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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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Melanie Wixwat, Middle East and North Africa Union)

It is rare to see public evangelism in the Middle East, but It Is Written (IIW) conducted public evangelism meetings from March 15 to 30, 2019.
For five evenings a week, two identical services were held in succession in the Adventist School auditorium, with an average total of 53 non-Adventists attending.
At the culmination of the final Sabbath, five attendees were baptised, and 24participants came forward when Bradshaw appealed for them to give their lives to Jesus Christ.
Leaders of the…

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

People affected by storms in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, recently received food baskets provided by volunteers of Doctors of Hope (Doutores de Esperança), along with the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) in Brazil.
The donations were delivered to the families in the cities of Volta Redonda and Barra Mansa, in the metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, which had been previously registered by the Social Assistance Reference Center (CRAS, by its acronym in Portuguese).
In total, 18 tons of…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Kimi-Roux James, ADRA International)

Tropical storm Fani, (pronounced “foe-nee”) a severe cyclonic storm formed in the Bay of Bengal with wind gusts of up to 127 mph, is heading to the eastern coast of India and looks to gain strength as it’s forecasted to also move toward Bangladesh by Saturday. “ADRA is monitoring and preparing for Cyclone Fani, which has intensified and is expected to make landfall at Odisha state in India,” says Mario Oliveira, emergency management director for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency….

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Bruna Tawake)

Edinburgh College Year 11 students and their teachers helped build a 22,500L (almost 6000 gallon) water tank for a community in Central Santo, Vanuatu, during their recent ADRA Connections trip.
“The Connections trip is well-established as Year 11’s rite of passage, helping wean students off the comforts of home and develop independence,” said Ledua Brooks, a teacher at Edinburgh College and one of the trip leaders.
Students and teachers made strong connections with the community, with the…

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By AdventistNews@gc.adventist.org (Makala James)

More than a year after record-setting Hurricane Harvey made landfall, the damage done to Texas still seems harrowingly fresh. This is no surprise, considering 50 inches of rain flooded homes, schools, businesses, and more.
Many people are still struggling to recover from the category four hurricane, however, the Oaks Adventist Christian School (the Oaks) in Cypress, Texas, is able to count many blessings that resulted from the tragedy.
“I have seen the Lord bless us repeatedly,” said Brenda…

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