Thursday talks inspire change at Pastors’ council
31 August 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Peter Jeynes] Someone behind the scenes has put a lot of thought into the programming at the European Pastors’ Council in Belgrade. A story is being developed as we move from ‘Connecting’ on to ‘Inspiring’ and then on to ‘Change’. There has been much connecting and re-connecting going on.…
Read MoreRoom of remorse and rejoicing
31 August 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Widar Ursett] Have you ever seen your sins disappear right in front of your eyes, literally? I came close to that today, but I had to walk a while to get there. If you carry a burden of sin, or have a song of praise in your heart, or…
Read MoreIn the Very Act
31 August 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Sam O Davies] If one of the aims of the European Pastors’ Council (EPC) is to inspire, then there was ample evidence from the audience that it was accomplished. Enthralled by the remarkable illumination on the well-known story of the woman caught in adultery, Gifford Rhamie (Lecturer and Director…
Read More“But Jesus, we have nothing to give”
31 August 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [John Surridge] In the packed schedule of the EPC very little time is wasted. Even before the countdown clock on the screen has begun its descent to the official programme start, there is a buzz of activity on the stage. Musicians make final preparations, the media team rehearse their…
Read MoreA family reunited
31 August 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Julian Hibbert] It’s not often a sturdy, home made tandem gets wheeled on stage in the middle of a worship service. It is just as rare when sixty pastors who once in dispute with each other, could stand together on the same platform in a sign of togetherness, reconciliation…
Read MoreThe Missing
30 August 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Julian Hibbert] You can’t fall asleep when Pastor Ian Sweeney is the preacher – even after a full day of seminars, workshops, fellowship, and for some, walks around the beautiful city of Belgrade. Sonja Kalmbach, a pastor in Sweden confessed “his sermon really touched me!”
Read MoreWhy would you travel so far?
30 August 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Julian Hibbert] Why would you travel almost 1,692 km (and in some instances much further) at considerable expense, in order to attend a four-day pastors’ convention in Belgrade, Serbia? In my case, I found the answer on day one of the 2018 European Pastors’ Council (EPC) in the form…
Read MoreWhat of the future?
29 August 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Victor Hulbert] Is there a future for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Europe? Ask Pastor Ted Wilson and the answer is a resounding, “Yes”.
Read MoreEuropean Pastors’ Council opens with ‘Permission to dream’
29 August 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [A personal reflection by Widar Ursett] Come to the European Pastors’ Council 2018, in Belgrade, Serbia, you know you are among friends. Friends you have never seen before, and quite likely will meet again only after we have passed through the pearly gates.
Read MoreEuropean Pastors’ Council aims to ‘connect, inspire and change’
28 August 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Victor Hulbert] According to a headline in the UK’s Telegraph newspaper, if you are ‘[t]ired of overpriced, overcrowded city breaks? Go to Belgrade’. Pastors from across the Trans-European Division must be in the know, as they are flocking into the city today in preparation for the European Pastors’ Council…
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