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

The 2020 Sonscreen Film Festival, in collaboration with new partner CoLab, was on track to be held April 2-5, 2020. Those plans drastically changed the second week of March as novel coronavirus disease closures caused the North American Division (NAD) to cancel the festival that was to be hosted at the Loma Linda University Church in California.
By April 13, after long hours of reorganizing, shuffling, and creating, the festival moved online. It became the first NAD event to successfully…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Heather Jackson)

On May 18, Matthew Rushing, 9, from Moreno Valley, California, delivered dozens of boxes of snacks to Loma Linda University Medical Center Emergency Department staff, aiming to lift their spirits during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In just a little over two weeks, Rushing raised more than $400 for his project by selling his book of poetry called “Poems for Hard Times.” He said he wanted to donate to emergency department workers at Loma Linda University Medical Center because his pediatrician works at…

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

A special Sabbath event has united thousands of Adventists from around the South Pacific Division (SPD) like never before.
The #weRtheCHURCH division-wide Sabbath connected church members in a special way at a time when many churches are temporarily closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event was the first of its kind in the history of the Adventist church in the South Pacific. Hosted by Glenn Townend, SPD president, and Litiana Turner, children’s ministries leader, it began on Friday…

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

As serious as the global pandemic caused by the novel coronavirus is—and with over 5 million cases worldwide, it is very serious indeed—the Seventh-day Adventist Church continues an emphasis on youth nurture and development.
In Paraguay, a nation of 7.25 million people in the center of South America, that means taking the church’s Pathfinder program (“Conquistadores” in Spanish) for children age 10 and up, and the Adventurers (“Aventureros”) for younger children, online. There are 12,622…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Leonardo Saimon)

With Brazil surpassing Russia as the nation with the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world, millions are wondering about the prophetic significance of current events such as the pandemic. On May 23, Brazil reported 347,398 cases of the novel coronavirus and 22,013 deaths, second only to the United States, where there are 1.6 million confirmed cases of the virus and 97,477 deaths reported.
To answer these questions with biblical truths and Scriptural assurance, Seventh-day…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

In Brazil, one of the sectors most affected by the coronavirus pandemic has been student transport. With schools closed for the past two months, many school drivers have been out of work. Students and parents joined the Colégio Adventista de Itaboraí, in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, to donate basic food baskets to these professionals. Some parents even chose to continue paying the monthly transportation fee.
Thirteen drivers received an invitation to attend a brief meeting at the…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Victor Hulbert, tedNEW with Corrado Cozzi, CD-EUDNews)

Uncertainty: Life Without Graduation, a documentary short from North America, has brought real meaning to the word ‘uncertainty.’ Sharing the hopes and fears of high school, college, and university 2020 graduates, the plot line was thrown into disarray as novel coronavirus shut down campuses, cancelled graduations, and events made servers inaccessible to film editors. When complete, Uncertainty: Life Without Graduation, will be a real, honest, and moving mix of real stories in a truly…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (ADRA International)

The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, will provide food and medical supplies worth $2.4 million to the North American Division’s Adventist Community Services (ACS), to expand relief to families and essential workers in the U.S. who are impacted by and responding to the COVID-19 crisis.
“As Christ is our example in all things, so must the Adventist Church continue to demonstrate love toward our neighbors. Working together to…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Adventist World Radio)

As the world continues to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters plague countries already in distress, many people are asking some of life’s big questions:
• Can we know anything for certain when it comes to the future? • Does God really exist, and if so, does He care about what’s happening to us? • Where is this world headed?
Remarkably, the Bible—God’s Word—provides answers. From May 31 – June 13, at 7 p.m. in every time zone, Cami Oetman of Adventist World Radio will host…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Deyler Vásquez)

Mental health professionals who are also members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Peru are doing their part to assist the nation’s citizens during the emotional crisis brought on by the novel coronavirus and associated COVID-19 disease. Some 300 Peruvians have received free counseling through a service established by the Adventist Church there that links telephone callers with 70 professionals.
Peruvians can connect with a professional via the Church’s website, www.esperanzaonline.org….

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