Nursing 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…
Read MoreYouth Alive Facilitators get Trained in Colombia
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2023 Northern Colombian Union and UNAC | Inter-American Division The Adventist University de Colombia (UNAC) was the venue for the launch of the first Youth Alive in Spanish, a spiritual strengthening and empowerment strategy for young people of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, in which they learn to…
Read MoreYouth Alive Participants Promote Community Health Challenge
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2023 Albania Mission | Adriatic Union | Trans-European Division During April and May, Albanian youth ran Health Challenge, inviting members of the Tirana and Korçe communities to understand and use the eight natural remedies (pure air, sunlight, temperance, rest, exercise, proper diet, the use of water, and…
Read MoreHundreds of Youth Gather for Youth Alive in Malaysia
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2023 Malaysia Union Mission | Southern Asia Pacific Division More than 300 young people from Malaysia and Brunei recently gathered together for a Youth Alive conference in Goshen, Sabah. Organized by the Adventist Church in Malaysia (MAUM), the Youth Alive Conference was a collaboration between the health…
Read MoreAddiction Recovery and Lifestyle Coaching Trainings Reach Korea
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 3rd Quarter 2023 Korean Union | Northern Asia Pacific Division Dedicated health professionals, educators, pastors, and health ministry directors from Conferences and churches in the Korean Union gathered to attend a week-long comprehensive health training. Organized by Pr. Park, health director, in collaboration with Dr. Ko, health director for…
Read MoreMiddle East University Hosts Stop Smoking Program
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2023 Lebanon | Middle-East North Africa Union The Middle East University (MEU) hosted a Breathe Free 2 Stop Smoking program on campus in March of 2023. The program was co-hosted by the University and the Middle East North Africa Union (MENAU). At the conclusion, 30 participants graduated…
Read MoreBrazil Equips Leaders in Addiction Recovery
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2023 São Paulo, Brazil | Central Brazilian Union | South American Division Pastors, health professionals, and lay church members gathered at the Adventist Training Center in Cotia, São Paulo, from March 9-10, 2023 for the Journey to Wholeness Addiction Recovery training. Nearly 180 participants across the Union…
Read MoreLifestyle Coaching and Addiction Recovery Training Held in Fiji Island
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2023 Trans-Pacific Union Mission | South Pacific Division The Trans-Pacific Union Mission (TPUM) hosted an addiction recovery facilitator’s training and a Lifestyle Coaching Skills workshop at the Coral Coast Christian Camp in Deuba, Fiji, from March 14-22, 2023. Sponsored through the 10,000 Toes campaign, the week-long program…
Read MoreAddiction Recovery Training Comes to Zimbabwe and Seychelles
Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 2nd Quarter 2023 Harare, Zimbabwe, and Victoria, Seychelles | Southern Africa-Indian Ocean Division The International Commission for the Prevention of Alcohol and Drug Dependence (ICPA) Zimbabwe charter hosted an addiction recovery program in Harare, Zimbabwe, from April 14-16, 2023, convening nearly 200 participants nationwide. Participants included Adventist pastors, health…
Read MorePastors and Health Advocates join for Lifestyle Coaching Training in Serbia
Southern European Union | Trans-European Division Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2023 Pastors and health promoters representing Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, joined together at the Adventist Theological Seminary in Belgrade, Serbia, from November 4-6, 2022, to be equipped for comprehensive health ministry. They were eager to learn coaching skills in an effort…
Read MoreHealth Ministry Congress in Colombia Equips Health teams for Mission
North Colombia Union|Inter-American Division Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2023 The North-Colombia Union brought together hundreds of health professionals, lay health promoters, and supporting organizations for a joint health ministry congress in Santa Marta, Colombia, from December 6-10,2022. The goal was to equip participants with a biblically sound, evidence-based, and unified approach…
Read MoreHealth Ministries Directors Join for Renewal and Training
Bali, Indonesia | Southern Asian Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2023 Health ministry leaders for countries of the southern Asia-pacific division came to Bali, Indonesia, from February 5-9, 2023, for a division-wide Health Advisory. The goal of the advisory was to equip and align all health leaders in the framework of comprehensive…
Read MoreIsrael Field Pastors Renew Vision for Health Work
Migdalia, Israel|Israel Field Source: The Health Connection Newsletter | 1st Quarter 2023 Ministerial families in Israel participated in a health retreat on February 18-21,2023, organized by the IsraelField administration. The retreat occurred at the Midgalia Lifestyle Center, near the lake of Galilea, in a beautiful, restful setting close to where Jesus ministered healing to many.…
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