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BUC Field Presidents share Seasonal Messages
From the Desk of the SEC President As we end a very challenging year, we pause to express our appreciation to the Lord for seeing us through. In retrospect, the Lord has been very good to us. We have come out of a pandemic and lockdown, witnessing Russia invade Ukraine and war breaking out. Many ...
Faith Leaders Discuss Cost-of-Living Crisis Interventions in Parliament
Acknowledging the extent and impact of the cost-of-living crisis, Dean Russell, Watford MP, extended an invitation to faith leaders to attend a round-table discussion in Parliament. This key event was held in the Portcullis Parliamentary building at Westminster on Tuesday, 13 December. Various fa...
Season's greetings as we look back on the last year in the Scottish Mission: Pastor Jimmy Botha
A message from Pastor Jimmy Botha As we look back over 2022 in the Scottish Mission The Scottish Mission has lost two of our good pastors this year due to their relocation to Newbold College in the summer. Pastors Rory and Ivana Mendez accepted two different roles, Ivana as a lecturer at Newbold,...
SEC Teens' Day of Fellowship impacted by ADRA Appeal
Your home has been bombed Your family has been separated You have no food You are forced to flee What do you do? Nearly a thousand teens from across the South England Conference (SEC) gathered at the Emmanuel Centre in Central London on Sabbath, 10 December, for their yearly Day of Fellowship. Bu...
Newbold College of Higher Education appoints new Head of Marketing and Communications
For Immediate Release December 2022. Newbold College of Higher Education is pleased to share the appointment of Lubica Mueller in the role of The Head of Marketing and Communications. Effective December 2022, Lubica brings a wealth of experience to her new role of initiating and implementing mark...
BUC Morning Worship – On Facebook
In April this year, we told you about the regular British Union Conference (BUC) Morning Worships broadcast on Facebook. These worship broadcasts are still running every weekday morning, as they have for over two years now, and we have built up quite a small community. Our regular viewers share t...
Training for Mission and Conference Presidents
The title of this piece sounds like a beautiful utopia that doesn't exist in the Adventist Church, but it isn't. The presidents of the Irish, Scottish and Welsh Mission recently attended training for Conference presidents at the North American Division (NAD) offices in Washington DC. The British ...
Donors and Recipients Respond to Cost-of-Living Crisis Appeal
"We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibres connect us with our fellow men." Herman Melville Responding to the cost-of-living crisis, increasing inflation, and rising energy and fuel bills, British Union Conference (BUC) director Sharon Platt-McDonald developed the LAYERS and SHARE outr...
Save The Family – BEAMS 2022
Over two hundred people from across the British Union Conference (BUC) attended this year's annual British Union Evangelism And Mission Summit (BEAMS) that took place over the weekend, 18-20 November, at the Hinckley Jury's Inn hotel. The summit highlighted the importance of building stronger fam...