By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Keicha Gosling)

COVID-19 has affected the number of volunteers, hours of operation, food distribution hours, and other programs at most Adventist Community Services (ACS) locations in North America. This is the reality at the Northeastern Conference (NEC) ACS Center.
As a result of school closings in New York City, the Queens Center for Progress was closed, reducing the number of volunteers; volunteers who were instrumental in carrying out the daily activities at the center. Fortunately, other volunteers from…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Kamil Metz)

Bill was at a gas station pumping gas when suddenly he felt a strong impression to give a GLOW tract to a well-dressed woman on the other side of the pump standing near her vehicle. He tried to brush aside the impression, but it remained, and with ever-increasing intensity, the impression persisted as the seconds wore on. After some hesitancy, Bill finally relented, went over, and handed her a few GLOW tracts. The woman inquired as to which church puts these pamphlets out. When she learned, a…

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

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Inter-America will hold a one-hour live event for the Church territory on Saturday, May 16, 2020. The program will include a special greeting from General Conference president Ted N.C. Wilson and a biblical reflection by Elie Henry, president of the church in Inter-America. The program is scheduled to be streamed live online from 11 a.m. to 12 noon, EST.
“We have been following with interest the different initiatives that are being implemented every Sabbath…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Edel Krøll)

After six Sabbaths of meeting by Zoom, the congregation of Lillehammer, Norway, longed for a more personal worship experience during lockdown. As with all other churches in Norway, the building was shut due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Their simple solution was “drive-in” church. On Saturday, April 25, between 40 and 50 members pulled up in the church parking lot, pointing their cars toward a temporary platform constructed outside the building.
The platform was set up on a trailer. Flowers, green…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Érica Tavares)

Seventh-day Adventist youth, along with students from the local Adventist academy, made a positive impact recently in Imperatriz, the second-largest city in the northeastern Brazilian state of Maranhão. Its population of 250,000—like the rest of the nation—has been hard hit by the global pandemic.
In one day, the young people collected 300 kilos (approximately 661 pounds) of food donations by offering a mask in exchange for a kilo of food, or 2.2 pounds donated.
Collecting at a local…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (CD-EUDNews)

In this time of confinement due to COVID-19, the Internet has become, more than ever, a daily companion. Online, you can find just about anything you want: answers to questions, information and data, entertainment, and…God?
Among the most searched topics online is religion, and it is important that the supply of information adequately meets the demand. Theologian Chris Vogel is working on exactly that.
On his YouTube channel Masterpiece Bible, Vogel shares short (5-10-minute) videos…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Ted N.C. Wilson, President, Seventh-day Adventist Church)

Editor’s Note: Below is a transcript of a message, posted to You Tube on May 8, 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.
It’s good to be with you again. What a blessing it is to see how God is carrying each one of us through this amazing and difficult pandemic. Some areas that are subsiding, others that are increasing, but God will see us through, through His grace. Now,…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Royston Philbert/NCC Staff/ IAD News Staff)

The Seventh-day Adventist community on St. Croix was in solidarity with the leaders and members of the Peter’s Rest Adventist Church on May 5, 2020, as they watched their state-of-the-art church building consumed by fire. The building, located at a strategic location in the Peter’s Rest neighborhood, was considered a landmark by many on the island.
Several units from the Virgin Islands (VI) Fire Service responded and worked tirelessly to contain the fire, which spread rapidly through the…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Tanaka Noa, Pacific North Asian Division and Adventist Review)

A group of young people, who had planned to participate in March’s Youth Rush program, but were unable to do so due to the coronavirus outbreak, came up with a new idea called Daniel Rush. Youth Rush is a student literature evangelism program of the Japan Union Conference.
This program was designed to provide young people with an opportunity to grow spiritually and socially during the long quarantine in which they cannot attend school. Not wanting to waste time and idle at home, three college…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Micah Akui/Record Staff)

While many Adventists in Lae have found COVID-19 restrictions distressing and limiting to their faith journey, Akaly Vetalis and Numan Asine—young people from Bumbu Sand church, a community of nearly 400 people—have treated the restrictions as an opportunity for ministry.
Vetalis and Asine visited Micah Akui, youth ministries director for the Morobe Mission, requesting leadership resources for their newly-built church.
“At first I did not quite understand what they were up to,” explained Akui….

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