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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 ...
4 March 2021
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...
4 March 2021
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...
4 March 2021
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...
2 March 2021
York celebrates 100 years of Adventism
On Sabbath 13 February 2021, York Seventh-day Adventist church celebrated 100 years of the Adventist message in the city. Although we were unable to celebrate together in person we were joined virtually by many past members and pastors who may not have been able to attend physically if we were ab...
21 February 2021
Organisations Team up for Covid-19 Vaccine Accessibility
One Vision has teamed up with Met Coaches, the Hub Watford Adventist church plant and the British Union Conference (BUC) to offer residents in the community free transport to local vaccine centres. Ruth Stewart co-founder of The Hub church plant in Watford, which started two years ago, said in...
17 February 2021
Death of Pastor Michael Murtagh
We were saddened to learn of the death of Pastor Desmond Murtagh on 25 January 2021. Pastor Murtagh was born on 14 July 1926 in Dublin, Ireland. He married Alice (Peggy) Hall on 31 May 1955 and their union brought about Jackie, Janet, Karen and Neil. At age 15, Pastor Murtagh left Dublin for Engl...
17 February 2021
Stanborough Primary School Supports Wellbeing of Pupils
Stanborough Primary School is committed to supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of their pupils and staff. As they near the end of their busy first spring term, they would like to acknowledge their amazing pupils for their dedication in continuing to show our school values despite the c...
17 February 2021
COVID-19 Vaccines: Addressing Concerns, Offering Counsel
By: General Conference Department of Health Ministries, General Conference Biblical Research Institute, and Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy and School of Public Health Seventh-day Adventists look to the coming of Christ as the great culmination of history and an end of all disease, suffe...
5 February 2021
NEC and BUC Vote New Draft Constitution
Constitutions are the documents which underpin all of our activities as a Church. Because we are part of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church, our constitutions are based on models provided by the General Conference. This helps to ensure that, wherever you go in the world, our churches do t...
4 February 2021
Teens and Tweens' Day
What can you do to brighten up the dull days during a winter New Year lockdown? Have an online Teens and Tweens' Day! It has been 6 months since we last had a Teens and Tweens' Day, and we know that young people and their families enjoy them. We also know that some young people are looking for so...
4 February 2021
Online Bible School at Your Local Church
God's Word Cannot Be Halted! As we continue to be advised to stay at home for our safety and that of others the question that comes to mind is, How do we share the Good News from a distance? We encourage you to launch an Online Bible School at your local church. Disciple your students from course...
21 January 2021
The Messenger – Coming Soon, Direct to your Home
If you’ve not picked up a copy of the Messenger for a while, don’t be surprised, because it’s not been printed since the end of March 2020. But as we begin 2021 this is about to change. Due to the vision of the British Union Conference (BUC) field leaders and their respective administrative tea...
7 January 2021
Tithe Update Across the BUC
As we enter a new year, we continue to pray for God's guidance and sustaining power through all our church endeavours. Tiered restrictions pre-Christmas has now been replaced by full lockdown across the country and this will mean further hindrances to our Church services for some time. However, t...
7 January 2021