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Reaffirming The Adventist Church's Response to COVID-19
The apostle Paul writes in his letter to the Philippians, " And this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness...
21 November 2021
Pastor Ian Sweeney Elected for a TED Post
Pastor Ian Sweeney, President of the British Union Conference (BUC), has been voted to a new position of Field Secretary at the Trans-European Division (TED). The vote came about after an end of year meeting by the Division's Executive Committee members on Sunday, 14 November 2021. Sweeney respon...
15 November 2021
BUC Departmental Changes for the Next Quinquennium
Here is a list of the officers, departmental directors and executive committee members for the next quinquennium Nominating Committee Report Administrators: Pastor Ian Sweeney - President Pastor John Surridge - Executive Secretary Mr Wederly Aguiar - Treasurer Pastor Jacques Venter - Associate Ex...
22 October 2021
BUC Session Administrational Reports
Thursday at Session ‘Be Thou My Vision, O Lord of my heart’ – the opening prayerful 8th century words of the English hymn with an Irish tune, set the tone of the Ninth Quinquennial Session of the British Union Conference (BUC). A session which takes place during incredibly challenging times, post...
22 October 2021
BUC Session Postponed
On Thursday 10 June 2021 the British Union Conference (BUC) Executive Committee voted to postpone the BUC Session from its previously scheduled dates of Thursday 8 and Friday 9 July 2021. This is primarily because the hotel we had been planning to use was requisitioned for government use at the t...
11 June 2021
Covid-19 Testing Programme Launches at the Stanborough Park Seventh-day Adventist Centre
On 6 April, British Union Conference (BUC) Health Ministries Director, Sharon Platt-McDonald, was contacted by the Department of Health and Social Care, (DHSC) seeking to engage the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) churches in a pilot initiative to become Self-Test Collection Sites. With twice weekly ...
10 June 2021
St. Vincent Volcano Eruption Appeal
The La Soufrière volcano on the Caribbean island of St Vincent erupted on 9 April blanketing the island in a layer of ash and forcing nearly 20,000 people to evacuate their homes. Dust and ash have covered roads and buildings around the island. With power outages and water supplies cut off, thous...
14 April 2021
Stanborough Press Author Wins The Wise Woman Award for Top Christian Book 2021
One of the books published by The Stanborough Press Ltd was presented with the prestigious Wise Women Award on 14 March 2021 for outstanding Christian Book of the Year. Stanborough Press's book won the hotly contested prize over many other nominees. The book that won is entitled Cooking With Kid...
31 March 2021
Death of Pastor James Phillip
Sadly, Pastor Phillip passed away peacefully in hospital as a result of chronic illness.
7 March 2021
New Website Launch for Norwich
1 March 2021 was a special night for the Norwich Seventh-day Adventist church as they launched their new website out into the world. We had special guest speakers (Pastor Sam Davies, SEC Communication Director; Pastor Richard Daly, BUC Communication Director) highlighting the importance of this...
4 March 2021
Organisations Team up for Covid-19 Vaccine Accessibility
One Vision has teamed up with Met Coaches, the Hub Watford Adventist church plant and the British Union Conference (BUC) to offer residents in the community free transport to local vaccine centres. Ruth Stewart co-founder of The Hub church plant in Watford, which started two years ago, said in...
17 February 2021
Stanborough Primary School Supports Wellbeing of Pupils
Stanborough Primary School is committed to supporting the emotional health and wellbeing of their pupils and staff. As they near the end of their busy first spring term, they would like to acknowledge their amazing pupils for their dedication in continuing to show our school values despite the c...
17 February 2021
Death of Pastor Patrick Boyle
It is with deep sadness that we report the death of Pastor Patrick Boyle. He died on 29 December 2020. He and his wife Rosemary joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Dublin in 1956. In 1960 he went to Newbold College to train for the ministry. In 1964 he returned to Ireland and began his min...
5 January 2021