By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (SSD Communications with additional reporting from ADRA Bangladesh)

After making landfall in the eastern state of Odisha, India, Cyclone Fani continued its path northeast of Bangladesh on Saturday, May 4, destroying thousands of households and leaving towns submerged in floodwaters in the two South Asian countries.
Cyclone Fani is said to be the strongest typhoon to hit these two countries in the last five years. After hitting land on Friday, India’s Meteorological Department said Fani lost power and was downgraded to a depression.
However, locals in…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Beth Thomas)

The Oakwood University Aeolians touring choir was involved in a fiery bus accident, just hours before a scheduled performance in San Francisco, California.
According to a press release from Oakwood University’s Office of Integrated Marketing and Public Relations, the accident occurred around 12:25 am PST on May 4, 2019, as students traveled from the San Francisco airport to their hotel accommodations.
Additional news sources reveal that a broken down SUV in the road triggered the accident,…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Andrew McChesney)

Peru’s parliamentary speaker presented Seventh-day Adventist Church president Ted N.C. Wilson with an official certificate for making a positive contribution to Peruvian society, and Wilson immediately declared that the honor represents the commitment of faithful church members in Peru and around the world.
Daniel Salaverry, whose official title is Congress president, welcomed Wilson and other church leaders to a 20-minute meeting in his ornate chambers in the sprawling marble national…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Cassandra Wagner)

Nearly 1,000 athletes of all abilities triumphantly ran, walked, wheeled, biked and swam their way through the 17thannual PossAbilities Triathlon, 5K, & Kids’ Triathlon held at Loma Linda University’s Drayson Center, Sunday, April 28. The event included both an adult and children’s triathlon, 5K run, fun activities, and vendor booths for families to explore. All athletes received official finish times and a finisher medal. ​
Cotie Williams, interim program director of Community Development and…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Kívia Henning)

Recently, in Curitiba Brazil, the “Child Disarmament” campaign aimed to take hundreds of violent toys from the hands of young people.
On April 15, students from the Centennial Adventist College gathered to participate in the “Child Disarmament” campaign. The secretary of security for the State of Paraná chose the school to be one of the campaign’s headquarter schools. The campaign encourages children to exchange toy weapons or violent games, for a ball. The idea is for them to have new…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Jared Martin)

The Adventist Church’s brand promise is: “We can help you understand the Bible to find freedom, healing and hope in Jesus.”
The Sabbath School Bible Study Guides provide a great avenue towards fulfilling this promise. However, as I’ve travelled to different churches around the world, I’ve seen that many of our teens and youth don’t read or engage with the Sabbath School Study Guides. It’s certainly rare to find a church on Sabbath morning where all the Sabbath School classes are overflowing…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Santiago, Chile)

This is the story of Antonio Soto, 58, a man who, for 19 years, studied the Bible with a DVD he found in the trash. “I worked in a cleaning company, in the San Joaquin district of Santiago, Chile, and it was very expensive. I picked up some DVDs and one caught my attention because it said “The Great Conflict,” Soto said.
“I started watching the DVD and I liked everything that Pastor Luís Gonçalves spoke about. Inside me I felt that God was speaking to me,” Soto continued. “I was very moved by…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Mylon Medley)

The 2019 Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) Division Finals on April 26-27 drew a record-breaking 210 teams to Rockford, Illinois, located nearly 100 miles northwest of Chicago. This was the first time in PBE’s history that more than 200 teams participated in the division level testing. Approximately 3,500 people filled the sports complex of the Rockford Valley Community College, a number that shocked organizers.
“One of the things that really surprised us is that there are so many clubs coming…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Libna Stevens/IAD)

Top administrators and leaders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church from throughout the Inter-American Division (IAD) began their mid-year annual business meetings this week. They are reviewing membership growth figures and voting major evangelism initiatives and activities that will multiply efforts to finish strong next year as the five-year period ends in July. The dozens of executive committee members rubbed elbows, heard progress reports, and took actions in the packed church’s headquarters…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Sanitarium Health & Wellbeing)

Devices like smartphones and tablets have become powerful tools to communicate, entertain and seek information—connecting us as a global community in a way past generations could not have dreamed.
However, kids today often spend significant amounts of time watching or interacting with screens, which can directly impact sleep quality as well as time for physical activity, with negative consequences across all the key foundations of children’s health and wellbeing.
Current guidelines state that…

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