Not your average Conference experience…
4 July 2016 | Binfield, UK [Karen Holford] Karen Holford finds herself impressed by how Newbold College 'knocked the socks off' other conference venues she has attended. She recommends it as a warm, efficient and friendly environment to host a variety of other conferences and events from across the TED.
Read MoreLeadership changes in the British Union Conference
4 July 2016 | Binfield, UK [Victor Hulbert with Andrew Willis] Two new officers, three new Mission Presidents, and five new Department directors were elected to office on the first morning of the 2016 British Union Conference Quinquennial Session, Thursday, 30 June. By the time the Session closed on Sabbath evening, 2 July, ten newly…
Read MoreThe most unchristian Christian
29 June 2016 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] The most unchristian thing I do each weekday morning is switch on the radio. I do it for one purpose: I want the travel news. "A lane blocked on the M1 heading south." Good, that's not me. The perennially slow traffic on the M25 approaching Clacket…
Read MoreA Passion for Volunteering
27 June 2016 | Binfield, UK [Victor Hulbert] Meet Lara Žestić. She has a passion for volunteering. As a recent midwifery graduate you might have expected her to settle down, establish her career and reap the rewards of her hard work. Instead, she headed to Thailand, volunteering at 'bamboo school', an orphanage and clinic for…
Read MoreResignation of TED Youth Director
Updated 5 September 2017 | St Albans, UK [TED staff] On Monday, 27 June 2016, the Administrative Committee of the Trans-European Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church received and accepted the resignation of János Kovács-Bíró as TED Youth Ministries Director.
Read MoreTED responds to Brexit vote
24 June 2016 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] On Thursday, 23 June the British people voted by a margin of 3.8% to leave the European Union. With a turnout of 72%, 51.9% of the electorate made the historic decision, changing 43 years of European history since the UK joined the European Community in 1973.
Read MoreChanged URL increases profile for the TED website
23 June 2016 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] A simple change in the web-address for the Trans-European Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church has resulted in a significant improvement for the website in terms of visibility on search engines.
Read MoreSabbath broadcasts live from Dunkirk refugee camp impact thousands
20 June 2016 | Dunkirk, France [Victor Hulbert] Four church entities and six local congregations worked together on Sabbath, 18 June, to share a live message of hope in the midst of the refugee crisis. Claudette Hannebicque, the leader of ADRA Dunkirk was one of them.
Read MoreLive from Dunkirk – Adventist Refugee Sabbath
17 June 2016 | Binfield, England [Victor Hulbert] Churches in England, France, Italy and America will be skyping live with Adventist representatives at Dunkirk refugee camp, France, during morning worship, Sabbath, 18 June. Seventh-day Adventist Churches across the world are taking special time that day to pray for and focus on the estimated 60 million…
Read MoreProclaiming faith by art in Mjøndalen church, Norway
15 June 2016 | Mjøndalen, Norway [Tor Tjeransen] "A little bit up. Straight forward." With a steady hand Tor Magne Eilertsen manoeuvred a large fork lift in the main sanctuary of the Mjøndalen Seventh-day Adventist church, Norway. There were shouts from excited members of the decoration committee as large, wooden elements were mounted on the…
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