21 May 2021 | Three Seventh-day Adventist boys from Vanuatu were rescued after getting lost at sea last weekend. The Pathfinders, aged 11, 14 and 16, went missing on Friday, May 14, near Mota Lava island in Vanuatu. They had reportedly gone fishing. According to Adventist Record, several boats and Dr. Mark Turnbull, on his […]
What we focus on expands. If we’re fearful and fretting, we become paralyzed. If consumerism is our thing, we never have enough. If we’re angry at the world, we find more things that tick us off. Jesus says, focus on me and let my influence expand in your life. We’re so delighted you’ve found […]
News reports from the NAD, Ghana, Australia, Spectrum Magazine and the Adventist Virtual Global Campmeeting: From an NAD news story (edited for length): Youth and Young Adult Ministries of the North American Division (NAD) recently released a comprehensive, digital resource to educate youth on mental health, and offer encouragement and community for those seeking help. […]
20 May 2021 | The Adventist denomination and the German branch of Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) have joined forces with Katholischen Fonds, a Roman Catholic charity in Germany, to create a sustainability-focused camp that will teach campers about climate change. Katholischen Fonds focuses on universal church and development-related educational and public relations work. […]
Reinder Bruinsma, former president of the Belgian-Luxembourg Conference was honored with a royal decoration in the Netherlands on April 28. There is a tradition in the country that on the king’s birthday, Dutch people who “have rendered special service to society” can be honored. Bruinsma was awarded the title “Knight of the Order of Orange […]
19 May 2021 | This week’s ATSS conversation will be based on this article by Alicia Johnston. Excerpt: When getting my degree [at the Adventist seminary], I spent as much time as I could in the Biblical Studies departments learning about how to understand the Bible. I got to know many of the people whose […]
Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, a Missouri-based business, has donated more than $430,000 to help bolster ADRA’s emergency COVID-fighting operations in India. The founder of the business, Jere Gettle, felt compelled to respond to the growing crisis by donating all the proceeds of a recent four-day sale to help ADRA supply life-saving oxygen generation systems to […]
14 May 2021 | Malachai Scott Roger Wylie, a student teacher in New Zealand, is accused of what the country’s Stuff news site described as “sexual acts with other people’s shoes for fetish websites.” In addition to student teaching posts at other institutions, Stuff reports that Wylie had a placement at Longburn Adventist College (an […]
14 May 2021 | Adventists from the Vicente Pires congregation in the Federal District (DF) of Brazil recently reported outreach efforts to circus performers connected to Circo Portugal in the Taguatinga area of the Federal District. The congregation, together with other Adventists, had been looking for ways to reach out to people suffering from loss of […]
On March 19, a deadly fire broke out in a residential area of Kawit, Cavite, and left approximately 80 percent of homes destroyed. About 1,079 individuals from 511 families were affected, and 450 survivors had their homes totally devastated by the fire. ADRA made the decision to implement a cash response so that survivors who lost […]
Opportunities in our lives often have expiration dates attached. We can’t delay when God prompts us to move: Start a project. Redeem a relationship. Stop something. We’re so delighted you’ve found AT1. From our inspirational message, to our thought-provoking AT Trending News, to our melodic moment of music, we trust this short program adds […]
News reports from Kenya; Chico, California; Paradise Adventist Academy; Tanzania and the North American Division (NAD): A Facebook complaint from an unmarried Adventist woman in Kenya was picked up by Tuko, a national news site after the woman complained that single Adventist men were ignoring their single female counterparts in church. Obuba Kwamboka Naumy complained […]