UK Adventists promote peace and freedom during film release
10 February 2017 | St Albans, UK [Kirsty Watkins / tedNEWS] With the UK and Ireland being among the last countries in Europe to release the Mel Gibson blockbuster Hacksaw Ridge, Adventist communities, and especially youth, have been taking advantage of every opportunity to share their faith.
Read MoreNew health association formed in Norway
9 February 2017 | Oslo, Norway [Tor Tjeransen] With a significant number of Adventist members working in the health professions, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Norway has organised a Health Association to better meet the needs of their communities.
Read MoreHolistic, creative outreach in the South-East European Union
9 February 2017 | Belgrade, Serbia [Victor Hulbert] There is nothing better than the satisfaction of giving away money for mission – and then finding those possibilities of mission multiplied. A report of no less than six mission projects from the South-East European Union, part-funded by the Trans-European Division Creative Initiatives Evangelism fund, is a…
Read MoreEighty years and still in service
7 February 2017 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] While many complain at the UK government pushing the retirement age up to 68, eighty-year-old Alan Redfern is still going strong as Assistant director of the General Conference Auditing Service at the Trans-European Division office in St Albans, England.
Read MoreDeath of William ‘Bill’ Olson
7 February 2017 | St Albans, UK [Audrey Andersson] It is with great sadness that we announce the death of former TED Treasurer, Bill Olson, on Thursday, 19 January 2017. Bill served as Treasurer in the Trans-European Division from September 2000 to February 2004.
Read MoreIntensive media training a first for Lithuanian church leaders
6 February 2017 | Kaunas, Lithuania [Jurgita Kregždaitė] Adventist church pastors need more than just theology. In the modern world they also need a clear understanding of media. How do you make a picture tell a story? What can make an article or news report not only interesting, but also relevant? What’s the point of…
Read MoreTED Secretariat evaluations keeping the church legal and efficient
30 January 2017 | Watford, UK [John Surridge / tedNEWS] On Sunday, 22 January General Conference Associate Secretaries John Thomas and Claude Richli flew to the UK, from Washington DC and Bangkok respectively, to help lead the first ever TED run Secretariat evaluations covering both Union and Conference level. Trans-European Division Secretariat had evaluated all…
Read MoreCroatian youth volunteer with Syrian refugees during Christmas break
26 January 2017 | Katerini, Greece [Slavica Marčeta] Croatian Adventist youth have found a more rewarding way to make good use of their winter holidays. After meeting Tihomir Lipohar of ADRA Germany who is supervising work in Greece, they chose to volunteer at a refugee camp in Katerini, just south of Thessaloniki, 26 December – 8 January 2017.
Read MoreAdventist Youth highlight reformation Lineage in new video series
26 January 2016 | Nottingham, UK [Peter Jeynes with Tamara Bloom] With 2017 declared as #reformation500 across the world, a youth leader and cinematographer in the North England Conference (NEC) have combined their skills to develop a series of 52 short reformation videos. Each episode, released weekly, sets out to detail the spiritual roots of…
Read More‘Quest for the Meaning of Life’ in Novi Sad
24 January 2017 | Novi Sad, Serbia [Lászlo Gallusz] Despite sub-zero temperatures and a flu epidemic running at its peak, church members in Novi Sad, Serbia were impressed that some 100 hundred visitors joined with 200 Adventist members for five public lectures focused on the ‘Quest for the Meaning of Life’.
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