NAD Publishes COVID-19 Resource Containing Vaccination Information, Guidance on Immunization, and Related News/Info
17 June 2021 | From an NAD news release: The North American Division (NAD) has put together a series of links to offer guidance about vaccines from national and international health organizations, the General Conference, and healthcare experts. The COVID-19 vaccine is highlighted in particular. Also included here are practical articles, NAD statements, and more. NEW […]
European Adventists Launch Art Contest to Support Refugees
17 June 2021 | ADRA Europe and the Children, Youth and Family Ministries departments of the Adventist denomination in Europe have jointly launched an art contest in support of refugees titled ‘COMPASSION for ALL.’ Children and youth (as well as family members) have been asked to submit art that shares an inclusive message calling for […]
News Briefs for June 17, 2021
News reports from Union College, Congressman Raul Ruiz, Adventhealth Orlando, Avista Adventist Hospital, Loma Linda University Health and Adventist Health St. Helena: Yesterday Union College announced plans for a 54,000-square-foot wellness center. According to a Union Facebook update, the plans include “tripling the current space for cardio and strength training equipment, a field house with […]
Sharing Scripture–June 13-19, 2021
[symple_heading style=”” title=”Covenant Faith” 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 news you […]
Reinder Bruinsma: How Do European and American Adventism Differ?
9 June 2021 | This week’s ATSS conversation is based on an essay Dr. Bruinsma wrote some years ago in Spectrum magazine. You can read the entire piece here. Excerpt It seems to me that much of Adventism’s pragmatic and almost entrepreneurial spirit is closely linked to the philosophical outlook that has long dominated in […]
Jesus Taxes the Wealthy
by Jack Hoehn | June 11, 2021 | One year ago today, I wrote an article I need to keep rereading. It was published June 20, 2020. It was the response of a white Adventist to the Black Lives Matter movement, and a recognition that all white people have a generational debt from our ancestors that […]
Aunty, my bride can’t wear the white virginity veil
14 June 2021 | Dear Aunt Sevvy, In my region in Africa the custom is that a woman who is marrying must wear a veil to show that she is a virgin. It isn’t unknown for elders to initiate a physical investigation to discover if the woman is qualified to wear the veil! The woman […]
Ted Wilson Announces Passing of Grandchild
14 June 2021 | General Conference President Ted Wilson announced the passing of his nearly 8-year-old grandson, James Wright, on June 8, via social media on Facebook and Twitter. Wilson posted the following message on his official Facebook Page: Friends, It is with sadness that I let you know our little almost- eight-year-old grandson, James […]
“Assimilate into Mainstream Culture, or Else!”
By Margaret Eunice Matthews | 13 June 2021 | Recently the news and social media erupted about a discovery at the Kamloops Residential School in British Columbia, a discovery which has agitated people and aroused compassion and sympathy. The Kamloops Residential School first opened in 1893 and closed down in 1969, sometimes having as many […]
Brazilian Adventist Students Make Recycled Soap and Promote Environmental Awareness
11 June 2021 | A Seventh-day Adventist educational initiative organized by the denomination in Brazil is aiming to teach students about environmental preservation and sustainability. In Cariacica, Espírito Santo, the “Environment: Educating to Preserve” program has been focused on teaching sustainable development. In the area, Adventist educators have taught families to use cooking oil to […]