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One Vision Leads Community Event for Stephen Lawrence Day
"Learn to do good. Seek justice. Help the oppressed…" Isaiah 1:17 (NLT) Thirty years on from the callous, racially motivated murder of Stephen Lawrence, a community united to combat racism and stood in solidarity in honour of Stephen's memory and a commitment seeking to forge a future void of rac...
2023-05-11T19:52:39.000Z
Adventist Church Represented at Lord Lieutenant's Event
On Tuesday, 2 May 2023, Seventh-day Adventists were among the faith leaders invited to a special tea hosted by Robert Voss CBE CStJ, His Majesty's Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire. The event was held at the Bhaktivedanta Manor, Aldenham, once a training college for St Bartholomew's Hospital, but ...
2023-05-10T12:41:02.000Z
Thirty Years After Waco, The Church and Families Remember
“Anchored: A Service of Remembrance, Reflection, Resilience and Reassurance”
2023-04-28T05:20:00.000Z
Waco Commemoration – Family Members Speak
After the Thirtieth Anniversary Commemoration Service held at Newbold College of Higher Education on Wednesday 19 April, Vilroy McBean and Dimplets Taylor share their memories of the tragedy and the continuing sense of loss. Vilroy McBean How does your story connect with the Waco tragedy? My brot...
2023-04-28T05:15:00.000Z
Waco – Have We Learnt the Lessons?
Church leaders, two college lecturers and a student reflect.
2023-04-28T05:10:00.000Z
Obituary - Pastor Ebenezer O Sackey
With a heavy heart, the South England Conference (SEC) wishes to share the news of the passing of Pastor Ebenezer Sackey. The SEC President, Emmanuel Osei, said, "Pastor Sackey served in the South England Conference for many years before retiring in 2010 and returning to Ghana in 2022." The sad e...
2023-04-21T05:16:18.000Z
Easter video message from the BUC President
Pastor Eglan Brooks, President of the British Union Conference (BUC) shares an Easter video message with the British Union audience.
2023-04-06T12:49:35.000Z
The Easter Break – An Explosion of Life after the Quiet
Easter tends to be a very quiet time here at the British Union Conference (BUC) office. A few of my colleagues have children at school, and they take the opportunity of the holidays to go away for a few days. Others visit family members or use some of their annual leave to work in their gardens o...
2023-04-06T07:50:00.000Z
Edmonton Church Facilitates Organ Donation Awareness Event
On the afternoon of Sabbath, 1 April, members of the Edmonton Adventist church and community visitors attended the Living Kidney Transplant Donor Community Awareness event. The event was a joint NHS initiative which is a project led by the Royal Free Hospital. Edith Samambwa – South England Confe...
2023-04-05T14:36:43.000Z
Prime Minister thanks Stanborough Park church member for his work as a Community Champion
Enoch Kanagaraj, Stanborough Park church member and Chief Executive of 'One Vision' charity, has been recognised for contributions to his church's local community by being awarded the title 'Community Champion' and invited to a reception at Number 10 Downing Street to meet the Prime Minister, Ris...
2023-03-30T14:50:00.000Z
An interview with Sharon Platt-McDonald on her recent publication – Sacred Hours
Sacred Hours is a devotional book explicitly focusing on the Sabbath. Unlike other devotionals, the structure helps you appreciate the untapped benefits and blessings of Sabbath observance. The author, Sharon Platt-McDonald, invites you into a reflection and an evaluation as you use this materia...
2023-03-30T14:20:00.000Z
WACO 30th Anniversary: Continuities and Discontinuities
The onus is on each one of us to ensure that we are diligent students of the Bible The devastating loss of life, especially that of children, in the siege of the Branch Davidians at Waco on 19 April 1993 was tragic. As highlighted in the media coverage of the event and the subsequent trials and i...
2023-03-24T22:28:00.000Z
WACO 30th Anniversary: Recognising His Voice
"My Sheep Know My Voice" In 1990, I was serving as an intern pastor in the Manchester district of churches. One Friday, I received a call notifying me that a number of our young people were going to attend a Bible study that evening, and I decided to go along. I arrived at the home at 7 pm, where...
2023-03-24T22:24:00.000Z
WACO 30th Anniversary: Cliff – A Personal Reflection
I should have made Cliff a friend, but I couldn’t and I didn’t... When Clifford Sellors arrived at Newbold in 1985, I was two-thirds of the way through my pastoral training. What I immediately remember of Cliff is that he was a quiet, friendly, gentle young English person with a warm East Midland...
2023-03-24T22:19:00.000Z
Has anybody here seen my friend John?
Now, thirty years on, the memories of this tragic moment evoke difficult emotions in me that I thought I had processed a long time ago. In December 1987, I left the comfort of what was familiar to me and took a journey to West Indies College (WIC), now known as Northern Caribbean University, to b...
2023-03-24T22:14:00.000Z