This year started with great pomp and ceremony as January 1 rang out. But within two months that joy and euphoria was short-lived as the United Kingdom and the whole world experienced a darkness that came over it in the form of Covid-19. Nobody expected it to last as long as it has, nobody experi...
17 December 2020
A Letter from the Editor 16 December 2020 Dear Friend In the final Messenger edition of the year there’s a real mix of joy, sorrow, concern, challenge and hope: sorrow as we remember a fallen one; concern as we wonder if youth will return to church after COVID-19; challenge as leaders work toge...
17 December 2020
I remember very clearly that day in class when Professor Danial Duda said, "Please remember that ministry it not a 100m sprint but a marathon." Well for somebody that never ran a marathon and only had to run 100m in school, what I got from that lesson is that endurance will be key on this journey...
15 December 2020
On Wednesday 2 December, the first UK-approved Covid-19 vaccine was formally licensed and will be rolled out from next week starting with priority groups such as NHS workers. The Pfizer vaccine is given in two doses, with three weeks in between. Results from the phase three trial indicate that th...
3 December 2020
After 10 months of the Covid-19 pandemic in the year 2020 the latest monthly tithe report shows that we have now reached 91% (£17.7 million) of our 2019 tithe returns. We thank God despite these challenging times for the faithfulness of the return of tithe by members across the Union. With the mo...
2 December 2020
The Newbold Sisterhood celebrated its 10th anniversary on Sabbath 14 November 2020, by leading a special online service at Newbold church based in Berkshire. The Newbold Sisterhood is the Women's Ministries department of Newbold church and reaches the women in the church as well as the wider comm...
2 December 2020
For its final lecture of 2020, the Newbold Diversity Centre was delighted to welcome Amanda Khozi Mukwashi, the CEO of Christian Aid, on Tuesday 10 November. The fact that she so clearly identifies as a Seventh-day Adventist added an extra dimension to the event. She framed her topic as a questio...
2 December 2020
Engaging. Intriguing. Edifying. Illuminating. These are all words that come to mind describing the Scotish Mission Youth Day of Fellowship hosted on Sabbath 21 November 2020. Though the Covid-19 pandemic prevented the rousing face-to-face meeting that is hosted annually, the young people of the S...
2 December 2020
Reaching out to our community during lockdown and the UK Tier system has been problematic to say the least. However, Reading West church decided to look at our situation positively and utilise the technology we had to reach out into our community in ways that we have not tried before. Zoom was ne...
2 December 2020
This 13-part series goes into the heart of the biblical book of Revelation providing you with a clear and deeper understanding of the events surrounding the last days in light of the Three Angels Messages of Revelation 14.
21 November 2020