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Updated May 08, 2008

From the Adventist Review: Caring for an elderly parent is one of life's great challenges. Read more

ADRA STAFF: Corinna and Marcel Wagner, ADRA Myanmar Programs and Country Directors, in Yangon after the cyclone.                                                                                 Adventist Review reports: "The Adventist Development and Relief Agency, ADRA, is among the first nongovernmental organizations to respond to the massive flooding that cut a large swath across the southeast Asian nation. The head of the U.S. embassy in Yangon, the capital, has estimated 100,000 may die in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, which hit the nation on May 3; media reports suggest as many as 1 million may be homeless." Read more

Adapted from K. NANCOO-RUSSELL, Freeport News Reporter May 5, 2008

Tenth grader Simone Bethel, an Adventist student from Grand Bahama, won over 13 other contestants at the recent National Young Chef competition held in Nassau, Bahamas on April 10, 2008. Her winning creative dish was Bahamian samosas with a loquat and tamarind chutney and Lucayan Indian rice and mango salsa.  Read more

Pastor Charles Blythe, Youth Ministries Director for the West Indies Union, will be in Grand Bahama on the weekend of May 9 - 11, 2008 for a time of instruction and inspiration with all Youth, Pathfinder and Master Guide leaders. In fact, it is expected that the North Bahamas Mission will be among the over 4000 delegates expected for the Pathfinder/Master Guide Camporee at Camp Verley, St. Catherine, Jamaica from July 23–29, 2008. Read more 

Adventist World Magazine by Catherine Boldeau

It’s 4:00 a.m. He’s not home … again! My feather pillow—a poor substitute for the body warmth I lack. Thoughts race around in my mind, rudely bumping into each other. Where is he? What’s happening to him? Why isn’t he home?  Read more

Grand Bahama Academy (GBA), a K3-12 Seventh-day Adventist Christian educational institution in the northern Bahamas, will spearhead Education Day within the North Bahamas Mission on Sabbath, May 3, 2008 with the goal of showcasing GBA and raising $100,000 earmarked for the construction of additional classrooms. Members and friends may donate to GBA. Read more  

Mr. Edmund Rahming, Jr., the youngest and newest Vice-President of the Grand Bahama Port Authority Group of Companies (GBPA) with responsibilities for Business Development, Licensing and City Management was the keynote speaker at the Third Annual Career Days for Grand Bahama Academy of Seventh-day Adventists held April 29-30, 2008. Mr. Rahming, himself a Seventh-day Adventist, holds a number of qualifications such as CPA, Cr.FA, MBA inspired the students as he addressed the theme: My Purpose, My Passion, My Future.  See more

There are moments when you’re forced to step back and consider how your faith looks through another person’s eyes. Sitting before the glare of television lights, speaking with a journalist who has perhaps never had a conversation with a Seventh-day Adventist, is one of those moments. How do you encompass, in just a few sentences—a few soundbites—the depth and breadth of your faith, the tremendous meaning it has for you personally, the richness of its history, the power of its message, and the promise it holds for both individuals and for society? Read more

Roy Adams, associate editor of Adventist Review and Adventist World magazines speaks with Carlos Medley, online editor, during the Associated Church Press convention in Westlake, Texas. The Review,the flagship journal of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, won a total of four ACP awards during the group’s annual convention held April 20-23, 2008. ACP is the oldest religious interdenominational press association in North America. Read more

The Grand Bahama Health Services Public Hospitals Authority Nurses Recognition Committee honoured retired Adventist nurse, Mrs. Lenora Pratt, Nursing Officer 1, at the Paula Neymour's Noble Tea Party on Sunday, April 27, 2008. This special ceremony, under the patronage of Mrs. Paula Neymour, the "Florence Nightingale" of Grand Bahama nursing, is a major public recognition occasion. This event honoured Nurse Pratt for her "selfless and unwavering service" to the  noble profession of nursing for which she devoted some 40 years of her life as an educator, administrator and nurse par excellence. Read more

April 28, 2008 Mandeville, Jamaica [Nigel Coke/WIU Staff]
                                                                                                                                            Dr. Steven Aldana, author of the book, The Culprit and the Cure and President of Wellsteps, Utah, USA, has encouraged people to adopt the Adventist lifestyle and add ten to twenty quality years to their lives. Read more

"Next year's Pentecost and More initiative will focus on encouraging every church member regardless of age to get involved and share the gospel with at least one person", says Pastor Balvin Braham, Ministerial Association associate director in charge of evangelism, and organizer of the initiative. The theme for 2009's Pentecost and More will be "It's My Time." PENTECOST MORE 2009 _3.pdf  Read more

Grand Bahama Academy, a K3-12 Seventh-day Adventist Christian educational institution, extends the invitation to take advantage of a strong academic programme in a Christian environment. Registration is now in progress for the 2008-2009 school year.               Telephone 1-242-373-4794.

Applications are also available for new teachers.  See more 

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