Update: Dr. Jay Sloop still missing in Kiev

Update: Dr. Jay Sloop still missing in Kiev

By Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD, FAND, Associate Director of Health Ministries for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists NOTE: For the most recent updates on this situation, please visit the Sloop Blog. Thank you. It is well past noon on Sabbath in Kiev. Yesterday, the largest group of searchers spent the entire day in the…

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Health Ministeries Director Missing in Ukraine

By Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD, FAND, Associate Director of Health Ministries for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists NOTE: For the most current updated information on this story please visit the Sloop Blog. Dr. Jay Sloop, Upper Columbia Conference Health Ministries Director, disappeared Tuesday while walking in Kiev, Ukraine. Sloop went first to Serbia to…

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New Vegetarian Plate Published

Source: My Vegetarian Plate | GCHM Publications Library By Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD, FAND, Associate Director of Health Ministries for the General Conference of Seventh-day AdventistsThe introduction by the USDA of MyPlate in 2010 was a giant leap from the more complex pyramid to a simple plate for illustrating adequate dietary intake to the general…

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Ministerial and Health Ministry Meeting Continues in Snowstorm

By Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD, FAND, Associate Director of Health Ministries for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Employees of the world headquarters of the Seventh-day Adventist Church have been furloughed today because of a heavy snowstorm. In spite of this storm, the representatives of each of the 13 divisions of the church for Health…

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Global Meeting of Pastoral and Health Ministries Leadership

By Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD, FAND, Associate Director of Health Ministries for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Ministerial and Health Ministries leaders from all 13 divisions of the Seventh-day Adventist Church have gathered at headquarters in Silver Spring, MD for a historic three days of discussion and prayer about how to more effectively blend…

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Health Outreach in the Middle East

By Allan Handysides, MD, MB, ChB, Retired Director of the Department of Health Ministries, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists The fabled city of Beirut was the landing destination of Drs. Landless and Handysides, as they came to the end of an itinerary that included Russia, Geneva, and the United Arab Emirates. The Adventist University is…

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Leadership Summits

By Allan Handysides, MD, MB, ChB, Retired Director of the Department of Health Ministries, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists It was a great privilege to accompany Pastors Jean Pierre Mulumba and Philip Gai of the East-Central Africa Division to various territories in that Division, along with Union Executive Secretary David Matte. Driving some seven hours…

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Russian Health Ministry On The Move

By Allan Handysides, MD, MB, ChB, Retired Director of the Department of Health Ministries, General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Drs. Handysides and Landless recently completed a visit to several areas in Russia. Considerable anxiety was expressed over a propensity toward extreme positions being both proposed to and, in some cases, being accepted by members. Because…

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CELEBRATIONS: Book Just Released

By Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD, FAND, Associate Director of Health Ministries for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists The Health Ministries Department has recently released a full-color, table-top book titled CELEBRATIONS. This book explores the secrets of a healthful lifestyle and an exuberant appreciation of the joy of living well. It has met with critical…

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Health Ministries Advisory for Southern Asia Division

By Fred Hardinge, DrPH, RD, FAND, Associate Director of Health Ministries for the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Drs. Kathleen Kuntaraf and Fred Hardinge met with the Health Ministries leadership of the Southern Asia Division September 25-29, 20112 in Chennai, India. Representatives from all seven Unions and most of the Sections were present. These consultations…

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