COVID overload – ‘I’ve heard too much!’
6 May 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] Are we suffering COVID overload? Dr Helgi Jónsson believes we might – and offers advice on how to protect ourselves. “There is a constant flow of information around us, and not all of it is positive,” he states in a helpful video just released by the TED…
Read MoreAbuse in lockdown – and how to help
6 May 2020 | St Albans, UK [TED Family Ministries] Lockdown has brought with it all kinds of relational challenges including extreme loneliness, getting on each other’s nerves, and figuring out how to do work, home school and family life within four small walls. There is also a positive side, enjoying the time to grow closer…
Read MoreTired of zoom? Try drive-in Church
4 May 2020 | Lillehammer, Norway [Edel Krøll] After six Sabbaths of meeting by zoom, the congregation of Lillehammer, Norway longed for a more personal worship experience during lockdown. As with all other churches in Norway, the building was shut due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreAdventist Development and Relief Agency steps up global COVID-19 Operations
1 May 2020 | Silver Spring, USA [ADRA Int. with tedNEWS] The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) is serving more than 2.4 million households around the world where lives have been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. ADRA has launched COVID-19 response projects in 37 countries to support frontline workers, low-income families, the elderly, and…
Read MoreThe big thank you! #dearcoronavirus 7
1 May 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] How big a thank you have you said this week? My neighbour works in a local supermarket. She told me how good it felt to be thanked and to feel valued during this crisis. The reality of the value of ordinary people doing ordinary but important…
Read MoreMy name is Manca. I am a nurse, and this is my story during the COVID-19.
30 April 2020 | Ljubljana, Slovenia [Katja Kotnik] Manca is both a nurse in a care home and a young mother. She was recently the recipient of an ADRA Slovenia care package – and shared her story.
Read MoreTED Words of Hope 7 focuses on children
30 April 2020 | St Albans, UK [tedNEWS] What is the most important thing you have learnt in lockdown? How have your parental skills developed as a home-schooler, home-worker, and full-time entertainment guru – and how has online church been a benefit to you, and especially your children?
Read MoreLocked down but not locked out
27 April 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] Two pastors from two different ‘locked down’ countries, share how ministry and mission is still a part of their lives.
Read MoreDear Coronavirus 6: Supporting those with loss
24 April 2020 | Bern, Switzerland [CD-EUDNews/tedNEWS]. Often, we have no words that can adequately comfort the grieving. It is just our presence.“The new #dearcoronavirus #6 is perhaps to most moving to date. It may well make your spine tingle as you watch it,” declares Victor Hulbert, TED Communication director and one of the coordinators…
Read MoreChurch of gifts and talents. Hosanna ONLINE festival in Poland.
21 April 2020 | Warsaw, Poland [Daniel Maikowski] Logically it should have been cancelled, but organisers of the annual Hosanna Festival in Poland turned a potential Coronavirus disaster into an impressive online success.
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