Thousands of people have lost jobs, superannuation funds are worth substantially less and relationship issues are becoming more apparent—those are just some of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. People are infected, health care workers are stressed and families are grieving; everyone is suffering.
The virus and its affect do not surprise God, but what is He doing about it? This question assumes two characteristics about God. Firstly, that God is love and wants to help people—the Bible…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/21rCOvMGR8Y/

Even as the global Covid-19 pandemic dominates news headlines, a major report on religious freedom released this week in Washington, D.C. provided a sobering reminder that religious persecution and restrictions continue unabated in many parts of the world. The annual report, which tracks both positive and negative trends in religious freedom, was issued April 30 by the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom (USCIRF), an independent watchdog agency that helps inform US…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/cKFQw-dcWc4/

Editor’s Note: Below is a transcript of a message, posted to You Tube on May 1, from president of the Adventist Church, Ted N.C. Wilson. Elder Wilson will release a new video each week, during the Coronavirus pandemic, which you can view here.  I’m glad to make contact this week with you, with you, our wonderful church members around the world. God has protected and cared for His church, and by God’s grace, you have been protected this week. Be of good courage in the Lord. We will get through…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/gdpI9IiYql4/

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is serving more than 2.4 million households around the world where lives have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic.  ADRA has launched COVID-19 response projects in 37 countries to support frontline workers, low-income families, the elderly, and people facing layoffs as a result of the crisis. 
“ADRA has been on the ground since the coronavirus outbreak, immediately responding and assisting the most needed areas of the world, helping…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/fTUYB_1Vqpw/

Members of Gatton and Laidley Seventh-day Adventist churches in Queensland, Australia, have teamed up to facilitate the distribution of more than 11 pallets of fresh produce donated by Coles Supermarket in response to COVID-19—on top of food hampers they regularly hand out at their “ADRA Lockyer Food Pantry”.
Having heard about their dedicated food pantry ministry, food distribution service Second Bite asked Gatton church to distribute a large donation of fresh fruit and vegetables from Coles.
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