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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
11 June 2021 | Dana Garlett, a Seventh-day Adventist Australian with a strong Aboriginal heritage, launched a very specialized card line during the coronavirus lockdown. Her business is called Paperbark Prints, and the cards are designed to connect people to Aboriginal Australia. The cards are designed using colors found in nature and they feature minimalistic […]
11 June 2021 | NPR stations WMFE and WMFV ran an interview with AdventHealth’s Director of Mission and Ministry, Dr. Juleun Johnson, on June 9. Five years ago, Johnson was serving as a hospital chaplain with Florida Hospital in Orlando and was ministering to victim’s families and survivors of the June 12, 2016, Pulse nightclub […]
News reports from Sweden, Walla Walla University, Loma Linda University School of Pharmacy, Fiji and Southern Adventist University: The Swedish Union of Churches Conference recently hosted an “End it Now” conference aimed at protecting children and adults who have experienced domestic abuse. According to TED News, over 160 people from 27 countries participated in the […]
From AT innovation content partner, AdventInnovate: 8 June 2021 | In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic forced a complete rethink of the Sonscreen Film Festival as the NAD (North American Division)-sponsored young adult event was held entirely online for the first time. This year the reinvention of the festival continued with what an NAD report called […]
ADRA delivered a new oxygen production system from Italy to the 300-bed METAS Hospital in Gujarat, western India. The Pressure Swing Absorption Generation Plant (PSA) will provide 600 liters of medical-grade oxygen per minute 24-hours a day to treat critically ill COVID-19 patients. ADRA plans to install additional oxygen generation plants in other medical facilities in […]
4 June 2021 | According to the Angola Press Agency (APA), the Supreme Court in Angola has reduced the prison sentence of the leader of a breakaway Adventist sect in the country from 30 to 23 years. José Julino Kalupeteka, leader of the former Seventh-day Adventist Church “A Luz do Mundo,” was originally convicted in […]
In the first appointment of its kind in Germany, the Executive Committee of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Bavaria voted on April 25 to appoint an Equal Opportunities Commissioner. Patricia Davis, a psychologist, was chosen for the role. She will guard against instances of discrimination against women within the Adventist organizations and entities in the […]
4 June 2021 | The opening of a new mosque in Fishers, central Indiana, has drawn praise from the youth pastor of a nearby Adventist Church according to a report published yesterday by the WFYI news organization. Cristopher Suarez, youth pastor of a neighboring Seventh-day Adventist Church in Cicero, Indiana, told WFYI that he’s grateful […]
A total of 215 unmarked children’s graves were found at the former site of the Kamloops Indian Residential School. 3 June 2021 | From NAD News (on June 2): A Statement on the Discovery of 215 Unmarked Children’s Graves at the Former Kamloops Residential School Site in British Columbia, Canada: The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Canada […]
