Risk!
3 August 2017 | Valencia, Spain [Victor Hulbert with Melanie Ernst] How much risk are you willing to take? That was a very relevant question posed by Sam Leonor to a packed auditorium of youth on the second night of the Pan-European Youth Congress in Valencia, Spain, 1 – 5 August 2017.
Read More‘The Journey’ begins as 4,000 European Youth network in Valencia, Spain
2 August 2017 | Valencia, Spain [Victor Hulbert] Pack 4,000 youth from across Europe into a large auditorium. Add a rich mix of music, local Spanish culture, rapidly produced slick, on-the-spot video reports, and the story-telling skills of a master preacher, and you will quickly learn that worship and positive Christianity can still be a vibrant…
Read MoreLithuanian Mission School gains Media Skills
31 July 2017 | Kaunas. Lithuania [tedNEWS] When Pastor Bertold Hibner organised media training for his pastoral team in Lithuania earlier this year, he rapidly came to the conclusion that Mission School participants also needed the same practical skills to share Jesus using modern techniques.
Read MoreFor 4,000 European Youth, a Spanish Spiritual Adventure starts next week
27 July 2017 | Valencia, Spain [Victor Hulbert] There is a palpable sense of excitement across Europe as 4,000 youth are packing bags to descend on Valencia, Spain, not for a beach holiday or the night clubs, but rather to learn and network from a choice of over 60 different seminars, lectures, Bible studies and…
Read MoreOakwood University Choir Wins ‘Choir of the World’ at Welsh Eisteddfod
24 July 2017 | Llangollen, Wales [North American Division News / Adventist Review / tedNEWS] For the second time in six years, an Adventist choir has won the ‘Choir of the World’ title at the prestigious Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, Wales.
Read MoreNumbers Soar for Newbold’s Summer School in English
20 July, 2017 | Binfield, UK [Kirsty Watkins] Over 100 students are attending Newbold's Summer School in English this July, the largest cohort in over ten years. The group, which is just over halfway through the three-week experience, is exploring the theme The Secrets of Words. "Sometimes we use languages as a simple tool and…
Read MoreNewbold Celebrates with 23 Graduands at Annual Awards Ceremony
10 July 2017 | Binfield, UK [Kirsty Watkins] The Newbold community celebrated the academic achievement of 23 students on Sunday 9 July, in a ceremony attended by more than 250 guests.
Read MoreRespectful debate and new leadership in Swedish Church elections
10 July 2017 | Ekebyholmsskolan, Sweden [Rainer Refsbäck] Pastor Robert “Bobby” Sjölander is to lead the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Sweden for the next four years, replacing former President, Göran Hansen, who retired at their Union Session, 4 – 8 July.
Read MoreHerbert Blomstedt at 90: the Sabbath gives his life rhythm
10 July 2017 | Ekebyholm, Sweden [Rainer Refsbäck] Nobody would think badly of Maestro Herbert Blomstedt, now in the evening of life, if he decided to slow down his pace a little. On Tuesday, 11 July he celebrates his 90th birthday, yet his plans include conducting 90 concerts this year in venues all around the…
Read MoreNewbold and Washington Adventist University students benefit by new Study Abroad Agreement
5 July 2017 | Binfield, UK [Kirsty Watkins] Representatives from Newbold College of Higher Education and Washington Adventist University (WAU) signed a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at a ceremony at Newbold on Thursday, 15 June. This new agreement, signed by Dr John Baildam, Newbold's Principal, and Dr Weymouth Spence, President of WAU, expands a…
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