We’ve waited seven years for the 61st General Conference Session, moved venues, and even moved cities. Originally scheduled to be held in Indianapolis in 2020, GC Session was postponed twice due to the coronavirus pandemic and relocated due to availability. How did we get here? What other unique circumstances have played a part in our church history, and how have our GC Sessions changed over the years? Tune into ANN for a brief overview of GC Session history and planning. To learn more about GC Session history, click here: https://www.gcsession.org/history/ To learn more about Adventist Church history, click here: https://www.adventist.org/who-are-seventh-day-adventists/history-of-seventh-day-adventists/ Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uBaGPR04rg

Conducting a conference in the middle of a pandemic is no easy task. Even though we are finally able to meet in person, we want to stay healthy. General Conference Health Ministries Director, Dr. Peter Landless, shares how to stay healthy while attending GC Session. #GCSession #Adventist #AdventistChurch Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X55hsBuht_0

Meet one of the master planners behind the planning of all the General Conference meetings– including GC Session. Sylvia Sicalo shares with us about what it takes to plan a session including giving insight into the music that will be featured at the one being held this week in St. Louis, Missouri. #GCSession #Adventist Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8WSilabOU0

The Ellen G. White Estate will be reading a special prayer that's going to be translated into multiple languages, especially for General Conference Session. Kenia host of ANN Late Nite(ish) interviews the Associate Director of the Ellen G. White Estate, Dwain Esmond as he shares the details of what they will be featuring at this year's GC Session. #GCSession #ANN #AdventistChurch #Adventist Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_i-9nbFlDU

First in the news: The Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America expressed sympathy to the families of the victims and condemnation to the heinous killing in a school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. The statement further calls for soul searching and finding ways on how to stem the tide of violence and to implore the authorities to take action. With the theme: “Jesus is Coming! Get Involved!”, the 61st and first truly digital General Conference Session begins on Monday, June 6-11, 2022 in St. Louis, Missouri. To accommodate all the online and physical attendees, the GC is producing all the session content in four languages namely English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. Some programs will be available in Russian and sign language. The Adventist Community Services (ACS) volunteers extended help to the community of Buffalo, New York. This community is still reeling from the mass shooting at the store on May 14. With the cooperation with other organizations, ACS volunteers are doing their best to provide for the physical and emotional needs of the community. Adventist Church in Inter-America inaugurates a new Theological Seminary Building in Puerto Rico. The seminary functions as a multi-site institution with a unique structure that provides academic programs to ministers at 10 affiliated sites, including Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Trinidad, and Venezuela. After being in lockdown for more than two years, the Publishing Ministries Department of the Southern Asia-Pacific Division organized its 12th National Convention. Literature evangelists from all across the Philippine archipelago relived the reason for their calling and once again devoted themselves to become Messengers for Christ. Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFzJ3o25txg