More than fifty leaders from churches around Scotland gathered in-person in Dundee on Sunday, 30 January for an Officers’ orientation day. Emotion welled quite close to the surface as elder Moses Sichalwe from the Faifley congregation stepped onto the stage to lead the assembly in an enthusiastic rendition of the hymn, “Seeking the Lost,” in which joyful, bass and tenor voices echoed one another in their promptings to go far and wide to bring people “into the fold of the Redeemer.” It has been…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-02-04/scottish-mission-hold-officers-training-day/
BUC Executive Committee Votes Three New Directors
On Thursday evening, 3 February 2022, the British Union Conference (BUC) Executive Committee met to conclude the work which the Nominating Committee began for the BUC Session last year. After considerable time spent in prayer and discussion, three new directors were appointed, as follows:
The new Adventist Discovery Centre Director will be Pastor Christian Salcianu, currently serving in the Dublin West and Dublin Romanian churches.
The new Education Director will be Mrs Lorraine McDonald, an…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-02-04/1054/
Holocaust Memorial Day Marked at BUC Peace Garden
Holocaust Memorial Day at BUC Peace Garden ‘One Vision’ marked this year’s Holocaust Memorial Day on Tuesday, 1 February, at the British Union Conference (BUC) Peace Garden in Watford. The service comprised guests from across the Watford community.
Keynote speaker Dame Helen Hyde – a Trustee of the National Holocaust Centre and Museum, began by showing a family photo of her parents’ family and said only two survived the holocaust. The Nazis exterminated over 6 million Jews. Dame Hyde said…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2022-02-04/1053/
Mission Spotlight for February 5
Support for the mission activities of the Seventh-day Adventist church has always been part of the Sabbath School program. This video is Mission Spotlight for this week.
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Interpreting Life with the Help of the Bible
by Maury Jackson and Alba Ruth Prato | 3 February 2022 | “The principal objective [of biblical hermeneutics] is not to interpret the Bible, but to interpret life with the help of the Bible.”[1] This statement by Dutch theologian Carlos Mesters asserts that hermeneutics (the art, science, mechanics, and study of interpretation) is not particular […] Source: https://atoday.org/interpreting-life-with-the-help-of-the-bible/