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Seventh-day Adventists will communicate hope by focusing on the quality of
life that is complete in Jesus Christ.
A Communicating Church
The vision of the Department is to maintain a favourable image of the church, its mission, life, witness and related activities by using the most effective means of communication.
We are committed to express all communication in the context of the church's strategic values of unity, growth and quality of life.
Communication Functions
The department faciliates the following functions:
1. News and information
2. Public relations and media relations
3. Media production services
4. Crisis communication
5. Online services
Adventist Media Centre
(UK)
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Resources available from this office |
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Display Picture Sets.
If you are planning a public exhibition or display, five sets of 20 x 16 inch
pictures are available for hire from the Communication department.
[No longer available since the fire on 16 November 2008. Due to lack
of storage space in our temporary premises these will only be replaced once we
move back to the main building in 2010]
General Fact Sheet. This is an A4 single-sided
sheet of information, ideal for distribution to libraries, police stations,
schools, colleges, or any other institution which might like to keep information
on Seventh-day Adventists in their files. We will supply these in quantities of
1 to 10 free of charge. You are free to make as many of your own copies as you
like.
Medical Fact Sheet. Similar to the above, this
A4 single-sided sheet of information is geared more towards medical institutions
such as doctors surgeries, hospitals and health authorities. Again we can supply
these in quantities of 1 to 10 free of charge and you are free to make as many
of your own copies as you like.
A4 Presentation Folders. White, with the
Seventh-day Adventist Church logo on the front, back, and inside, this folder
can hold a number of leaflets and tracts. It also carries the address,
telephone, fax, e-mail, and web details for the British Union Conference. Cost
is 80 pence per folder. [Not available until return to main building
in 2010]
PR pens, rulers, car
window stickers, key fobs, and round stickers. Mostly with gold logos
and writing, these can be given to friends and family, or used in offices etc.
Cost: £25.00 for 100 PR pens, £5.00 for 10 "Creation pens, £5.00 for 10 six-inch
rulers, £5.00 for 10 key fobs, £3.00 for 30 round stickers and £5.00 for 10 car
stickers.
To order any of the above items (UK & Republic of Ireland only) please
write to the address below, making any cheques payable to "British Union
Conference":
Communication Department
BUC Office
Stanborough
Park
Watford
Herts WD25 9JZ
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Creation Pens
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Creation Pens
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Pens
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Pens (detail)
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Stickers
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Key Fob
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Picture Sets
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The BUC Communication department is able to hire out five
picture sets for use on your own display boards. The kits are designed mainly to
portray the humanitarian work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and consist of
between 10 and 14 pictures, mounted on card and laminated with plastic. Each
picture measures 16 x 20 inches. In addition there are captions to go with the
pictures. Each picture set comes in its own aluminium protective case.
Contents of BUC Picture Sets
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Picture
Set One - General Work of the Church
Picture Set One - General Work of the
Church
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Picture
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Main Caption
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Logo
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The Seventh-day Adventist Church
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BUC Office
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Wherever you go in the world you will find Seventh-day
Adventists
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Three children with rice
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Feeding the hungry
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Stanborough School
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Teaching in various schools
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Doctor examining seated patient with stethoscope
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Healing the sick
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Stanborough Press
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Spreading the Gospel
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and
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Baptism in river
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Baptising in the name of Jesus Christ
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Black Faces
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The Church is growing rapidly
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10
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Modern school
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Current world membership is about 10
million
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Picture Set Two -
General Work of the Church
Picture Set Two - General Work of the
Church
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Picture
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Main Caption
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Logo
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The Seventh-day Adventist Church
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BUC Office
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Wherever you go in the world you will find Seventh-day
Adventists
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Four children
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Feeding the hungry
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Stanborough School
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Teaching in various schools
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Man with patient in basket
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Healing the sick
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Stanborough Press
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Spreading the Gospel
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and
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Preaching outdoors
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Baptising in the name of Jesus Christ
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Tin Church
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The Church is growing rapidly
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Logo
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Current world membership is about 10
million
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Picture Set Three -
Tadjikistan
Picture Set Three - Tadjikistan
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Picture
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Main Caption
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ADRA Logo
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Adventist Development and Relief Agency
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Pensioner on wall
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ADRA is a charity run by the Seventh-day Adventist
Church
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Girl with bowl
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It’s mission is to bring humanitarian aid to those in
need
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Pensioner in a wheelchair
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regardless of race, nationality or religion
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Four children
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One of ADRA’s current aid programmes is to
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Pensioner standing with money in hand
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provide food for pensioners in the war torn land of
Tadjikistan
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Street sellers with bread
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The government can only supply each pensioner with
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Young woman and old lady sitting
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enough money for one loaf of bread per
month
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Street sellers and bread
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ADRA is currently operating a soup kitchen
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ADRA logo
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which provides food for over 1000 pensioners
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Tadjik boys
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Tadjik boys play on the streets of Dushanbe …
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Tadjik boys
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… with a rocket
launcher
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Picture Set Four -
Special Needs Camp
Picture Set Four - Special Needs
Camp
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Main Caption
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Three girls with sea behind
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Seventh-day Adventists care about people.
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Helper with girl colouring
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Every year they run a camp in the village of Aberdaron, North
Wales,
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Helping to fit a calliper to leg
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for people with special needs.
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Two helpers with a young boy |
Young Seventh-day Adventists volunteer
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Three boys with tents behind
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as helpers at the camp.
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Girls in background with guitars
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"Therapy" involves music,
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Charlene crawling under net
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games,
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Charlene climbing through tyres
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exercise,
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Michael through tyres
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and competitions.
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Girl pointing water pistol
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Most of all the camp is about making friends,
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Michael kicking football
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having fun,
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Girl and boy smiling
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and building relationships.
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Adventist Church Logo
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Seventh-day Adventists care about
people.
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Picture Set Five -
Adventist Education
Picture Set Five - Adventist
Education
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Main Caption
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Seventh-day |
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Adventist |
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Education |
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Seventh-day Adventist believe in
Christian Education. |
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Senior pupil with glasses,
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In the United Kingdom and Ireland
they operate |
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Stanborough School - landscape |
two secondary schools and nine
primary schools. |
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Four children sitting |
Adventist schools maintain very high
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Girl patting other girl's hand |
However it is the Christian ethos
that makes Adventist schools special. |
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Seated girl with arms folded |
Children come to school with a
variety of needs ... |
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Chinese girl tugging hair |
physical, mental, social
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Little boy |
but also spiritual. |
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Girl with braided hair and boy |
Regardless of their racial or
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Two girls - one tall, one short |
Adventist teachers set out to meet
the needs of the children |
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Girl with mischievous smile |
and help them reach their full
potential as individuals. |
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Four girls in costume |
Hundreds of former students testify
to the positive impact |
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Teacher and junior choir |
that Adventist education has had on
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Stanborough School - portrait
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Seventh-day Adventist believe in
Christian Education. |
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Cost of
hiring a Picture Set
The cost of hiring a BUC Picture Set is as
follows:
- Rental: £10.00 for the first week or part thereof, and £5.00 for
subsequent weeks. The duration of use being measured from despatch of the
picture set from this office, to its return to this office.
- Postage: If you cannot arrange for the picture set to be collected
from and returned to the BUC office, then postal costs will be incurred. These
will be about £12.00 each way (including insurance).
- Deposit: A £20.00 deposit is required before the picture set is sent
out. This will be refunded when the picture set is returned complete and in good
condition.
Example: You want to hire a kit for a display in your local
library (using their display boards), for a period of three full weeks. Your
Pastor can pick up the picture set from this office the week before you need it,
but you will have to post it back. Note that you will need to hire the picture
set for four weeks to allow for delivery and return. In this case the costs
would be as follows:
- Rental
- : £10.00 plus 3 x £5.00 = £25.00
- Postage
- : Approximately £12.00 (one way)
- Deposit
- : £20.00 (returned when kit is returned)
How to hire a BUC
Picture Set
Based on the above example you would first of all phone the BUC
Communication department (01923 672251) to check that a picture set is
available. You would then send two cheques made out to "BUC", one for £25.00 and
one for £20.00. Your Pastor picks the picture set up for you and, having made
the arrangements with your library, you put the display up. (You will probably
want to have a few leaflets about your local church etc. available as well.)
When your time is up you pack the pictures and captions back into the case, take
them to your post office (or courier depot), and post them back to us. Make sure
that the contents are covered for their value of £450.00, and keep some proof of
posting. As soon as we receive the picture set back (in good condition!) we will
send your original deposit cheque back to you.
We hope that you will be able to use the BUC Picture Sets as an
effective witnessing tool in your local area.
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Resources available from the Stanborough
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Church Information Cards. Available from the
Stanborough Press. This card will replaces the "Quick Look" leaflets. Designed
by Becky De Oliveira and printed in Thailand the cards measure approximately 10
cm square when folded and about 25 cm by 10 cm when opened out. An interesting
side-effect of the bi-fold design is that the cards will stand up on a flat
surface, a feature that will be useful in church foyers etc. Efficient
production plus a subsidy from the BUC Communication department means that the
cards can be ordered from the Stanborough Press at just 2 pence each. The
minimum number of cards that can be ordered is 1,000 but postage and packing is
free. To order your box of cards send a cheque for £20.00, made out to "BUC" to:
Church Information Cards, Stanborough Press, Grantham, Lincs, NG31 9SL. For
further information contact BUC Communication director, Pastor Victor Hulbert
Phone: 01923 672251.
Inside Look booklet. This 32-page booklet is an
introduction to the Seventh-day Adventist Church. It answers many common
questions which people have about the Church, and gives people an idea of what
they can expect to find when they visit one of our churches. Cost from the
Stanborough Press: 60 pence each.
A Manual for Positive Press Relations. Written by
Mike Stickland and subtitled Getting Church News into Local Papers
this is the definitive guide for Pastors and Communication Secretaries
who wish to publicise the work of their local church. Cost from the Stanborough
Press: £9.95 each.
Order any of these items from the Stanborough Press through the
usual channels or phone the ABC on 01476 539 900.
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Health Ministries Department
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Health Ministries
The Health Ministries Department promotes the health and
well-being of Church members and the community at large. It seeks to encourage
the quality of life factor that, sadly, is so often missing. Church members are
encourage to adopt a healthy diet and abstain from injurious drugs and alcohol.
This is accomplished by having Health Secretaries in each church who organise
programmes for the church members and share up-to-date health information. They
also arrange health programmes for the community. These include Stop Smoking and
Stress Management programmes which meet the felt needs of people in all walks of
life and often give them their first introduction to Seventh-day Adventists. The
Church at a national and regional level co-operates with other religious and
secular agencies whose aims are similar to our own. This united platform helps
to bring about desirable changes in society that enable us to meet our health
objectives. The Seventh-day Adventist Church has always had a holistic approach
to health in that it regards the spiritual life as one of the important
dimensions of being. In adopting this approach the Church avoids many of the
extremes that are currently popular and derive from philosophies alien to
Christianity. All Church members are encouraged to participate in the various
programmes offered and find that through the programmes they are able to invite
their family members and friends who might not be reached with more direct
evangelism.
Documents - 2012
National Awareness Calendar
2009 Nutrition Conference
The Coronary Health
Improvement Project (CHIP) is a major initiative of the Health Ministries
Department. See also in the video section below.
Keep informed with the Adventist
CHIP Association Newsletter News and Views
Mental Wellness and
C.A.R.E.
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C.A.R.E |
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MENTAL
WELLNESS STRATEGY LAUNCHED BY BUC HEALTH MINISTRIES DEPARTMENT
A Mental
Wellness Handbook has been released to support churches in raising
mental health awareness and encourage emotional healing and wellbeing.
C.A.R.E
C.A.R.E is an acronym for: C ompassionate
A ction for the R estoration and E
ncouragement of individuals. Recognising the need to address emotional
wellbeing as a key aspect of our journey through life, CARE
exists both as a supportive outlet for challenging times and a tool for
encouragement. It is a network ministry which seeks to harness the support,
understanding and skills of individuals and other agencies to assist those who
are facing crisis and life challenges.
As part of the Mental Wellness Strategy recently launched by the BUC Health
Ministries department, Sharon Platt-McDonald BUC Health Director developed the
C.A.R.E network as a practical tool to aid individuals in
offering a range of options and resources to enhance emotional and spiritual
wellbeing.
There are three key aspects to C.A.R.E :
• prayer ministry (including prayer requests and testimonies to answered
prayer)
• support ministry (including resources, and details of relevant referral
agencies)
• affirmation cards (a range of inspirational cards to encourage and affirm
individuals)
We invite you to visiti our C.A.R.E website and utilize the identified
resources.
It is my prayer that as you access the resources from C.A.R.E. you will find
direction, strength and comfort as you face life's challenges and assist others
in doing so.
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Enhancing Health Web
Blog
Special Needs
Video
Presentations
Resources
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BRAIN HEALTH - Maintaining Emotional Wellbeing
BURN OUT- Recognition and Prevention
HEALTH MATTERS- Uncovering Femail Issues
MAINTAINING WELLBEING - The Importance of Life Balance
Restoration - Presented at the
Women Ministries Retreat on 19-21 March 2010
Mental health strategy
The GOD
Factor - powerpoint presentation (17.3MB size. 20sec approx to download on
high broadband)
Engaging the church in Health Ministry
The Adventist
Advantage powerpoint presentation
Adventist
Participation in the UK Organ Donation and Health Education Initiative
(PowerPoint)
How to reach your community through Health
Evangelism
US
News and World Report just published a list of the top 10 things you
can do to live to 100. #8 is listed below:
8. Live like a Seventh Day Adventist . Americans who define
themselves as Seventh Day Adventists have an average life expectancy of 89,
about a decade longer than the average American. One of the basic tenets of the
religion is that it's important to cherish the body that's on loan from God,
which means no smoking, alcohol abuse, or overindulging in sweets. Followers
typically stick to a vegetarian diet based on fruits, vegetables, beans, and
nuts, and get plenty of exercise. They're also very focused on family and
community. Read more
Live Longer A news report showing
that the Adventist Lifestyle leads to longer and better health.
Sabbath
Observance and the Medical Profession - a MS Word document providing
guidelines for Adventist health inistitutions and for Adventists working in
healthcare professions
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