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ONE VISION DONATES PLAQUE TO HOSPICE
On Tuesday 5 July, Robert Voss CBE CStJ, HM Lord-Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, unveiled a Covid-19 memorial plaque at the Watford Peace Hospice Care. The partnership plaque donated by One Vision charity, was given to commemorate the lives lost during the pandemic and to recognise the collaborative...
Heat
The heat hit me as I left the air-conditioned truck when we arrived in Batha in the Sahel region of Chad. I was here to launch a project ADRA had started to give people access to toilet facilities. The hot wind was incredible. I was ushered to a Bedouin hut for cover, and I must say, inside the h...
GC Session: Not just a meeting but a window into an unwritten future
Photo credit: Pastor Jimmy Botha
'Aunt Mabel' - A Windrush Poem by Anthea Davis Barclay
This week marked the unveiling of a Windrush monument at Waterloo Station in remembrance of the Windrush generation and their contributions to the development of the United Kingdom. We share a tribute in a poem by freelance poet Anthea Davis Barclay to the efforts, struggles and contributions of ...
Hackney Church Celebrates Queen’s Jubilee by Serving meals to Local Community
As millions of people in the UK and worldwide celebrated the start of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee on 2 June 2022, many planned their celebrations with local themes. In keeping with the celebrative mood, Hackney Seventh-day Adventist church put on a special community meal for their residents and ...
ADRA-UK Commemorates World Refugee Day
ADRA-UK commemorated World Refugee Day on June 20 with a special video, 'Those People'* created for the occasion. Reflecting on ADRA's work worldwide with refugees, the video seeks to provide insight into the challenges faced by nearly 100 million around the world. The video features ADRA-UK and ...
ACTS OF SERVICE: Making Ministry Meaningful
Gary Chapman's best-selling book series – The Five Love Languages , outlines five ways of expressing and receiving love effectively, demonstrating commitment to a relationship. One of these ways he lists as 'Acts of Service'. This involves demonstrable practical actions that help the recipient, ...
Day Three at the General Conference Session
Stretching during voting intervals became a new feature on day three, allowing delegates to flex their muscles during the lengthy daily proceedings. Dr Peter Landless, General Conference (GC) Health Director, suggested this new opportunity to move during the three-minute time it took for the dele...
Dr Daniel Duda elected as Trans-European Division President
Photo by Pastor Jimmy Botha
Elder Ted Wilson re-elected to lead the Adventist World Church
2022 GC Session, St Louis, Missouri
BUC Delegates Prepare for GC Session 2022
Eleven delegates drawn from the various entities of the British Union Conference (BUC) will be among those taking part in the 2022 General Conference Session in St Louis, Missouri, from 6-11 June. The GC Session was initially scheduled for June 2020 but was rescheduled twice because of the impact...
Jubilee Celebrations in the BUC
2022 marks the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Up and down the United Kingdom, diverse communities are hosting events to commemorate the 70 years that she has reigned. How is the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United Kingdom marking this significant event? The Jubilee Spiritual On 1 ...
BUC Tribute to Faye Weekes
Obituary
In Remembrance
Sister Freda, the beloved mother of Pastor Vince Goddard, Roderick, Yvonne, Marlene, Ronald and Louise, passed away peacefully in hospital on Tuesday, 24 May 2022, at 1:43 am. Freda was one of the founding members of the Preston Seventh-day Adventist church in 1969. She will also be remembered fo...
The BUC Core of Adventism 2022: 'We Believe'
'We believe' was the heartbeat of the BUC Core of Adventism 2022 as the much-appreciated annual event returned from 7 to 14 May. It was a genuinely hybrid affair with attendees gathering both online and in-person for an experience that affirmed their faith in Christ, our "essential" beliefs, ...