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2019 NAD Year-End Meeting News and Video Coverage

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America streams its first business session; links to articles from each session also included.

November 4, 2019 | Columbia, Md. | North American Division

Welcome to the video stream from the 2019 North American Division Year-End Meeting! Watch below, and check out links to written news coverage and YEM reports once they are available.

News Reports

2019 YEAR-END MEETING OPENS WITH FOCUS ON EMPOWERING CURRENT AND FUTURE PASTORS, AND CONTINUING EDUCATION

2019 YEM DAY TWO: DELEGATES ELECT LEADERS, RECEIVE REPORTS ON REFUGEE AND EMERGING IMMIGRANT MINISTRIES

NAD PRESIDENT SAYS SPIRITUAL SECURITY LIES IN GOD, NOT THE CHURCH (Nov. 2 Sabbath Service)

'GOD HAS GIFTED US, AND HE WILL NOT GIVE UP ON US' (President's Report)

STAND ON THE PROMISES OF GOD WITH HOLY GHOST POWER (Secretary's Report)

FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY WITH GRANDMA AND GRANDPA JONES' MONEY (Treasurer's Report)

A JOURNEY TO PARITY: NAD RESPONDS TO THE ANNUAL COUNCIL VOTED ACTION ON TITHE-SHARING

2019 YEM DAY FOUR: MEDIA MINISTRY TO THE UNCHURCHED, NEW RESOURCES, AND TOUCHING TRIBUTE

NAD LEADERS HONOR THE LEGACY OF DANIEL R. JACKSON

DEBRA BRILL, LONGEST-SERVING VICE PRESIDENT AT THE NORTH AMERICAN DIVISION, RETIRES

2019 YEM DAY FIVE: PAST AND PRESENT ON GOVERNANCE, MINISTRIES, AND INITIATIVES

2019 YEM DAY SIX: LEGACY, LEADERSHIP, AND NEW INITIATIVES

Photos

CLICK HERE for a collection of Flickr photo albums from the 2019 YEM, from the NAD Office of Communication.

Video Reports from Live Stream

LIVE STREAM OF FIRST BUSINESS SESSION STARTS AT 3 p.m. ET, Oct. 31, 2019. VIDEOS ARE BELOW, LATEST APPEAR FIRST.

2019 NAD Year-End Meeting, Day 6, Nov. 5, afternoon business session

2019 NAD Year-End Meeting, Day 6, Nov. 5, morning business session

2019 NAD Year-End Meeting, Day 6, Nov. 5, morning program

2019 NAD Year-End Meeting, Day 5, Nov. 4, afternoon business session

2019 NAD Year-End Meeting, Day 5, Nov. 4, morning business session

2019 NAD Year-End Meeting, Day 5, Nov. 4, morning program

2019 North American Division Year-End Meeting, Day 4, Nov. 3, afternoon business session

2019 North American Division Year-End Meeting, Day 4, Morning Business Session

2019 North American Division Year-End Meeting, Day 4, Nov. 3, Morning Program

2019 North American Division Year-End Meeting Sabbath Services, Nov. 2

2019 North American Division Year-End Meeting Vespers, Nov. 1

2019 North American Division Year-End Meeting, Nov. 1, Morning Business Session

2019 North American Division Year-End Meeting, Nov. 1 worship

2019 NAD Year-End Meeting, Oct. 31, Business Session 1

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.

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.

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.