By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Maryellen Fairfax)

Young adults Jeremy Choo and Jack Stott sensed a need among young Christians and non-Christians in their community for genuine connection and relevant conversation. Feeling compelled to do something, they started a Monday night gathering that has evolved into a full-fledged church plant launching soon.
“We sensed a need amongst youth our age to talk about things that don’t normally get talked about at church: relationships, mood, addiction, anxiety and other contentious topics. We felt a need…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Eber Pola)

Seventh-day Adventist young adults in the Brazilian state of São Paulo put mission into action when an auto repair shop a few yards from their church suffered fire damage and losses.
José Lima dos Santos has for 14 years owned the garage, located in the city of Salto, in the Parque Residencial Rondon neighborhood. On June 1, after completing the service of a car on a lift, a fire broke out; the blaze could not be contained. The vehicle was a total loss, as was some of Santos’ tools. A nearby…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Victor Hulbert)

Seventh-day Adventist churches in the Reading area have posted a statement of condolence following a triple murder in the center of town on Saturday evening, 20 June.
Pastor Trevor Thomas who pastors two of the five Adventist congregations in Reading responded during a special video is a message that reflects on a pastoral response to tragedy.
One of those killed was James Furlong, a teacher of history and politics at the Holt school in Wokingham, just a short drive from Newbold College of…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Andrew McChesney, Adventist Mission)

The man shining shoes caught Filip Dmitrov’s attention in Cyprus’ capital, Nicosia.
The stale odor of tobacco smoke clung to his clothes. His hands shook from alcoholism.
Filip didn’t ask for a shoe shine.
“How are you doing, my friend?” Filip asked, speaking in Bulgarian. “Do you need any help?”
The man, Yulian Jankov, looked surprised. No one had asked him such a question since he moved from Bulgaria a decade earlier. It was pleasant to hear someone expressing an interest in him.
But…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Darla Martin Tucker)

When senior pre-medical student Marielis George received an email in March announcing La Sierra University’s transition online due to the advancing pandemic, she faced a daunting reality. George, a native of New York State with just months remaining in her degree program, had the option of remaining on campus, but she felt a responsibility to her parents to fly home to Yonkers, 20 miles outside of New York City. She arrived on March 15, as the city was buckling under the pandemic’s devastating…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (June Coombs)

A community hub based at the Stanborough Park Seventh-day Adventist church in Watford, England, is currently serving more than 3,000 hot meals a week and supplying 800 grocery food parcels for vulnerable families.
Meals and groceries are provided for children who would normally benefit from free school meals when attending school and also for those families who are struggling. Teachers call on a regular basis to collect and distribute according to need, while parcels are made up for single…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (NCC Staff / IAD News Staff)

Members of the St. Peter’s Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sint Maarten recently sought out the most needy members in their congregation and residents of the surrounding community to assist with food and care packages as the pandemic crisis lingers.
The flight restrictions put in place on the island have resulted in the decline of tourism, which has drastically affected economic activity and put hundreds out of work. So the church moved quickly to collect items and distribute them to more than…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Vanessa Castro and Shounny Cruz)

Amidst rising poverty in the South American nation of Ecuador, Seventh-day Adventists in the northern part of the country distributed 682 food baskets containing an average of 11 packs of food to families in need.
“During these times of pandemic, we have reached out with food kits to meet the needs of our brethren [and others] in the region. We’re happy to have helped, but we know there is much work yet to be done,” Pastor Luis Velásquez, regional Adventist Church president, said.
Ecuador’s…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Mylon Medley)

Faith leaders, government officials, and activists advocated for prayer, social justice, and community empowerment in response to the national outcry over the death of George Floyd by law enforcement through a “virtual freedom ride.” From June 14 to 21,, “Miles to Minneapolis” took viewers on Facebook and YouTube on the virtual journey from the east coast to the mid-west. The “stops” included Columbia, Maryland; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio; Detroit, Michigan; Chicago,…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Dayane do Nascimento)

In a literal answer to prayer, Seventh-day Adventist youth in Barra do Garças, Brazil, made an immediate difference on June 13 in the life of a senior citizen who that morning had prayed for visitors.
Barra do Garças, population 50,000 and located in the interior state of Mato Grosso, is a tourist attraction in the region. Thanks to its own towering “Christ the Redeemer” statue, the city is known as “Rio de Janeiro do Oeste,” the “Rio of the West” in Brazil.
But even being a tourist…

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