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5 April 2025
Announcements
April 5, World Ambassador Day: This Sabbath, we observe the first ever World Ambassador Day. Brother Given Mdhluli will deliver a mighty message.
April 5, TOC Stewardship Promotion: Pr Tshepo Aphane will be with his team at Lekazi SDA Church. We are sending representatives to attend.
March 30 – April 12, SID Week of Prayer: Prophecies of Hope is the title of the seminars held by the SID. The presenter is Pastor Oetla Simankane (of Sandton SDA Church).
April 4 – July 12, GC Prayer: The General Conference 100-day-prayer program has started. It is titled “.”
Apr 12, Lowveld Music Festival: The Lowveld District Music Festival will be held on 12 April 2025 at Lowveld High School. There are five categories (including children's choirs). Let us support the efforts of our music director Babe Cele and the district music director Babe Nkambule to make this day a success.
Apr 19, TOC Book Distribution: The TOC Publishing Director Dr Z Mbatha invites all churches to participate in the distributing The Great Controversy. Please buy them from the office at R25 each.
April 20-25, TOC Publishing WOP: The program is followed by a Publishing Week of Prayer from April 20-25. Each church is encouraged to host this prayer meeting. Mbombela Central SDA Church asks its members to hold the week of prayer in their homes during family devotion time. You can download the PDF of the message material below.
Publishing-WOP Material.pdf
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Apr 13-19, 19h00, AMO WOP: Pr T. N. Nembudani invites you to the TOC Adventist Men health week of prayer via zoom. Meeting ID: 836 2704 7127; Passcode: 010230
The lineup of speakers include: Drs. M Ncube, J Mongwe, and J Mahlangu, Adv. Nikelo Bangisi, and Pss. MC Nhlapo, P Ngwenya, and TN Nembudani.
For more information, contact or , or email .
April 13-19, 4th SID Camporee: Pr Mphathiseni Mbedzi will travel to Glen City, Harare, Zimbabwe for the SID Camporee. We wish her and all others travelling mercies both there and back. The theme of the camporee is “Saved to Serve.”
April 26, Cluster B Holy Communion: We will conduct a joint Holy Communion with White River SDA Church. The details will be communicated soon.
Apr 26, Lowveld District Dorcas & WM All-Night Prayer: The Lowveld Dorcas Federation leadership invites all women to attend the all-night prayer at Jerusalem Church.
May 10, Mbombela Central 10-Year Anniversary: We celebrate a decade in existence.
June 13-15, TOC Youth Congress: TOC Adventist Youth will meet at TESDA for a Congress. The venue is TESDA. We will make use of their new multipurpose hall.
Registration is R500, with an additional pack for R400.
July 13-20, TOC AJY Camporee: The Conference Camporee takes place in Bela Bela this July. Registration has reopened, with tiers 1-4 available. Payment details are below.
Bank: Standard Bank | Account Name: Youth Account | Account Number: 001816381
Account Type: Current | Ref: [Initial & Surname / Church] e.g. T Rambau TOC
Aug 29-31, TOC Music Festival: This will take place in Durban and no longer in Mahikeng. This is due to the failing hospitality industry in Mahikeng. Please pray for that city. Please make accommodation bookings early.
Sep 5-6, AMO Congress: At the Hartbeespoort Dam.
Nov 12-16, TOC Dorcas Conference: The Federation holds its elective conference in Pretoria. They requests a contribution of R8,500 per district (R2,000 for affiliation and R6,000 for groceries) by 31 July 2025. Each affiliate is asked to pay R200 through your church treasurer ASAP. For more info, call Federation Secretary Ms Q. Madonsela at .
News This Week
Oakwood University announces the selection of its twelfth President, Gina Spivey-Brown, who is the .
Amy Young, chief of forensic pediatrics at Loma Linda University Children’s Hospital, has been , an honour bestowed by state senator Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh. The recognition underscores Young’s leadership in advancing pediatric forensic medicine and her commitment to protecting vulnerable children.
Vejlefjord Gymnasium, an Adventist secondary school in Daugård, Denmark, will , at the end of this school year due to financial and other pressures.
Church History Trivia
In April 1851, Adventists sought to settle the matter of when to start the Sabbath day. At the time, they had proposed to keep it from 6PM to 6PM, Friday to Saturday.
An interesting example made by Joseph Bates in the April 21 edition of the (p. 72.4) is how all can be comfortable starting the Sabbath at different times around the globe.
He asks the reader to take an orange, place 24 pins at equal distances along the middle, put the orange up to the sun, and observe how the sun touches each pin at different times as you spin it around its axis.
Adventists believed in a round earth in 1851.
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