Dear Coronavirus 6: Supporting those with loss
24 April 2020 | Bern, Switzerland [CD-EUDNews/tedNEWS]. Often, we have no words that can adequately comfort the grieving. It is just our presence.“The new #dearcoronavirus #6 is perhaps to most moving to date. It may well make your spine tingle as you watch it,” declares Victor Hulbert, TED Communication director and one of the coordinators…
Read MoreST.NETWORK: enhancing mission through networking in a secular world
20 April 2020 | Bucharest, Romania [EUD and tedNEWS] ST.Network (The Signs of the Times European Network) is the positive result of a long held desire to provide readers across Europe with well-researched biblical perspectives on the questions and challenges of life. It introduces itself as an outlet for Christian analysis and opinion designed as…
Read MoreThe Lord’s Supper in Lockdown
18 April 2020 | Tallinn, Estonia [Mervi Kalmus] I’ve never watched a horror movie in my life but believe me, I have a pretty good idea about what kind of things would make me freeze in front of a screen in utter horror! The Bible has a few stories that seem worthy candidates for a…
Read MoreGreat Friday in Greece
17 April 2020 | Athens, Athens [Yannis Vrakas] In the Orthodox tradition, they call it Great Friday. For them, this weekend is Easter, and for Yannis Vrakas in Greece, this means a time to reflect.
Read MoreADRA Europe issues statement on COVID-19 pandemic: WE ARE IN THIS TOGETHER
17 April 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] Noting the growing humanitarian crisis, ADRA Europe [The Adventist Development and Relief Agency] issued a statement on Friday 17 April noting that ‘we are in this together’.
Read MoreChallenging Loneliness. Challenging Coronavirus. Providing Hope.
10 April 2020 | St Albans [tedNEWS/eudNEWS] With the strong ‘stay at home’ message from governments and authorities, loneliness can be one of the negative side effects of this Coronavirus pandemic. Easter is a time when traditionally people and families meet for extra times of fellowship and worship – and often take the opportunity of…
Read MoreDear Grandparents – a message of love from around the world
27 March 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert / Corrado Cozzi] #dear grandparents, a short social media clip released today is already bringing both a smile and a tear to grandparents, parents and children around the world.Already being translated and subtitled in a multitude of languages including Romanian, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish, 15 children…
Read MoreZagreb Earthquake – damage to church property, members safe
22 March 2020 | Zagreb, Croatia (Advent Press Zagreb/APN, Neven Klačmer/tedNEWS) A 5.3 magnitude earthquake, followed by a series of aftershocks, struck Zagreb, the capital of the Republic of Croatia on Sunday, 22 March just after 6 am. The epicentre was only 6 miles (9.6 km) from the city centre. It is the largest earthquake…
Read MoreGeneral Conference Session postponed, downsized
20 March, 2020 | SIlver Spring, Maryland, USA [Adventist News Network, Adventist Review & tedNEWS] Due to the current coronavirus pandemic the General Conference Session (GC Session) of the Seventh-day Adventist World church scheduled for this summer is now rescheduled for May 2021 in what will be a smaller and tighter event.
Read MoreCoronavirus, God and each other
14 March 2020 | Tallinn, Estonia [Mervi Kalmus]When Coronavirus stops church there is time for reflection.A couple of weeks ago I was reading a book by my favourite author, Frederick Buechner. In his brilliant memoir Telling Secrets I came across some lines that touched me very deeply. They had a special ring of truth to…
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