Sharing Scripture — July 18 – 24, 2021
[symple_heading style=”” title=”The Cost of Rest” type=”h1″ font_size=”40″ text_align=”center” margin_top=”0″ margin_bottom=”30″ color=”undefined” icon_left=”” icon_right=””] This is a tool for you to use if you lead a Sabbath School (SS) class or small group. It is keyed to the Bible texts used in the current week’s Adult SS lesson and includes a brief story from current […]
How can we protect children in Sabbath School when we’re so short of staff?
19 July 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, In the safety training mandated by the denomination for working with and protecting children, there is a rule that we are to have more than one adult in the room during a children’s Sabbath School class. Yet in our little church, that’s not easy. Sometimes it’s hard to […]
ADRA Nigeria Fraud: A Follow-up and Documentation
19 July 2021 A contact in Nigeria, who is known to us but wishes to remain anonymous, has shared additional documentation about the story of Omosebi Fred Adeola, the former director of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) of Nigeria, that recently was published on the Adventist Today website. He writes, Many of us […]
Allegheny East Conference President and Wife Die in Home Fire
18 July 2021 | A July 18 Facebook post from the Allegheny East Conference (headquartered in Boyertown, Pennsylvania) announced the passing of the conference president, Henry J. Fordham III, and his wife, Sharon Fordham, early this morning. According to NBC Philadelphia, the fire started at about 12:30 AM Sunday at the Fordhams’ home in Amity […]
What Should Adventists Believe about Aliens?
by Stephen Ferguson | 16 July 2021 | As recently reported by CNN: “The US intelligence community on Friday released a hotly anticipated report on what it knows about a series of mysterious sightings of unidentified flying objects by Navy pilots and others. The report, which examined 144 reports of what the government terms “unexplained aerial phenomena” between […]
Women’s Ministries Tackles Stigma Surrounding Mental Health Issues
16 July 2021 | The Seventh-day Adventist denomination’s Women’s Ministries Department has created a brochure designed to tackle mental health challenges and help remove the stigma that surrounds them. The “Thinking Well, Living Well” brochure states that “women face many threats to health, such as social inequalities, economic deprivation, poor nutrition, inadequate housing, disability-related discrimination, […]
Former ADRA Nigeria Director in Federal Court Accused of Fraud
16 July 2021 | Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged the former country director of Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) Nigeria with serious financial misconduct. In court on July 13, Omosebi Fred Adeola was charged with 11 counts of crimes, including abuse of office and diversion of funds amounting to 15,619,000 […]
Thanks for Admiral Ncube’s thoughts on virginity!
16 July 2021 | Admiral Ncube’s thoughts on virginity and young women in Aunt Sevvy’s column were absolutely beautiful. Oh, that it were published worldwide! Our young ladies are precious in the sight of God. Our young men need all the support they can get, too. Our church families should be there for them. I’m […]
Andrews University to Host Oct 14-16 Social Justice Congress
16 July 2021 | A Congress on Social Justice at Andrews University (AU) this fall will discuss issues of global imbalance and their biblical solutions. The October 14-16 event will stress humanity’s role in caring for creation and tackling injustice. “I hope that those who attend will be educated about issues of social justice, equipped […]
Father-and-Son Team to Kayak 200-Mile Chesapeake Bay to Raise Support for ADRA’s Pandemic Hunger Relief
On July 16, Hearly and Andreas Mayr, a Maryland father-and-son sea kayaking team, will begin a 12-day kayaking journey to raise money for hunger relief, one of the most pressing COVID-19 related issues affecting people today. The two will kayak 200 miles (320 km) north-to-south across Chesapeake Bay, the largest bay in the United States. […]