Sharing the love
13 November 2018 | St Albans, UK [TED Communications] What do you do when you see a friend who needs some encouragement? For many, it may be to lend a listening ear, give a hug, or share some encouraging words.
Read MoreScandinavia Launches Adventist Communication Academy
12 November 2018 | Vejlefjord, Denmark [Jan-Gunnar Wold] How can you communicate better using today’s myriad electronic media platforms? To help answer that question, over forty people met at Vejlefjord Adventist College, Denmark for a communication weekend 9-11 November.
Read MoreBuilding Community with Refugees
12 November 2018 | Binfied, UK [Helen Pearson] Nick Harborne, Director of the Refugee Support Group in Reading (RRSG), the nearest large town to Newbold College, offered the audience attending the Tuesday, 6 November Diversity lecture an insight into the seriousness of the refugee situation on their doorstep.
Read MoreWhere am I heading?
8 November 2018 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] It was one of those surreal moments – half asleep on an early morning flight from Oslo to London. The plane had taken off and was heading towards cruising altitude as a member of the cabin crew announced a warm welcome onboard this flight from Oslo…
Read MoreAdventists and war – 100 years on since Armistice day, 11 November 1918
8 November 2018 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] It was called ‘the war to end all wars’. Sadly, history tells another tale. Despite the World War I (WWI) deaths of 17 million soldiers, with the injury of 21 million more, the Imperial War Museum in London records that war has taken place every single…
Read MoreTED Stewardship director accepts call as Stanborough Press Editor
1 November 2018 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] David Neal, Stewardship director for the Trans-European Division, today accepted a call to serve as Editor of the Stanborough Press, effective 1 January 2019. He follows in a long line of editors, the most recent, David Marshall and Julian Hibbert, who have impacted the lives of…
Read MoreADRA in Europe promotes greater wellbeing
29 October 2018 | Budapest, Hungary [Maja Ahac] European ADRA leaders met in Budapest, Hungary, 22-25 October to discuss and find new approaches to make a bigger impact around the world. The aim was to accelerate the wellbeing of disadvantaged people and to build a stronger ADRA network.
Read MoreYouth explore Adventist Identity at Newbold Symposium
24 October 2018 | Binfield, UK [Kärt Lazic/tedNEWS] In a remarkable feat of organisation and planning, a 19-year-old Newbold undergraduate student, together with his brother, visioned an event that would encourage youth to do far more than “Stay strong and stand firm!” the message they often hear from the pulpit.
Read More“It’s not another programme”
10 September 2018 | Freudenstadt, Germany [Harald Giesebrecht] “This is not another programme. Not one more thing on the pastor’s to-do list”, Stephan Sigg told the participants gathered for the iCOR training for trainers in Freudenstadt, Germany the last week of September.
Read MoreChurch plants don’t happen by accident
10 October 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Caleb Quispe with tedNEWS] A strategic decision to employ specialist discipleship coaches in Scandinavia and the Balkan regions of south east Europe is bearing fruit. An intensive four-day workshop in Serbia means 20 pastors from seven countries are now equipped and energised to plant churches in their local areas.
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