACS) locations in North America. This is the reality at the Northeastern Conference (NEC) ACS Center.
As a result of school closings in New York City, the Queens Center for Progress was closed, reducing the number of volunteers; volunteers who were instrumental in carrying out the daily activities at the center. Fortunately, other volunteers from…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/2b-dql6yKUs/

Bill was at a gas station pumping gas when suddenly he felt a strong impression to give a GLOW tract to a well-dressed woman on the other side of the pump standing near her vehicle. He tried to brush aside the impression, but it remained, and with ever-increasing intensity, the impression persisted as the seconds wore on. After some hesitancy, Bill finally relented, went over, and handed her a few GLOW tracts. The woman inquired as to which church puts these pamphlets out. When she learned, a…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/HZCscaIOfc4/

After six Sabbaths of meeting by Zoom, the congregation of Lillehammer, Norway, longed for a more personal worship experience during lockdown. As with all other churches in Norway, the building was shut due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Their simple solution was “drive-in” church. On Saturday, April 25, between 40 and 50 members pulled up in the church parking lot, pointing their cars toward a temporary platform constructed outside the building.
The platform was set up on a trailer. Flowers, green…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/tp16RvDohuo/

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Inter-America will hold a one-hour live event for the Church territory on Saturday, May 16, 2020. The program will include a special greeting from General Conference president Ted N.C. Wilson and a biblical reflection by Elie Henry, president of the church in Inter-America. The program is scheduled to be streamed live online from 11 a.m. to 12 noon, EST.
“We have been following with interest the different initiatives that are being implemented every Sabbath…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/lUNm83rKWHQ/

Seventh-day Adventist youth, along with students from the local Adventist academy, made a positive impact recently in Imperatriz, the second-largest city in the northeastern Brazilian state of Maranhão. Its population of 250,000—like the rest of the nation—has been hard hit by the global pandemic.
In one day, the young people collected 300 kilos (approximately 661 pounds) of food donations by offering a mask in exchange for a kilo of food, or 2.2 pounds donated.
Collecting at a local…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/W4qxe3D-U8w/