By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Fernanda Gomes)

As the pandemic linked to the novel coronavirus COVID-19 continues to disrupt lives around the globe, Seventh-day Adventists in Brazil are doing their part to help neighbors in need. Over the weekend of April 25-26, members of the Orion Pathfinders Club in Praça dos Imigrantes, in the south of Minas Gerais state, collected donations at a drive-thru collection stop.
Hundreds of people came to the site to donate food, cleaning supplies and clothing. Selma Dias, Pathfinder leader, said…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Maryellen Fairfax)

The Victorian Conference, in partnership with Hope Channel and the South Pacific Division, have collaborated to create an integrated online evangelistic campaign designed to reach new secular audiences and funnel them into local church communities.
Commencing on May 8, “Predictions of Hope: Beyond Corona” is the first four-day installment of programs, presented by pastors Gary Webster and Robbie Berghan. It is designed as a “bridge” to help secular audiences connect with relevant global events…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Ellen Hostetler/It Is Written)

Just as Tennessee state officials started enforcing social distancing guidelines encouraging people to stay home due to COVID-19 in March, It Is Written began airing a weekly Sabbath School Bible study and sermon series for its viewers.
The It Is Written TV Sabbath School program features John Bradshaw, speaker/director of It Is Written, along with the co-authors of the current Adult Bible Study Guide, “How to Interpret Scripture,” Michael Hasel, professor of Near Eastern Studies and…

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

Two Seventh-day Adventist hospitals in California again received national recognition for patient safety and quality, independent watchdog organization The Leapfrog Group announced.
Both Loma Linda University Medical Center and its East Campus hospitals received “A” grades for spring 2020. The designations are widely considered one of the most competitive honors American hospitals can receive. “Leapfrog’s recognition of our physicians, nurses and support staff is an incredible honor,”…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Sharon Domínguez/Inter-American Division News Staff)

Some 13,500 Seventh-day Adventists across the church in the Inter-Oceanic Mexican region received food and essential items for their families as the country continues its quarantine regulations. The families selected were among the most needy across eight states comprising a church membership of more 203,400.
“Many of our members with their own small businesses do not have the possibility to work and we wanted to make sure the church did something to help them,” said Pastor Moisés Reyna,…

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

A special Sabbath is being planned—like no other Sabbath in the history of the South Pacific Division (SPD) of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
On this special Sabbath, thousands of Adventists from around the Division will be united in a way they have never been before. Whether you are in Kiribati or Tonga, Port Moresby or Wellington, you will have an opportunity to be part of this historic initiative.
Scheduled for May 22-23, the event will comprise a Friday evening program, Sabbath school…

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

With stay-at-home restrictions still enforced due to the Coronavirus pandemic, top Seventh-day Adventist leaders in Inter-America continue to juggle multiple video conference meetings, trainings, devotionals, sermons, and anything in-between to strengthen the church membership across its 24 unions, or major church regions.
“We are living in a new paradigm and we have to make sure to continue focusing on our ministry to nurture the church,” said Elie Henry, president of the church in…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Royston Philbert/NCC Staff/Inter-American Division News Staff)

For more than three weeks now, a group of Seventh-day Adventists across the Dutch Island of Sint Maarten have been serving over 300 meals to volunteers who have been assisting the government in packing and distributing meals to seniors and other citizens who depend on the country’s social aid system. Volunteers from churches throughout the island have been preparing the hot meals six days a week since Apr. 5, 2020, as the island continues a nation-wide curfew because of the coronavirus…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Victor Hulbert)

How big a thank you have you said this week? My neighbour works in a local supermarket. She told me how good it felt to be thanked and to feel valued during this crisis. The reality of the value of ordinary people doing ordinary but important jobs has hit home. They are the ‘new celebrity’.
So while you sit at home, lock your door and stay safe, why not share this message of thanks to farmers, shop workers, pharmacists, bakers and more – all those who contribute in real ways to our safety,…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Glenn Townend)

Thousands of people have lost jobs, superannuation funds are worth substantially less and relationship issues are becoming more apparent—those are just some of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. People are infected, health care workers are stressed and families are grieving; everyone is suffering.
The virus and its affect do not surprise God, but what is He doing about it? This question assumes two characteristics about God. Firstly, that God is love and wants to help people—the Bible…

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