Every year, the Temple Hills, Maryland church hosts a spiritual conference around the time of the blooming of the flowering ornamental cherry trees in the Washington, DC area (the capital of the United States.) This year it was held on the weekend of April 15-17 and the theme for this conference was “For Such A Time As This”. When the Jewish nation was threatened by jealous Haman, faithful Mordecai sent a message to Queen Esther, saying “Who knows if perhaps you were made a queen for just such a time as this?” Esther 4:14. We all have "golden" moments in o
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You are cordially invited to attend the first International Youth Convention to be held in Châtel, France, next to the Swiss border. This convention is organized by the French Field Youth Department in partnership with the General Conference. Be sure to mark the date on your calendar, July 25 to July 31, 2016. The event lasts the entire week, starting on a Monday and ending on the following Sunday.
A huge 7.8 earthquake hit Ecuador on Saturday evening, April 16, when most of our church members were at church closing the Sabbath. Miraculously, none of the church structures were affected, but several felt the impact. Members exited the churches shaken but safe. Unfortunately, some members' homes did not endure the quake and many relatives of church members were even more seriously affetcted.
Brother John Bosco, the Regional Secretary for the Northern Africa Region, has been traveling in Africa the past couple of months, visiting brethren from various countries in Northern Africa. Below are a few photos from three of his most recent trips.
Photos 1 and 2: The work in North Kivu, DR-Congo is growing rapidly. However, the region has been devasted by a recent civil war, and the people are in dire need of help. In the photos, the brethren stand behind a banner thanking brethren who have sent them assistance.
On April 12, 2016, the SDARM Mobile App for iPhone and iPad was launched. The SDARM Mobile app contains the adult Sabbath School Bible Lessons in a variety of languages including, but not limited to, English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Romanian. The app also features a daily devotional (available only in English at this time), and hymnals in English, Portuguese, Spanish, and Romanian. The app also supports public domain Bibles in several languages.