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Adventists Respond in Aftermath of EF5 Tornado in Moore, Oklahoma
Adventist Community Services Disaster Response assessing needs On Monday, May 20, the second consecutive day of tornadoes in Oklahoma, an EF5 tornado with peak winds of 190 mph, tore through part of the state, touching down on the town of New Castle, Moore and other Oklahoma City suburbs. The tornado spent 40 minutes traveling 17 miles on the ground and devastated an estimated 30 square miles that included neighborhoods and two elementary schools. The latest count reveals that 24...
Responding to Violent Tornado Aftermath in Texas
Adventist Community Services Offers Help Following Rash of Violent Tornadoes in North Texas Adventist Community Services Disaster Response (ACS DR) is responding to the devastating tornado outbreak that hit last night in the Granbury and Cleburne, Texas area. There were ten tornadoes that affected the area, some as strong as an F4 category, killing six people, and injuring dozens of others. Several people are still unaccounted for. Several Adventist members have been directly affected by this devastating outbreak. One family lost their business. Some of the Texas Conference staff members are helping them with debris removal today. ACS...
Full-Vision Books - a fusion of Braille, print and audio
Assist blind and sighted people alike April 2, 2013 … Lincoln, NE/CRN “Blind parents deserve to be able to read to their sighted children, just as sighted parents do. Blind children who are learning Braille need simple books an adult can read along with them,” says Larry Pitcher, president of Christian Record Services for the Blind . The 114-year-old organization serving the blind community has just released Grandma Stepped on Fred! the latest edition in a Full-Vision ® book series, A Child's Steps to Jesus . The series develops the...
Commemorating the Sesquicentennial of the Seventh-day Adventist Church
Special commemoration service to be held This year we have been marking the Sesquicentennial of the establishment of the Seventh-day Adventist Church , and will continue to do so through December 31st. On May 20-21, at North American Division (NAD) and General Conference (GC) headquarters, we will be marking the precise 150th anniversary of the first GC Session – the beginnings of the NAD, the GC, and the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist® Church. We will be using this commemoration to thank God for His leading, and recommit...
Do the do FAST .
" do FAST" - d efend o rphans! The North American Division Education, Ministerial and Youth Departments are pleased to announce their partnership with Restore a Child in the new ‘ do’ Fast movement for Adventist schools, churches and youth groups. The four entities are joining together to launch a fast that introduces our students and young people to the Seventh-day Adventist worldview and the biblical mandate about the true fast as described in Isaiah 58. There is now an option to join the do FAST, a 24-hour fast...
