China: HIV and AIDS Street Theater Educates Migrant Workers ... Migrant workers and other at-risk groups in Chifeng City, China, are learning about the devastating effects of HIV and AIDS through street theater performances. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) started the program in March and will continue it through December. "Many migrant workers have little or no knowledge about basic health care or sex education," said Suki Lau, public relations officer for ADRA's China office. "They have no medical care, and act as potential carriers for a number of infectious diseases."
There are 650,000 people living with HIV in China, including 75,000 living with AIDS, according to a 2006 report published by the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China. More than 1,100 migrant workers, taxi drivers, construction contractors, self-employed businessmen, and others have attended the performances to date. [ADRA/ANN Staff]
Mission Projects Funded ... The first four Hope for Big Cities projects were approved by the Adventist Mission Operating Committee on Tuesday, Sept. 19. Meeting at the Seventh-day Adventist Church world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, the committee also approved 79 new Global Mission projects and two ongoing projects costing a total of US$266,740. This brings the total world funding of Global Mission projects so far in 2006 to nearly US$10 million. One of the Global Mission projects is in Abidjan, the commercial and administrative center of Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa. Local church members plan to start a three-phase evangelistic effort in an unentered part of the city. Fewer than 10,000 Adventists live in this nation of nearly 17 million people. To learn more about the work of Global Mission visit: www.global-mission.org.
World Church: Adventist Review Editor, Completes 2nd Devotional ... William G. Johnsson, Adventist Review editor, has completed his second devotional and 20th book. The book, Jesus: A Heart Full of Grace, focuses on the second part of John 1:14 "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." Johnsson says the book connects the theme of grace to everyday life. "I've come back to that theme of grace over the years in speaking and writing," Johnsson says. "I come back to grace because it gives us a reason to live and gives us hope for eternity." The book is now available at Adventist Book Centers. [ANN Staff]
Russia: Young Adventists Hold Music Festival ... Two hundred young people from the Seventh-day Adventist church in Western Russia attended the second youth music festival in St. Petersburg. The September 21 to 23 festival brought participants ranging in age from 16 years old to 35 years old from Russia, England, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. Attendees participated in a competition where their composition skills were tested in five categories of music: worship, gospel music, youth camps, bard and retro. One attendee, Paul Khiminets, said, "The Festival made a great impression on me, we have so many young boys and girls with high musical skills. We have heard new melodies and new songs." [Valery Ivanov, ESD /ANN Staff.]
Silver Spring, Maryland United States,
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There are 650,000 people living with HIV in China, including 75,000 living with AIDS, according to a 2006 report published by the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China. More than 1,100 migrant workers, taxi drivers, construction contractors, self-employed businessmen, and others have attended the performances to date. [ADRA/ANN Staff]
Mission Projects Funded ... The first four Hope for Big Cities projects were approved by the Adventist Mission Operating Committee on Tuesday, Sept. 19. Meeting at the Seventh-day Adventist Church world headquarters in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States, the committee also approved 79 new Global Mission projects and two ongoing projects costing a total of US$266,740. This brings the total world funding of Global Mission projects so far in 2006 to nearly US$10 million. One of the Global Mission projects is in Abidjan, the commercial and administrative center of Cote d'Ivoire, West Africa. Local church members plan to start a three-phase evangelistic effort in an unentered part of the city. Fewer than 10,000 Adventists live in this nation of nearly 17 million people. To learn more about the work of Global Mission visit: www.global-mission.org.
World Church: Adventist Review Editor, Completes 2nd Devotional ... William G. Johnsson, Adventist Review editor, has completed his second devotional and 20th book. The book, Jesus: A Heart Full of Grace, focuses on the second part of John 1:14 "The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth." Johnsson says the book connects the theme of grace to everyday life. "I've come back to that theme of grace over the years in speaking and writing," Johnsson says. "I come back to grace because it gives us a reason to live and gives us hope for eternity." The book is now available at Adventist Book Centers. [ANN Staff]
Russia: Young Adventists Hold Music Festival ... Two hundred young people from the Seventh-day Adventist church in Western Russia attended the second youth music festival in St. Petersburg. The September 21 to 23 festival brought participants ranging in age from 16 years old to 35 years old from Russia, England, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova. Attendees participated in a competition where their composition skills were tested in five categories of music: worship, gospel music, youth camps, bard and retro. One attendee, Paul Khiminets, said, "The Festival made a great impression on me, we have so many young boys and girls with high musical skills. We have heard new melodies and new songs." [Valery Ivanov, ESD /ANN Staff.]
Silver Spring, Maryland United States,
Compiled by ANN Staff
