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

Although the government of Jamaica has eased the restrictions on the number of people allowed to gather in one location, most of the Seventh-day Adventist membership on the island continues to worship virtually.
Since its first positive case of the coronavirus in March, the government of Jamaica imposed several restrictions on places of mass gathering, which caused most of the more than 750 Adventist congregations, as well as those of other religious groups, to be closed.
On May 16, 2020,…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Jefferson Paradello)

Recognizing the pressures created for families during the COVID-19 pandemic-related lockdowns, the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s South American Division held an online family ministry series aimed at helping people cope with challenges during the period.
Along with the demands of the lockdown, other problems now plague some families: unemployment, interruption of schooling, decreased income, and strained relationships. Pastor Alacy Barbosa, divisional Family Ministries director, spoke with ASN…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Sheyla Paiva)

Mariza was devastated. Her son was in prison and it was difficult to accept his absence. The only thing left was to be strong and support her child. One Saturday, she arranged to visit her son, as she usually did.
Upon arriving at the prison, Mariza observed some people gathered in the visitor’s pavilion. She walked over and asked who they were, and what activity they were doing. They told Mariza that they were part of a group of women who met every Saturday to visit, study the Bible and that…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Alexis Villar)

Seventh-day Adventists in Buenos Aires, Argentina’s capital city, have prepared a mobile laundry to assist COVID-19 victims housed in a temporary care facility. In recent days, there’s been an abrupt increase in infections, particularly in the metropolitan area.
Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Argentina has already deployed a mobile laundry service and disinfection station to assist those housed in the health center located in Tecnópolis, Buenos Aires.
“It is a job that has…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Park JiEun)

Due to all the chaos of evacuating after the eruption of Taal Volcano in the Philippines in January 2020, it completely slipped my mind that we had to take part in S.U.P.E.R Training.
S.U.P.E.R. Training stands for: “Spiritual Unity & Physical Endurance Reinforcement.” The annual training for the missionaries emphasizes the importance of teamwork, partnership, intimacy with God, patience, a never-give-up attitude and the spirit of obedience.
I had heard so many horrendous rumors about…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Fernanda Gomes)

They are from different regions, social classes, and education levels, but they have a common love for preaching the gospel. Twenty-five women involved in Seventh-day Adventist ministry and outreach are profiled in a new book, History Beyond 25 (História Além dos 25), produced in celebration of the 25th year of existence of the South American Division’s Women’s Ministry.
The book was prepared by the Southeast Brazilian Union headquarters serving Adventists in the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Adventist News Network and Adventist Review)

Faced with troubling projections pointing to steep declines in contributions from most regions of the global Seventh-day Adventist Church as a result of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, Seventh-day Adventist church leaders moved to recommend cuts in the world headquarter’s operating budget, including a reduction of some personnel.
The General Conference Administrative Committee (ADCOM) voted in a June 16, 2020 morning session to recommend reducing 2020 Office Operating and GC Administered…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Santiago López Blasco)

Church meetings changed abruptly and unexpectedly in March due to the mandatory quarantine decreed by the Argentinian government. Overnight we could no longer go to church and the only way to find corporate worship was online. But how could that be accomplished without much prior experience? Who would be in charge of all the necessary technical details for the transmissions? These were difficult questions, but God already had people willing to put themselves in his hands to serve with their…

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

An unprecedented initiative by the Pathfinders and Adventurers Ministries of the Seventh-day Adventist Church has, since early March, trained more than 10,000 leaders on the Child and Adolescent Statute (ECA), 1990 legislation. During quarantine, the the department, which coordinates the work of more than 12,000 Pathfinder clubs (10 to 15 years) and more than 7,800 Adventurer clubs (6 to 9 years) in eight South American countries, has made the course available in eight modules, totally online….

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (EUDnews. ADRA Europe Communication)

Keeping “Every Child at School” is a global effort of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency, or ADRA. In the Republic of Slovenia, a nation stretching from the Adriatic Sea to the Alps, that means getting computers to those unable to afford the devices so children can remain connected to classes—and schoolwork.
Natasha is the mother of two young children—one in fifth grade and the other in eighth grade. The lockdown triggered by the coronavirus of 2020 and related COVID-19 infections…

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