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Funeral and memorial service for Rachel Surridge
The Surridge family would like to express their thanks for the many messages of condolence they have received following the death of Rachel Surridge on 6 April. The funeral and memorial service will both take place on Wednesday, 4 May. A simple funeral service will be held at the West Herts Crema...
20 April 2022
L Is For Lifestyle - Christian Choices That Don't Cost The Earth!
Newbold College of Higher Education Diversity Lectures
20 April 2022
Ukraine Crisis Response by the BUC
A report of the BUC President's visit to the Ukraine refugees
7 April 2022
Death of Rachel Norma Surridge
Rachel Norma Phillips was born on 6 September 1928 in Kisumu, Kenya. She was the second surviving child of Ernest and Lilian Phillips, who served as missionaries at the time (see https://encyclopedia.adventist.org/article?id=6HY2 ). Lilian died of malaria two years later, and the Phillips family...
7 April 2022
Adventist Community Services respond to Ukrainian crisis
"…I was a stranger, and you invited me into your home…" Matthew 25:35 (NLT) In a swift response to the Ukrainian crisis, ADRA-UK launched its appeal for donations and convened a national committee to respond to this humanitarian plight. Adventist Community Services is now leading this national co...
7 April 2022
Dr Stephen Currow appointed as Newbold’s Next Principal
On 1 April, the Trans-European Division Executive Committee ratified the recommendation from the Newbold College of Higher Education Board of Governors, to appoint Dr Stephen J Currow as the new Principal of the College. Dr Currow assumes full leadership responsibilities with immediate effect. Dr...
1 April 2022
ADRA-UK reflects on the benefits of World Health Day 2022 – Thursday 7 April
'HEALTH IS WEALTH'
31 March 2022
‘DO GOOD’ - ADRA-UK launches its 2022 Appeal
On 24 February 2022, as all legal Covid restrictions were lifted in England, the Ukraine crisis began. Just as we believed that life here in the UK was returning to 'normal', the people of Ukraine entered an era of mass displacement, loss of homes and livelihoods because of military action. Your ...
25 March 2022
Video footage of Stanborough Press, 95 years ago in 1927
A three-part video footage of the Stanborough Press and the publishing work in the United Kingdom filmed in 1927 is now digitised and added to the BUC News YouTube channel
24 March 2022
Pathfinders respond to the call for baptism
There was excitement around Newbold College on Sabbath 12 March as Pathfinders and Adventurers arrived from across the British Union for the Union level testing. The day's event was a little different from the norm as it began with most teams arriving on time between 9.00 am and 10.00 am for regi...
24 March 2022
Home Office immigration team partners with an Adventist lay ministry for understanding.
Six Home Office officials from specialist units of the UK immigration department engaged with nearly 200 attendees in a webinar discussion to build trust and understanding with the community. The event on 5 March was organised and facilitated by an elder of the Milton Keynes Seventh-day Adventist...
24 March 2022
Four go down for Jesus at Stanborough Secondary School
Four students from Stanborough Secondary School were baptised this morning, Friday 11 March, at the end of their annual Week of Prayer. The RE teacher, Pastor Ray Patrick, who conducted the Week of Prayer, immersed Hazel, Fae, T'oluwani and Judah in the portable pool. Their peers, teachers and cl...
11 March 2022
UKRAINE APPEAL UPDATE (2) Tuesday 8 March 2022
Dear Friends Imagine that you had to leave your home with nothing more than the clothes on your back and a small walk-on suitcase. Imagine that you are a woman with two small children. You are fleeing your country not knowing whether you will ever return home or see your spouse again. You are now...
11 March 2022
A worship experience with the Ukrainian London Adventist Church
Some months ago, I accepted a request to share the Word of God with the Ukrainian church in London. The appointment coincidentally fell on Sabbath 5 March, just several days into the current conflict in Ukraine. As the conflict has escalated, the world's focus has been on dealing with the injusti...
11 March 2022
Through the eyes of an African woman – the Climate Crisis
Newbold March Diversity Lectures
11 March 2022