Members of the St. Peter’s Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sint Maarten recently sought out the most needy members in their congregation and residents of the surrounding community to assist with food and care packages as the pandemic crisis lingers.
The flight restrictions put in place on the island have resulted in the decline of tourism, which has drastically affected economic activity and put hundreds out of work. So the church moved quickly to collect items and distribute them to more than…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/xwQPVR4Bpz4/

A community hub based at the Stanborough Park Seventh-day Adventist church in Watford, England, is currently serving more than 3,000 hot meals a week and supplying 800 grocery food parcels for vulnerable families.
Meals and groceries are provided for children who would normally benefit from free school meals when attending school and also for those families who are struggling. Teachers call on a regular basis to collect and distribute according to need, while parcels are made up for single…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/ITg7VACwFTw/

Amidst rising poverty in the South American nation of Ecuador, Seventh-day Adventists in the northern part of the country distributed 682 food baskets containing an average of 11 packs of food to families in need.
“During these times of pandemic, we have reached out with food kits to meet the needs of our brethren [and others] in the region. We’re happy to have helped, but we know there is much work yet to be done,” Pastor Luis Velásquez, regional Adventist Church president, said.
Ecuador’s…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/VE6afdAUVsE/

Faith leaders, government officials, and activists advocated for prayer, social justice, and community empowerment in response to the national outcry over the death of George Floyd by law enforcement through a “virtual freedom ride.” From June 14 to 21,, “Miles to Minneapolis” took viewers on Facebook and YouTube on the virtual journey from the east coast to the mid-west. The “stops” included Columbia, Maryland; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Chicago,…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/InJEO3IX8GM/

In a literal answer to prayer, Seventh-day Adventist youth in Barra do Garças, Brazil, made an immediate difference on June 13 in the life of a senior citizen who that morning had prayed for visitors.
Barra do Garças, population 50,000 and located in the interior state of Mato Grosso, is a tourist attraction in the region. Thanks to its own towering “Christ the Redeemer” statue, the city is known as “Rio de Janeiro do Oeste,” the “Rio of the West” in Brazil.
But even being a tourist…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/0PYHpTprsKM/