From Libna Stevens, Inter-American Division News – 10 March 2020 | The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Honduras inaugurated its first community center for the Chinese community in Tegucigalpa this week. The new center will provide service to the thousands of Chinese families in Honduras. The inaugural event was attended by leaders from the Chinese Embassy. […] Source: https://atoday.org/honduran-adventists-inaugurate-new-chinese-community-center/
EPIC Adventist Church Uses Small Group Models, Attracts Young Adults
by Stefani Leeper | 10 March 2020 | How do Adventist churches attract and retain young adults? If you read our CrossWalk Church feature, you’re aware that its drastic growth has been leading to further growth and young adult retention. However, one Chicago-based Adventist pastor has taken a paradoxical approach to the whole matter, and […] Source: https://atoday.org/epic-adventist-church-uses-small-group-models-attracts-young-adults/
Our Strange Motives for Evangelism
by Eugene Gerasimov | 10 March 2020 | Once, in Sabbath School, a sister in my church shared her opinion that the reason why God had created humankind to populate the earth was that since one-third of the angels had fallen and had been expelled from heaven, God created humans to replace the followers that […] Source: https://atoday.org/our-strange-motives-for-evangelism/
Sharing Scripture for March 8 – 14
This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS Lesson and includes a brief story from current news you can use to introduce the discussion and then a series of discussion […] Source: https://atoday.org/sharing-scripture-for-march-8-14/
Agreement Reached for New Governance and Ownership of Parkview Adventist Academy
Burman University and the Alberta Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church Adopt Memorandum of Understanding.
Lacombe,
AB, October 23, 2019: In May 2019, Burman University initiated a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) with the Alberta Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist
Church regarding Parkview Adventist Academy (PAA). The goal of the MOU is to
transfer governance and ownership of Parkview Adventist Academy from Burman
University to the Alberta Conference. On Oct. 4, 2019, the Burman University
Board of Trustees voted to approve the offer of the MOU to the Alberta
Conference. On Oct. 20, 2019, the Alberta Conference Board of Directors voted
to accept the offer.
The
MOU between the two organizations, which goes into effect Nov. 1, 2019,
outlines that the Alberta Conference
will commence ownership and operation of PAA in the fall of 2020. Burman
University will also provide land and an endowment that will facilitate the
building of a new high school. The Alberta Conference will assume full
responsibility for the planning and construction of the new facility. PAA will
remain at its existing location until the new building is complete. A date for
construction has yet to be determined.
Burman
University and the Alberta Conference have worked diligently to ensure the
long-term success of PAA. The Alberta Conference is happy to accommodate the
transition of PAA from a Burman/Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada entity
to an Alberta Conference school.
–Republished from Alberta Adventist News
To view the entire Alberta Adventist News magazine, go to https://www.albertaadventist.ca/news/aan.
