“God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another.”
1 Peter 4:19
Fiona Pacquette, Director of the East London School of Music (ELSOM), uses her gifts to enhance our churches’ worship experience and bless many in the community.
Appearing on BBC Songs of Praise broadcast on Sunday, 24 September 2023, along with her ELSOM students, Fiona, a Hampstead Seventh-day Adventist church member, was interviewed by Pam Rhodes, TV and radio…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2023-09-28/1707/

This year’s World Pathfinder Day celebrations under the theme ‘Go with Jesus’ occurred at the immaculate Stanborough Park grounds of the British Union Conference (BUC), where over three thousand Pathfinders gathered for the annual celebrations.
The Sabbath 16 September event was hosted by the BUC Youth Director, Pastor Kevin Johns with the assistance of his counterparts, the South England Conference (SEC) Pathfinder Director, Pastor Clifford Herman and the North England Conference (NEC)…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2023-09-21/1698/

Musicians from the East London School of Music (ELSOM) will feature in a BBC Songs of Praise episode. The BBC crew were inspired by the documentary, Organ Stops – Saving The King of Instruments, which aired on 24 December 2022 and includes the organ installed at the Clapton Seventh-day Adventist church in East London. “I was surprised but absolutely thrilled and excited to have the BBC Songs of Praise producers contact me to visit our school,” said Fiona Pacquette, ELSOM Manager. She continued:…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2023-09-21/east-london-school-of-music-to-feature-in-bbc-songs-of-praise/

On Thursday, 14 September 2023, the British Union Conference (BUC) Executive Committee held its first-ever entirely paperless meeting. Using new software called ‘Onboard’, all the documents were presented through a portal, and all those present used their own devices to access them.
Speaking soon after the meeting, BUC Executive Secretary John Surridge said, “It worked better than was expected. There were no glitches, and committee members appreciated how the electronic agenda linked with the…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2023-09-15/1693/

The sad news of the passing of Sister Caroline Lorencin, whose death occurred on Sunday, 10 September, has been announced in the Newbold newsletter earlier this week. Sis Caroline, born in the UK and attended Stanborough Park church for the first 17 years of her life, was married to Pastor Lorencin, who served as Union President in former Yugoslavia and was the Principal at Marusevec Adventist Secondary School and Theological Seminary. They were married for 62 years until her death last Sunday. …Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2023-09-15/1691/