A partnership between the Adventist Development and Assistance Resources Agency (ADRA), the Municipal Administration of Samambaia, the Uber transport company, and Mesa Brasil Sesc (Brazil Table of the Social Service of Commerce) served more than 900 people in Samambaia, the administrative region of the Federal District. The distribution was on  the morning of July 1, at the city’s ADRA center. The families were duly registered, and all COVID-19 safety measures were taken in the distribution.
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In June, Adventist state deputy Damaris Moura passed an amendment that guarantees religious conscientious objection to students and civil servants in the Brazilian state of São Paulo. 
The text is part of Bill 350/2020, which establishes emergency measures for the period of public calamity caused by the new coronavirus, voted in an extraordinary virtual session by members of the São Paulo Legislative Assembly (Alesp). The amendment helps Seventh-day Adventists in the state of São Paulo. 
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*Editor’s Note: Since 2004, the Northern Asia Pacific Division (NSD) has featured The Golden Angels, a missionary singing group composed of young volunteers who serve the Lord as “musicianaries” for a year. The following testimony shares how the current group is able to continue ministering, even in the midst of the coronavirus shutdown.
In February 2020, the missionary singing group, The Golden Angels, had completed a two-month spiritual, physical, and musical intensive training and were ready…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/6TfGSucTSS4/

Beatriz de Oliveira and silence rarely meet. On a daily basis, her routine is accompanied by music, via headphones or the speakers of her smartphone. However, along with combinations of notes, transformed into chords and melodies, in recent years her ears have become accustomed to another type of content: podcasts. 
The format—previously little known—has become popular and aroused the interest of both listeners and producers. A 2019 survey conducted by the Deezer platform revealed the…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/npNehSkcIpE/

Since the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 has become one of the most prolonged worldwide news topics in human history. The virus has changed the whole world drastically, and every detail of our individual lives fundamentally. 
In Korea, children have been staying home since Christmas without going to school. Most Adventist churches in Korea didn’t have face-to-face meetings for almost two months and have resumed with simplified services. And, although worship services could be provided online,…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/I5hU2ot-u4Y/