NAD NewsPoints- WAU Prof & UN Climate Change Conf., Facilities damaged, The Adventists (trilogy) to air, Hospitality, Peacemakers, End to suffering

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WAU Adjunct Professor Colin Wellenkamp will be directing a delegation of Mississippi River Mayors who are attending the United Nation’s climate change conference that started this week in Paris. They will be initiating talks with officials from other major food-exporting river basins around the world in an effort to secure food and water security in the face of climate change.  MORE    Several Adventist facilities were damaged by the stormthat tore through the Northwest the week before Thanksgiving. The storm caused building damage to Upper Columbia Academy in Spangle, Wash., and some property damage and downed power-lines at the Upper Columbia Conference office in Spokane, Wash. The South Hill Adventist Church in Spokane discovered that their annual nativity village, which they had been building since mid-October, suffered significant damage from the storm. MORE    Representatives from the Home Depot's Retool Your School competition were on Oakwood University’s campus for a tour as well as to help install exercise equipment purchased from the winning $50,000 Tier 1 grant which OU won in May of this year. OU also won the Tier 1 grant in 2013, and last year won the Campus Pride grant. MORE. Photos.   Louisville gets a glimpse of new urgent-care facility 'Journey to Bethlehem' canceled this year while church members figure out a way to rebuild after fire A refugee's story: Current crisis hits close to home for Ooltewah family Time is now to nominate Extreme Home Repair recipient in the Langleys or Aldergrove Churches create Bethlehem village Construction nears on Selma hospital renovation Glendale Adventist doctors, nurses travel to Armenia on a mission of health Churches offer holiday gift for the season Local churches attend to hunger on the holiday Adventist pastor veers from rock's road to perdition to stairway to heaven Vegan diet linked to lower prostate cancer risk Seventh-Day Adventist Church Donates Smoke Alarms Hospital improvements will save more lives Students in Niles pack gifts for children in 100 countries     Don't forget Prayer Call, Dec. 3/4 - Join the North American Division Prayer Ministry team anytime, for as long or briefly as you wish, during the December all-night prayer call which runs at 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. ET. Dial 404-891-6338; use access code 772937#. Email your prayer requests. They will be prayed over by a team of prayer warriors each week.   Martin Doblmeier, the award-winning film maker and producer of The Adventists, The Adventists 2, and The Blueprint, has reached an agreement with PBS to rebroadcast these films. The Adventists will air on: Dec 19 at 8:00 pm; Dec 20 at 12:00 am; Dec 21 at 9:00 am; Dec 21 at 3:00 pm.; The Blueprint will air on: Dec 19 at 9:00 pm; Dec 20 at 1:00 am; Dec 21 at 10:00 am; Dec 21 at 4:00 pm. (All times are EST) In addition, The Adventists and The Adventists 2 will be re-transmitted to every PBS station nationwide on Jan. 7.    Pacific Press® distributes the three films as The Adventists Trilogy online and in Adventist Book Centers around the country. Watch a preview of The Adventists Trilogy.   Emotional Wellness Summit in Orlando, Fla., Jan. 13-17. Learn how we can equip ourselves to extend the healing ministry of Christ for the whole person, focusing especially on the often neglected mental and emotional needs of people. If you are a mental health professional, general health professional, researcher, pastor, health ministry leader or a member of a congregation in interested in integrating ministry with the mental health needs of people you will want to be part of this discussion. Register here. Watch the video.   Save the date for "Safety Sabbath," March 26. It is sponsored by Adventist Risk Management (ARM), Inc. to encourage every church throughout NAD to hold a safety drill that Sabbath during the church service. Churches can choose from three drills based on their congregation¹s needs. ARM will offer free, downloadable training resources for fire, missing child and active shooter drills on the website currently being constructed.      Christian Hospitality is the "Focus of the Month" for December on the NAD Calendar of Special Days. This is a season when many people are lonely but surrounded by seemingly oblivious people who are busy with their own lives, families and activities. Be aware of strangers visiting your church. (Download "Christian Hospitality" ministry description.) You might also receive some inspiration by reading this article, "Can You Come to Dinner," as published in the August, 2012, Lake Union Herald. Several other resources on hospitality are available at AdventSource and on the NAD Website under the December sectionof the NAD Calendar of Special Days and the November section about "Welcome Home Sabbath."   To be peacemakers in a world where there is no peace   "When we become refugees it's not because we want or choose to, but because we are forced, broken in pieces, so we leave. Imagine these pieces are our souls, our hearts, the love which we have to protect. And when we arrived to a safe place, we are perceived as deficient, incomplete, naked, and we have nothing to give... only our tears and grief."  This email came a couple of days after I had a conversation in which I asked a Muslim couple what they saw as the solution to the crisis in the Middle East. There was a long pause which was broken when one of them said, “We (Muslim) are in a dark place right now, and we read in the Qur’an that Allah has a people, ‘the true people of the book’, who will come to our side and help us. We need them.”   Sent by Gabriella Phillips, Adventist-Muslim Relations Read the entire letter.   For Sharing!  Did you know that God will bring an end to suffering and death? This troubled world is not our real home. It's not always going to be like this! One day God will say "Enough!" And He will put an end to all the evil, all the suffering and death on this Earth. He will wipe all the tears from our eyes, and there will be no more crying, no more death, no more pain. One day, everyone will have enough to eat. No one will need to live in fear, or flee their homes, or lose loved ones!  MORE Watch the 90: second video on Vimeo.  People want to know what Seventh-day Adventists believe. Each topic on the My Way to Jesus website links to a video, an invitation to study the Bible, the Find-a-Church Directory, a link for kids to My Place with Jesus, a place to send prayer requests, and more. You can easily post the videos and information on your church website and/or share the updates from the My Way to Jesus Facebook page. Learn how.   December 3, 2015     Special Days   December Focus: Christian Hospitality Dec. 5, Bible Sabbath Offerings   December Offerings Dec. 12, Adventist Community Services   Helpful Special Day Websites and Resources Sample Offertory Readings (in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French) Dec. 3/4, Prayer Call Dec. 20, Christmas for a Single Parent 2016: Jan 2, NAD Day of Prayer, via Hope Channel Church Jan. 13-17, Emotional Wellness Summit Feb. 12, Marriage Vows: Living the Commitment  Feb. 17-20, Just Claim It Youth Prayer Conference Feb. 19-20, Making Love Last - Married Couples' Retreat Feb. 24-28, GAiN - Global Adventist Internet Network Conference Mar. 26, Safety Sabbath Apr. 2-9, La Voz de la Esperanza NET via Esperanza TV (in Spanish) Apr. 18-21, Nonprofit Leadership Convention, Session 1 Apr. 24-27, HR Conference & Secretariat Council, Minneapolis, Minn. Apr. 27-30, Your Best Pathway to Health/Los Angeles   Apr. 29 - May 1, Oregon Men's Summit July 21-23, Adventist Conference on Family Research and Practice Aug. 3-6, ASI 2016 Convention Sept. 7-10, Adventist Community Services Convention  Sept. 28-Oct., Health Summit Canada Oct. 10-13, Nonprofit Leadership Convention, Session 2 Oct. 13-15, Society of Adventist Communicators Convention Nov. 18-19, HE SAID GO Missions Conference 2017: Jan. 8-11, 2017 - Adventist Ministries Convention, Tucson, AZ   Adventist World/ NAD Edition December, 2015   NAD Feature: Washing Dirty Feet; p. 30 NAD News: Church Leaders Meet to Worship and Plan; Baptists Use Adventist Bible Lessons; Adventists in North American Make Prayer a Priority, p. 11 NAD Update: NAD Year-end Meeting Accepts Report about Human Sexuality; NAD Launches Website for General Public, p. 14; A Turning Point in North America, p. 35 NAD Perspective: When the President Prayed, p.17   Daily Prayer Guide                Dec. 6-12 – This coming week, please pray for the Southwest Region Conference with 104 churches and 25,009 members.    Share This Newsletter

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