Should we help the Dunkirk refugees? A Christian response
13 June 2016 | Binfield, England [Victor Hulbert] Waking up at 4:00 a.m. for a long drive and a ferry crossing is a minor inconvenience for Sasha Becejac, one of four leaders at the Newbold Seventh-day Adventist Church in southern England. Every Sunday the team fill a car with volunteers, food, and clothes for the…
Read MoreNAD issues Statement on mass shooting in Orlando, Florida
13 June 2016 | St Albans [NAD staff/tedNEWS] Daniel R. Jackson, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in North America, issued the following statement on June 12, 2016, in response to the mass shooting at the Pulse Club in Orlando, Florida. Adventist leaders and members across Europe would wish to endorse this statement and offer…
Read MoreHope after horror. Refugees can have a future
11 June 2016 | St Albans [Victor Hulbert] Nobody chooses to be a refugee. War, persecution, oppressive regimes – there are many reasons why there are currently 60 million displaced persons or refugees in the world. Each one has their story. Each one wants to survive. Each one wants a better life. Each one lives with hope.
Read MoreNetherlands Extraordinary Union Session Meeting endorses Women in Ministry
10 June 2016 | St Albans [Victor Hulbert with Wim Altink] The role of women in ministry continues to be a heavily debated topic in many areas around the world, including in the Trans-European Division. The Netherlands Union is a case in point. Their Union Session voted in favour of a motion to ordain women…
Read MoreFitness Day in Nicosia municipal park
6 June 2016 | Nicosia, Cyprus [Marica Mirilov] A free one-day medical clinic in the heart of Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus attracted around 200 participants. Run by Seventh-day Adventist church members in the municipal park, Sunday strollers and some 150 relaxed inhabitants were tested, registered and given advice on weight, sugar level and blood…
Read MoreInterpreting love
6 June 2016 | Petra refugee camp, Greece [Victor Hulbert with Corrado Cozzi] Meet Lina Shalabi. She works for ADRA Serbia as an interpreter at Petra refugee camp on the foothills of Mount Olympus, Greece. She provides translation services in the medical centre for 1,000 Yazidis - 480 of them children. She is there because she cares.
Read MoreYazidi refugees between a rock and a hard place
2 June 2016 | Katerini, Greece [Victor Hulbert with Corrado Cozzi] ADRA team members are working hard to help Yazidi refugees based in a remote refugee camp on the foothills of Mount Olympus in Northern Greece. Stuck in the country since the northern boarders closed, some 1,000 refugees who fled danger and persecution in Iraq and…
Read MoreSigma Beta Delta Chapter launched at Newbold
26 May 2016 | Binfield, UK [Kirsty Watkins] The Newbold College of Higher Education Chapter of Sigma Beta Delta was launched earlier this month, welcoming its first five student members.
Read MoreDanish Union Session focuses on Sharing, Stewardship and Fellowship
27 May 2016 | Himmerlandsgården, Denmark [Anne-May Müller] It is an annual tradition for Danish Seventh-day Adventists. During the ascension-day weekend they meet at their Himmerlandsgården camp ground in the north of the country for camp meeting. In addition to worship and fellowship, this year they also had business to attend to, since the Union…
Read MoreJoão Martins appointed to lead ADRA Europe
26 May 2016 | EUD & TED offices [Corrado Cozzi / Victor Hulbert] João Martins is to serve as Adventist Development and Relief Agency Europe director (ADRA Europe) following recommendations from both the Inter-European Division (EUD) and Trans-European Division (TED) Spring Meetings.
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