Seventh-day Adventists in the Santa Catarina state of Brazil won’t let a mere global pandemic stop their quest to help people live free of smoking: the University Adventist Church in Florianópolis, the state capital, recently produced a five-day stop smoking clinic online, and the impact was life-changing.
Here’s an example: 57-year-old Zelene has been smoking for about 40 years, and now smokes about 12 cigarettes a day. She prayed for an answer, and through a neighbor, she learned of the…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/HWmb-sATaHM/
Seventh-day Adventist network in Chile airs first season of “On the Gospel Route”
After 126 years in the Republic of Chile, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is known—there are 104,000 members in a nation of approximately 19 million people—but its multifaceted work in sharing the Gospel could be better understood. A just-concluded series of programs for church-owned Nuevo Tempo Network was produced to do just that.
“On the Gospel Route” concluded its first season of 24 episodes. The goal was to publicize the work carried out by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Chile,…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/RLwj1bPV84M/
Adventist Churches in Jamaica Cautiously Reopen
Although the government of Jamaica has eased the restrictions on the number of people allowed to gather in one location, most of the Seventh-day Adventist membership on the island continues to worship virtually.
Since its first positive case of the coronavirus in March, the government of Jamaica imposed several restrictions on places of mass gathering, which caused most of the more than 750 Adventist congregations, as well as those of other religious groups, to be closed.
On May 16, 2020,…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/36l9VryKBkk/
Social isolation brought an opportunity to strengthen marriages
Recognizing the pressures created for families during the COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdowns, the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s South American Division held an online family ministry series aimed at helping people cope with challenges during the period.
Along with the demands of the lockdown, other problems now plague some families: unemployment, interruption of schooling, decreased income, and strained relationships. Pastor Alacy Barbosa, divisional Family Ministries director, spoke with ASN…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/v1IKM2RWUlQ/
Course teaches leaders on child and adolescent protection
An unprecedented initiative by the Pathfinders and Adventurers Ministries of the Seventh-day Adventist Church has, since early March, trained more than 10,000 leaders on the Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA), 1990 legislation. During quarantine, the the department, which coordinates the work of more than 12,000 Pathfinder clubs (10 to 15 years) and more than 7,800 Adventurer clubs (6 to 9 years) in eight South American countries, has made the course available in eight modules, totally online….Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/F083BseKT0w/
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