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Celebrating Women's Ministries Emphasis Days 2023 at the NEC
The General Conference (GC), Trans-European Division (TED), British Union Conference (BUC), and North England Conference (NEC) got together on Sabbath, 24 June 2023, to celebrate the blessings and success of the Women's Ministries Emphasis Days held worldwide in our local churches every year. The...
2023-07-20T12:20:09.000Z
Jamaica Union & BUC Collaborative Community Outreach
"Blessed are those who are generous because they feed the poor." Proverbs 22:9 (NLT) 'Giving, Caring, Sharing' is the tagline for a Jamaican Food Bank making an impact. The Jamaica Union Conference (JAMU) endeavours to reduce poverty and hunger on the island through the JAMU Food Bank. We have ex...
2023-07-20T11:23:53.000Z
Death of Becky De Oliveira
We were saddened to learn of the death of Becky De Oliveira, who passed away on 21 June 2023. Becky was born on 18 November 1971 in Enumclaw, Washington, North America. After completing high school at Auburn Adventist Academy in 1990, Becky attended Walla Walla College where she obtained a BA in ...
2023-07-14T05:39:16.000Z
New Press Editor
Dusanka Rancić was voted as the new Editor of the Stanborough Press at the last British Union Conference Executive Committee in June. She is the first female editor of 'the Press', holds a BA in Theology from the Theological Seminary, Belgrade, Serbia and Griggs University, Maryland, USA, and an ...
2023-07-14T05:23:06.000Z
Former Youth Directors are now Retirees' Chaplains
Retired church leaders, Drs Paul Tompkins and Des Boldeau, former Youth Directors of the British Union Conference, were voted as chaplains for the 425 retired church employees in the territory by the Union Executive Committee in June. Both Paul and Des have served youth, Pathfinders, and teens in...
2023-07-14T05:07:43.000Z
State of the Union: The Series
The Office of the President of the British Union Conference (BUC) will launch the State of the Union (SOTU): The Series on 20 July with a hybrid town hall meeting. The SOTU is an approach to actively listen and learn in order to clarify the value proposition of the BUC, to listen to stakeholder...
2023-06-30T06:32:43.000Z
Reflecting Hope in the Emerald Isle
Reflecting Hope , the British Union Conference (BUC) initiative (part of the General Conference's (GC) Christ for Europe programme) has injected new life into the missional spirit of pastors and church members across the Irish Mission. Under its banner, evangelistic and outreach events took pla...
2023-06-29T10:38:48.000Z
Willesden Expands its Influence
The Willesden Seventh-day Adventist church held a dedication service for their newly installed community kitchen and minivan on Sunday 18 June 2023 with over 50 people in attendance. In his opening remarks, local church pastor, Dr Mario Phillip, expressed his gratitude to God for the effective ou...
2023-06-29T09:44:10.000Z
Losing My Religion
A Call for a Resurgence of Religiosity in the Modern World
2023-06-29T09:11:07.000Z
Windrush - Why We Care
"Do not take advantage of foreigners who live among you in your land..." Leviticus 19:33 A pivotal moment in the modern history of Britain, was the arrival of HMT Empire Windrush at Tilbury dock on 22 June, 1948, bringing with her passengers from the Caribbean. The invitation Answering the call f...
2023-06-23T09:38:04.000Z
School of Evangelism takes place in Edinburgh Seventh-day Adventist Church
“The hold of religion has been stripped back in all sorts of ways…Humanist weddings can take place up a mountain or in the zoo and you can choose to be buried in a woodland without any church involvement” reports The Herald (1st April 2018 edition) on the secularisation of Scotland. Should we be ...
2023-06-16T10:08:39.000Z
Women's Ministries Emphasis Day
"I came to faith in God through a Women's Ministries Day event!" This testimony was the enthused response from Sarah, who accepted the invitation to attend an Adventist church and was so impressed by the Women's Ministries Emphasis Day programme that she continued visiting each Sabbath. She subse...
2023-06-15T15:01:25.000Z
Banbridge Church Celebrates June Lang's 90th Birthday
The Banbridge Seventh-day Adventist church celebrated the 90th birthday of June Lang on Sabbath 10 June 2023. The occasion had been kept secret by the organising team. June didn't know, until the very last moment, that her elderly son and one of her granddaughters had flown from Australia to spen...
2023-06-14T14:41:42.000Z
Double Celebration at Ystrad Mynach Church
Members of the Ystrad Mynach church in the Welsh Mission witnessed two milestone celebrations on the weekend of 20 and 21 May 2023. It was the first time the church celebrated a baptism in its church building, followed by a wedding blessing the following day, which was also a first for the church...
2023-06-14T14:20:02.000Z
In His Image
BUC Women's Ministries Director Sharon Platt-McDonald reflects on female experiences of church life and presents a mandate for supporting women. Women and the church "I don't listen to women preachers, but I'm glad I stayed to hear you speak. You preached a wonderful sermon. It's a pity you're a ...
2023-06-08T05:44:06.000Z