NEC - News
Reaffirming The Adventist Church's Response to COVID-19
The apostle Paul writes in his letter to the Philippians, " And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness...
21 November 2021
Pastor Ian Sweeney Elected for a TED Post
Pastor Ian Sweeney, President of the British Union Conference (BUC), has been voted to a new position of Field Secretary at the Trans-European Division (TED). The vote came about after an end of year meeting by the Division's Executive Committee members on Sunday, 14 November 2021. Sweeney respon...
15 November 2021
Final Report of Newly Appointed NEC Officers, Directors & Sponsors
At the recent 63rd North England Conference Session, 295 delegates met in Leicestershire under the theme "Extending God's Kingdom to Every Community." Over the three days, the Nominating Committee presented several individuals to serve during the upcoming term, which were voted and accepted by th...
5 November 2021
BUC Departmental Changes for the Next Quinquennium
Here is a list of the officers, departmental directors and executive committee members for the next quinquennium Nominating Committee Report Administrators: Pastor Ian Sweeney - President Pastor John Surridge - Executive Secretary Mr Wederly Aguiar - Treasurer Pastor Jacques Venter - Associate Ex...
22 October 2021
BUC Session Administrational Reports
Thursday at Session ‘Be Thou My Vision, O Lord of my heart’ – the opening prayerful 8th century words of the English hymn with an Irish tune, set the tone of the Ninth Quinquennial Session of the British Union Conference (BUC). A session which takes place during incredibly challenging times, post...
22 October 2021
First NEC Workers' Meeting of the term
“We must guide the use of our tongue and let God build us up. If we subject ourselves to men and women to make us they equally can break us. Only the saviour can make us, break us and mend us again for His glory.” He said “The Command is still to go and make disciples for the kingdom of God. We have nothing to fear because God is still recruiting people for His courts above.
1 October 2021
Blackburn Day of Fellowship
“the followers of Jesus were a handful of people whom the authorities in Jerusalem regarded as ordinary, simple, unlettered, and ignorant men and women. There were just twelve men essentially, and several others with them. They had nothing to recommend them, no great names, no degrees, no money, no means of communication or of advertising. They had nothing at all, they were nobodies. And yet what we know to be a fact is that this handful of ignorant and unlettered people turned the world upside down.”
30 September 2021
NEC Session Convenes with Administrative Changes
On Wednesday 8 September, 295 delegates met together at the Jury’s Inn, Hinckley, Leicestershire, to conduct the business of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the North England Conference (NEC), to look back over the past, and to plan and trust in God for the future. The delegates represent a 1...
10 September 2021
Coventry Central and Nuneaton's Holiday Activities and Food Programme
Coventry Central and Nuneaton churches collaborated on running a Holiday Activities and Food Programme specifically for those amongst the most underprivileged in its community. Even before the pandemic, summer holidays were a particular pressure point for some families because of increased costs ...
2 September 2021
NEC APPROVES DRAFT CONSTITUTION FOR SESSION
The North England Conference Executive Committee has approved a version of the proposed new NEC Constitution to present at the NEC Session, which will run from Wednesday 8 to Friday 10 September. More than two years in the making, the latest version is draft 37, which gives an idea of the amount ...
11 August 2021
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...
16 June 2021
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...
11 June 2021
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...
14 April 2021
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...
31 March 2021