9 July 2021 | “Saturday is not a day that we want to write exams,” said Ghana’s Minister of Education, Honorable Yaw Adutwum, in conversation with Adventist denominational leaders recently. According to a July 8 story from Adventist News Network, Adutwum said his ministry would ensure secondary school national examinations were not held on Saturdays. […] Source: https://atoday.org/ghanas-education-minister-working-to-eliminate-sabbath-exams/

Patterson, who was serving as interim president of Southwestern Adventist University, assumed the position of president on July 8, 2021. Patterson graduated from Southwestern Adventist University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in long-term healthcare in 1999 and a Master of Business Administration in 2012. She will be both the university’s first female and first […] Source: https://atoday.org/ana-patterson-named-26th-president-of-southwestern-adventist-university/

 Time is a gift. You have a choice what you will do with your life every day. God has given you the wisdom and passion to pursue many things. And God wants to stretch you beyond what you think is possible. So seize this day! We’re so delighted you’ve found AT1. From our inspirational […] Source: https://atoday.org/at1-july-9-2021/

News reports from Jamaica; Puerto Rico; Miami, Florida; Nigeria and Pacific Press: According to the Jamaica Observer, an (at press time) unidentified man was shot on Saturday, July 3, just outside Granville Seventh-day Adventist Church in the St James Parish of Jamaica. The man was the victim of a drive-by shooting. He was walking home […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-briefs-for-july-8-2021/