The Press-Enterprise reports:

Mike Kendall, vice president of Turner Development Corp., has tried pitching his open restaurant space at Turner Riverwalk across from La Sierra University in Riverside 25 times before and invariably received the same response:

No hard liquor? No thank you.

• PNG Adventist Aviation Service rated best operator,
• The educational arm of the Adventist Church is advocating peace, New boarding school for Indigenous people,
• The new Avondale Retirement Village in Cooranbong has been opened,
• Lakeside church member shaved his head for cancer.

• A 90 year old man goes on his 24th archaeological dig,
• $300,000 has been allocated to build churches in developing countries,

ANN's Ground Seven podcast includes a gospel rap interview and an interview with Ben Carson.

• 40 volunteers from Ipswich QLD, backyard blitz a neighbourhood home,
• Cook Island Prime Minister attends evangelistic campaign,
• Newcastle University students promote Adventism at orientation week, ADRA launches new fundraising campaign,
• Western Australian volunteers go back to Zambia to build a school,
• Perth couple open a Café to share their faith,

Ground Seven News: Taashi talks with Roy Adams about Christopher Hitchens' book titled God is Not Great. (Running Time 17:38)

Adventists to assist govt in resolving N’Delta crisis - The Nigerian Tide

The Seventh Day Adventist Church has reiterated its preparedness to assist the government in the resolution of the crisis in the Niger Delta.

Adventists often stay Adventist, Pew survey shows, with good analysis by Monte Sahlin, a church growth specialist and director of research for the Ohio Conference, found positive news in the Pew study, as well as items of concern.

• Two Adventists in Western Australia awarded Order of Australia medals for community service,
• Former American rock'n'roll star trains pastors and laypeople how to win converts in Adelaide,