Two Seventh-day Adventist hospitals in California again received national recognition for patient safety and quality, independent watchdog organization The Leapfrog Group announced.
Both Loma Linda University Medical Center and its East Campus hospitals received “A” grades for spring 2020. The designations are widely considered one of the most competitive honors American hospitals can receive. “Leapfrog’s recognition of our physicians, nurses and support staff is an incredible honor,”…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/atL_209-5j0/

Some 13,500 Seventh-day Adventists across the church in the Inter-Oceanic Mexican region received food and essential items for their families as the country continues its quarantine regulations. The families selected were among the most needy across eight states comprising a church membership of more 203,400.
“Many of our members with their own small businesses do not have the possibility to work and we wanted to make sure the church did something to help them,” said Pastor Moisés Reyna,…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/TXxw6anIqsY/

A special Sabbath is being planned—like no other Sabbath in the history of the South Pacific Division (SPD) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
On this special Sabbath, thousands of Adventists from around the Division will be united in a way they have never been before. Whether you are in Kiribati or Tonga, Port Moresby or Wellington, you will have an opportunity to be part of this historic initiative.
Scheduled for May 22-23, the event will comprise a Friday evening program, Sabbath school…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/FL-CW9R1HVM/

With stay-at-home restrictions still enforced due to the Coronavirus pandemic, top Seventh-day Adventist leaders in Inter-America continue to juggle multiple video conference meetings, trainings, devotionals, sermons, and anything in-between to strengthen the church membership across its 24 unions, or major church regions.
“We are living in a new paradigm and we have to make sure to continue focusing on our ministry to nurture the church,” said Elie Henry, president of the church in…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/Q4OvHQaJ9H4/

For more than three weeks now, a group of Seventh-day Adventists across the Dutch Island of Sint Maarten have been serving over 300 meals to volunteers who have been assisting the government in packing and distributing meals to seniors and other citizens who depend on the country’s social aid system.  Volunteers from churches throughout the island have been preparing the hot meals six days a week since Apr. 5, 2020, as the island continues a nation-wide curfew because of the coronavirus…Source: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ann-en/~3/W-jPdkI_lyw/