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Untangling policies – Understanding risk and liability
What better hymn for a day on Risk Management than ‘Blessed Assurance, Jesus is mine’. That was the apt hymn choice as Pastor Ian Sweeney, President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the UK and Ireland, led worship for a group of Adventist leaders who came to understand a slew of Insurance policies and Risk Management advice from European and World Church leaders of Adventist Risk Management [ARM].
Welsh Mission Session 2019
On Sunday 2 June, up to 100 delegates from within the Welsh Mission attended the Cardiff Seventh-day Adventist church, the venue for their triennial session.
Education, Religious Liberty and the Law Seminar
Educators, Religious Liberty leaders and law professionals came together for an important seminar which focused on the government's consultation referring to a proposed legislation relating to children not in school. The aims of the seminar which took place on Sunday 26 May 2019 at the Advent Cen...
Newbold Alumni Join College's Theology Teaching Staff
While most of Newbold's students have left for the summer, the campus is still bustling. International English language groups are visiting and staff are well into preparations for the new academic year – including a reshuffle of leadership positions in the Department of Theological Studies (DTS)...
TED Pathfinder Camporee ‒ Best Way to Make Friends
A few times in my childhood, my mum uttered the words, "Show me your friends and I'll show you who you are." This was usually in response to her experiencing a less-than-stellar quality in one of my peers or because I displayed an unsavoury learned behaviour, I had acquired from one of them. She ...
BUC Director Perseveres and Receives Doctorate
Monday 13 May, 2019, for most of us was just an ordinary day, but for Pastor Richard Daly, it was anything but ordinary. Pastor Daly, accompanied by his wife and American relatives, assembled at the Washington National Cathedral for the Wesley Theological Seminary graduation. A keen interest in t...
New Book for Eddie Hypolite
Eddie Hypolite, a former worker within the South England Conference and now involved in ministry in Australia visited his home city of London last week for the launch of his new book entitled ' Living From Here '. In this insightful book, Hypolite shares the lessons he's learned on his journey fr...
Mental Health Awareness Week - Body Talk
This year's Mental Health Awareness week, 13-19 May, is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation. The theme is 'Body Image ‒ how we think and feel about our bodies'. Explaining the impact of body image, the Mental Health Foundation states: "Our thoughts and feelings about our bodies can impact us t...
BUC Ministerial Council 2019
It's not often ministerial staff from within the British Union Conference (BUC) come together, so this event, planned by the Ministerial department of the BUC was a welcomed occasion. Held from Friday 3 until Monday 6 May, this extended weekend gave ministers the unique opportunity to fellowship,...
ADRA-UK Project in Ghana
Bert Smit, CEO of ADRA-UK, recently paid a visit to Ghana – home of our recent BAAT (Bono Asante Atea) Project. This project, co-funded by the European Commission and ADRA-UK, will assist cashew nut farmers in the cashew belt of Ghana. The cashew nut has risen to become the second largest foreign...
Holy Land Visit Brings Attendees Back to the Bible
A group of Seventh-day Adventists along with their friends visited Israel to visit places associated with the Bible. Familiar sites such as the River Jordan, Galilee, Gethsemane, Bethany, Mount of Olives, Golgotha are a few of the forty-five places that the group visited. They walked through Heze...
BUC Pathfinders Excel in North American Division Level Testing Finals
On Sabbath 27 April, 210 teams each consisting of up to seven Pathfinders assembled at Rock Valley College in Rockford, Illinois, to take part in the North American Division (NAD) Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) Division finals. Teams came from all Unions across America, Canada and the British ...
Seventh-day Adventist Becomes CEO of Christian Aid
This week the BUC office had as a visitor, Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, Chief Executive Officer of Christian Aid. Amanda who took up her position just last year in April 2018 is the first Seventh-day Adventist to hold such a post. Christian Aid has always been a pivotal charity organisation within the ...
BUC Ministerial Council 2019 Coming soon
This weekend 3-6 May, over 400 minsters and their families from within the British Union Conference will be spending the bank holiday period in a time of spiritual, physical and social refreshment and renewal. This precious time will enable ministers and departmental directors to spend valuable t...
Adventists Perform on Easter Sunday Songs of Praise
Ken Burton, and a number of Adventist singers, were heavily featured in BBC1's Songs of Praise in two Easter programmes filmed in Jerusalem, specially commissioned by the BBC as part of the BBC 'Year of Belief' season. The first programme, aired on 14 April, followed Holy Week, and featured six s...