Save the Date: Human Trafficking Awareness Event The Advent Christian Village, the Village Church and the Women’s Home and Foreign Mission Society are sponsoring a Human Trafficking Awareness Event January 28, 2023 at the Village Church. Save the date! More information and registration coming soon! Donation Reminders We are always grateful for our generous donors […]
Should We Even Be Talking About Church Health? Blog post by Justin Nash How do you measure church health? That depends on who you ask. For instance, there are 9Marks, eight quality characteristics (NCD) and 10 characteristics of a healthy church (CHAT), just to name a few. That’s why it’s important to begin by defining […]
Give Thanks in All Circumstances Executive Director Steve Lawson For all of us who know Jesus Christ as our Savior and Lord, Thanksgiving is more than just a holiday or something to think about once a year. It is great to have a time when we come together with family and friends and focus on […]
Aurora Church Hosts Youth Retreat A boy comments during a closing worship service for “Friends Forever.” Background is the Rev. Matt Mull, Aurora pastor. (Al Benson photo) ILLINOIS – Aurora Advent Christian Church hosted “Friends Forever,” an annual weekend retreat for midwest teens, on November 18-20. Rev. Matt Mull, Aurora pastor, said 50 teens attended from […]
Thank You for Supporting Bread of Life Your WHFMS groups are so pleased to share with you that we not only reached our 2022 Bread of Life goal, we exceeded it! Bread of Life has been our national project for many years and because of the generous hearts of the members of WHFMS, our churches […]
Five New Members Join Highland Cliff ACC MAINE – On November 20. 2022 Highland Cliff welcomed five new members (including pastor Randy Mills and his wife Yvonne) into membership in the church. (L to R) Randy Mills, Tom Szostak (not a new member), Dot Maxwell, Mary Dutton, Yvonne Mills and John Johnson […]
Giving Tuesday Challenge! Yesterday, we set a goal to raise $9,500 for the World Hunger/Emergency Relief Fund for #givingtuesday Maize sent to Tanzania in July 2022 during severe drought. Our World Hunger/Emergency Relief drive fell short this year. Each year in October, we prompt churches to give to this fund. This money is kept in […]
Update on a Tanzanian Robbery Pastor Johnson Odoyo TANZANIA – Readers may remember that in June 2022, there was a trip to a combined Kenya / Tanzania pastors’ convention. Both AC Conferences were given gifts of technology, among which were some cell phones and a computer. The Tanzanian pastors suffered a great loss only days after the […]
Church Building Construction Doesn’t Hinder Worship KENYA – Church initiatives are taking place in Kenya. Pastor Joseph Nyabuto is working hard in exhorting the believers in Igare, Kenya. They are in the middle of constructing a building for worship. In the photo above, you can see the structure beginning to take place. Even while it […]
Board Meetings and Service Medallions at Advent Christian Village Advent Christian Village (ACV) held their board meetings beginning last Wednesday evening through Friday. Board members gathered at the Village and enjoyed wonderful meals and fellowship hosted by their new food service. The new Vice President for Independent Living Operations, Mark Edquid, has already begun to […]