By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Daniel Kuberekk)

Ahead of his last-ever game for Australia tomorrow night, soccer legend Tim Cahill visited Auburn Seventh-day Adventist School this morning.
Star-struck kids were offered the opportunity to interact with Cahill, including a live Q&A session and photo opportunities. Promoting the upcoming Sanitarium Weet-Bix Kids TRYathlon, Cahill also acknowledged the company’s community programs.
“Being involved with the triathlon, it’s about taking part. Everyone wins a medal. It’s about keeping them fit,…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Caleb Quispe and TED Communication)

The Adventist church in Bosnia & Herzegovina is developing a media and communication program to more effectively reach the 3.5 million people of this south-east European Balkan nation.
At the beginning of 2018, the church opened official Facebook, Instagram and Twitter accounts as ways to tell everyone of the Adventist presence in the country. The pages are filled with our beliefs, activities, and good intentions toward our local communities.
The next step was a workshop especially prepared…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Sheann Brandon)

Many people during the upcoming holiday season are likely to have stressors in their lives, which include keeping bank accounts steady, stress levels low and waistlines under control.
Weight gain begins to rise in the United States throughout October and November, peaking approximately 10 days after Christmas, according to a study in the The New England Journal of Medicine. On average, a person’s weight increases nearly a pound and a half during the holiday season.
While the average weight…

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

The North American Division (NAD) Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries (ACM) hosted its first ever ceremony in honor of Veterans Day entitled, “You Are Not Forgotten: A Salute to Veterans” on Saturday, November 10.
“We have gathered. We who have served, and those of you who endured while we served, have come today to recognize those who are still with us and those who are not,” said Paul Anderson, director/endorser of AMC.
“Some have described a veteran as someone who at some point in his or her…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Maritza Brunt)

A Seventh-day Adventist Church member has been named Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea (PNG).
Sir Gibbs Salika, a member of Hohola Adventist Church in Port Moresby, was appointed on November 13 for a term of 10 years.
“Justice Salika is the longest-serving judge of the National and Supreme Courts and will be a strong and independent Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea,” said PNG Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. “I congratulate Justice Salika on his appointment and I am confident he will provide the…

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

“I first saw the pictures of the church Friday afternoon as I was having my lunch,” said Dan Martella, administrative pastor for the Paradise Seventh-day Adventist Church in California, during a Nov. 12, 2018, Skype interview with the Fox 5 Washington, D.C. television station (WTTG/WDCA). Martella has been a pastor there — and a community member — for three years. On Thursday evening, Nov. 8, the church burned to the ground as the Camp Fire swept through Paradise. [Read/watch the report.]
“It…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Damian Chambers/JAMU/IAD News Staff)

The Ministry of Education in Jamaica is taking steps to allow the Seventh-day Adventist uniform group—the Pathfinders—to setup clubs in primary and high schools across the nation.
This announcement was made by Assistant Superintendent of Police Coleridge Minto with responsibility for safety in schools, who was representing the Education Minister, The Hon. Ruel Reid, during a service of installation for nearly 1,000 young people into the various uniform groups of the church.
“Once the protocols…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Notizie Avventiste)

Using the Voice of Hope (VoH) Enterprise, the Italian Union of Seventh-day Adventist Churches (UICCA) brought to life Adventist Media Center’s “Hope Media Italia,” which has already taken strides to change the style of the union’s communication, taking its strengths into consideration. To find out more, we turned to Vincenzo Annunziata, director of the UICCA Communications Department and the new media center.
Adventist News: Why create this new structure?
Vincenzo Annunziata: In Italy, the…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Jefferson Paradello)

With its prophetic language, the Book of Revelation describes scenes that are often hard for readers to imagine. Now, with the new Missionary Bible launched by the Adventist Church, it will be possible to visualize them using augmented reality.
Through the mystery of technology, a new smartphone app – the Apocalipse RA (available for Android and iOS)—allows the reader, after scanning an image in the Bible, to see an animated illustration on their screen. For example: by positioning the device…

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

Seven small boys caught Abigalle Nyatich’s attention as she waited in line for lunch after the Sabbath sermon.
The shy 14-year-old girl had never seen the boys before.
The oldest boy looked to be about 8 years old, and the youngest was around 4. Some boys wore shorts, and others wore trousers. No matter what they wore, their clothes were dirty.
“What kind of parent would allow their child to come to church in dirty clothes?” Abigalle wondered.
She decided to keep an eye on the boys. She…

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