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From February 7-13, 2021, Jimmy Shwe, a pastor and coordinator of the Karen Seventh-day Adventist Church outreach under the Adventist Refugee and Immigrant Ministries in North America, guided the division’s more than 50 Karen congregations in a virtual, bilingual week of “United Prayer.”

In response to the recent Texas winter weather disaster, the Oakwood University Church (OUC)  and Breath of Live (BOL) Television Ministry conducted a “water drive,” collecting more than 30,000 bottles of water as well as other essential items including socks, undergarments, gently-used clothing, feminine products, and cleaning supplies. The items traveled by truck on Feb. 22, 2021, from Huntsville, Alabama, to the Houston, Texas area.

In response to the inclement weather and its devastating effects, Texas Health Hospital Mansfield’s executive team converted sections of the professional office building into warming stations and recharge zones for team members, their families, and even their pets.

With a mother who is a professional radio personality and a father who is a disc jockey, communication is in Brittany Winkfield’s blood. It should come as no surprise that the young adult entrepreneur is successfully managing a career as a magazine editor and publisher of her own start-up, as well as balancing the roles of communication professional, wife, and mother.

On the heels of the success of the first-ever virtual Sonscreen Film festival in 2020, organizers are preparing for the 2021 event to again be held virtually. But it won’t look much like the 2020 event, said Julio Muñoz, director of Sonscreen, and an associate director of communication for the North American Division (NAD). He shared that Sonscreen, partnering with Tanya Musgrave, has come up with a way to make this year’s event a more interactive experience through online platform Gather.

The Voice of Prophecy is pleased to announce the debut of its latest media offering. Authentic is a 30-minute television and radio program featuring Shawn Boonstra, which made its debut on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021, on Three Angels Broadcasting Network (3ABN).

AdventHealth recently recorded a conversation between Jessica Brazier, their new chief diversity and inclusion officer, and AdventHealth's new chief health equity officer Dr. Alric Simmonds. In this conversation, they address vaccine hesitancy in minority communities.

“‘Something better’ is the watchword of education, the law of all true living. …To honor Christ, to become like Him, to work for Him, is the life’s highest ambition and its greatest joy” (Ellen G. White, Education, p. 296). "Something Better" was the theme for the 2021 Association of Seventh-day Adventist School Administrators conference, which went virtual for the first time.

Judy Miles, retired adjunct business professor at Southwestern Adventist University, runs a campus food pantry for students who need extra groceries in order to get by. “No student should go to school hungry,” says Miles. “Students should not sit in class with their stomach growling." Many faculty and staff members contribute financially through monthly payroll deductions, as well as volunteering their time and donating pantry items.

A new resource from Adventist Information Ministry (AIM) – the evangelistic contact center of the North American Division – and Adventist Learning Community (ALC), provides an opportunity for those longing for fellowship and Bible study as many churches continue operating virtually due to the coronavirus pandemic. “A Picture of God” offers 16 free, online, easy-to-navigate lessons that build on each other to reveal God’s character to seekers.