By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Anne Seixas)

On November 19th, the Official Gazette of the State of Maranhão, Brazil, published the approval of a law that establishes the last Saturday of July as State Day of the Caleb Mission. Law number 10,948 is already in force. The proposition notes that that date will be included in the official state calendar. This enables use of public spaces for celebration and for work. The 35,000 volunteers who acted in the 2018 campaign will have much to celebrate in 2019!
Caleb Mission is an initiative of the…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Leisa O’Connor/Record Staff)

Sydney Adventist Hospital’s outpatient cancer services are the best performing in NSW, according to a survey of more than 11,000 patients from 50 public and private clinics.
The Bureau of Health Information survey was released last week. In 25 of the measures surveyed the San’s Integrated Cancer Centre was “significantly more positive” than the NSW average.
Clinical director of San Cancer Services, Associate Professor Gavin Marx, and San CEO Brett Goods applauded members of the San team…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Willian Vieira, with information from the Destaque newspaper /ANN Staff)

Diogo Rodrigues da Silva (14), a student at Esteio Adventist Academy in Rio Grande do Sul, was among the three winners of the Brazilian Astronomy and Astronautics Olympiad (OBA). The test, for students from the sixth to ninth year of Elementary School in public and private schools, took place during the month of May.
The Brazilian Astronomical Society and engineers from the Brazilian Space Agency have been holding this competition for 21 years. This year it brought together over 700,000…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Dragoslava Santrac, Editor Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists)

Recently my daughter researched the history of the Adventist Church for her public high school project. She saw the project as an excellent opportunity to share Adventist heritage with her class. I immediately suggested several books on Adventist history that we had in our home library. As a parent and teacher, I make every effort to share reliable and trustworthy information with my children and students, because trusted information significantly shapes people’s habits, worldview, and choices….

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Libna Stevens/IAD)

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Inter-America celebrated the culmination of its Year of the Child and Adolescent initiatives and activities during an online program held in Miami, Florida. The event drew church leaders and regional directors from across the Inter-American Division (IAD) territory on Dec. 8, to wrap up a year that reinforced Christian values and encouraged youngsters to study, live and share the message of the gospel with their friends and neighbors. The 12-month-long…

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Representatives of the Seventh-day Adventist Church recently met with Dr. Isimeli Tukana, who serves as non-communicable diseases advisor to the government of Fiji.
Trans Pacific Union Mission health director, Dr. Paul Wood, and Fiji Mission health director, Dr. Alipate Vakamocea, met with Dr. Tukana to see how the Church and government can continue to tackle the huge problem of lifestyle diseases, which have reached epidemic levels in the Pacific.
During the meeting, attendees discussed the…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Southern Asia-Pacific Division Communication Department)

Adventist young adults in the Southern Asia-Pacific region (SSD) teamed up with mission oriented young professionals from all across Indonesia, Myanmar, and the Philippines to experience the joy of service and the adrenaline rush of adventure during a week of volunteer work. This year’s Mission Adventures trip is the second of its kind within the region designed to involve young volunteers and service-oriented individuals.
This year’s call for adventure takes the delegates to Makassar,…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Briana Pastorino)

Highlighting its nationally recognized achievements in patient safety and quality, Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital was named a Top Children’s Hospital for the second year in a row, and Loma Linda University Medical Center – East Campus received its inaugural recognition as a Top Teaching Hospital by The Leapfrog Group, an independent hospital watchdog organization. Announced yesterday, the Leapfrog Top Hospital awards are widely acknowledged as one of the most competitive honors…

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

Michelle Noland, a senior La Sierra University Film and Television Production major, recently launched into the world of professional storytelling where she is using her talents to impact others’ lives.
PBS affiliate KQED inked a distribution deal with Noland in August for inclusion of her award-winning short film “She Isn’t Here” in the nationwide series, “Film School Shorts.” The film, which is expected to be released in April 2019, explores the anxiety disorder agoraphobia.
Stewardship…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Libna Stevens/IAD)

When she heard that the second place winner had only missed two questions during the final Bible competition program at the Belize City Civic Center, she held back tears and contained her excitement with a smile because she knew she had only missed one. Moments later, Edna Ventura Perez was declared the winner of this year’s Inter-American Division (IAD) Bible Connections competition in Belize on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2018. At 27, Ventura felt the rush of her entire journey this year, a mix of…

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