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 (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 (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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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Aira Annoroso)

Building on principles first outlined more than 150 years ago, a Seventh-day Adventist university’s publishing arm has released “The Science of 8 Natural Remedies,” a book detailing the science behind them.
As detailed by Ellen G. White, a pioneering co-founder of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, the health values are: Nutrition, Exercise, Water, Sunlight, Temperance, Air, Rest, and Trust in God. Since 1865, Adventists have promoted these principles. A community with a majority-Adventist…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Ted N.C. Wilson, President, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists)

Editor’s Note: Below is a transcript of a message, posted to You Tube on June 26, from president of the Adventist Church, Ted N.C. Wilson. Elder Wilson will release a new video each week, during the Coronavirus pandemic, which you can view here.
Friends, once again we are meeting together at the end of the week, to connect, and to reflect for a few moments on what God’s Word has to say to us today.
As you know, the world is changing rapidly and yet, Praise God, His Word never changes! We read…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Kimberly Luste Maran)

On June 23, 2020, the North American Division (NAD) Committee voted a stimulus package of $10 million to provide financial assistance to the division’s conferences through its unions. This comes at a time when COVID-19 has impacted many Adventist members and entities.
“The North American Division recognizes the financial challenges facing the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America due to COVID-19,” the proposal stated. “Careful consideration has been given to the current and future…

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

The Seventh-day Adventist Church throughout the Inter-American Division (IAD) is seeking to engage every church member in the territory in a coordinated 24-hour prayer and fasting experience on July 3-4, 2020. The activity is part an on-going comprehensive plan across Inter-America that will mark the end of the Adventist world church’s “100 Days of Prayer” initiative.
The prayer initiative, which began in late March, was initiated by the General Conference’s Revival and Reformation Committee….

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Ayanne Karoline)

“If you need to vent, contact me.” That was the phrase that caught the attention of Instagram viewer — and student — Joyce Sette, who lives in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo.
Joyce, dealing with family problems at the time, contacted the student who authored the post, Júlia Thomasi Feitosa. They didn’t know each other, but that changed as Júlia studied with Joyce via the communications service known as WhatsApp.
Even though she’s a student who also has an internship, Júlia has…

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