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Turkey/Syria Earthquake: ADRA Update 2
On Monday, 20 February, two weeks after two devastating earthquakes killed thousands of people in Turkey and Syria, an aftershock of 6.3 magnitude struck Turkey's southern Hatay province near the Syrian border. ADRA staff are on the ground and continue to work in these challenging conditions. Let...
23 February 2023
Can Vegan Food be Tasty?
Even though the Seventh-day Adventist Church encourages a plant-based diet, many still think plant-based food is bland, boring, and not for them. Susanne Kirlew helps you change that view. This outdated view is still in the minds of some of us. How do I know? That is how I used to think before I ...
22 February 2023
Try Jesus! (Reflecting Hope)
The Reflecting Hope Campaign is off to a great start in Ireland! We have completed the first outreach project, and the next one is already underway. The Adventist Discovery Centre (UK and Ireland) (ADC) and Discover Truth (a member-run ministry supported by the Irish Mission (IM)) partnered...
22 February 2023
Obituary - Beryl Avril Hall (née Williams), 1931-2022
When Beryl's breath of life returned to God, who sustained her with it for 91 years, the world had one less caring, loving soul to help Him watch over folks. Her mission was to be hospitable, greeting visitors, learning their names, and taking numerous of them home for lunch over the years. After...
21 February 2023
BUC and Stanborough Primary School Collaborate on Wellbeing
Friday, 10 February, saw the inaugural launch of the Wellbeing and Mental Health Partnership between the British Union Conference (BUC) Health Ministries department and Stanborough Primary School. This initiative is an augmentation of the BUC Health Ministries Child Health Strategy, along with th...
16 February 2023
Turkey & Syria Earthquake Update - ADRA Continues to Save Lives
By the time most of you read this report, it will be 12 days since the Kahramanmaras earthquake affected the borders of south-eastern Turkey and north-western Syria. The disaster has been dubbed the worst in modern history in the region as the death toll passes 41,000. ADRA continues to escalate ...
16 February 2023
Love In Action – Willesden Adventist Church Leads On Community Outreach
A unique outreach event on 14 February, 2023, brought scores of people from the community to the Willesden Seventh-day Adventist church. Under the caption Love In Action – Touching Lives, Changing Communities, as the world focused on Valentine's Day, the church's outreach was demonstrable of Go...
16 February 2023
Death of Esnoraldo Enrique Duarte (8 September 1951 - 12 February 2023)
We share with sadness the news of the death of Pastor Esnoraldo Enrique Duarte, whose demise occurred on Sunday 12 February, after a period of illness. Duarte entered denominational employment on 15 October 1977 in his native Colombia, where he worked before joining the South England Conference (...
16 February 2023
Introducing Pastor Ratko Risteski the newest pastor in Scotland
Adding to the delight, the family is celebrating the early February birth of twin boys
14 February 2023
A Prayer Corner at Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School
A prayer corner at Harper Bell Seventh-day Adventist School results from a five-year relationship between the North England Conference (NEC) Area 5 prayer team and the school's Headmaster, Mr Nigel Oram. The connection was initiated in 2018 by Mrs Judith Asare, a member of the Parent Teacher As...
9 February 2023
ADRA Responds to Turkey Syria Earthquake
On Monday, 6 February, hours after an earthquake of 7.8-magnitude struck south-eastern Turkey and Syria, followed by an aftershock of 7.5, ADRA-UK launched an Emergency Appeal. In the past two days, thanks to your generosity, we have raised more than £20,000. Let's provide you with an update abou...
9 February 2023
Sharon Platt-McDonald speaks to BBC Three Counties Radio
'Taking Action on Mental Wellbeing'
9 February 2023
Unexpected Blessings for Coventry North Ministry to Community
Coventry North Seventh-day Adventist church opens its doors to the community every Wednesday at 1:00 pm to run a social supermarket to help families struggling with the cost-of-living crisis. Under the leadership of Brother Kingsley Forbis, the church has been running this social supermarket for ...
2 February 2023
Five Youth from Wellingborough Church Commit Their Lives to Christ
The Wellingborough Seventh-day Adventist church started 2023 on a high note witnessing young five lives give themselves to God through baptism on the first Sabbath of the year on 7 January 2023. At the Kettering Adventist church in Northamptonshire, where the baptism took place, it was a unique a...
1 February 2023