“I’d do it all over again” said Pastor Paul Tompkins as he reflected on forty years of dedicated and faithful ministerial service.
On 31 December 2021, Pastor Paul works his last day as a paid minister of the Seventh-day Adventist church, after a life in continuous service from 1981-2021. Of this time, Paul has spent the last five years of his life working in Scotland, where he and Dawn remain and look forward to spending active and fulfilling time in retirement.
Anyone who knows Paul, will…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2021-12-30/a-life-in-ministry-remembered/

  BUC President – Pastor Eglan Brooks
Interactions of Love.
Centuries ago, the prophet Isaiah wrote, “For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulders: and His name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace” (Isaiah 9:6). Herein lies a message of love, sacrifice and hope.
God’s plan to sacrifice His Son He loved so much to save the people He loved so much changed the destiny of…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2021-12-23/a-seasonal-message-from-the-buc-president-and-field-presidents/

The North England Conference was gifted a blessed Sabbath on 27 November 2021 with the ordination and commissioning of three pastors: Michael Baker, Derek Simon and Colin Woodford. It was a time of spiritual refreshing, especially considering the challenging times over the last year and a half. The service was held at Leicester Central Seventh-day Adventist church. 
The newly appointed administration of Pastors George Kumi and Emanuel Bran, and treasurer Mr Michael Agyei-Asare, led the service…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2021-12-22/ordination-commissioning-service-2021/

Should we celebrate Christmas?
October 1 is the date the first Christmas decorations go up in supermarkets. Yes – Christmas is the highlight of a supermarket’s financial year; it isn’t a religious holiday! Christmas is designed to get those last few pennies out of our pockets and get us to focus even more on ‘things’.
There are conflicting views on whether Christians should celebrate Christmas. “But Christmas is all about Christ!” Don’t you believe it? A certain professor from South Africa can…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2021-12-22/1036/

Two special anniversaries coincided with this year’s Annual Toy Service at Stanborough Park church in Watford. Not only has this annual Christmas event been providing toys for needy local children for 60 consecutive years, but its current organiser celebrated her 25th anniversary. So both diamond and silver jubilees were recognised at this year’s service held at the church on Sabbath, 11 December.
Since the event was first started back in 1961 by the kind-hearted former member, the late Alf…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2021-12-22/1038/