Feeling as though the campus was the safest place they could be, teachers and ancillary staff of Betikama Adventist College (BAC) and their families remained on campus during the COVID-19 lockdown.
College administration looked for ways to pull together as a team to support each other, and activities were held to bring support and comfort to everyone. The church organized 50 Days of Prayer readings for each morning and evening, and two weekends of fasting and prayer. Work bees were held at the…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/G-nhRF7baL4/
Commentary: Let’s Open Our Eyes
A solution to the problem of the great global crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic would be that we would be able to see the virus. The fact that borders and non-essential businesses have been closed, events have been canceled, we are forced to stay at home, and other restrictions derive from the fact that we don’t know where the virus is and, therefore, we have no way of attacking and destroying it.
Imagine going out of your home and, as you drive down the road, you suddenly see a cloud…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/qJ8MqglcJEY/
When pandemic cut blood supply, Korea’s Seventh-day Adventists stepped in
A Seventh-day Adventist congregation in Cheonghak-ri, a village in South Korea’s Gyeonggi region, held a blood drive to help replenish stock diminished by the coronavirus pandemic.
On a recent Sabbath morning, a blood donation bus from the Korean Red Cross arrived at the parking lot of the Cheonghak Seventh-day Adventist Church, after a deacon, Seong KiYeol, organized the effort.
Seong, a nurse at a Seoul hospital, had asked a blood supplier to deliver blood to the facility and was told he’d…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/32oIv5hhiGo/
Seventh-day Adventists in Brazil promote religious liberty amid pandemic conditions
An annual observance of State Religious Freedom Week in the Brazilian state of São Paulo took on special significance in 2020 due to the global pandemic and lockdown. The São Paulo Legislative Assembly, or ALSEP, hosted a multi-day meeting on “Religious Freedom in the Pandemic.”
Dr. Damaris Moura, a state deputy and member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Brazil, chaired the event, which featured several national and international experts and religious movement representatives.
Notable…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/HUJ9kN9apGw/
Online prayer meeting for PMM Missionaries during pandemic quarantine
Thirty-four missionaries from the Northern Asia Pacific Division (NSD) of the Seventh-day Adventist world church took to the internet recently for a prayer meeting with division officials. Part of the Pioneer Missionary Movement (PMM), an outreach to unentered areas, the missionaries were unable to gather in person due to the global pandemic.
The NSD Adventist Mission department planned for a special prayer meeting for the PMM missionaries using the Zoom videoconferencing platform. Social…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/3rnmRoVsLKo/
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