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Mental Health Awareness Week - Body Talk
This year's Mental Health Awareness week, 13-19 May, is hosted by the Mental Health Foundation. The theme is 'Body Image ‒ how we think and feel about our bodies'. Explaining the impact of body image, the Mental Health Foundation states: "Our thoughts and feelings about our bodies can impact us t...
2019-05-17T14:46:00.000Z
BUC Ministerial Council 2019
It's not often ministerial staff from within the British Union Conference (BUC) come together, so this event, planned by the Ministerial department of the BUC was a welcomed occasion. Held from Friday 3 until Monday 6 May, this extended weekend gave ministers the unique opportunity to fellowship,...
2019-05-09T15:39:00.000Z
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...
2019-05-09T15:32:00.000Z
Holy Land Visit Brings Attendees Back to the Bible
A group of Seventh-day Adventists along with their friends visited Israel to visit places associated with the Bible. Familiar sites such as the River Jordan, Galilee, Gethsemane, Bethany, Mount of Olives, Golgotha are a few of the forty-five places that the group visited. They walked through Heze...
2019-05-08T15:35:00.000Z
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 ...
2019-05-03T15:55:00.000Z
Seventh-day Adventist Becomes CEO of Christian Aid
This week the BUC office had as a visitor, Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, Chief Executive Officer of Christian Aid. Amanda who took up her position just last year in April 2018 is the first Seventh-day Adventist to hold such a post. Christian Aid has always been a pivotal charity organisation within the ...
2019-05-02T15:58:00.000Z
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...
2019-05-02T12:55:00.000Z
Adventists Perform on Easter Sunday Songs of Praise
Ken Burton, and a number of Adventist singers, were heavily featured in BBC1's Songs of Praise in two Easter programmes filmed in Jerusalem, specially commissioned by the BBC as part of the BBC 'Year of Belief' season. The first programme, aired on 14 April, followed Holy Week, and featured six s...
2019-04-17T13:35:00.000Z