ANR Bulletin, 3 November 2004

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ANR Bulletin

Adventist News Review

Trans-European Division of the

Seventh-day Adventist Church

3 November 2004

In this Issue:

* Egypt: New church dedicated in Dahasa

* England: Where are we at with LIFEdevelopment.info?

* Egypt: Visit to the Minister of Education and the Presidential

Palace

* TED Prayer Guide for week 7 ? 13 November

NEW CHURCH DEDICATED IN DAHASA

DAHASA, EGYPT [ANR] ? On Sabbath 16 October, the new Seventh-day

Adventist Church in Dahasa, Upper Egypt was dedicated by Kjell Aune,

President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Egypt. The old

church in Dahasa had collapsed about three years ago, whilst a mosque

was being built next door and permission had been given to build a

new Adventist Church nearby.

The village of Dahasa has 3 ? 4 thousand inhabitants, of whom,

approximately 600 are Christians and about 10% of the Christians are

Adventists. The Seventh-day Adventist Church is the only Christian

church in Dahasa and has a history that goes back about 50 years. It

is an active and healthy church with a wide variety of age groups.

The special service which lasted for two and a half hours, consisted

of the dedication; a baptism of six people, prepared for baptism by

Sameh Doss, the local church pastor; and a celebration of the Lord's

Supper. A further group of people have expressed their decision to be

baptised at a later date. Following the service fellowship and a

lovely meal were enjoyed by all.

Thanks were expressed to the members of Dahasa Church, for their

sacrifice of time and money, in the completion of the church project

and trust that they will be a lighthouse in their community.

[Kjell Aune/ANR]

WHERE ARE WE AT WITH LIFEdevelopment.info?

WATFORD, ENGLAND [ANR] ? Maybe you are among the many who watched the

'Evidence' programmes in March this year. You enjoyed seeing familiar

faces on your television screens such as Gillian Joseph, Ken Burton,

Paul Lee and others. You were interested in the interviews and were

moved by the inspiring presentations by Pastor Dwight Nelson. You

even encouraged your non-Adventist friends to watch and discuss the

various topics presented in the ten programmes. But when the series

was over you thought that was it.

Well, that was not it..

* LIFEdevelopment.info started with 'Get Connected', level one, where

we encouraged every member to make friends with unchurched secular

people.

* We provided a tool in the form of the LIFE.info magazine, which

could be used as a means of contact with people in our communities.

* The 'Evidence' series of programmes formed level two in the concept

of LIFEdevelopment.info, which stirred people's thinking about very

relevant questions for our world today: Why do Christians believe in

a God? How does God communicate with us? How can we find healing for

the hurt and pain we have suffered or the pain we have caused?

Now we have reached level three. 'Mind the Gap' is the third stage in

the exciting process of LIFEdevelopment.info and is part of a number

of resources being made available to church members which are

designed to prepare postmodern people to receive the Gospel message.

These ten programmes presented by Pastor Dwight Nelson, introducing

basic Christianity which is authentic and has a deep intimate

relationship with Jesus Christ, will cover the topics of Faith;

Bible; Prayer; Jesus Who?; Jesus' Death and Resurrection; Jesus'

Second Coming; Holy Spirit; Human Nature; Healing and Fellowship.

The transmission of the ten programmes in February 2005 is as

follows:

Monday 7 February Faith

Tuesday 8 February Bible

Wednesday 9 February Prayer

Thursday 10 February Jesus

Friday 11 February Jesus' Second Coming

Monday 14 February Jesus' Death and Resurrection

Tuesday 15 February Holy Spirit

Wednesday 16 February Human Nature

Thursday 17 February Healing

Friday 18 February Fellowship

There is no greater joy than leading men and women to a knowledge and

acceptance of Jesus Christ as their Saviour. The Church needs you to

play your part in reaching the thousands of unchurched throughout

Great Britain and Ireland. If you have been through the first two

levels making friends with an unchurched person and sharing with them

the 'Evidence', then you are ready to introduce them to 'Mind the

Gap'.

Even level three is not the end of the road for LIFEdevelopment.info.

There will be seven levels in all, and when we are finished with all

seven it's back to the beginning, making contacts, making friends,

because that's what the Great Commission is all about.

If you have not got involved yet, why not start today? For further

information email []ask@LIFEdevelopment.info.[/]

[Alan Hodges/ANR]

VISIT TO THE MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND THE PRESIDENTIAL PALACE

HELIOPOLIS, EGYPT [ANR] ? On Monday 18 October, Kjell Aune, president

of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Egypt, together with Dr. Hanna

Malaka, Saad Khilla and Samir Berbawy, visited with the newly elected

Minister of Education for Egypt, Dr. Ahmad Gamal El Deen.

The Minister was informed about the local and international

educational work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. "For more than

100 years" said Aune, "Adventists have been present in Egypt, and

have been running schools in the country for about 70 years". Aune

advised the Minister of the great emphasis placed on education by the

Adventist Church.

A mutual wish for a good, open working relationship was expressed,

and the Minister opened an avenue of communication with him in case

of special concerns. "This 'opening of the door' to discussions about

our concerns" said Orville Woolford, Education Director for the

Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans European region, "is a

significant step forward for us as we seek to meet the educational

needs of the children and youth in our school system in Egypt".

Following the meeting the Adventist delegation visited the

Presidential Palace, to write a greeting in the protocol because of

the recent re-election of the President, for life. It is important

that, as a church, we are visible in the community and nurture a good

relationship with the authorities.

[Kjell Aune/ANR]

TED PRAYER GUIDE FOR WEEK 7 ? 13 NOVEMBER 2004

ST ALBANS, ENGLAND [ANR] ? Once Jesus asked a man who was an invalid

for 38 years, ?Do you want to get well?? When Jesus never did get a

straight answer from the man, He simply told him to ?act healthy? ?

?Get up?, Jesus said, ?Pick up your mat and walk?. And the man?s

answer to Jesus? question came in his response to Jesus? orders. He

obeyed Jesus? command to act healthy. He was saying that he wanted to

be well and so Jesus healed him.

The same question can be asked today of our church. Do you want to

get well? And the answer is not always obvious. Getting well may

require the exercise of spiritual gifts, stepping out in faith,

incorporating newcomers, who are unlike the old timers, the comfort

that we have in the church will be invaded. So, what is your answer

to the question? For use, getting well always requires change; it

always calls for action. Getting well means we must ?pick up? our

beds and walk. We must act healthy.

Prayer Requests:

1. That your church responds to the question and acts healthy because

a healthy church improves God?s reputation in its community ? among

believers and unbelievers.

[Miroslav Pujic/ANR]

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