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Death of Valerie Freeman
We were saddened to learn of the death of Valerie Freeman who passed away on Saturday, 29 May 2021. Valerie was born on 23 September 1933 in Lincoln in the East Midlands of England. She entered employment within the British Union Conference (BUC) in 1952 as a Bible Instructor in the North England...
ADRA-UK Launches Healthy Fundraising Initiative.
#walkforadra On the 1 June ADRA-UK launches it’s three month new and healthy fundraising initiative, #walkforadra. The aim is to raise at least £50,000 by walking £50,000 miles to help some of the most vulnerable communities in the world. As we anticipate the UK fully emerging from lockdown on th...
Grow Your Own Fruit and Veg
Anmarie Anderson from Gloucester Seventh-day Adventist church has always loved gardening from a young age. Her father being a farmer enabled her to grow up around plants and fresh food and develop a deep insight into the fine art of horticulture. Speaking of her passion for gardening Anmarie said...
Dudley House School Art Exhibition
As the country begins to open up after months of lockdown, Dudley House School embarked on a collaborative school venture on 25 May – the staging of their own art gallery experience. For one day only, the school entrance, the large hall and one of the classrooms were completely transformed and dr...
The Inaugural Virtual Members' Core of Adventism
In 2004, Pastor Eglan Brooks was impressed with a vision. It was to keep "the significant teachings of the Seventh-day Adventist Church at the forefront of our ministers', elders' and lay members' minds." This is how the annual British Union Conference (BUC) programme Core of Adventism came into ...
The Doors of the Church were Open
On Sabbath 1 May 2021, Coventry Central church and the viewers from Poland witnessed the baptism of Lukasz Brzozka (affectionately called Brother Lucas.) His journey started on a cold Thursday afternoon in December 2019 when he saw the church door open on an unusual day. (The church then was usua...
India COVID-19 Second Wave Emergency Appeal
COVID-19 is currently hitting India extremely hard. As of the 29 April there reported 378,25 infections and 3,645 deaths in the last 24 hours. The caseload has surged to 18.3 million cases. The aggressive second wave of the pandemic has overwhelmed hospitals unable to arranged adequate oxygen sup...
From Beauty to Ashes - ADRA-UK Responds to St Vincent Disaster
The verdant green of the rich landscape of the La Soufriere volcano was reminiscent of the green and pleasant land of a fairy tale. The devastation of its eruption on 9 April transformed the green dew-kissed dense rainforest to a grey volcanic apocalyptic wilderness. People fled their homes, left...