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BUC Responds to Death of HRH Prince Philip
Britain's Prince Philip, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, died at age 99 on 9 April at Windsor Castle
Separating Fact From Fiction - BUC COVID Vaccines Webinar
Since the launch and roll-out of Covid-19 Vaccinations in the UK, much debate and controversy has arisen at all levels around its impact, safety, efficacy and issues relating to liberty, faith and conscience. On 2 December 2020, the Pfizer vaccine was approved and was the first to be rolled out. ...
NEC Area 5 Rubik's Cube Champions
Some of the Birmingham churches supported by ADRA-UK were able to gift 225 children in Area 5 with a unique and specially designed Rubik's Cube, including neighbours, friends and church family children. They were given the original, iconic Rubik's Cube with a Seventh-day Adventist logo, the fruit...
Stanborough Press Author Wins The Wise Woman Award for Top Christian Book 2021
One of the books published by The Stanborough Press Ltd was presented with the prestigious Wise Women Award on 14 March 2021 for outstanding Christian Book of the Year. Stanborough Press's book won the hotly contested prize over many other nominees. The book that won is entitled Cooking With Kid...
Death of Pastor David Markham
We were saddened to learn of the death of Pastor David Markham on 10 March 2021. Pastor Markham was born on 21 February 1940 in Burton-On-Trent. He married Sylvia Newsam on 26 July 1965 and their union brought about Timothy, Andrew, Jonathan and Philip. Before entering denominational employment, ...
God Answers Prayers!
For the past five years Robert and Michelle Sullivan have been the owner-operators of their farm, The Artisan Grower Ltd., in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. They have been supplying restaurants and chefs with their local edible flowers and microgreens. They have also provided retail customers with veg ...
WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER! - ADRA UK Appeal Launch
ADRA-UK launched its Annual Appeal on 27 March with a special YouTube. Together , the theme of this year’s Appeal, invites volunteers, funders and potential donors, to journey with ADRA during 2021. As we seek to manage development projects, support local community grassroots hubs, and provide ...
Valuing Water
Did you now that the average person in the UK uses 150 litres of water a day? But most of us in the UK use water without thinking. We brush our teeth and let the water run in the sink. We boil a full kettle to make one hot drink. We wash clothes on a daily basis, water plants and take long shower...
Death of Pastor James Phillip
Sadly, Pastor Phillip passed away peacefully in hospital as a result of chronic illness.
Online Bible Course Now Available
The ADC course Try Jesus - The Story of Jesus is now live on www.discoveronline.org.uk We have also launched Coping with Stress as an additional new online course on www.discoveronline.org.uk There are now twenty (20) local churches Online Bible Schools which are also live. Try Jesus -...
Football Ministry in Reading
My name is James, and I am currently a full-time A-level student. Around 2-and-a-half years ago my friends and I were in general conversation and one of us posed a question. "Why don't we start a football team?" A lot of us had been playing football together since primary school, we also had olde...
Chiswick Church Homeless Project
The plight of the homeless and those sleeping rough has never been at a more drastic level. According to latest government figures in the autumn of 2020, 2,688 are estimated to be sleeping rough every single night. This staggering figure must be labelled inaccurate at best, with the knowledge of ...
Community Parent Starts Funding Initiative for Seventh-day Adventist School
Dudley House School , the Seventh-day Adventist school in Grantham, is amazingly blessed with parents who truly believe in the education the school offers. When, during a parents' evening, it was revealed to parents that the school was experiencing Covid-19-related financial troubles, the earnest...
New Website Launch for Norwich
1 March 2021 was a special night for the Norwich Seventh-day Adventist church as they launched their new website out into the world. We had special guest speakers (Pastor Sam Davies, SEC Communication Director; Pastor Richard Daly, BUC Communication Director) highlighting the importance of this...
Positive Trends in Tithes Across the BUC
Deep into this latest lockdown, the green shoots of a hopeful recovery of health abound. Continued extremely positive tithe and notes FYI below: 1. BUC-wide tithe down on 2019 by £1,645,867 (6.8%). 2. SEC & NEC tithe down by £1.09m (-7.0%) and £570k (-8.5%) on 2019. 3. SM (+9.8%) & WM (+8.1%) & I...