IN THIS ISSUE -

** Hispanic NET 2006 Advancing
** The Ministry Exclusive to Seventh-day Adventists
** "For Your Good Health" AR INTOUCH Online
** "Lifelines" Public Service Announcements
** Desmond Doss Has Died
** Doug Batchelor's Three Interviews with National Geographic
** Upcoming Events



FRIDAY FAX
March 23, 2006
A News and Information Service for Leaders in North America

- RESOURCES -

** ONLY THREE WEEKS UNTIL "JESÚS ES LA ESPERANZA" Hispanic NET 2006, April 15-22. Until March 31 every site registering at www.jesuseslaesperanza.com will receive a free DVD with congregational songs. Free advertising posters can be ordered at the website.

More than 500 sites in 17 countries have registered. Most of the 700,000 flyers are already gone. www.jesuseslaesperanza.com has had 8,800 visitors from 63 countries in its 11 weeks of existence and was 17th among more than1,000 religious websites as recognized by www.webstats4u.com.

** WHAT IS THE 1-TIME, 2-HOUR MINISTRY THAT ONLY A SEVENTH-DAY Adventist Can Do? - Participate in Adventist Health Study-2 which will provide scientists and the public with new information about the advantages of the "Adventist Lifestyle." So far, about 90,000 people have returned their surveys. At least another 15,000 are still needed. Please make this a matter of importance to your constituents and pass on this information.

Contact: www.adventisthealthstudy.org or 877-700-7077 to request a survey. Go to http://www.adventistreview.org/2004-1506/story2.html to see graphs of the vast difference in cancer and heart attack rates between Adventists and non-Adventists.

** "FOR YOUR GOOD HEALTH" AR INTOUCH NEWSLETTER from the Adventist Review is online at www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=436. To subscribe to the AR INTOUCH newsletter, go to www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=12.

** "LIFELINES" PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS, Vol. 7, is now available in mp3 format at the North American Division website for anyone, including radio stations, to download.

Contact: www.nadadventist.org/article/articleview/799/1/7/ for mp3s, or george.johnson@nad.adventist.org for CDs.


- INSIDE SCOOP -

** DESMOND DOSS PASSED AWAY at his home in Piedmont, Alabama, on Thursday morning, March 23, at age 87. Doss and his exemplary devotion to God and his country has received nation-wide recognition. He was the only World War II conscientious objector to receive the U.S. Congressional Medal of Honor. The Doss story of faith and heroism was the subject of the 2004 award-winning documentary, "The Conscientious Objector." A feature movie describing his story is also being planned.

A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on April 1 at the Collegedale Seventh-day Adventist Church in Collegedale, Tennessee.

Contact: www.nadadventist.org and www.gccsda.com for details.

** NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S "THE RIDDLE OF REVELATION" documentary for which Doug Batchelor was among those interviewed, is expected to be broadcast sometime this summer. Following the initial interview, Geographic requested a second interview at the cave where Doug spent some time in his youth, and as they left that site they asked for yet a third interview at his church. The crew's producer revealed that they had given him more time to share his perspective than any of the other participants.

Contact: www.amazingfacts.org/resources/video/ngcaveinterview/ngcaveinterview.asx to see Doug's home movie of this trip to the cave.


- UPCOMING EVENTS -

A quick view of events sponsored by the North American Division

* NET 2006, "Revelation Speaks Peace - Unlocking the Signs," March 10 - April 8, via satellite from Phoenix, Arizona - www.unlockthesigns.com

* Hospice Foundation of America Teleconference, "Bridging the Gap between Knowledge and Practice" - April 5, 2006, 1:30pm to 4:00pm EDT, on ACN - www.hospicefoundation.org and www.acn.info

* Hispanic NET 2006, "Jesús es la Esperanza," April 15-22, via satellite from Atlanta, Georgia - www.JesusEsLaEsperanza.com

* SONscreen IV, April 20-22, Simi Valley, California - www.sonscreen.info

* 3rd Annual Regeneration Ministries Leadership Conference, April 20-22, Silver Spring, Maryland - www.plusline.org

* "From This Day Forward" Marriage Conferences, April 22, Phoenix, Arizona - www.plusline.org/events