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Bournemouth Baptisms in the Sea!
The 26 September, was a very special day for the Bournemouth Church. The sun shone down as the small crowd gather by the shore of the Bournemouth sea. Local minister, Pastor Laszlo Liebhardt and Elder Doug Vine, took Christine Chipare Matore, then Mr Peter Breedon, into the water. Many of the con...
2020-10-30T11:52:41.000Z
New Children's Book on Health
Written by Lynne Sesinye-Samwinga, 'My Health: Eight ways I care for my body' is a children's picture book featuring bright, colourful illustrations which every child aged between 3-9 will enjoy. It is an excellent way of teaching children the important ways they can care for their bodies to b...
2020-10-28T13:23:06.000Z
Birmingham Churches Reach Out Under Lockdown
You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before . Rahm Emanuel What a different year it has been! Although the pandemic has caused the doors of our church buildings in Area 5 to remain closed for the past seve...
2020-10-21T15:09:13.000Z
Scripture and Violence – The 2020 Beach Lecture
What is the relationship between religious scripture and violence? The 2020 Beach Lecture held on Tuesday 13 October, explored this question – in 105 minutes
2020-10-20T15:23:49.000Z
ADRA-UK Reduces Food Insecurity in the World’s Most Troubled Hotspot.
Did you know that 20 million slices of bread, 4.4 million potatoes, 3.1 million glasses of milk, 2 million eggs and 0.9 million bananas are wasted everyday in the UK ( www.toogoodtogo.co.uk ) And, yet a news report from the 21st April suggests that the World Food programme estimated that due to C...
2020-10-15T15:16:07.000Z
Sophia Nicholls Receives Outstanding Leadership Award
In a recent video interview Sophia Nicholls tells her story and the reason she and her husband Nigel, formed the Adventist Special Needs Association (ASNA). The video interview was in response to receiving an award for Outstanding Leadership from the South England Conference (SEC) celebrating 25 ...
2020-10-15T14:34:01.000Z
2020 Nobel Peace Prize goes to ADRA-UK Partner the UN World Food Programme
Congratulations to the UN World Food Programme, one of ADRA’s partners in their world-wide projects for winning the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize. Bert Smit, CEO, ADRA-UK, said, "ADRA-UK provided seed funding to ADRA Zambia in 2018 and further funding from the 2019 ADRA Appeal to work in drought-affecte...
2020-10-09T10:01:24.000Z
A Reflection for 2020 World Mental Health Day - Sabbath 10th October
The challenges of the pandemic have affected almost every country in the world. It is no ‘respecter of persons’.
2020-10-08T17:08:58.000Z
BUC Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Women's Ministries
25 years is a significant milestone. A couple's 25th (Silver) Wedding Anniversary, marks a quarter of a century sharing their love and life together. It's a milestone anniversary, and as such, it deserves celebrating. This week we have been blessed to celebrate 25 years of God leading the work of...
2020-10-08T12:31:33.000Z
SEC Pastor Authors New Book on Divorce Care for Men
n his new book entitled, 'Picking Up the Pieces', Paul writes based on his own experience of divorce
2020-10-08T11:11:28.000Z
Death of Pastor Clyde Moore
My dear Clyde started his journey on 26 July 1957, in Nottingham. His parents had come over from Jamaica. Clyde thought he was their first child; then came a few little sisters. One day he came home from school to be met by 3 strangers, his 2 older brothers and an older sister, what a shock. As t...
2020-10-08T11:01:11.000Z
Another Busy Month Ahead for ADRA-UK
The month of October will be a busy month for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA-UK) as we continue with our 2020 Virtual Gift Box Appeal, launch our Tuesday Night Live monthly webinars and we celebrate Activate October
2020-10-01T13:47:56.000Z
Newbold Diversity Seminar: The Racial Pandemic of Ignorance − Black Lives Matter
The speaker was Dr Gifford Rhamie, Senior Lecturer in Pastoral and Biblical Studies and Director of Field Education at Newbold. The lecture title was: The Racial Pandemic of Ignorance: Black Lives Matter.
2020-09-30T13:04:40.000Z
Death of Sven Ohman
We were saddened to learn of the sudden passing of Pastor Alan Sven Ohman (known as Sven) on Sunday 23 August 2020. Sven was born on 18 July 1946 in Northampton to Lennart and Agnes Ohman. He spent his early years in Quebec City, Canada, where his father was planting churches, and where his young...
2020-09-30T12:59:21.000Z