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

Beatriz de Oliveira and silence rarely meet. On a daily basis, her routine is accompanied by music, via headphones or the speakers of her smartphone. However, along with combinations of notes, transformed into chords and melodies, in recent years her ears have become accustomed to another type of content: podcasts.
The format—previously little known—has become popular and aroused the interest of both listeners and producers. A 2019 survey conducted by the Deezer platform revealed the…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Kim SunHwan, NSD PARL Director)

Since the beginning of 2020, COVID-19 has become one of the most prolonged worldwide news topics in human history. The virus has changed the whole world drastically, and every detail of our individual lives fundamentally.
In Korea, children have been staying home since Christmas without going to school. Most Adventist churches in Korea didn’t have face-to-face meetings for almost two months and have resumed with simplified services. And, although worship services could be provided online,…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (EUDnews.)

The Encyclopedia of Seventh-day Adventists (ESDA) is a global church project that produces an estimated 2,100 articles with accompanying photographs, media, and original documents. ESDA, the church’s first online reference work, debuted on July 1, 2020.
This free website will live online indefinitely, to be constantly updated and expanded.
The Encyclopedia has been produced by the contributions of thousands of Seventh-day Adventists around the world. All of the articles have been written on a…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Jordana Graci)

Assembling a baby’s layette is a special moment for expectant mothers. Sometimes, these parents-to-be don’t always have the means to purchase these necessities.
That’s what happened to Lavínia Bispo, who is 23 and expecting her first child. Married and with a planned pregnancy, she saw her world fall apart when the marriage ended. At eight months pregnant and unemployed, she left the city of Maceió, capital of the state of Alagoas, with to restart her life in Curitiba, Paraná. “When I got here,…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Keith Reid, Tim Leffew)

Literature evangelists (LEs) are facing unusual challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic. While these challenges appear daunting, the pandemic has also provided some unique opportunities. Even when some doors are closing, so to speak, others are opening.
Each LE in our region has been counseled to follow the local ordinances where they live regarding COVID-19 protocol. As they have practiced social distancing, they have found God is still able to work and open hearts. Here are several recent…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Lina Ferrara)

“Hi, I’m from ADRA. I’d like to bring you some food because I know you could use it. I’ll bring enough for two weeks for you and your children, and then I’ll bring you more. May I?”
The answer: “Yes, you can! But tell me who you are and why you’re doing this.”
“I’m a Christian, a Seventh-day Adventist, and a health care worker, I distribute an all-powerful drug: love!”
This is one of the incidents experienced by Adventist volunteers in Rome during the long weeks of confinement at home….

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Darren Garlett)

While 2020 has seen the world caught in the COVID-19 pandemic, another important global issue has risen to the fore—the pandemic of racism. On May 25, African-American man George Floyd was murdered by a white Minneapolis police officer. Mr. Floyd’s death is one of several deaths recently at the hands of law enforcement officers. Within hours of the live video of his death going viral, the United States erupted in protests and the movement gained momentum on the international stage.
In major…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Larry Becker, Loma Linda University Health News)

Loma Linda University’s School of Behavioral Health will be distributing US$2.97 million in scholarship funds to students in the Department of Psychology during the coming five years, following receipt of a grant award from the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).
The grant program originated in the HHS’s Health Resources and Services Administration Scholarships for Disadvantaged Students program. The grant will be overseen by Bridgette Peteet, principal investigator and…

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

Staff at Sydney Adventist Hospital (San) have thanked students from a local school for their heartwarming and inspiring letters of support and hope sent to bolster their spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Close to 100 students from Brigidine College created moving and soulful messages acknowledging the pressures on doctors, nurses, and other support staff, voicing their thanks for the expertise and sacrifices they were making in caring for the ill and preventing the spread of infection.
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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Victor Hulbert)

Three building projects across Europe aim to become centers of influence as a result of member generosity this last quarter. The gift of 13th Sabbath offerings will help build a Church Center of Influence in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, develop another center that is already a fledgling project in Norway, and allow a church plant to develop in an increasingly popular but secular suburb of Belgrade, Serbia.
New Belgrade
The church plant in New Belgrade, a suburb of Serbia’s capital city, is…

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