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Remembrance Service for Late Queen Held in Peace Garden
On Saturday 17 September, CEO and founder of local charity One Vision, Enoch Kanagaraj organised a 45-minute Remembrance Service for Queen Elizabeth II held in the Peace Garden in Stanborough Park, Garston. It was attended by Hertfordshire Deputy Lord Lieutenant Akhtar Zamam, Dame Helen Hyde, for...
29 September 2022
Small Church, Big Impact
Sometimes there is a perception that small churches are failing as they compare themselves to the various mega-churches. However, around 60% of Adventist congregations within the UK have congregations under 100 people. Which would mean they are 'the norm' and are doing exactly what they should be...
29 September 2022
World Pathfinder Day: Scottish Mission Pathfinders make a huge impact in Dundee
Along with inspiring worship services, the event included, a marching procession through city streets, litter picking, handing out food parcels, a games evening.
23 September 2022
Scottish Scientist Reviews Welsh Apologist's Book
Duncan Bayliss, a long-standing member of the Shrewsbury church in the Welsh Mission published his book, The Possibility of Belief: The Way Back to Hope , earlier this year. Renowned scientist, Dr John Walton of the Dundee church in the Scottish Mission offers the following review: "An absorbing...
22 September 2022
General Conference Invites Members to Complete Their Survey
The Trans-European Division (TED) of the General Conference is inviting all members in the British Union Conference (BUC) to complete the Global Church Membership Survey 2022 (GCMS 2022). The last GCMS survey was conducted in 2017 and the outcomes were valuable to both the TED and the BUC as they...
22 September 2022
Deputy Director attends HM Queen Elizabeth II State Funeral
Angela Knight Jackson MBE, Deputy Director of Nursing Professional Development, NHS England, invited to attend HM Queen Elizabeth II's State Funeral. The State Funeral had two thousand people in attendance which included around two hundred people who were recognised in the Queen's Birthday Honour...
22 September 2022
Pastor and Mrs George Dadey Retire
The Retirement Service of Pastor & Mrs George Sekyi Dadey The Reading Ghana Seventh-day Adventist Church became the destination of many church members in the UK on Sabbath, 3 September 2022. The event was the Retirement Service of Pastor George & Mrs Esther Dadey. The church was fully packed both...
22 September 2022
Four get Baptised in the North Sea
Four get baptised in the North Sea After months of Bible studies and anticipation, four South Shields church young people got baptised on 10 September 2022 at Britain's best beach. The weather looked bleak in the run-up to the baptism, with a chance of rain and high winds predicted; however, this...
22 September 2022
The Soul of a Nation
At this time of national mourning, BUC News has asked two church leaders to reflect on the social context of her passing in a 21st century globalised world and biblical lessons that we can learn from this historical event. Pastor David Neal (TED Communication & Media Director), writes the first p...
16 September 2022
ADRA Trustee Recalls Meeting Queen Twice
ADRA Trustee Recalls Meeting The Queen Twice In 2002, Her Majesty the Queen visited Jamaica as part of her Golden Jubilee celebrations. After she had visited downtown Kingston to visit a very troubled area of the capital, Her Majesty paid a visit to the British High Commission, where I was workin...
16 September 2022
UK Church Leaders Reflect on Meeting Queen Elizabeth II
UK Church Leaders Reflect on Meeting Queen Elizabeth II Since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, on Thursday 8 September, people around the country have recalled their meetings with the Queen. BUC News speaks to Pastor Richard Jackson, former President of the North England Conference and current ...
16 September 2022
Encounters with The Queen: A personal memory
"What a privilege to shake the hand of a British monarch who has, in the words of Robert Hardman, “Travelled further than all her predecessors put together…lived longer than any of them…known more historical figures than any living person and played a major role in transforming Britain from an imperial power to a multicultural nation.”
9 September 2022
Remembering Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
We join with the people of the United Kingdom, the nations of the Commonwealth and the world, in expressing sincere condolences to the Royal Family on the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Her death marks the end of the modern Elizabethan era giving 70 years of dedicated service as Britai...
8 September 2022
Urgent Prayers Needed
This afternoon, we learned that the Royal Family have gathered at Balmoral amid concerns for the Queen's health. As the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, we would like to extend our prayers to her and her family at this challenging time. We live in un...
8 September 2022
Press Open Day Provides Opportunity to Thank Retirees
The Stanborough Press held its first Open Day on their premises in Grantham, since 2019 on Sunday 4 September 2022 with over 400 people in attendance. The hosts for the event were Curtis Murphy, a former Publishing Director of the British Union Conference (BUC) and Elisabeth Sanguesa, General Ma...
8 September 2022