By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Felipe Lemos)

Just as individual spiritual searching has risen dramatically worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s latest Adult Bible Study Guide, a quarterly resume of lessons that are studied worldwide, offers a look at the importance of Making Friends for God: The Joy of Participating in His Mission.
Veteran Adventist evangelist Pastor Mark Finley wrote the lessons and spoke with the South American Adventist News Agency (ASN) about the theme of this three-month study.
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Chareen Simbe/Record staff)

Students at Tenakonga Adventist Community High School, Solomon Islands, are continuing to make a difference in their community.
The school has been running a Sabbath school program in the nearby village of Susui, using resources such as picture rolls which have been provided by the Solomon Islands Mission education department.
The Susui village chief requested that the school also visit on Friday evenings to present spiritual music videos. On June 19, the first of these programs was held and…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Daniel Gonçalves)

This week, the Itajaí Central Seventh-day Adventist Church, in the interior of Santa Catarina state, launched a campaign to honor the city’s health professionals. With the hashtag #EleEstáComVocês (“He Is With You”), the project aims to support and encourage people who are on the front lines of the fight against Covid-19. Billboards in the coastal town are spreading the message, which recalls the presence of God in hospitals in the struggle for life. Images and videos also support the project on…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Rayanne Sousa)

An action carried out by the women of the Seventh-day Adventist Church of Santana do Araguaia, in Pará, Brazil, paid tribute to all employees of the city’s Sanitary Surveillance. They said prayers and words of thanks to the people who are in charge of preventing the novel coronavirus from spreading.
Adrielle Mylhena, one of the participants, says that the tribute was a way to offer comfort to workers in a delicate moment.
“It is important to bring a little more hope to those people who are on…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Alexander Maryutichev, ADRA in the Caucasus)

During the pandemic, many ministers and members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Caucasus, which makes up Azerbaijan and parts of Russia, actively responded to the needs of people by serving as volunteers. They helped older and needy people by providing assistance in delivering groceries and other goods and services.
Therefore, when the all-Russian public organization Center for Assistance to the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) proposed a project to provide masks for…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (AdventHealth)

Hospitals across AdventHealth’s footprint earned the Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award and Outstanding Patient Experience Award for 2020. The two annual awards recognize hospitals across the nation that meet stringent patient safety standards and have exceptional patient experience scores.
The Healthgrades Patient Safety Excellence Award for 2020 was achieved by AdventHealth Hendersonville, AdventHealth Shawnee Mission, Adventist Medical Center Bolingbrook, Adventist Medical Center…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (UAP News / Oscar Gonzalez)

A Seventh-day Adventist hospital in Argentina is increasing efforts to help test and treat the novel coronavirus that’s swept across the globe, including the South American nation. As of June 28, Argentina has reported 57,744 cases of COVID-19, of which 20,134 are listed as recovered. Tragically, however, 1,217 Argentinians have died from the virus.
The Adventist Sanatorium of Plata, in the nation’s interior and adjacent to the Adventist University of Plata, is carrying out advanced work on…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Lester Devine)

Arthur F Parker was born on June 30, 1899 in Victoria, Australia. He accepted the Adventist message in 1911 after visitation and Bible studies by Adventist workers. Initially, he worked as a machinist in a sawmill, then a literature evangelist.
He attended the Australasian Missionary College (Avondale) from 1923–1925, while also working, as many students did, in the Sanitarium Health Food Company factory located on the campus. After graduation in 1926, Arthur entered the organized work of the…

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