Worldwide Hour of Prayer-16 June 2010

Worldwide Purpose
What is the purpose of this worldwide hour of prayer? Simply because the 59th General Conference Session of the Seventh-day Adventist Church will be held this month in Atlanta, Georgia, from June 23 through July 3.

Many in our church believe this to be the most critical General Conference Session in decades because of the role newly elected officers will play in maintaining the very pillars of our doctrinal foundations. Recently, creation versus evolution has been in the forefront of controversy as a war is waged against God's remnant church, attacking the very bedrock of our beliefs. Now, as never before, we must have God's chosen men and women at the helm of our church, so please join us Wednesday morning, June 16, 2010, at 9:00 a.m. CDT (2:00 p.m. UTC) to pray for God's perfect will at this General Conference Session.

We must make a choice, though-there' s either a price to pray, or a price to pay!
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One Hour of Prayer Starting Times, June 16, 2010
Samoa, 3:00 a.m. (UTC-11)
Hawaii, 4:00 a.m. (UTC-10)
Gambier Islands, 5:00 a.m. (UTC-9)
Alaska, 6:00 a.m. (UTC-8)
Pacific Time, 7:00 a.m. (UTC-7)
Mountain Time, 8:00 a.m. (UTC-6)
Central Time, 9:00 a.m. (UTC-5)
Eastern Time, 10:00 a.m. (UTC-4)
Atlantic Time, 11:00 a.m. (UTC-3)
Greenland, 12:00 noon (UTC-2)
Cape Verde, 1:00 p.m. (UTC-1)
UTC / GMT 2:00 p.m.
London, 3:00 p.m. (UTC+1)
Rome, 4:00 p.m. (UTC+2)
Israel, 5:00 p.m. (UTC+3)
Moscow, 6:00 p.m. (UTC+4)
Karachi, 7:00 p.m. (UTC+5)
Dhaka, 8:00 p.m. (UTC+6)
Bangkok, 9:00 p.m. (UTC+7)
Hong Kong, 10:00 p.m. (UTC+8)
Tokyo, 11:00 p.m. (UTC+9)
Sydney, 12:00 midnight (between June 16 and 17) (UTC+10)
Vladivostok, 1:00 a.m. (June 17) (UTC+11)
Auckland, 2:00 a.m. (June 17) (UTC+12)

To find the time in your local time zone, try the Time Zone Converter. Select June 16, 2010, 9:00 am, and "U.S.A. - Illinois - Chicago" as the source time zone, and your own time zone as the output.

ACHA BIBLIE ISEME

Children Story at Edinburgh SDA Church

It was indeed a wonderful Sabbath capped with a touching children story! This was a story of how as a child, the pastor witnessed his grandfather - a British - meeting a German Soldier towards the end of World War II in a Beach in Britain. Even though they had been enemies during that War, the grandad was forgiving enough to show kindness to the soldier. They soon became friends and the soldier made a very nice artifact that the pastor still keeps until today. The story left a strong impression throughout his life about Christ's lesson on loving our enemies.

"But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust." - Jesus Christ in Matthew 5: 44-45.

Evangelizing Africa - But which Africa?

I live in 'Africa' and once in a while, as is the case now, I come to Europe and North America. In as much as I believe in the importance of evangelism, I think it is very important to understand the state of Christianity and Adventism in Africa relative to Euro-America at the moment. Some of the attitudes that our earlier missionaries had on Africa and Africans might have not affected their work drastically as their times - the colonial times - were different and somehow they could get away with it but I don't think they will now. The times have changed significantly. In so many ways Africa is more Christian now than Euro-America. So there is a strong need to do away with paternalistic attitudes when we go to evangalize in Africa as we might be surprised at how advanced it is spiritually. And when I look at the way so many churches have been closed or turned into shops and clubs here in the UK I can't but agree with someone who once claimed that maybe Africa now need to evangelize Euro-America than the other way round. Anyway, all the best in your mission in Africa and it is my hope and prayer that you will hearken to the calls to understand Africa's context(s).