News Archive 2017

Date: November 11th to 17th 2017

The daily reading can be viewed or downloaded here. (PDF version)

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Harvest 2017

Once again the Church gathered to give God thanks for the many blessings He has given us. Our speaker was Elder C. Gooden. Join in the message he gave on this occasion here.

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Third Quarter 2017 Children 13th Sabbath

Once again the children of the Church have their own Adult Sabbath School program. Nervous teachers move the children around, as the program progressed. Late arrivals and absent children throw wrenches into the plan of the morning.

See our pictures here.

Date: September 23rd 2017

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It's that time of the year when members of the Bilston SDA Church (a few!) participate in the largest Wolverhampton city event of the year. See who are the members are here.

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Bilston SDA Church, Divine Worship, August 5th 2017

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Blackpool Trip!

It's road trip for the Bilston SDA Church on the Sunday 6th August 2017. The coach - you have to be booked to be in it!

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"This House" Concert with Natalie Kendel

Natalie is the wife of our recent assistant Pastor to Bilston SDA Church, Pastor Derek Simon. In June, she held a concert of her music and streamed her concert on YouTube. You cansee and listen to this very inspiring musician here.

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Adventist Church Responds to Grenfell Tower Fire

The Adventist Church has responded with aid for the survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire. ADRA-UK has been involved by providing financial support to buy the necessary supplies. Sharon Platt-McDonald in her role as BUC Community Services director immediately approached ADRA-UK to receive financial aid and £2500 has been released to help those in need that would involve help for immediate physical needs but also emotional and social challenges that will arise in the weeks and months to come. Sharon commented on how much the Church can do to make an impact in the local community to help meet immediate needs.

Follow this link for more news and video on the Adventist website.

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Bilston SDA Church - Senior Appreciation Day

On Sabbath June 10th the Church honoured our Senior members. A special programme was held in appreciation of all that they have done for the Church. See some pictures here.

Follow this link to the sermon and photographs of the day.

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NEC Camp Meeting 2017

The North England Conference of Seventh-day Adventist video stream. Follow this link.

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Portakabin Dedication

On 8th April 2017, the portakabin was finally ready for use by the Children department. The dedication cermony was held by Pastor Samuel Appiah. Read more here.

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New Adventist TV Series on Church History

There is a new TV series recommended by the NEC for viewing that looks at the Chrisitian Church and the Seventh-day Adventist Church history. The first episode can be found on YouTube. For these watching the television, more information will come when it is released.

Follow this link.

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Youth Magazine - encounter

The British Union Conference (BUC) Youth department has released a magazine targeting the Adventist. The magazine is named – encounter. The focus on this edition is on youth and teen articles with teen talk pages and a review of the Desmond Doss film Hacksaw Ridge.
Get it here.

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Hacksaw Ridge is a transformational and dramatic film that tells the extraordinary story of WWII medic, Desmond Doss. He was the one American soldier to fight on the front lines but without a weapon. His fight was not to take lives, but to save them.

His strength was based on his deep faith. He was a Seventh-day Adventist. His weapon was simple prayer. Follow this link.
Hacksaw Ridge: Newbold Youth witness in local community. Follow link here.

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The Street Pastor Commission Service of Dr. Herbert Griffiths 2017

On the 28th January 2017 Bilston SDA Church witness a new event, one that is most likely a first for a Seventh-day Adventist Church. Our dear Elder Herbert Griffiths was commissioned a Street Pastor by the Wolverhampton Street Pastors.
Please follow this link to read the full story or even to know more about street pastoring.

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New Avenues for Aventist TV in the UK

Next week, Friday 3 February 2017, sees the start of a rescheduling of new times for Adventist TV on the Sky platform with Revelation TV on channel 581 and on Freesat 692.
Follow link here.

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Pastor Ian Sweeny, the Chair of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA-UK) was in Nepal for ten days, visiting the UKaid co-financed ELIVES project.

He visited the Terai region in Nepal. There ADRA, alone with local partners are assisting farmers with farming and animal husbandry.
Read more here.

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Did You Know? Pendeford SDA Church Is 10 Years Old

Sabbath 26 November marked the 10th anniversary of Pendeford Seventh-day Adventist church. For those who have not had the pleasure of visiting, this is a church which is in the middle of the community. With its dubious past as a watering well for the lager imbibers it not only has lost its former name of Dovecot Pub, there is no semblance of its former past in its elegance.

Full article from the NEC website can be read here...

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Bilston SDA Church saw the dedication of Ezekiel Johnson. The Church was inundated with family and well-wishes as all gathered to give thanks for the precious first child of Sasha and Kem.

Read the story here.

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Bilston SDA Church Says Goodbye...

To Pastor Derek Simon and his lovely wife Natalie on the last Sabbath of 2016. Pastor was the intern minister and elder of Bilston SDA Church since 2014 where he served with Pastor Samuel Appiah; Bilston, Central and Wednesfield circuit of SDA Churches. Read more here.

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Theme : The Greatness Of God
Speaker : Kelsey Appiah

Brave, courageous, concise and authoritative. These are just some of the words to describe Kelsey's message. There is more too, for her closing statament; "God is great and has always been!" How's that for an introduction to a good sermon by a nine year old child?

This sermon by Kelsey was part of the day's programme by the children of the Church celebrating the theme: "The Greatness Of God." They managed the Sabbath School and the Divine Service.

Follow this link to the sermon and pictres of the day.

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To see more sermons go to to the Sermons or browse through the sermon links here.



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