Christopher McCorvey, Eric Reason, Micheal Lorenzo Dean, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd.  These are just some of the black people who have lost their lives to police brutality in 2020 alone.
For over 400 years, black people have been fighting for their lives; fighting for basic human rights; fighting against racism, prejudice, and police brutality in the United States. 
Currently, numerous cities around the world are being bombarded with mass protests as a response to the senseless death of…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/Qs4sq6hJktk/

Throughout Australia and New Zealand this year, Sanitarium Health Food Company has been making generous donations of food to help individuals and communities suffering from bushfires and COVID-19.
In Australia alone, Sanitarium has donated more than 670,000 serves of Weet-Bix, So Good, UP&GO and Peanut Butter since March.
In addition to ongoing support for their long-term community care partners like Foodbank, ADRA and KickStart for Kids, Sanitarium’s most significant new partnership is one…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/1q3TYstVemM/

As coronavirus hit Europe in March 2020, the 150 participants of the GAiN Europe conference scheduled for Romania, 24-28 April were understandably disappointed that their annual networking opportunity was cancelled. That cancellation included the launch of the much anticipated ‘Uncertainty’ initiative, a series of films, documentaries, video clips and a book that aimed to explore hope in context of our uncertain lives.
“In April the focus on the world was on Coronavirus – and a series on any…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/_N1rxp2XtIo/

Fifty days after the Passover came the feast of Pentecost. This was the third feast in Israel’s yearly cycle of feasts. It celebrated the harvest of the first fruit and served as an annual reminder of God’s blessing. In spiritual terms, “first fruits” is a mission concept. It is a celebration of people won to Christ. The Church’s nature has always been a continuing witness to the salvation and power of God. This is true for the Old Testament where God raised up a people out of nothing to be His…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/r2rKscedXV0/

During COVID-19 lockdown, my wife Pamela and I have set a record. We haven’t been home with each other for longer than a month at a time for more than 17 years—half our 34 years of marriage. As I write, we’ve been together for 10 weeks, and it could be more to come. Pam says it’s nice having me around. She doesn’t like lonely days when church work takes me away for weeks. We used to joke that part of our secret to a good marriage was spending up to a third of our time apart and we enjoyed…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/p-l0CTGY5tU/