You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it’s an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before. Rahm Emanuel
What a different year it has been! Although the pandemic has caused the doors of our church buildings in Area 5 to remain closed for the past seven months, it has given us the opportunity to do things and to influence the lives of people in our communities in ways we would not have thought possible had the crisis not arisen.
Here is a summary…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-10-21/773/

Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-10-21/week-of-prayer-2020/

What is the relationship between religious scripture and violence? The 2020 Beach Lecture held on Tuesday 13 October, explored this question – in 105 minutesSource: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-10-20/scripture-and-violence-the-2020-beach-lecture/

Did you know that 20 million slices of bread, 4.4 million potatoes, 3.1 million glasses of milk, 2 million eggs and 0.9 million bananas are wasted everyday in the UK (www.toogoodtogo.co.uk)
And, yet a news report from the 21st April suggests that the World Food programme estimated that due to COVID-19 about 25 million people are ‘forecast to be facing acute food security by the end of the year’ (www.guardian.com)
On one end of the scale there is enormous food wastage and at the other end,…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-10-15/adra-uk-reduces-food-insecurity-in-the-worlds-most-troubled-hotspot/

In a recent video interview Sophia Nicholls tells her story and the reason she and her husband Nigel, formed the Adventist Special Needs Association (ASNA). The video interview was in response to receiving an award for Outstanding Leadership from the South England Conference (SEC) celebrating 25 years of Women’s Ministries held from 4-10 October. She was interviewed by Janice Lendor on behalf of the SEC’s Women’s Ministries team.
Sophia’s story and response to receiving the award are shared…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-10-15/sophia-nicholls-receives-outstanding-leadership-award/