While everyone was looking for ideas on how to celebrate this year’s Father’s Day, which fell on Sunday, 19 June 2022, Pathfinders from Doncaster, Sheffield Burngreave and Bradford Pathfinder Clubs celebrated the day by acquiring new skills during a weekend of training in drumming and percussion. The training, organised by the Doncaster Club, attracted 30 participants. It was fitting that drumsticks were the order of the day on the second day of the training, instead of chicken drumsticks which…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-06-23/1225/

Gary Chapman’s best-selling book series – The Five Love Languages, outlines five ways of expressing and receiving love effectively, demonstrating commitment to a relationship. One of these ways he lists as ‘Acts of Service’. This involves demonstrable practical actions that help the recipient, expressing value and care for them. It is also an expression of the heart of the giver in the way they interpret love.
We see this principle mirrored in the books of Acts with the early church making the…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-06-23/1224/

Stretching during voting intervals became a new feature on day three, allowing delegates to flex their muscles during the lengthy daily proceedings. Dr Peter Landless, General Conference (GC) Health Director, suggested this new opportunity to move during the three-minute time it took for the delegation to complete the electronic voting process. After an inspiring devotional by Pastor Jongimpi Papu titled, ‘What will You give me, and how will I inherit it?’ the day’s business began in earnest,…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-06-09/1213/

SPM – Helena, please share your initial thoughts and response to the Ukrainian crisis with our readers.
HK – No one likes war. It doesn’t bring anything good: only suffering, tears and damage. When the first Ukrainian families arrived in Ireland, we were blessed with having our Ukrainian church member – Natasha Didkivska, who has lived in Ireland for a couple of years now. She led our response to this crisis with her heart focused on her family and friends in Ukraine. God is using her in…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-06-09/1212/

Mrs Angela Knight Jackson, Deputy Director at the Nursing Professional Development for NHS England and NHS Improvement, was honoured in the Queen’s Jubilee celebrations last week for her dedicated work at the NHS. Angela, the wife of Pastor Richard Jackson (NEC), received royal honour in recognition of the incredible public service of nursing staff and other healthcare professionals from across the UK.
Reacting to the news, Angela said: “I am delighted to receive an MBE and be honoured. As a…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-06-09/1211/