SEC - News
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.
21 June 2019
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.
14 June 2019
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...
6 June 2019
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 ...
23 May 2019
ADRA-UK Project in Ghana
Bert Smit, CEO of ADRA-UK, recently paid a visit to Ghana – home of our recent BAAT (Bono Asante Atea) Project. This project, co-funded by the European Commission and ADRA-UK, will assist cashew nut farmers in the cashew belt of Ghana. The cashew nut has risen to become the second largest foreign...
9 May 2019
BUC Pathfinders Excel in North American Division Level Testing Finals
On Sabbath 27 April, 210 teams each consisting of up to seven Pathfinders assembled at Rock Valley College in Rockford, Illinois, to take part in the North American Division (NAD) Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) Division finals. Teams came from all Unions across America, Canada and the British ...
3 May 2019
BUC Ministerial Council 2019 Coming soon
This weekend 3-6 May, over 400 minsters and their families from within the British Union Conference will be spending the bank holiday period in a time of spiritual, physical and social refreshment and renewal. This precious time will enable ministers and departmental directors to spend valuable t...
2 May 2019
A Mother's Love
A special programme dedicated to mothers took place at the Hackney Seventh-day Adventist church on Sabbath 6 April in recognition of mothers' day. Sabbath School Superintendent, Maria Vinas, said, "A mother's love is nurturing and enables her children to grow. A mother's love is faithful ‒ she en...
17 April 2019
Croydon Adventist church on BBC Radio 4 Sunday service
Croydon Seventh-day Adventist church are no novices when it comes to engaging with the media. With gospel choirs that tour the country performing in prestigious venues and regular members appearing on Songs of Praise, the invitation to be the host church for the weekly BBC Radio 4 Sunday service ...
24 January 2019
Adventist Church Member Dr Mark Prince Receives OBE From Queen
'What is Truth?'. On Sabbath 17 November 2018, Dr Mark Prince, preached in his own unique, and dynamic way to a packed church. Wood Green had never before witnessed so many visiting friends joining its regular members for worship on a Sabbath morning. God has surely used the personal tragedy in M...
18 January 2019
Adventists Contribute to Royal Wedding
1.9 billion people who watched the royal wedding around the world on 19 May, would have seen in the midst of the usual pomp and circumstance associated with these events a rather significant spiritual tone. This was evident through the familiar hymns, scriptural passages, a rousing address that c...
23 May 2018
Runners Brave the Cold for ADRA Fun Run 2018
It would have been so much easier to stay at home in a warm bed, but many runners came out to brave the cold to take part in this year's ADRA fun run. Held in the familiar site of Crystal Palace Park, over 100 people supported the annual event which was held on Sunday 29 April. At these events th...
3 March 2018