NAD NewsPoints- WAH breaks ground, facial re-implant, 3-year PT doctorate, Hope & Compassion Day/weekends, Leadership Cert., Church Planter BootCamp

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Adventist HealthCare Washington Adventist Hospital broke ground Monday for the new 170-bed, $331 million state-of-the-art healthcare campus, which will be built in the White Oak area of Montgomery County. With the goal to open in early 2019, the facility is expected to create nearly 7,500 jobs between construction and hospital operations and to inject more than $800 million into the Maryland economy, just in the construction alone. The historic Takoma Park location will continue to provide other healthcare services for the community. MORE    Doctors at LLU Children's Hospital performed unprecedented facial re-implantation surgery on 2-year-old dog bite victim last August. LLUCH has shared a video of the story on YouTube. MORE    Adventist University in Florida is launching a three-year Physical Therapydoctorate program this May. They expect to fill more than 1,000 jobs in the state of Florida. MORE   Seventh-day Adventists organize free health clinic at fairgrounds Bradley named administrator of Florida Hospital Celebration Health Insurance exec to replace Kemper as Healthwise CEO  Adventist Health plots outpatient expansion Church picks Langley family for Extreme Home Repair Student weekend meal program grows  Adventist Health names CFO Last of those wounded in terrorist attack goes home University-sponsored archaeology trips yield biblically significant finds Palm Coast Pastor Bob Hayes receives Mission Award in Orlando Bears, raccoons, skunks, foxes and moral lessons inhabit 'Fenton Forest'  Pacific Union College: a hub of student diversity At Adventist restaurants, meals are good for the body and the planet      Who's On Your Team? So you've taken the first step towards a safer church by registering for Safety Sabbath 2016 (Mar. 26). Now what? You need to have a team in place before you jump into your chosen drill. Have you created your Crisis Response Team? MORE   Imagine 6,000+ Adventist churches, with more than 1,200,000 members showing the love of God and the compassion of Jesus in practical ways in their communities each month! This weekend will be the 2nd weekend of the month, which means Compassion weekend! NAD is encouraging each church to set aside this time for intentional community outreach, tending to the needs of people in our neighborhoods. These weekends will serve as reminders of our mission and as an opportunity for all the ministries of the church to collaborate together under the umbrella of the Transformational Evangelism Building Block emphasis for NAD. Compassion 10Million grants are available.  MORE   The First NAD Annual Day of Hope and Compassion is April 16/17. Go to the Compassion Movement website for postcards, posters for your church, bulletin inserts in English and Spanish, and a letter from NAD President Dan Jackson, in English and Spanish.   The 2016 ACS Nonprofit Leadership Certification Program (NLCP), Session 1, for pastors, church administrators, and nonprofit leaders, will be conducted Apr. 18-21, in Norcross, Ga. NLCP focuses on three major learning outcomes; a) leadership skills; b) improvement of management knowledge; and c) changes in attitude of social dimensions of evangelism. MORE   Church Planters BootCamp is for equipping, assessing, and supporting new NAD church planters. Church planters leading Community Church Plants funded by PLANT1000 must attend the BootCamp, Apr. 28 - May 1, in Camp Kulaqua, Fla. Each church planter will receive assessment and training by top church planters and will be matched with a coach who will provide support in ministry during the church planting journey. BootCamp is free to church planters and includes training, materials, lodging, and meals. The church planters and their conference/church are responsible for their own transportation. Register here.      Get help to create a proactive Child Protection Plan to prevent child abuseand to protect children and teenagers from inappropriate conduct by other children or adults, and to protect adults from the potential of false allegations. MORE. Subscribe to Solutions enewsletter to stay up to date with Adventist Risk Management resources.      A new website for church planters in the North American Division is now available. It will help in our goal to plant 1,000 churches in the next five years. Get the Church Planter's Blog, information about upcoming events such as Church Planter's Boot Camp, how to get funding, and more. Check it out at nadchurchplant.org/.     "People have lost hope and they are reaching for something that they think will bring them hope.... Every one of us have those moments in time when hope is shattered, when the things that we have been dreaming about come to naught, and it is awfully painful. I am so glad that hope is not based upon our current situation…. We all lose hope at times....  At the very worst moment of your life, God provided for you eternally! At that moment where you were hostile and unhappy with God, He provided the gift of His Son!"  – President Daniel Jackson in his devotional this morning for the NAD staff worship, based upon Romans 5:1-8.    For Sharing!  Did you know that we will live with God in our new home forever?  The Bible describes a very special, garden-like place in which there is peace and serenity, and there is everlasting life. This place is called The New Earth. It is a place of everlasting love, life, and joy. It is a place where God Himself will live with His children, His people. There will be no more sadness, no more death, no more sickness or pain. And it will last forever... MORE Watch the 90: second video on Vimeo.  Many are asking 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.                March 9, 2016 NAD Initiative for 2016: Compassion 10 Million, Part of the Transformational Evangelism Building Block   The 2nd weekend of every month will automatically be a Compassion Weekend. Plan every month throughout the year to perform acts of compassion especially on these weekends, but better yet, do them every day.  Compassion Weekends: March 12/13 April 9/10 Apr. 16, 17, Day of Hope and Compassion May 14/15 June 11/12 July 9/10 August 13/14 September 10/11 October 8/9 November 12/13 December 10/11 Learn about funding for a Compassion Model Church in each conference.       Special Days:   March Focus: Women in the Church Mar. 5, Women's Day of Prayer Mar. 6-12, Adventist Youth Week of Prayer Mar. 19, Disabilities Awareness Sabbath Mar. 26, ARM Safety Sabbath   Offerings: March Offerings Mar. 12, Adventist World Radio   Helpful Special Day Websites and Resources Sample Offertory Readings (in English, Spanish, Portuguese and French)     Apr. 2-4, SONscreen Film Festival Apr. 7/8, Prayer Call Apr. 2-9, La Voz de la Esperanza NET via  Esperanza TV (in Spanish) Apr. 3-8, Tour de Youth, "The Big Easy" Apr. 16/17, Day of Hope and Compassion April 17, Oakwood University, Inc. Board Meeting, Huntsville, Ala. 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. 28-May 1, Church Planters BootCamp Apr. 29-May 1, Oregon Men's Summit May 13-16, World Congress for Deaf & Deaf-Blind 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, Ariz.     Adventist World/ NAD Edition March, 2016     NAD Feature: Your Best Pathway to Health Goes to LA-LA Land, by Andrew McChesney, p. 36 NAD News: New NAD Health Ministries Director; Faith for Today Celebrates 66 Years, p. 11 NAD Update: Emotional Wellness Summit Convenes, p. 14 NAD Perspective: What Adventists Can Do After an Extremist Attack, by Gabriela Profeta Phillips, p.17   Daily Prayer Guide Month of March 2016: Pray for the Columbia  Union, in which there are 711 churches and 144,207 members.                Mar. 13-19 – This week, please pray for the Pennsylvania Conference, with 114 churches and 11,287 members, and for the Potomac Conference with 143 churches and 34252 members.   Bible plus Spirit of Prophecy Reading Plan   1st Quarter, 2016 South American Division   Watch DVD Youth & Adult Mission Quarterly Children's Magazine     Share This Newsletter

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