100 Years of Adventist Education at Stanborough School
15 July 2019 | Watford, UK [Richard Daly] Among the 40+ Adventist primary and secondary schools across the Trans-European Division, Stanborough School in Watford, England, is one of the oldest.
Read MoreThe need to talk out loud
15 July 2019 | Loma Linda, USA [Helgi Jónsson.] Quiet-spoken Helgi Jónsson, Health Ministries director for the Trans-European Division (TED), discovers the imperative to ‘talk out loud’ during the 3rd Global Conference on Health and Lifestyle at Loma Linda, California, 9-13 July 2019.
Read MoreA ‘Friend’s’ view of Adventists and Military Service: Biblical, Historical and Ethical Perspectives
9 July 2019 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] Seeing ourselves as others see us is not always easy. Even at a recent conference on Adventists and Military Service, men, and it was mostly men, cordially differed on the value, ethics and efficacy of Adventist involvement in the military, including in chaplaincy.
Read MoreTüri Adventists use garden café event to share faith
8 July 2019 | Türi, Estonia [Averonika Beekmann] Türi, a small town in central Estonia with origins dating back to the 14th century, enjoys a good birthday party. On Tuesday, 2 July they celebrated the town’s birthday with a series of ‘garden cafés’ across the town. For the seventh year running, the Türi Adventist Church…
Read MoreThe best for the least of these
1 July 2019 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] For the next 13 weeks Seventh-day Adventists around the world will be studying issues of social justice in Sabbath School lessons entitled, ‘"The least of these": Ministering to those in need’. To give a refreshing introduction to each lesson, ADRA leaders from across Europe have recorded…
Read MoreTen Days, Three Countries, Two Divisions: One Mission
28 June 2019 | St Albans, United Kingdom [Tor Tjeransen, Thomas Müller / tedNEWS] A group of 18 representatives from the Northern Asia-Pacific Division (NSD), the administrative region which includes China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Mongolia, had Norway as the first stop on a ten-day journey through some of the countries of…
Read MoreThree days to change Europe!
20 June 2019 | Binfield, UK [Victor Hulbert] “Christianity as default is gone,” states a headline in the UK’s Guardian newspaper. Quoting a report by Stephen Bullivant, a professor of theology and the sociology of religion at St Mary’s University, London, the conclusion is that, “The new default setting is ‘no religion’, and the few…
Read More“Room for Women” – Refugee and Migrant Girls and Women share their stories in ADRA’s New Publication
20 June 2019 | Belgrade, Serbia [ADRA Serbia] ADRA`s publication “Room for Women” is a place where voices of refugee and migrant girls and women are heard. Today we join with ADRA in commemorating World Refugee Day. The number of people fleeing their home around the world is increasing every year, leaving them without home,…
Read MoreNew book encourages joy and diversity for children
17 June 2019 | Binfield, UK [Victor Hulbert] How do you instil community and joy in your children when you live in one culture, but come from another? The answer for Judith Nyirenda is simple: “Write a book.”
Read MoreUntangling policies – Understanding risk and liability
13 June 2019 | Binfield, UK [Giles Barham] What better hymn for a day on Risk Management than ‘Blessed Assurance, Jesus is mine’. That was the apt hymn choice as Pastor Ian Sweeney, President of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the UK and Ireland, led worship for a group of Adventist leaders, who came to understand…
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