Recently, in Curitiba Brazil, the “Child Disarmament” campaign aimed to take hundreds of violent toys from the hands of young people. 
On April 15, students from the Centennial Adventist College gathered to participate in the “Child Disarmament” campaign. The secretary of security for the State of Paraná chose the school to be one of the campaign’s headquarter schools. The campaign encourages children to exchange toy weapons or violent games, for a ball. The idea is for them to have new…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/I8tak-_pqts/

The Adventist Church’s brand promise is: “We can help you understand the Bible to find freedom, healing and hope in Jesus.”
The Sabbath School Bible Study Guides provide a great avenue towards fulfilling this promise. However, as I’ve travelled to different churches around the world, I’ve seen that many of our teens and youth don’t read or engage with the Sabbath School Study Guides. It’s certainly rare to find a church on Sabbath morning where all the Sabbath School classes are overflowing…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/5F2ePjzhh54/

This is the story of Antonio Soto, 58, a man who, for 19 years, studied the Bible with a DVD he found in the trash. “I worked in a cleaning company, in the San Joaquin district of Santiago, Chile, and it was very expensive. I picked up some DVDs and one caught my attention because it said “The Great Conflict,” Soto said. “I started watching the DVD and I liked everything that Pastor Luís Gonçalves spoke about. Inside me I felt that God was speaking to me,” Soto continued. “I was very moved by…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/NcL8LNtehhY/

The 2019 Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) Division Finals on April 26-27 drew a record-breaking 210 teams to Rockford, Illinois, located nearly 100 miles northwest of Chicago. This was the first time in PBE’s history that more than 200 teams participated in the division level testing. Approximately 3,500 people filled the sports complex of the Rockford Valley Community College, a number that shocked organizers.
“One of the things that really surprised us is that there are so many clubs coming…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/eRQ1g3T7bCs/

Top administrators and leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church from throughout the Inter-American Division (IAD) began their mid-year annual business meetings this week. They are reviewing membership growth figures and voting major evangelism initiatives and activities that will multiply efforts to finish strong next year as the five-year period ends in July.  The dozens of executive committee members rubbed elbows, heard progress reports, and took actions in the packed church’s headquarters…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/BROwt19z4DE/