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SEC Area 8 Media Training Equips Churches with Technical Skills for Digital Outreach in Cambridge

SEC Area 8 Media Training Equips Churches with Technical Skills for Digital Outreach in Cambridge

Cambridge Seventh-day Adventist Church hosted the SEC Area 8 ‘How to Innovate Your Church’ training on November 10, 2024. Sessions led by Dr. Sorin Petrof, Don Roberts, and Stefan Stanciu covered storytelling, website management, and audiovisual production, equipping church media teams with practical tools for effective outreach and engagement.

13 November 2024

83 Empowered for Mission at Willesden and Holloway SDA Churches' Prayer Retreat in Milton Keynes

83 Empowered for Mission at Willesden and Holloway SDA Churches' Prayer Retreat in Milton Keynes

Over 80 attendees joined a prayer retreat in Milton Keynes, hosted by Willesden and Holloway SDA Churches, for a weekend of inspiring messages, workshops, and an anointing service to empower prayer intercessors for mission.

13 November 2024

BUC STATEMENTS – 8 NOV 24

BUC STATEMENTS – 8 NOV 24

The British Union Conference (BUC) continues to support the South England Conference (SEC) as they expedite the planned process pertaining to a non-recent sexual child abuse case that Channel 4 News ran last Tuesday, 29 October 2024. We understand that the SEC is arranging a meeting with the surv...

8 November 2024

If You See Something, Say Something - Responding to Abuse

If You See Something, Say Something - Responding to Abuse

Recent shocking revelations in the national press have rocked the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the British Union Conference to its foundations and sent reverberations around the world Church. The exposure of evil in our community of faith is a sobering reminder that we ought to "Be sober, be v...

8 November 2024

Safeguarding – A Biblical Mandate

Safeguarding – A Biblical Mandate

A quote of disputed origin claims that "The measure of a civilisation is how it treats its weakest members." While the source of the reference may be in doubt, the truth of the sentiment resonates with the plethora of biblical calls to advocate and act on behalf of the vulnerable. The psalmist ur...

1 November 2024

How to Heal

How to Heal

"'But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,' declares the Lord,…" Jeremiah 30:17 We sat in reflective silence, processing the words just spoken over the several hours it took to share her story. Recounting the catalogue of childhood traumas and the subsequent repercussions in her adu...

1 November 2024

Hackney’s Community Ministries minister to the homeless at The Strand

Hackney’s Community Ministries minister to the homeless at The Strand

Last Sunday, 27th October 2024, members of the Hackney Community Ministries department ministered to the homeless at The Strand in Central London. We go out and feed the homeless once every month at The Strand. Among the volunteers in our team is 82-year-old Sister Emelda Greer and our current ol...

31 October 2024

Building Bridges: Stevenage Sabbath School Introduces ‘Lovesharing’ for Outreach

Building Bridges: Stevenage Sabbath School Introduces ‘Lovesharing’ for Outreach

Sabbath School in Stevenage was a great blessing. The approach taken by our PM Director was informative, insightful, and educational. The focus was more on making the church a pleasant, welcoming, perfumed atmosphere for the community and members. We were asked this key question: Why does the chu...

31 October 2024

Hope has a Name… and He is a solution to our Crisis

Hope has a Name… and He is a solution to our Crisis

Walthamstow two weeks series culminating in four Baptisms

30 October 2024

Hanwell SDA Church welcomes local councillors and health professionals at inaugural "Community Freebies Day"

Hanwell SDA Church welcomes local councillors and health professionals at inaugural "Community Freebies Day"

It was an immense honour and a great privilege to have three of our esteemed local councillors inaugurate our "Community Freebies Day", highlighting Public Health Promotion, Cancer Awareness and Detection, Health and Wellbeing, Community Cohesion, and Community Champions on 20th October 2024. Thi...

30 October 2024

Go Downham! Inspired for Mission

Go Downham! Inspired for Mission

Saturday, 14th September 2024, marked another successful day for Downham SDA Church. Following many prayers and planning meetings, department leaders working together under the guidance of the Personal Ministries and Health Ministries departments were granted permission by Bromley Council to deli...

30 October 2024

Pathfinders Embrace Adventure and Faith at Area 1 Curriculum Camp in Chapel Porth

Pathfinders Embrace Adventure and Faith at Area 1 Curriculum Camp in Chapel Porth

One blustery weekend from Friday, 11 October, to Sunday, 13 October 2024, 35 Pathfinders and over a dozen counsellors gathered at Chapel Porth for our first Pathfinder Curriculum Camp in recent memory. For many Pathfinders, this was their first camping experience, and they eagerly erected their t...

30 October 2024

Watford Town Seventh-day Adventist Church Unites Community in Joyful Celebration at Annual Music Day 2024

Watford Town Seventh-day Adventist Church Unites Community in Joyful Celebration at Annual Music Day 2024

On Saturday, 26th October, the Watford Town Seventh-day Adventist Church buzzed with anticipation for its annual Music Day. Hosts Linda Lusingu and Dennis Wanguirubi welcomed everyone in attendance and set the tone for the day’s proceedings. Today, the church celebrates not just musical talent bu...

30 October 2024

One Vision, Arsenal FC & Holloway SDA Church Unite to Tackle Health Inequalities in Islington

One Vision, Arsenal FC & Holloway SDA Church Unite to Tackle Health Inequalities in Islington

In an inspiring initiative to tackle health disparities within Islington’s communities, One Vision has united with Arsenal Football Club and Holloway Seventh-day Adventist Church to address health inequalities and build a stronger, more cohesive community. Led by Enoch Kanagaraj, Founder and Chie...

29 October 2024

Funeral Details – Pastor Derek C Clothier

Funeral Details – Pastor Derek C Clothier

The funeral service will be held on Monday, 4 November at the Weston-super-Mare Seventh-day Adventist church at 1:00 pm and after to the crematorium, then back to the church for the repass. As a tribute to Pastor Clothier's Welsh heritage, we kindly request that attendees wear something yellow, s...

25 October 2024