International Volunteer Day is celebrated annually on 5 December. Designated by the United Nations in 1985, this is an important day for the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), which relies on a network of passionate volunteers to assist in the running of many of its programmes. “We w...
Having lectured in Visual Arts at Avondale University for 25 years, and with an internationally acclaimed body of work spanning decades, Andy Collis (Ph.D.) is a fine artist and art academic who is well-loved by the Adventist community both in Australia and beyond. With experience painting everyt...
In response to the mental health crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the global Seventh-day Adventist Church has created a mental health initiative and developed resources as part of their “Youth Alive” program, to help young people around the world. Presenting on the importance of mental hea...
We are all called to be leaders. Be it in the private sphere, professional sphere, academic sphere, or religious sphere, we have all at some point been required to step up and lead.For pastors, being a leader can be a tricky role to understand and apply. The grandeur of working for the kingdom, t...
Young people from Honiara’s churches have volunteered their Sunday to clean up some of the mess and damage caused by four days of civil unrest in Solomon Islands, as ADRA has also moved to assist. Under the slogan “Hands and feet of Jesus”, the young people from Burnscreek, Kukum, Naha, and Mamul...
I was born in the central region of Bougainville Island, the second of seven children in a devoted Roman Catholic family. As I grew, it was at home that I first learned about the existence of God. Knowing about a God who provides and protects was important to me as a child, as I was only five yea...