National Nurses Week is May 6-12. From assisting with life-threatening ER crises to delivering babies and caring for the elderly in their last moments, nurses perform some of the most difficult and heartbreaking tasks in the medical world. National Nurses Week honors and thanks these medical professionals who are so committed to better health for their patients and their communities. It’s celebrated between May 6, National Nurses Day, and May 12, the birthdate of Florence Nightingale, who is considered the founder of modern nursing.
Read More about National Nurses Week:
nationaltoday.com/national-nurses-week/
The sixth season of the documentary TV series Life on the Line is now available to stream online through PBS, bringing some of the unseen stories of the pandemic into focus. The season spotlights Loma Linda University Health hospitals as they fight the coronavirus pandemic. Real people—doctors and patients alike—search for hope in the midst of COVID-19. In five 30-minute episodes, Life on the Line presents an inspiring view of the strength and spirit of these people and their stories.
Watch Life on the Line:
moundcityfilms.org/life-on-the-line
Read the article about the series:
adventistfaith.com/media/recorder/life-on-the-line-season-six-now-available-to-stream
May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month—a celebration of Asian and Pacific Island peoples in the United States. The month of May was chosen to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States on May 7, 1843, and to mark the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The majority of the workers who laid the tracks were Chinese immigrants.
Read more:
asianpacificheritage.gov/about/
Asian-Pacific Ministries at the Pacific Union Conference works with the seven local conference coordinators and group representatives in serving 25 language groups and supporting the outreach, ministry, and growth of the Asian-Pacific churches throughout the Pacific Southwest.
VicLouis Arreola III has been coordinator of Asian-Pacific Ministries for the Pacific Union since 2011, and he now serves in the newly created role of vice president. He also serves as coordinator of Multi-Ethnic Ministries for the North American Division.
More information on Asian-Pacific Ministries
adventistfaith.com/ministries/asian-pacific-ministries
This Sunday, May 8, is Mother’s Day - a holiday celebrated annually on the second Sunday of May. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers and grandmothers from All God’s People.
Learn more:
usamothersday.com/mothers-day-2022/
