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Site of help
In the United States, Adventist Community Services has designated the Hope Seventh-day Adventist Church in Moore, Oklahoma, as a distribution center for supplies for victims of tornadoes in the region last week. ACS regularly coordinates with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to offer volunteers and supplies to serve disaster victims. [photo courtesy North American Division]
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Marching against abuse
Pathfinders from the Bethany Adventist Church in Petionville, Haiti, march in the streets on Saturday, May 11, to promote awareness of abuse against children. The Adventist world church holds a worldwide abuse prevention awareness day each year, and many local churches hold the day of emphasis on various dates. [photo: Jean-Philippe Baptiste]
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Honoring disciples
Orville Parchment, the assistant to the president of the Adventist world church, addresses the “Vision One Million” meeting at the G12 Convention Center in Bogota, Colombia, on Saturday, May 4. The campaign highlighted the results of its discipleship training program across the Inter-American Division territory. [photo: Abel Márquez/IAD]
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Class in session
The Adventist Centenary College in Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, recently launched free adult literacy classes for the community. Brazil’s adult illiteracy rate is about 10 percent.
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Welcoming remarks
Viriato Ferreira, Health Ministries director for the Adventist Church’s Inter-European Division, welcomes participants to the first European Health Conference on Monday, April 29 in Prague, Czech Republic. [photo courtesy EUD]