The Changing Lives Forever (CLF) charity was commended with a High Sheriff of Bedfordshire Citizen Award by the outgoing High Sheriff, Susan Lousada, on Tuesday 6 April 2021. In line with Covid-19 rules the socially distanced ceremony was held outside the home of the founders, Phillip and Collett McKinley. This is the third year in a row that CLF has received this award!
CLF has been providing meals for the elderly and vulnerable since the charity was registered in 2016. It was first…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2021-04-14/high-sheriff-of-bedfordshire-citizen-award-for-changing-lives-forever-charity/

Over the last few months thousands of our members have been receiving the Messenger magazine by post. During the Covid lockdowns and the closure of our churches the Messenger has provided a lifeline to those who may be feeling isolated and cut off from their church family. The initial mailings were targeted fairly randomly, based on just a sample of the membership data that we have. This was partly to keep costs down, but also because we didn’t want to annoy people who were already receiving it…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2021-04-14/messenger-by-post/

Ministry Magazine associate editor Dr Jeff Brown reports how happy he was that Ministry magazine received four awards from the Associated Church Press on April 8, 2021. “It’s like Oscar Night for us” said Dr Brown who has served in this role during the past quinquennium.
Three of the awards were given to Pastors within the British Union Conference who had contributed to the magazine under the following categories: ‘Best Article’ category—’Playful Fathers’ by Dr Richard Daly (February 2020,…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2021-04-13/british-writers-contribute-to-ministry-magazine-awards/

Britain’s Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, died at age 99 on 9 April at Windsor CastleSource: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2021-04-09/buc-responds-to-death-of-prince-philip/