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ADRA-UK Commemorates World Refugee Day
ADRA-UK commemorated World Refugee Day on June 20 with a special video, 'Those People'* created for the occasion. Reflecting on ADRA's work worldwide with refugees, the video seeks to provide insight into the challenges faced by nearly 100 million around the world. The video features ADRA-UK and ...
23 June 2022
Weekly Bible Studies in Northampton District lead seven to decide for Christ
Sabbath on 11 June 2022 was an afternoon of spiritual refreshment and joy at the Northampton Central Adventist church. Three churches in the district came together as they received seven precious souls into membership after they affirmed faith in Jesus and baptism by immersion which signified the...
23 June 2022
Drumsticks for Father's Day: Area 3 drumming and percussion weekend
While everyone was looking for ideas on how to celebrate this year's Father's Day, which fell on Sunday, 19 June 2022, Pathfinders from Doncaster, Sheffield Burngreave and Bradford Pathfinder Clubs celebrated the day by acquiring new skills during a weekend of training in drumming and percussion....
23 June 2022
ACTS OF SERVICE: Making Ministry Meaningful
Gary Chapman's best-selling book series – The Five Love Languages , outlines five ways of expressing and receiving love effectively, demonstrating commitment to a relationship. One of these ways he lists as 'Acts of Service'. This involves demonstrable practical actions that help the recipient, ...
23 June 2022
Day Three at the General Conference Session
Stretching during voting intervals became a new feature on day three, allowing delegates to flex their muscles during the lengthy daily proceedings. Dr Peter Landless, General Conference (GC) Health Director, suggested this new opportunity to move during the three-minute time it took for the dele...
9 June 2022
Queen's Jubilee Honours List included Angela Knight Jackson
Mrs Angela Knight Jackson, Deputy Director at the Nursing Professional Development for NHS England and NHS Improvement, was honoured in the Queen's Jubilee celebrations last week for her dedicated work at the NHS. Angela, the wife of Pastor Richard Jackson (NEC), received royal honour in recognit...
9 June 2022
Elder Ted Wilson re-elected to lead the Adventist World Church
2022 GC Session, St Louis, Missouri
7 June 2022
BUC Delegates Prepare for GC Session 2022
Eleven delegates drawn from the various entities of the British Union Conference (BUC) will be among those taking part in the 2022 General Conference Session in St Louis, Missouri, from 6-11 June. The GC Session was initially scheduled for June 2020 but was rescheduled twice because of the impact...
27 May 2022
Jubilee Celebrations in the BUC
2022 marks the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Up and down the United Kingdom, diverse communities are hosting events to commemorate the 70 years that she has reigned. How is the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United Kingdom marking this significant event? The Jubilee Spiritual On 1 ...
26 May 2022
Pastor Jeff Couzins earns Doctor of Ministry Degree
On 24 May 2022, Pastor Jeff Couzins successfully defended his Doctor of Ministry in Multicultural and Multiethnic Mission and Ministry. The specific topic of Dr Couzins' research was 'An Evangelism and Discipleship Pathway to Address the Cultural and Worldview Distance Between the Seventh-day Adv...
26 May 2022
In Remembrance
Sister Freda, the beloved mother of Pastor Vince Goddard, Roderick, Yvonne, Marlene, Ronald and Louise, passed away peacefully in hospital on Tuesday, 24 May 2022, at 1:43 am. Freda was one of the founding members of the Preston Seventh-day Adventist church in 1969. She will also be remembered fo...
26 May 2022
Pathfinders in NEC Area 3 Walk Together
Can two walk together, unless they are agreed? Amos 3:3
26 May 2022
The BUC Core of Adventism 2022: 'We Believe'
'We believe' was the heartbeat of the BUC Core of Adventism 2022 as the much-appreciated annual event returned from 7 to 14 May. It was a genuinely hybrid affair with attendees gathering both online and in-person for an experience that affirmed their faith in Christ, our "essential" beliefs, ...
26 May 2022
Connect to Commit
We witness the war continuing with great concern, people losing their loved ones and their homes. We are making every effort to help accommodate refugees (including Seventh-day Adventist refugees) in the UK. Dedicated staff from Adventist Community Services from all the entities within the Britis...
25 May 2022