British Pathfinders experience the Bible for real and win first place
16 May 2017 | Chicago, USA [Natasha Mirilov] There is one competition where all children can be winners. Any team that gets more than 90 percent of answers correct gets a First-Place award. It is the North American Division (NAD) Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE). Eight teams from the UK, all based in the South England…
Read MoreChanging trends and new technologies challenge Adventist radio producers in Europe
15 May 2017 | Bucharest, Romania [Victor Hulbert] The world of radio is changing. Analogue is switching to digital with AM and FM transmissions switching to DAB, online and broadcast-on-demand services. The listener has more choice and in the youngest age-group, teenagers, only 3% listen to live radio. Spotify and social media fulfil their needs.…
Read MoreRob de Raad to lead Netherlands Union of Churches
10 May 2017 | Huis Ter Heide, the Netherlands [Nelske Verbaas / tedNEWS] The Netherlands Union Conference Session ended on a positive note on Sunday, 7 May, with laughter and the expression of gratitude towards the team that made the conference possible and towards the delegates who spent four days in session.
Read MoreA big GYD thank you
10 May 2017 | Binfield, UK [Victor Hulbert] Global Youth Day (GYD) is always a massive social media witnessing opportunity – and for Alastair Agbaje, Trans-European Division (TED) co-ordinator for the 18 March event, it is an experience he is still reliving.
Read MoreSuper Sabbath Celebrates #reformation500 for children in Hungary
8 May 2017 | St Albans, UK [Clair Sanches / tedNEWS] How about a ‘Super Sabbath’ for your children? That is exactly what happened for a national children’s day in Hungary, 25 March 2017. The children had to pass through a special ‘time machine’ that transported them back 500 years.
Read MoreWilly Aronsen to head department of Adventist Mission in Norway
8 May 2017 | Røyse, Norway [Widar Ursett] Willy Aronsen will serve as head of Adventist Mission and Ministry to Clergy Families from 1 October 2017. Victor Marley, newly elected Norwegian Union president, said that the aim is for him to “aid local churches in developing a strong sense of responsibility and ownership to mission.”
Read MoreThe case against God
8 May 2017 | Moldova [Andrew McChesney / Adventist Mission] Life was tough in my homeland of Moldova, where I worked as a state prosecutor. So, I bought a Polish passport on the black market and moved to Ireland to start a better life. But then I found out that my Moldovan room-mate was a…
Read MorePositively Single
5 April 2017 | Binfield, UK [Angeline Tyrokomos] For many singles the idea of a ‘singles event’ fills them with horror – or at least apprehension. Yet singleness is an issue within the Adventist Church. Torben Bergland, Singles Ministries co-ordinator for the Trans-European Division has been involved with a number of recent events and was impressed…
Read MoreReflections on Global Youth Day 2017
4 April 2017 | St Albans, UK [tedNEWS with Alastair Agbaje] This year is already on record as the most successful year for participation and community-led Global Youth Day (GYD); around the world, but especially in the Trans-European Division (TED).
Read MoreCreative family spirituality in Latvia
3 April 2017 | Riga, Latvia [Karen Holford] The basement of the Central Riga Adventist church was transformed into a colourful hub of activity for a series of workshops on ‘Creative Family Spirituality’, the during weekend of 18-19 March 2017.
Read More
