“Experiencing God’s Love”
25 August 2012, Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia [John Surridge, tedNEWS] In contrast to the busyness of the discussion groups, dramatic performers and assorted platform party members who occupied the stage area for most of the morning, during the sermon time Pastor Wintley Phipps stood on his own. It takes an unusual talent to fill a stage, particularly as large…
Read More“The Grace and the Change”
25 August 2012, Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia [John Surridge, tedNEWS] Sabbath School morphed seamlessly into the divine service as the EPC organisers worked to bring the programme forward and spare the pastors and visitors in the packed marquee the discomfort of rapidly rising temperatures. The scene was set by the third and concluding installment of a drama portraying the…
Read MoreLost in Our Own Ministry?
25 August 2012, Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia [Kirsten Oster Lindquist, tedNEWS] Saturday morning started with powerful praise and worship. The pastors, their spouses and lots of local visitors packed the tent to exalt God. Pastor David Shalom opened the Sabbath morning programme, by praying in Hebrew. Then another segment of the previous night’s drama of the prodigal “sons” raised…
Read More“Welcome Back Home, You are Forgiven”
Presented by Mark Finley 24 August 2012, Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia [Victor Hulbert tedNEWS] Friday night is always very special at an event like this. 1,200 ministers and their spouses, 22 countries, many languages, but all in communion together. This was worship at its best. Multi-media, music and the spoken word skillfully crafted together. A male trio rendition of…
Read MoreHoliday from Stress?
24 August 2012, Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia [Julian Hibbert, tedNEWS] Friends and church members back home tease us that ministers are on holiday here in Slovenia, yet the overall results from the health tests run during the conference indicate that a holiday is just what they need. According to Elsie Staple, Health Ministries Director for the South England Conference,…
Read More“The Message and Ministry of Reconciliation”
Presented by Lowell Cooper 24 August 2012, Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia [Kirsten Oster Lundqvist, tedNEWS] “It is a refreshing experience to be here” was the opening line of today’s worship by Lowell Cooper. If he was referring the weather it was still cool, before temperature levels reached 34°C. Inside the tent the day had begun with prayer by Mariusz Adamczyk…
Read MoreUnusual Visitor at EPC
24 August 2012, Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia [Julian Hibbert, tedNEWS] One of the unusual visitors attending the EPC is Micha? Rakowski – he is neither a pastor nor a pastor’s spouse, nor part of the support team. What is he then? Micha? is a twenty-one year old “preacher’s kid”. When this sociology student from Krakow, Poland, read about the…
Read More“Getting Out of God’s Way”
Presented by Chris Oberg 24 August 2012, Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia [John Surridge, tedNEWS] Pastor Chris Oberg was the first female speaker at the EPC’s plenary sessions. Despite her surname she is an American, though as she hastily pointed out, she feels very at home in Europe. “One day, if North America gets tired of me, I’m coming to…
Read More“The True Purpose of the Church”
Presented by Wintley Phipps 24 August 2012, Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia [John Surridge, tedNEWS] The voice of renowned singer, Wintley Phipps, who also serves as the pastor and director of “Dream Academy”, was first heard by the pastors at the EPC when he performed the song “His Eye is On the Sparrow” on Thursday. In Friday’s first plenary session however,…
Read MoreIgnite Your Experience with God
Presented by Jerry & Janet Page 23 August 2012, Rogaška Slatina, Slovenia [Victor Hulbert, tedNEWS] One theme seemed to flow through Thursday evening. That theme was community and involvement. It came with Dr Philip Brown, principal of Newbold College, sharing how Northern Europe's premiere Adventist learning facility would offer more intensive summer courses to help ministers and laity…
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