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Church Member Wins Heros Award
Tony Hawkins has always been a member of the Nottingham Deaf Society (NDS) and the deaf community which he calls his second home. What we now know is the NDS on Forest Road in Nottingham originally had its origins as the Nottingham Deaf School in 1950. Tony has been a long-standing volunteer over...
BUC Session Postponed
On Thursday 10 June 2021 the British Union Conference (BUC) Executive Committee voted to postpone the BUC Session from its previously scheduled dates of Thursday 8 and Friday 9 July 2021. This is primarily because the hotel we had been planning to use was requisitioned for government use at the t...
St. Vincent Volcano Eruption Appeal
The La Soufrière volcano on the Caribbean island of St Vincent erupted on 9 April blanketing the island in a layer of ash and forcing nearly 20,000 people to evacuate their homes. Dust and ash have covered roads and buildings around the island. With power outages and water supplies cut off, thous...
NEC Area 5 Rubik's Cube Champions
Some of the Birmingham churches supported by ADRA-UK were able to gift 225 children in Area 5 with a unique and specially designed Rubik's Cube, including neighbours, friends and church family children. They were given the original, iconic Rubik's Cube with a Seventh-day Adventist logo, the fruit...
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...
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...
Seasonal Year End Messages From the Presidents
Pastor Ian Sweeney - President British Union Conference On behalf of the British Union Conference, I would like to extend season's greetings to all our church family. Quite obviously 2020 has been a most remarkable year which has been defined by Covid-19 and all the devastation that has been left...
BUC Presents: Three Cosmic Messages with Mark Finley
This 13-part series goes into the heart of the biblical book of Revelation providing you with a clear and deeper understanding of the events surrounding the last days in light of the Three Angels Messages of Revelation 14.
Aberdaron Work Retreat
We were blessed with good weather and along with willing spirits we managed to get a good amount of work done.
Refresh: NEC Virtual Weekend Summit
The Youth Department of the North England Conference (NEC) hosted, in partnership with the Central California Conference (CCC) Young Adult Department a weekend, Virtual Summit. For 34 continuous hours there was programming that the youth and young adults could participate in! From 5:00 pm on Frid...
Second Lockdown and the Effects on Church Worship
Under the new rules, all religious services are to be stopped once more.
Lockdown: Things You Can Do In England's New Lockdown
The new four-week lockdown has officially started in England. The government has brought the measures in because of the rise in cases of coronavirus and hospital admissions. However, although lockdown number two is not as strict as the one in spring, it does mean places of worship will have to be...
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...
Why Stanborough School?
Why would any parent choose to send their child to a private or fee paying or independent school when the United Kingdom has thousands of outstanding state schools that that do not charge school fees? There are several reasons that parents could give, however, the best responses will come from th...
Joint Statement on Present Situation Regarding Re-opening of Churches
The presidents of the five entities of the BUC, issue the statement below.