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Death of Pastor Patrick Boyle
It is with deep sadness that we report the death of Pastor Patrick Boyle. He died on 29 December 2020. He and his wife Rosemary joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Dublin in 1956. In 1960 he went to Newbold College to train for the ministry. In 1964 he returned to Ireland and began his min...
ADRA-UK: A Year in Review
Despite COVID, traditional giving to ADRA-UK is consistent and we want to thank all of you who have so wonderfully and faithfully supported our work this year
Seasonal Year End Messages From the Presidents
Pastor Ian Sweeney - President British Union Conference On behalf of the British Union Conference, I would like to extend season's greetings to all our church family. Quite obviously 2020 has been a most remarkable year which has been defined by Covid-19 and all the devastation that has been left...
24 Members Trained and Equipped for Evangelism in Wales
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- Vol 125 Issue 24
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...
Endurance Youth Week of Prayer
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...
Adventist Response to New Covid-19 Vaccine
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...
Tithes Across BUC Reach 91% of 2019 Return
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...
The Newbold Sisterhood Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
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...
November Diversity Lecture – Does Poverty Have a Colour?
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...