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by Lizwi Alpha Ntuli | 14 November 2018 | The Adventist church in Africa is sometimes regarded in the west as the ideal and model of true conservative Adventism—and in some ways it is. Adventists in Africa tend to take the Bible as it reads
Read more at the source: Spiritualism in the African Church
Article excerpt posted on en.intercer.net from Adventist Today.
Molly Henry, a year 8 student at Central Coast Adventist School (CCAS), has been invited to the Steve Irwin Gala Dinner in Brisbane on November 10 where she will receive the award from Australia Zoo and the Steve Irwin Foundation for her conservation projects and efforts. The team at Australia Zoo told Molly’s mum Melinda that Terri, Bindi and Robert Irwin, who will present the award, personally picked Molly, as she has been a stand out individual among the Wildlife Warrior group.
Molly joined…
Read more at the source: Adventist student named Wildlife Warrior of the Year
Article posted on en.intercer.net from Adventist.org News Feed.
Young finalists representing Inter-America’s 24 major church territories will compete one last time during the last bible competition of the year on Dec. 1, 2018. Finalists will travel to Belize to test their knowledge of the books of Matthew, Mark and Chapters 6-15 of Ellen G. White’s Desire of Ages.
The event becomes the 15th annual territory-wide competition initiative in which thousands of young people throughout Seventh-day Adventist churches across the Inter-American Division have dug…
Read more at the source: Inter-America’s annual Bible Competition finalists to compete in Belize
Article posted on en.intercer.net from Adventist.org News Feed.
Every year on October 14, Tiraspol, Moldova residents take to the streets, celebrating their city’s birthday. City authorities plan special events for citizens to enjoy during the holiday, and Tiraspol Adventists typically host a NEWSTART health exhibition as their contribution to the celebration.
This year the NEWSTART program was held in the city park. More than sixty people visited the exhibit, showing interest in the principles of a healthy lifestyle. It is worth noting that this time most…
Read more at the source: Young Moldova Adventists host NEWSTART health expo
Article posted on en.intercer.net from Adventist.org News Feed.
When I first moved to California, I felt like a fish out of water. I had moved from New York City to begin graduate school in a very small town located about an hour and a half drive east of Los Angeles. Prior to living in New York, I had been living in Seoul, South Korea. So as you can imagine, coming from two of the largest cities in the world to a small town took some getting used to.
During my first week in California, I decided to take a walk around my neighborhood. I saw people watering their lawns, picking lemons and avocados from their trees, and pruning their rose bushes.
“Wow!” I thought, “I’ve only seen this stuff happen in movies!”
As I rounded the block, I saw a jogger that was making his way in my direction. As he approached me, all of the familiar city-living internal warning sirens went off.
“Can you see both his hands? Remember, you can use your keys as a weapon. Why didn’t you take that self-defense course when you had the chance!”
As my mind raced, the jogger stopped, asked me how my day was, welcomed me to the neighborhood and went on his way.
“Well,” I thought. “This is new.”
You see, living in a big city had taught me that on some level I was supposed to mistrust everyone around me. And for good reason, there are a lot of bad people out there. But there are also a lot of good people in the world, many of whom would love to be smiled at and asked how their day was. The jogger had every reason in the world to mistrust me. He didn’t even know me. But the small gesture to say hello made me feel good!
The experience with the jogger popped into my head this afternoon as I rode the train home from work. I decided to put down my book and look at the person in the seat across from me and smile. She smiled back. And you know what? That felt pretty good.
“A joyful heart is good medicine. But a broken spirit dries up the bones,” (Proverbs 17:22, NASB).
Jael Amador write’s from New York, New York.
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