After six Sabbaths of meeting by Zoom, the congregation of Lillehammer, Norway, longed for a more personal worship experience during lockdown. As with all other churches in Norway, the building was shut due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Their simple solution was “drive-in” church. On Saturday, April 25, between 40 and 50 members pulled up in the church parking lot, pointing their cars toward a temporary platform constructed outside the building.
The platform was set up on a trailer. Flowers, green…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/tp16RvDohuo/

Seventh-day Adventist youth, along with students from the local Adventist academy, made a positive impact recently in Imperatriz, the second-largest city in the northeastern Brazilian state of Maranhão. Its population of 250,000—like the rest of the nation—has been hard hit by the global pandemic.
In one day, the young people collected 300 kilos (approximately 661 pounds) of food donations by offering a mask in exchange for a kilo of food, or 2.2 pounds donated.
Collecting at a local…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/W4qxe3D-U8w/

In this time of confinement due to COVID-19, the Internet has become, more than ever, a daily companion. Online, you can find just about anything you want: answers to questions, information and data, entertainment, and…God? 
Among the most searched topics online is religion, and it is important that the supply of information adequately meets the demand. Theologian Chris Vogel is working on exactly that.
On his YouTube channel Masterpiece Bible, Vogel shares short (5-10-minute) videos…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/zsP025Wu0CY/

Editor’s Note: Below is a transcript of a message, posted to You Tube on May 8, 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. 
It’s good to be with you again. What a blessing it is to see how God is carrying each one of us through this amazing and difficult pandemic. Some areas that are subsiding, others that are increasing, but God will see us through, through His grace. Now,…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/EkB2IT8uX50/

The Seventh-day Adventist community on St. Croix was in solidarity with the leaders and members of the Peter’s Rest Adventist Church on May 5, 2020, as they watched their state-of-the-art church building consumed by fire. The building, located at a strategic location in the Peter’s Rest neighborhood, was considered a landmark by many on the island.
Several units from the Virgin Islands (VI) Fire Service responded and worked tirelessly to contain the fire, which spread rapidly through the…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/bS4gEJGWIpg/