Offering the world’s premier business degree at Avondale from next year will give students skills for careers in leadership and management informed by Christian values. Source: https://wp.avondale.edu.au/news/2020/12/04/new-mba-at-avondale/
Professor returns as first provost
Appointing an academic recognised for shaping higher education policy and practice to a new executive role is the latest marker on Avondale’s road map for sustainable transformation. Source: https://wp.avondale.edu.au/news/2020/12/04/professor-returns-as-first-provost/
Be First in Good Works
What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? James 2:14.
Enshrouded in the pillar of cloud, Christ was the leader of His people. He gave them statutes and laws, that by obedience to His requirements, they might be His denominated people. He bestowed upon them the bounties of heaven, but He expected them, in turn, to share their blessings with others who were less favored. So He deals with His chosen people today….
Nothing gratifies the enemy more than to see the people of God at strife among themselves. We all need the daily, converting power of the grace of God, for many of our churches are backslidden. They do not reveal the genuine Christian life, and the spirit of the Master. A hundredfold more might be done than is being done to spread the gospel message nigh and afar off….
I have a message for our churches…. There is to be a deeper consecration than has yet been seen, or many will be unprepared to enter the Holy City. With some there is a desire to be first, to rule. It is right to desire to be first in good works, in attaining the Christian graces, but to many the words of Christ as recorded in the seventh chapter of Matthew are applicable today. Read and study this chapter carefully. These are the words of Christ, and it is for every individual to make diligent work for his own soul’s salvation….
We must carry on the Lord’s work unitedly. Firmly and decidedly we are to proclaim the words of God. But we must guard against creating unnecessary prejudice. Let no one, in conversation or in discourse, give sharp thrusts, for by this means doors have been closed, and opportunities have been lost.
If all our churches had been wide awake, we would not now see such poisonous influences as are now at work and many who ought to understand the truth being taken in the snares of Satan’s sophistry. Satan is at work among God’s people, even as he worked among the angels in the heavenly courts, and many are being ensnared.
The judgments of God are in the land, and our testimonies are to be given under the influence of the Holy Spirit. Now, just now, is our time to work under the sanctifying influence of the Holy Spirit. We must give the message quickly, line upon line. Men will be forced to a decision, and it is our part that they are given an opportunity to understand the truth, so that they may take their stand intelligently on the right side.—Manuscript 101, December 3, 1906, “The Lord Loveth a Cheerful Giver.”
The Upward Look p. 351
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Prayer Requests
—-Please pray for Kim, our neighbor, who is having surgery today to scrape out the infection from the surgery she had last week. Rose
—-Prayer for Barbara she’s coughing up blood. Arlene
—-Rich is being taken to hospital right now. They put him on oxygen. He is Having trouble breathing. That leaves Toms mo, Carol home alone. Darla
—-Please pray for my missionary friend in Africa who is sick. Emerson
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Adventist Response to New Covid-19 Vaccine
On Wednesday 2 December, the first UK-approved Covid-19 vaccine was formally licensed and will be rolled out from next week starting with priority groups such as NHS workers.
The Pfizer vaccine is given in two doses, with three weeks in between. Results from the phase three trial indicate that the vaccine protects more than 90% of people from becoming infected by coronavirus.
With further vaccines soon to be rolled out, there has been much debate and concern with regards to the safety and…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-12-03/adventist-response-to-new-covid-19-vaccine/
Tithes Reach 91% of 2019 Returns Across BUC
After 10 months of the pandemic in the year 2020 the latest monthly tithe report shows that we have now reached 91% (£17.7 million) of our 2019 tithe returns. We thank God despite these challenging times for the faithfulness of the return of tithe by members across the union.
With the month-long lockdown now replaced by tiered restrictions across the country, here is a summary of the trends in return of tithes around the British Union Conference to the month of October.Greatly improved tithe…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-12-02/tithes-reach-91-of-2019-returns-across-buc/
