Youth Alive Draws Young People in Malawi
Lilongwe, Malawi | South Africa Indian Ocean Division (SID) Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2024 Youth from Malawi and beyond, came together during their vacation from July 29-August 3, 2024 to participate of the first Youth Alive Training and Conference held in the country. Organized as a collaborative effort between Malawi Union,…
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Cavite, Philippines | Southern Asia Pacific Division (SSD) Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2024 The Adventist Health System at SSD sponsored a week-long training for health professionals, health ministry directors, public health students, chaplains, and health leaders from August 27-September 1, 2024. The venue was the Hope Lifestyle Center in Cavite, Philippines.…
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Ghana | West Africa Division (WAD) Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2024 WAD Health Ministries organized a Health Ministries International Congress from September 2-8, 2024 with 550 delegates from the WAD territories. The Congress theme was Comprehensive Health Ministries: The Key to the Heart of the Broken World. Some key events that…
Read MoreYouth Alive Comes to SriLanka and India
Sri Lanka and India | Northern Asia Pacific and Southern Asia Divisions (NSD and SUD) Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2024 The Adventist Church in SUD and NSD brought together several ministries to collaborate in launching the Youth Alive Conference for Hindu and Buddhist students attending Adventist Schools in Sri Lanka from…
Read MoreYouth Alive Inspires Youth in Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe | Southern Africa Indian Ocean Division (SID) Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2024 The East Zimbabwe Union leadership brought youth and young adults together across conferences for a Youth Alive facilitator training and conference near Harare from April 15-20, 2024. Young leaders and their mentors convened from near and far,…
Read MoreAddiction Recovery Training Draws a Crowd
Bucaramanga, Colombia | Eastern Colombia Union (IAD) Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2024 Nearly 300 Adventist pastors, ministry leaders, health professionals, and lay members joined with enthusiasm from May 2-4, 2024 for the addiction recovery training entitled Journey to Wholeness in Barquisimeto, Colombia. This training of facilitators was sponsored by Adventist Recovery…
Read MoreCentral Brazilian Union Emphasizes Lifestyle Coaching in Outreach
Central Brazilian Union Emphasizes Lifestyle Coaching in Outreach Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2024 The Sao Paulo Adventist University (UNASP-EC) hosted a Lifestyle Coaching Skills workshop on May 24-26, 2024 for health professionals, pastors, church leaders, and students to equip people to develop trusting relationships with people interested in improving their health.…
Read MoreYouth Alive Comes to Cambodia
Southeastern Asia Union Mission (SSD) Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2024 The SEUM recently hosted its inaugural Youth Alive program at the Center of Influence (COI) in Battambang, Cambodia, drawing over 100 young leaders from four countries from July 25–27, 2024. The vibrant event brought together delegates from Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and…
Read MoreFaith Community Nursing Comes to Adventist University in Argentina
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2024 Entre Rios, Argentina | South American Division (SAD) The Adventist University of Argentina (UAP) hosted the first Faith Community Nursing (FCN) training held in Spanish in the Adventist church from March 24-30, 2024. The dean of the School of Nursing (SON), Patricia Robledo, envisioned the course…
Read MoreHong Kong Adventist Hospital Celebrates 60TH Anniversary
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2024 Hong Kong, China | Chinese Mission Field The Hong Kong Adventist Hospital – Tsuen Wan is part of the Adventist Health global network of over 280 hospitals which strive to extend the Healing Ministry of Jesus. In the late nineteen sixties Dr. Harry Miller initiated the…
Read MoreAdventist AIDS International Ministry (AAIM) Advisory Inspires Young Leaders
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2024 Rwanda | Tri-Africa Division The East Central Africa Division hosted the 8th AAIM Tri-Division Advisory on April 12-16, 2024 in Kigali, Rwanda, on the campus of the Adventist School of Medicine of East and Central Africa (ASOME) and Adventist University of Central Africa (AUCA). These two…
Read MoreFranco-Belgium Union Equips Leaders in Health Coaching Skills
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2024 Sweden | Trans-European Division (TED) A group of health promoters, pastors, administrators and health professionals from Belgium, France and Liechtenstein, came together in Brussels from April 26-29, 2024, to be equipped for comprehensive health ministry. They learned lifestyle coaching skills to support people in the process…
Read MoreNursing Faculty and Students Get Equipped
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2024 Weimar Institute | United States (NAD) Students, faculty, nurses, physicians, and lay health promoters joined the Lifestyle Coaching Skills training sponsored by the School of Nursing (SON) at Weimar Institute in California on November 3-5, 2023. The SON dean and faculty envisioned the course as a…
Read MoreHerghelia Lifestyle Center Medical Team Learn New Skills
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2024 Romania | Euro-Asia Division (ESD) On December 1-3, 2023, the medical team and staff of Herghelia Lifestyle Center in Romania came together to learn new skills. The training was organized by Dr. Nick Dan, president of Herghelia, and Dr. Morosan, chief physician at the center. During…
Read MoreTen Thousand Toes Campaign Launches Virtual Assistant
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2024 Fiji | South Pacific Division (SPD) Ten Thousand Toes, a campaign that focuses on health promotion and disease prevention for people across the Pacific Islands who struggle with high diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and other chronic lifestyle diseases, has launched a new way to connect with participants…
Read MorePastors and Health Advocates Join for Lifestyle Coaching Training in Sweden
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2024 Sweden | Trans-European Division (TED) Health promoters, pastors, and health professionals representing Sweden, Norway, Finland, and other countries in TED, came together at Hagegården LifeStyleSTAY in Sweden from February 23-25, 2024, to be equipped for comprehensive health ministry. They were eager to learn coaching skills in…
Read MoreYouth Alive Comes to Turkey
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2023 West-Asia Field | Middle-East North Africa Union From August 28-September 3, 2024, young people from West-Asia Field (WAF) in Turkey joined youth leaders and adult mentors to participate in the Youth Alive program. A key goal was to invite community friends from various cities in Turkey…
Read MoreMedical Congress and Health Advisory
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2023 São Paulo, Brazil | South American Division The South American Division (SAD) hosted a Health Ministries (HM) advisory and a Medical Congress in São Paulo, Brazil, on September 5-10, 2023. The HM advisory convened health directors from all of the SAD unions with the purpose of…
Read MoreAdventist Health System Launches Faith Community Nursing
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2023 Bali, Indonesia | Southern Asia Pacific Division The Adventist Health System (AHS) of the Southern Asia Pacific Division (SSD) convened nursing leaders from hospitals and educational institutions to attend the Faith Community Nursing (FCN) Foundations training held in Bali, Indonesia, from September 24-30, 2023. Faith community…
Read MoreAddiction Recovery and Lifestyle Coaching Training Reach Korea
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 4th Quarter 2023 Eastern Venezuela Union | Inter-American Division Dedicated health professionals, pastors, lay leaders, and health ministry directors from Conferences and churches in the West Venezuela Union gathered to attend the 12-STEP Journey to Wholeness training from Adventist Recovery Ministries Global co-sponsored by the East Venezuela Union, Inter-American…
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