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One Vision Hosts Black History Event
A capacity audience assembled on Sunday 9 October at the Stanborough Centre, Watford, to mark the impact of black history, and celebrate achievers from diverse backgrounds. Hosted by One Vision Charity – the event organisers, invitations were extended to key individuals and groups making a signif...
13 October 2022
Adventist Community Services Addresses Energy & Fuel Crisis
"Don't look out only for your own interests, but take an interest in others, too" Philippians 2:4 (NLT) Earlier this year, Sharon Platt-McDonald, Director of Adventist Community Services (ACS), Health & Women's Ministries at the British Union Conference (BUC) developed and launched the ACTS of S...
13 October 2022
Flourishing Together - Whatever the Challenge
"This has been the most relevant, timely and impactful training I have received this year!" The enthused comment came from an attendee at the 'Let's Flourish Together!', BUC Women's Ministries event led by Karen Holford, TED director for Women, Family and Children's Ministries. Realising the sco...
6 October 2022
BUC President Leads Field Leaders to Commemorate Pastor Appreciation Day
Christians around the world acknowledge October as Pastor Appreciation Month. The General Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (GC) have designated Sabbath 8 October as Pastor Appreciation Day. Pastor Eglan Brooks, British Union Conference (BUC) President, leads senior church leaders to...
6 October 2022
Basil Powell (former BUC Treasurer's) Funeral
We are saddened to announce the death of Basil Powell on 12th September. He died peacefully at home. His funeral service is at 11am on 7th October at Stanborough Park Church. His burial is at Tring Cemetery 1pm (Aylesbury Road, Tring HP23 4DH). Basil served as Treasurer of the BUC and when he ret...
6 October 2022
Young Men Will Dream
The Internship Symposium organised by the British Union Conference (BUC) Ministerial Association took place from 20-22 September. Interns and their supervisors from across the British Isles gathered at the Union offices in order to share experiences and learn. The programme included many learning...
29 September 2022
British Union Conference Executive Votes New Strategic Plan
On 15 September, the British Union Conference (BUC) Executive Committee voted to adapt a new strategic plan to guide its operations from January 2023. Focusing on 12 key priorities, the plan addresses not only the spiritual mission of the Church and the implementation of the GC, 'I WILL GO' initi...
29 September 2022
ADRA-UK Joins NGOs to Lobby Government on Horn of Africa
On 20 September a cohort from an informal syndicate of 15 Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) visited No 10 Downing Street with a petition signed by 30,237 people urging, the new Prime Minister, Liz Truss, to fund the humanitarian response in the Horn of Africa. Currently, there are 50 million ...
29 September 2022
Remembrance Service for Late Queen Held in Peace Garden
On Saturday 17 September, CEO and founder of local charity One Vision, Enoch Kanagaraj organised a 45-minute Remembrance Service for Queen Elizabeth II held in the Peace Garden in Stanborough Park, Garston. It was attended by Hertfordshire Deputy Lord Lieutenant Akhtar Zamam, Dame Helen Hyde, for...
29 September 2022
Small Church, Big Impact
Sometimes there is a perception that small churches are failing as they compare themselves to the various mega-churches. However, around 60% of Adventist congregations within the UK have congregations under 100 people. Which would mean they are 'the norm' and are doing exactly what they should be...
29 September 2022
General Conference Invites Members to Complete Their Survey
The Trans-European Division (TED) of the General Conference is inviting all members in the British Union Conference (BUC) to complete the Global Church Membership Survey 2022 (GCMS 2022). The last GCMS survey was conducted in 2017 and the outcomes were valuable to both the TED and the BUC as they...
22 September 2022
Pastor and Mrs George Dadey Retire
The Retirement Service of Pastor & Mrs George Sekyi Dadey The Reading Ghana Seventh-day Adventist Church became the destination of many church members in the UK on Sabbath, 3 September 2022. The event was the Retirement Service of Pastor George & Mrs Esther Dadey. The church was fully packed both...
22 September 2022
The Soul of a Nation
At this time of national mourning, BUC News has asked two church leaders to reflect on the social context of her passing in a 21st century globalised world and biblical lessons that we can learn from this historical event. Pastor David Neal (TED Communication & Media Director), writes the first p...
16 September 2022
UK Church Leaders Reflect on Meeting Queen Elizabeth II
UK Church Leaders Reflect on Meeting Queen Elizabeth II Since the death of Queen Elizabeth II, on Thursday 8 September, people around the country have recalled their meetings with the Queen. BUC News speaks to Pastor Richard Jackson, former President of the North England Conference and current ...
16 September 2022
Remembering Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II
We join with the people of the United Kingdom, the nations of the Commonwealth and the world, in expressing sincere condolences to the Royal Family on the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Her death marks the end of the modern Elizabethan era giving 70 years of dedicated service as Britai...
8 September 2022