The Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Dominican Republic recently urged its members and citizens to join in fasting and prayer as COVID-19 cases continue to rise.
According to Pastor Paulino Puello, president of the church in the Dominican Republic, government statistics (as of May 15) show that there are 11,700 confirmed cases of the coronavirus and 470 deaths, including one church member who died last month.
Natanael Encarnacion, 55, of the Colirio Adventist Church in the southeastern…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/2f4kHrkq54I/

May 16, 2020 was a Health Emphasis Day of the Inter-European Region of Seventh-day Adventists (EUD). 
“I would like to invite us to look back, for a moment, to the beginning of the Christian church” said Valérie Dufour, EUD health ministry director.
She recommends the book Medicine & Health Care in Early Christianity, in which the author, Gary Ferngren, underlines that before the advent of Christianity there was no concept of responsibility of public officials to prevent disease or to treat…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/ccpiBTdE7j8/

There is an upside to the current travel restrictions. Online meetings save travel time and money. Zoom fatigue helps officers develop agendas that focus on the essential. With positive goodwill that is attainable.
This was certainly the case for the 48 participants of the Trans-European Division (TED) Spring Meetings, who joined by Zoom for an intense but productive morning on Monday, May 18, 2020. 
The spring Executive Committee brings together union presidents, lay and pastoral…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/Xq04I71mjDk/

From the northernmost part of Mexico to the southernmost part of Colombia, Seventh-day Adventists paused to worship and pray together during a special Sabbath program on May 16, 2020. The one-hour online program saw top church leaders in Inter-America stand and pray together in the midst of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Prayers were focused on gratitude, healing, and the social and economic needs of the membership, as well as a special outpouring of the Holy Spirit throughout the 42 countries and…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/Sys87D-zr3Y/

Staff from Adventist schools across Australia and New Zealand have worked hard to adapt to COVID-19 social isolation restrictions. Listed below are some of the creative initiatives by students, chaplains and teachers designed to help nurture healthy school communities during this time.
Prescott College (Adelaide, SA), Denise Nelson, Record staff
Students and teachers from Prescott College were proactive and well prepared for COVID-19, thanks to Zoom training, plenty of hand-sanitizer and a…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/5gCdno8VUfQ/