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Feeding the Homeless in Bristol on New Year's Day
Wednesday 1 January 2020 saw members from the Bristol Central Adventist church joined by Mercedes Williams, a nurse at the local Southmead Hospital, to provide a free New Year meal for the homeless. Community Ministries leader Mary Philip held a similar event last year which Pastor Royston Smith ...
2020-01-09T11:04:04.000Z
Hundreds Attend the Funeral of Pastor Andrew Davis
Held at Newbold College of Higher Education, on Tuesday 7 January, three venues were used to cater for over 1500 people.
2020-01-09T10:52:32.000Z
Adventist Hosts BBC1 TV Show Over Christmas
Renowned choirmaster Mark De-Lisser (Wallington Seventh-day Adventist church) presents a new BBC1 television show which started this week on Monday 16 December at 9:15 am, entitled Meet the Street at Christmas . In this show Mark has four weeks to assemble four choirs of strangers, bringing them...
2019-12-18T23:47:04.000Z
Death of Pastor Andrew Davis
It is with immense regret that we confirm Pastor Andrew Davis (38) succumbed to a short and sudden illness caused by a clot in his respiratory system and passed awa y on Monday 16 December. His family, including his parents, Pastor Sam and Rowena Davis, are together at home supporting one anothe...
2019-12-17T08:00:00.000Z
Annual Service Providing Toys for Needy Local Children at Christmas
On Sabbath 14 December, for the 58th year running toys covered the platform at Stanborough Park church for the Annual Toy Service. Thanks to the late Alf Kelly adopting an idea pioneered at the Ealing Adventist church needy local children have been able to enjoy a Christmas with presents like the...
2019-12-17T07:51:00.000Z
Ken Burton to Conduct Songs of Praise Big Sing
The Big Sing was conceived in 2001, on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of BBC1's Songs of Praise. The programme ethos remains the same: congregational and performance items, however on a bigger scale: a larger venue, orchestra, larger choirs, and overall bigger production. Most of the...
2019-12-04T14:30:58.000Z
Croydon SDA Gospel Choir on BBC Songs of Praise
The Croydon Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Gospel Choir will be featuring on a number of Songs of Praise programmes on BBC1 television. The choir, celebrating forty years of unbroken service, is no stranger to the programme. In conjunction with the Kingdom Choir, of Royal Wedding fame, the choir f...
2019-12-04T14:27:23.000Z
ADRA-UK launches its 2019 Christmas Appeal
During this holiday season, give The Gift of Water by helping ADRA-UK to raise £10,000 to help build a well for the people of the Kabanana village, Zambia
2019-11-29T08:58:49.000Z
SEC Session 2019
Delegates arrived for this four-day session having ploughed through pages of reports and documents in preparation for their task.
2019-09-12T15:20:57.000Z
Four Ordained at SEC Session
SEC Sessions provide the opportunity for special occasions such as the ordination service. This session was no different, with four ministers presented for this landmark in ministerial service to a packed-out auditorium with many supporting church members in attendance. Held on Sabbath 7 Septembe...
2019-09-12T14:21:53.000Z
Children Not in School Government Consultation: BUC Response
The UK Government as part of the process of framing and passing laws, will often conduct consultations so that professionals and members of the public can give their opinion on the law(s) that are to be framed.
2019-06-21T10:09:28.000Z
BUC Executive Committee Decisions
On Thursday 13 June 2019 the British Union Conference (BUC) Executive Committee, met for their quartly meeting. Amongst the many items on the agenda were two significant ones pertaining to the role of BUC Education director to replace Kathleen Hanson and to review and appoint the Mission Officers.
2019-06-14T15:15:00.000Z
Education, Religious Liberty and the Law Seminar
Educators, Religious Liberty leaders and law professionals came together for an important seminar which focused on the government's consultation referring to a proposed legislation relating to children not in school. The aims of the seminar which took place on Sunday 26 May 2019 at the Advent Cen...
2019-06-06T10:19:00.000Z
TED Pathfinder Camporee ‒ Best Way to Make Friends
A few times in my childhood, my mum uttered the words, "Show me your friends and I'll show you who you are." This was usually in response to her experiencing a less-than-stellar quality in one of my peers or because I displayed an unsavoury learned behaviour, I had acquired from one of them. She ...
2019-05-23T14:44:00.000Z