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Stan Jensen Carpe Diem!!! Registered: 09/15/06 Posts: 3938 Loc: 49.05° Lat- 122.3° Long	ANR Bulletin Adventist News Review Trans-European Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church 12 October 2005 In this Issue: * Pakistan: ADRA response targets survivors of South Asia earthquake * Israel: ?Adventist-Jewish Friendship Conference? * Britain: ?Connect One Million? ? VOP evangelistic plan * TED Prayer Guide for week 16 ? 22 October ADRA RESPONSE TARGETS SURVIVORS OF SOUTH ASIA EARTHQUAKE RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN [ANR] ? A massive earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale which rocked South Asia a week ago has caused major devastation in the northern territories of Pakistan and India, with extensive damage in Kashmir. The latest death toll is reported to be 23,000. ?The destruction and loss of life in Pakistan is massive, and Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) are responding rapidly to this disaster? says Raafat Kamal, regional vice president of ADRA?s Trans-European office. ADRA has established an emergency team to assist with the implementation of emergency relief projects in Kashmir, such as the distribution of hundreds of tents, blankets, food packages and water containers. In its first international shipment of aid, ADRA International is airlifting 20 boxes of medicine which will be sent from Malaysia to the Islamabad airport to help earthquake survivors. ?Each box can treat 1,000 patients for 90 days,? said Kamal. The boxes can be used for distribution by small medical teams in rural areas. ADRA Germany is also preparing an airlift of antibiotics and anti-bacterial equipment valued at $84,000 to be distributed by the ADRA team in the disaster-struck area. In addition, Karachi Adventist Hospital has dispatched two medical teams to Kashmir consisting of doctors, nurses, assistants and paramedical staff to aid ADRA?s relief efforts with the distribution of medical supplies and attend to the health concerns of those injured in the earthquake. To coordinate relief efforts on the ground, ADRA is setting up an office in Rawalpindi, a city close to Islamabad, Pakistan, and a field office in District Bagh, where authorities have already given ADRA permission to begin relief activities. ?We have a major crisis on our hands and we are trying our best to meet the needs of the people of Pakistan? affirmed Kamal. ?Often the worst of nature brings out the best of human kindness ? our ADRA offices, donors, staff and volunteers continue to respond to this disaster in a wonderful way. I commend our ADRA team in Pakistan for their swift response; our representatives visited the worst affected areas within 12 hours.? Kamal continued, ?Our thoughts and prayers are with those affected by this horrible tragedy. As one person cried out to one of our team members ? ?I lost everything I had in just one minute. My shop is gone, my house is destroyed, my family has been killed and now I have to wait here without anything.? ADRA continues to bring relief in the midst of the world?s most difficult disasters; to unleash the potential of people who can win against impossible odds.? ADRA is present in 125 countries, providing community development and emergency management without regard to political or religious association, age, or ethnicity. [ANR Staff/ANR] ?ADVENTIST-JEWISH FRIENDSHIP CONFERENCE? ABU GOSH, ISRAEL [ANR] ? From 6 ? 12 February 2006, an ?Adventist-Jewish Friendship Conference? will be held in the town of Abu Gosh, Israel. Leaders, pastors and members in the Seventh-day Adventist Church who are interested in an Adventist-Jewish dialogue, who would consider starting a ministry for Jews, or who have already started but wish to improve their knowledge and skills, should plan to attend. The purpose of the conference is to foster a positive understanding between Adventists and Jews everywhere and to equip Adventists for dialogue and ministry among Jewish people. ?This initiative, promoted by the Seventh-day Adventist Church world headquarters, commenced about ten years ago? says Richard Elofer, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Israel, ?but there is a greater need today for our leaders to be more sensitive and positive towards Jews and their history.? ?This conference is a way of saying that the work of reaching out to Jesus? own people has never stopped.? says Bertil Wiklander, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-European region. ?The Christian church began by the conversion of Jews to Christianity. As this world?s history is closing and Jesus is coming back, I pray that such a movement will happen again.? Every day of the conference will cover a special theme: Experiencing Jewish Thinking, looking at dialogue between Adventists and Jews; Experiencing Jewish Life, with a field visit to Old Jerusalem, the Wailing Wall and the Mount of Olives; Understanding Jewish Mission, with seminars on how to plant an Adventist-Jewish synagogue, lectures and discussions on contextualisation of our message, sermon preparation using Rabbinical sources, various methods and tools; and Experiencing Jewish Suffering, with a visit to the Yad Washem museum and lectures on Anti-Semitism and reading the Bible after the holocaust. The conference is completed on Sabbath with Kabbalat Shabbat on Friday evening, Sabbath School and Divine Service on Sabbath morning. ?The significance of Adventist-Jewish Relations can be seen from many angles? says Wiklander. ?Our mission to all peoples includes sharing the gospel with the Jews; Ellen White has set before our church the vision of a special mission to the Jews.? Wiklander continued, ?The Bible teaches that God has promised to bless the offspring of Abraham, who are the Jewish people of today; and remembering the past 2000 years of harsh treatment administered to the Jews by the Christian church, we have a special duty to build bridges.? ?Because of its Biblical foundation? commented Elofer, ?the relationship between Adventists and Jews is very strong. They share the same Bible, the same God, the same day of rest ? Sabbath and the same hope ? the coming of the Messiah.? Jesus and the origins of the Christian church are deeply rooted in Jewish faith; in fact Christianity would be distorted without seeing Israel?s election as an integrated part of God?s plan of salvation. About 15 prominent Adventist thought-leaders, from the World Church headquarters and various Institutions will participate in this first ever international conference. We pray that God will richly bless it and that the work for Jewish people will go forward with great strength. For more information and to make application please email epujic@ted-adventist.org. ?CONNECT ONE MILLION? ? VOP EVANGELISTIC PLAN ST ALBANS, ENGLAND [ANR] ? Meet the greatest evangelist in Britain! Since 1947 the ?Voice of Prophecy? (VOP) has been the Seventh-day Adventist Church?s outstanding evangelist. Over the years, millions have been contacted for Christ; tens of thousands have taken the courses and hundreds, even thousands, have been baptised. Not until Jesus returns will the full story of the Voice of Prophecy be told, both nationally and internationally. Their success in Britain is attributed to several factors, but two in particular; great leadership and the loyal devoted support of the British and Irish Seventh-day Adventist Church members. Combine these with the loyal financial support from members and Christians from other denominations and you have a force for good that continues to march forward. On Sabbath 24 September the VOP in Britain celebrated ?VOP Rally Day?. In anticipation of a splendid Sabbath offering it launched an exciting plan to reach 1 million people for Christ in just one week! Every member in about 300 Seventh-day Adventist Churches throughout UK and Ireland was given an envelope containing 50 VOP cards and with less than one hour?s house to house distribution work by each person, the Adventist Church nationwide connected with no fewer than one million people! As of today an amazing 1,272 applications have been received for the ?Discover? Bible Course, demonstrating very clearly the continuing effectiveness of this method of evangelism. We pray that God will continue to bless this work to His glory. [Dalbert Elias/John Surridge/ANR Staff/ANR] TED Prayer Guide for week 16 ? 22 October 2005 ST ALBANS, ENGLAND [ANR] ? Pastor, we are very sorry to inform you that we have to end our Sabbath services at ten thirty this morning because we received information that the Israel deportation police are searching the city for undocumented foreigners. This phone call came to a pastor from one of our church elders in Tel Aviv one Sabbath morning. It is a sad fact that we are losing our church members, not because of apostasy or death but because of deportation of foreign workers who make a living in this country. A once alive, happy and strong church is now a quiet, lonely and weak church. It is a discouraging picture. But we always believe that our awesome God can do wonders even in this pressing situation. He who can turn the tide and calm the angry sea can make this situation into a blessing. Like a tree after it is cut, it grows and forms new branches making rich foliage, a shelter and refuge for the birds in the sky. Israel, with 7 million people, has only 1000 or less Seventh-day Adventists members. This is a gigantic and challenging task for each church worker. To be able to reach out to this number of people whose land is known to be HOLY, one must be filled with a double portion of the Holy Spirit and be in one accord as in the days of old if they are to see great results in the spreading of the message of salvation through the Only Way, the Truth and the Life-Jesus Christ. Israel Field keeps the objectives of the 13th Sabbath offering to plant 12 churches by God?s help for this year 2005. Prayer Requests: 1. That God will intervene in the deportation of foreigners 2. That our Field will have financial stability 3. For the success of the 12 church planting projects in this Field [Mila Mendez/ANR] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANR Staff: Miroslav Pujic, news director, Beverly Coysten, editor ANR, 119 St Peter's Street, St Albans, Herts, AL1 3EY, England E-mail: anr@ted-adventist.org Website: www.ted-adventist.org ANR (Adventist News Review) is a news and information bulletin issued by the communication department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-European Division. You are free to re-print any portion of the bulletin without need for special permission. However, we kindly request that you identify ANR whenever you publish these materials.
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