For Adventist Chaplain at London Olympics, Pins are Tools of the Trade
01 August 2012 London, United Kingdom [Ansel Oliver/ANN] Six days a week during the Olympics, Richard Daly takes the Underground here to Olympic Park in East London, where more than 100,000 spectators swarm nine game venues. Daly, a Seventh-day Adventist minister, is one of 60 chaplains volunteering at the games site. For the first week…
Read MoreAbide with Me
01 August 2012 Washington State, USA [Wayne Blakely/Record] In addressing the United Nations prayer breakfast, Ravi Zacharias, the Christian apologist, asked the question: “How do you reach a generation that listens with its eyes and thinks with its feelings?” It’s a profound question that should not simply be addressed to leaders outside the Church, but…
Read MoreDemocracy in Time
01 August 2012 Copenhagen, Denmark [Bjørn Krøll, tedNEWS] It is Denmarks National Day the 5th of June 2012. The wind is blowing cold from the north. We are in the center of Copenhagen and in front of us is Christiansborg, the Castle where the Danish Government is located. In front of the Castle we see…
Read MoreIn London, Olympics Outreach Impacts Community Members
30 July 2012 London, United Kingdom [Ansel Oliver/ANN] Spiritual applications from sports are hard to miss, says playwright Mervyn Weir. That’s why the Seventh-day Adventist Church member incorporated stories of Olympic greats into his latest production, from “The Flying Scotsman” Eric Liddell to the father of runner Derek Redman who helped his injured son across…
Read MoreOlympic Flame Witness Climaxes in London
27 July 2012 London, United Kingdom [Kirsten Øster-Lundqvist / Catherine Anthony Boldeau / Serena Francis / BUC News] Also a BUC News Video Report As the 8000 mile Olympic flame tour of the British Isles hit London this week, Adventist church members were well prepared to take the opportunity to share their faith with both…
Read MoreNew Studio Installed in Albania
27 July 2012 Silver Spring, Maryland, United States [Shelley Nolan Freesland, tedNEWS] Adventist World Radio (AWR) has completed the installation of the first Seventh-day Adventist radio production studio in Albania. After celebrating the 20th anniversary of the church just last month, church members and leaders are looking forward to sharing the gospel with their countrymen…
Read MoreNewbold College of Higher Education Annual Awards Ceremony 2012
16 July 2012 Bracknell, United Kingdom [Maria Rosenquist, tedNEWS] Dr Philip Brown led the 2012 Newbold College Awards Ceremony on Sunday 15 July in his first awards ceremony as principal of the College. Dr Brown opened the proceedings by welcoming the 67 graduands as well as the many family and friends in the audience, and…
Read More100 Trained for the Mission Forward
16 July 2012 Belgrade, Serbia [Laszlo Gallusz, tedNEWS] In the last ten months, two schools for lay members training were held in the South-East European Union Conference of the Seventh-day Adventist Church (SEEUC); one in Novi Sad, Serbia and one in Skopje, Macedonia. About one hundred lay members were trained during these two weekends in…
Read MoreManaging Time
16 July 2012 The Netherlands [Wim Altink] Are we managing time or is time managing us? Are we in command of our schedule of activities or are the duties pushing and commanding us?
Read MoreActs of Kindness Make a Difference in Outreach in Poland
12 July 2012 St. Albans, United Kingdom [Janos Kovacs-Biro, tedNEWS] During the first week of July 2012 Adventist young people assessed the needs of the inhabitants of the Polish town Podkowa Lesna. They found out where people are and what type of needs they have. After prayerful consideration and using their creativity, the Adventist youth…
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