Homeless people in the city of Lages, the largest city in the mountainous region of Brazil’s Santa Catarina state, received food and encouragement from Seventh-day Adventist youths on the evening of May 30. Seventeen young adults from the city’s Central Seventh-day Adventist Church participated, first visiting a temporary shelter managed by city officials. The shelter is designed to help protect the homeless from extreme cold temperatures and other conditions.
The young people distributed 33…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/CQzIzP5qUO0/

 During the last weekend of May 29-June 1, 2020, the second International Adventist Congress for the Deaf and Deaf-blind was anticipated by a large number of European Deaf Seventh-day Adventists. The first event, held in Seville, in 2016, had been successfully considered and many were looking forward to the second congress in 2020.
But the Congress was not exempt from the restrictions lockdowns attributed to the global coronavirus pandemic. Even though many were willing to attend the event, it…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/Rw-rRdKjIzw/

Pastor Walter L. Pearson, Jr. was born on November 18, 1945, in Mobile, Alabama, in the United States.  He graduated from Oakwood College (now Oakwood University) in 1967 with a degree in Religion and Theology. 
Pastor Pearson joined the Adventist ministry in 1969 as the Associate Pastor of the Glenville Seventh-day Adventist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, alongside his mentor and Senior Pastor, Pastor Harold L. Cleveland.  Pearson was later ordained at the Allegheny West Conference Camp Meeting in…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/JBWjxLyrdvI/

A free psychological counseling program sponsored by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Brazil is helping people find hope amidst crisis—and new life in Jesus Christ.
Ouvido Amigo, or “Friendly Ear,” offers “support in a time of crisis” via its website. Those in need are connected with professionals who provide counseling and also to spiritual resources aimed at helping. Some 45 professionals volunteer to staff the program and have already fielded more than 2,000 calls for help and counseling….Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/F6VCDkIAcCo/

As are most of you, I am outraged over the heartless murder of George Floyd, the brutal slaughter of Breonna Taylor, and the Klan-style killing of Ahmaud Arbery. Yet, as I have sought to properly direct my anger and process my despair for change, I am reminded that I was equally outraged over the heinous executions of Eric Garner, Michael Brown, and Freddie Gray, all in 2014; and before them, the senseless, vigilante-style killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012. Perhaps one of the most traumatic for…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/pRlbM0at__Y/