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Baptism at Wednesbury Church
Wednesbury church congregation experienced a high day on Sabbath 20 November 2021, as nine young people committed their lives to the Lord through baptism. The public declaration of their commitment came after a difficult 18 months of restricted face to face worship services and prolonged Zoom pro...
2021-12-01T14:44:50.000Z
26 November - Vol 126 Issue 11
2021-11-26T17:17:00.000Z
The Return of BEAMS: 'I Will Go'
The commission Jesus gave the Church starting with the immortal words "Go ye, therefore", echoing down through the ages, yet, some of us have found endeavouring to reach out to others a struggle or felt the need to recalibrate how we carry out Jesus’ command as the era of the Covid-19 pandemic dr...
2021-11-25T16:28:09.000Z
Death of Pastor Ronald Surridge
Ronald Surridge was born on 29 October 1928 at the family council house in the coal mining town of Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. His mother was a Seventh-day Adventist, though his father was not. At the age of 14 Ron left home and came to work as a shoe repairer in Watford. It was here tha...
2021-11-23T18:54:00.000Z
Death of Margaret Lowe
We were saddened to learn of the death of Margaret Lowe on 10 November 2021. Margaret was born on 18 July 1946 in Stockport, Cheshire. On 16 June 1968, Margaret married Pastor Eric Lowe and their union brought about Julie, Janet, James and Jonathan. Margaret entered denominational service in Janu...
2021-11-23T18:18:32.000Z
Death of Pastor Jerrold Volney Ham-Ying
We were saddened to learn of the death of Pastor Jerrold Volney Ham-Ying on 12 October 2021. Pastor Volney, as he was known, was born on 3 June 1955 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. On 1 January 1980 he married Karen Del-Marie. Pastor Volney entered denominational employment within the British Union C...
2021-11-23T18:16:47.000Z
Death of Joy Beardsell
We were saddened to learn of the death of Joy Beardsell on 30 October 2021. Joy was born on 12 December 1934 in Pretoria, South Africa, to Leonard and Hilda Barrett. On 7 August 1955, Joy married Dr Derek Beardsell and their union brought about Eileen, Beryl and Robert. Joy entered denominational...
2021-11-23T18:14:40.000Z
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...
2021-11-21T21:58:56.000Z
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...
2021-11-15T12:38:50.000Z