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]
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]
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]
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.
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]
In England, three-year-old Toby pedals two miles to raise money during the ADRA Annual Appeal Challenge. Toby, who suffers from medical issues that sap his energy levels, raised £111.00 per mile while joining nine other children to cycle around Draycote Water Reservoir, near Rugby. [photo: Kristina Gilbert]
A Seventh-day Adventist in East Puerto Rico prays with a homeless couple on the streets of Rio Piedras after handing then a special “Blanket of Love” prepared by the Adventist Medial Cadet Corps in the region earlier this year.
Seventh-day Adventists in Kigali, Rwanda, are distributing copies of the book “The Great Controversy” written by church co-founder Ellen G. White. The distribution is part of the Adventist world church’s Great Controversy Project. [photo: Sulemani Muhirwa]
A reader generously sponsored the beverage cart on behalf of Adventist News Network at the Sacramento Adventist Academy annual golf charity earlier this month at Morgan Creek Golf Club in Roseville, California, United States. More than 60 players helped raise funds for student scholarships.
Joseph Kidder, a professor at the Adventist Theological Seminary at Andrews University, delivers a lecture at the Inter-Ministries Convention in Rimini, Italy, last month. More than 400 people attended the convention. [photo: Monica de Paolis]