Maruševec school opens new dormitory
13 September 2017 | Maruševec [Đurđica Garvanović-Porobija/tedNEWS] A brand new dormitory, part funded by Sabbath School world mission offerings, will provide help to students from broken homes and socially deprived areas, as well as serving the needs of Adventist and community students from across Croatia.
Read MoreFinding the ‘love bonus’ in volunteering
4 September 2017 | St Albans [Victor Hulbert] Sometimes ‘Mission’ comes with a bonus. That is certainly the case for Linda-Rose (USA) who, until recently, was on Adventist Volunteer Service (AVS), and now her new British husband, Jake Jackson, also a recent volunteer at a separate project in Cornwall, England.
Read MoreNot all men are pigs!
4 September 2017 | Kaunas, Lithuania [Victor Hulbert] It is astonishing that Rimantas Marušauskas made it to adulthood. With alcoholic parents, violence was a way of life. Scars show how he protected his mother from his violent father – and suffered the consequences. As a child he also, at different times, saved both parents from…
Read More1960’s Newboldians Reconnect and Reunite
4 September 2017 | Binfield, UK [Kirsty Watkins] Over 100 former staff and students travelled from as far afield as Australia, the United States and Europe to attend a 60’s reunion at Newbold on the first weekend of August.
Read MoreBritish Adventists host Reformation 500 Celebration Weekend
23 August 2017 | Watford, UK [Richard Daly] Stanborough Park, the headquarters estate of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the UK and Ireland was transformed on the weekend of 11 – 13 August 2017. In a major celebration of 500 years of the Protestant Reformation, spearheaded by the British Union Conference (BUC) Evangelism department, the…
Read MorePrayers for Barcelona as 13 killed, dozens injured in van attack
17 August 2017 [EUD & TED Communication departments] A terrorist van attack killed 13 people and injured more than 80 others in a popular tourist area of Barcelona, Spain on Thursday, 17 August. It is the latest in a series of horrific vehicle related attacks in several European cities over recent months and was quickly…
Read MoreTo be ‘Special’
August 10, 2017 | Bern, Switzerland [Corrado Cozzi, Taida Rivero] Something very ‘special’ happened at the European Adventist Youth Congress held in Valencia, 1–6 August 2017. For the very first time, and to the great satisfaction of the organisers, an exhibition booth and a workshop was organised highlighting the requirements of people with special needs and…
Read MoreThe Vision
14 August 2017 | Sao Paolo, Brazil [Corrado Cozzi with Victor Hulbert] Understanding our roots inspires our future! That is the impetus behind ‘The Vision’, a docu-drama piloted at the Global Adventist internet Network meetings, 9 August 2017 in Sao Paolo, Brazil.
Read MoreForest fire danger averted at Camp Kalamos, Greece
14 August 2017 | Kalamos, Greece [Victor Hulbert] A major forest fire in Greece, last night, came within a few metres of destroying the Adventist Youth campsite, Camp Kalamos. The camp is located in a beautiful forested area on the coast 50km north-east of Athens.
Read MoreThe Journey: completed or just begun?
9 August 2017 | Valencia, Spain [Victor Hulbert] Climaxing five days of learning and worship at the European Adventist Youth Congress in Valencia, Spain, 103 young adults expressed their desire to be baptised following an appeal at the conclusion of the Friday evening baptismal service. That service itself saw seven youth from the Franco-Belgian Union,…
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