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A Seasonal Message from the BUC President and Field Presidents
BUC President – Pastor Eglan Brooks Interactions of Love. Centuries ago, the prophet Isaiah wrote, "For unto us a child is born, unto us a Son is given, and the government shall be upon His shoulders: and His name shall be called, Wonderful, Counsellor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The...
2021-12-23T11:19:00.000Z
Ordination & Commissioning Service 2021
The North England Conference was gifted a blessed Sabbath on 27 November 2021 with the ordination and commissioning of three pastors: Michael Baker, Derek Simon and Colin Woodford. It was a time of spiritual refreshing, especially considering the challenging times over the last year and a half. T...
2021-12-22T14:59:27.000Z
"Should we celebrate Christmas?"
Should we celebrate Christmas? October 1 is the date the first Christmas decorations go up in supermarkets. Yes – Christmas is the highlight of a supermarket's financial year; it isn't a religious holiday! Christmas is designed to get those last few pennies out of our pockets and get us to focus ...
2021-12-22T12:46:17.000Z
Annual Toy Service For Needy Local Children Reaches 60 Years
Two special anniversaries coincided with this year's Annual Toy Service at Stanborough Park church in Watford. Not only has this annual Christmas event been providing toys for needy local children for 60 consecutive years, but its current organiser celebrated her 25th anniversary. So both diamond...
2021-12-22T12:41:00.000Z
Pastor Eglan Brooks Becomes BUC's 25th President
As the British Union Conference (BUC) Executive Committee prayed and considered the person to succeed Pastor Ian Sweeney as President, members shared together the qualities in the leader they were looking for; integrity, humble, committed, spiritual, visionary, confident and with a passion for mi...
2021-12-09T11:17:48.000Z
The Organisational Fakery of Our Grief
In Max Porter's novella, Grief is a thing with Feathers, the unnamed widower and father, its central character, speaks about the grief of losing his young wife. He says, '"I sat alone in the living room wondering what to do. Shuffling around, waiting for shock to give way, waiting for any kind ...
2021-12-08T23:45:30.000Z
Family wins Award for Community Service
Mrs Janelle Victory and her two children, Annalise and Madiba, became recipients of the Triple AAA Foundation Awards in Leicester for their dedication to community service. Janelle Victory devotes her time and energy to supporting local people, including women and vulnerable families. She helps p...
2021-12-08T23:25:36.000Z
UK Ghanaian Adventists Virtual Day of Fellowship
The biannual gathering of the Ghanaian Adventist Congregations in UK (GAC-UK) – made up of 18 organised churches and 2 church plants – was halted by the devastating effects of Covid-19. However, on Sabbath 6 November, 2021 the first ever virtual GA-UK day of fellowship was held under the theme 'R...
2021-12-08T09:14:12.000Z
Baptism at Wednesbury Church
Wednesbury church congregation experienced a high day on Sabbath 20 November 2021, as nine young people committed their lives to the Lord through baptism. The public declaration of their commitment came after a difficult 18 months of restricted face to face worship services and prolonged Zoom pro...
2021-12-01T14:44:50.000Z
The Return of BEAMS: 'I Will Go'
The commission Jesus gave the Church starting with the immortal words "Go ye, therefore", echoing down through the ages, yet, some of us have found endeavouring to reach out to others a struggle or felt the need to recalibrate how we carry out Jesus’ command as the era of the Covid-19 pandemic dr...
2021-11-25T16:28:09.000Z
Death of Pastor Ronald Surridge
Ronald Surridge was born on 29 October 1928 at the family council house in the coal mining town of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. His mother was a Seventh-day Adventist, though his father was not. At the age of 14 Ron left home and came to work as a shoe repairer in Watford. It was here tha...
2021-11-23T18:54:00.000Z
Death of Margaret Lowe
We were saddened to learn of the death of Margaret Lowe on 10 November 2021. Margaret was born on 18 July 1946 in Stockport, Cheshire. On 16 June 1968, Margaret married Pastor Eric Lowe and their union brought about Julie, Janet, James and Jonathan. Margaret entered denominational service in Janu...
2021-11-23T18:18:32.000Z
Death of Pastor Jerrold Volney Ham-Ying
We were saddened to learn of the death of Pastor Jerrold Volney Ham-Ying on 12 October 2021. Pastor Volney, as he was known, was born on 3 June 1955 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. On 1 January 1980 he married Karen Del-Marie. Pastor Volney entered denominational employment within the British Union C...
2021-11-23T18:16:47.000Z
Death of Joy Beardsell
We were saddened to learn of the death of Joy Beardsell on 30 October 2021. Joy was born on 12 December 1934 in Pretoria, South Africa, to Leonard and Hilda Barrett. On 7 August 1955, Joy married Dr Derek Beardsell and their union brought about Eileen, Beryl and Robert. Joy entered denominational...
2021-11-23T18:14:40.000Z
