By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (DonaJayne Potts)

Now that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has recommended wearing face masks in public to slow the spread of COVID-19, it’s important to know how to properly wash, disinfect and handle reusable cloth masks.
Ryan Sinclair, PhD, MPH, associate professor of environmental microbiology at Loma Linda University School of Public Health says his research supports that fabric, when not properly disinfected, are carriers for both bacteria, including E. coli, and viruses — norovirus…

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

“The Greatest Hope,” a book centered on the soon return of Jesus Christ to a sin-scarred planet, will hit the streets of South America on October 31. Thousands of Seventh-day Adventists in the region will go from slum districts to penthouses sharing the good news of Christ’s second coming on that day, church leaders said.
The Impact Hope event (Impacto Esperança in Portuguese) now in its thirteenth year, is noted for the tremendous enthusiasm of church members for distributing a missionary…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Vanessa Arba)

As lockdowns and other pandemic-related restrictions ease, what will happen to Seventh-day Adventist church attendance in the South American Division? It’s not entirely clear, but church-sponsored research offers some potential insights.
A recent survey of 1,930 Adventist Church members and attendees in the Brazilian Central Plateau region showed that 82.3 percent of them have regularly followed, in the past three months, the online services and schedules of their or even other Adventist…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Tracey Bridcutt)

A spiritual revival week at Kambubu Adventist Secondary School, New Britain New Ireland Mission, Papua New Guinea, culminated in the baptism of 19 people.
The week-long series about salvation was attended by more than 300 people each night, including students, staff and families, and members of Kambubu English church and Kambubu Pidgin church. Two screens were set up inside and outside the chapel to cater for the attendees.
An appeal was made on the Friday evening, which saw staff, students…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Becky St. Clair)

In early June, Willie and Elaine Oliver, directors for the department of family ministries at the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, hosted a live online event focused on the intersection of marriage, families, and prayer as a part of the World Covid-19 Marriage and Family Day of Prayer.
“We were concerned about the rising accounts of distress and abuse in marriages and families due to the COVID-19 quarantine,” Elaine states. “Even in previously stable homes, people were feeling…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Paul Rubessa is CEO of ADRA Australia)

One word that has been bouncing around in my mind for the past few weeks is hope.
While 2020 has certainly brought its fair share of uncertainty, doubt and fear, I come back to the calming power of hope.
Jesus often spoke about hope and His words hold a special kind of meaning right now: “In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world” (John 16:3, ESV).
I truly believe it is because of His overcoming that we can have hope, despite our current circumstances.
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Isabella Mendes)

A generous donation from ENGIE Brasil means 150 families in the northern region of Bahia will have food and protective masks, highly necessary supplies during the current coronavirus pandemic.
The donated goods—purchased with a $1,200 (US) gift to the Adventist Solidarity Action unit—were distributed at the Umburanas Seventh-day Adventist Church, an outpost in a city of 17,000.
ASA turned the money into the food baskets and supplies, which were distributed to vulnerable families in the area….

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Libna Stevens, Inter-American Division News)

Seventh-day Adventist leaders, staff and their families at the Inter-American Division headquarter office concluded a week of special emphasis on prayer on Sabbath, June 13, 2020. The more than 70 workers employed by the IAD in Miami, Florida, and their families spent time in prayer and fellowship—all from the comfort of their homes.
This is the first time that the annual week of spiritual emphasis was held via Zoom, due to the current quarantine regulations, but one that proved to be filled…

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

Seventh-day Adventists in the Santa Catarina state of Brazil won’t let a mere global pandemic stop their quest to help people live free of smoking: the University Adventist Church in Florianópolis, the state capital, recently produced a five-day stop smoking clinic online, and the impact was life-changing.
Here’s an example: 57-year-old Zelene has been smoking for about 40 years, and now smokes about 12 cigarettes a day. She prayed for an answer, and through a neighbor, she learned of the…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Emilly de Souza)

After 126 years in the Republic of Chile, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is known—there are 104,000 members in a nation of approximately 19 million people—but its multifaceted work in sharing the Gospel could be better understood. A just-concluded series of programs for church-owned Nuevo Tempo Network was produced to do just that.
“On the Gospel Route” concluded its first season of 24 episodes. The goal was to publicize the work carried out by the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Chile,…

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