ADRA has launched COVID-19 response projects in 37 countries to support frontline workers, low-income families, the elderly, and people facing layoffs as a result of the crisis. In the U.S. and the Caribbean, ADRA is providing personal protective equipment (PPE) and essential medical supplies to thousands of health workers in suburban medical centers caring for […] Source: https://atoday.org/adra-steps-up-u-s-and-global-covid-19-operations-to-aid-affected-communities-and-frontline-health-workers/
News Briefs for April 30, 2020
News reports from China; the Philippines; Mongolia, Redlands Adventist Academy; Placerville, California; Papua New Guinea; La Sierra University and Ireland: A simple text message sent to Adventists friends in mainland China raised $20,000 US dollars in less than 12 hours. Samuel Wang, Chinese evangelist to the Southern Asia-Pacific region, coordinated the fund-raising project via group […] Source: https://atoday.org/news-briefs-for-april-30-2020/
New Author’s Devotional Book
Thelma Gage, a member of the Milton Keynes Seventh-day Adventist church has recently published her first book. Join Me in the Break is a compilation of short devotional readings which offer the reader a spiritual perspective on occurrences during everyday life. This British-born author was raised in the Caribbean island of Montserrat where she trained as a nurse before her return to the UK in the 1980s. The book, which she dedicates to her mother, Sarah Gage, and her late father, John Gage,…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-04-30/new-authors-devotional-book/
Cheltenham Teens and Tweens Worship on Zoom
With Zoom technology, we realised that worship and socialising together could be arranged, and we planned to have as normal a celebration as possible.Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-04-30/617/
Swansea Church Supports its Community During COVID-19
Over the past week, the Swansea community hub, has been extremely busy providing meals for the most vulnerable people in its region as well as supporting the local NHS staff. Food insecurity is one of the challenges in the area and the volunteers have been working with the local council, through one of their social workers and in partnership with another church charity has provided over 140 meals this past week.
Rafael Luz, local church pastor of the Swansea Seventh-day Adventist church,…Source: https://adventist.uk/news/article/go/2020-04-30/swansea-church-supports-its-community-during-covid-19/
