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NewsPoints January 17, 2024

January 17, 2024 | Columbia, Md. | North American Division

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2024 NAD Year-End Meeting Video and News Coverage

Welcome to the video stream and news coverage from the 2024 North American Division Year-End Meeting! Once the NAD Year-End Meeting begins on Nov. 1, 2024, you can watch below — and check out links to written news coverage and YEM reports as they become available.

Preparing for Pentecost: NAD President G. Alexander Bryant’s 2024 NAD Year-End Meeting Report is a Call to Higher Service

The 2024 North American Division Year-End Meeting began at 1 p.m. on November 1 at the NAD headquarters in Columbia, Maryland, following a two-day administrators’ conference — the first in 10 years — at the same location. One hundred and fifty executive committee members (of 302) gathered for day one of business meetings where, until Monday, November 3, they will receive reports, vote on business items, strategize, and fellowship with fellow Adventist church leaders and friends.

Faith, Determination, and Divine Power

On Nov, 2, 2024, in a powerful sermon in which attendees actively participated with voiced responses and hearty “Amens,” G. Alexander Bryant, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America (NAD), delivered a message of hope, resilience, and the transformative power of the Holy Spirit.

Sabbath Worship at Year-End Meeting: A Sacred Pause

For attendees at the North American Division (NAD) Year-End Meeting, the Sabbath arrived as a welcome sacred pause, offering divine rest amid the intensive days of church business. All who gathered enjoyed worship, praise, and fellowship through three avenues: Sabbath School, worship service, and afternoon concert.

NAD Year-End Meeting Vespers: An Upper Room Experience

This year’s Friday evening vespers program during the North American Division Year-End Meeting delivered a unique and spirit-filled experience. It began with an agape feast followed by an upper room biblical dramatization, congregational singing, special prayer time, ordinance of humility, and communion.