Youth Alive piloted in Albania and Lithuania
10 September 2019 | Tirana, Albania [Vanessa dos Anjos with Parengė Dovilė Bakonytė] How can adolescents and young adults make healthy choices in contemporary society? To discuss the issues 105 youth, young adults and leaders participated in a pilot project Youth Alive, 13 – 18 August 2019 in Tirana Albania, with a further training in…
Read MoreEvangelism training emphasis continues at Newbold
For a second year running, Newbold College of Higher Education has hosted a summer Evangelism Symposium. With the largest groups this summer coming from Estonia and Norway, we share with you this report from the perspective of the Estonian pastors in attendance:
Read MoreFifty years of Publishing house Znaci vremena
2 September 2019 | Zagreb, Croatia [Mario Šijan] To celebrate half a century of continuous existence and work is no mean feat for a small publishing house in today’s challenging print climate. However, claiming the promise of Philippians 4:13 that “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,“ the Znaci vremena Publishing house…
Read MoreLeaders serve with a smile
1 September 2019 | Ardingly, UK [Audrey Andersson] Food is always an important ingredient in any event. If the food is good, people are happy. If the food is bad, or people are hungry, it does not take long before the complaints start. This has been the case for over 2,000 years. Food distribution was…
Read MoreMelting Iceland – A New Approach to Mission
30 August 2019 | Reykjavik, Iceland [Eric Louw] “As the planning began to take shape and focus on Iceland, I didn’t like the idea at all.” Eric Louw, VP of Communications for Generation Youth for Christ [GYC], shares a very personal report of his life-changing experience during a very different mission trip to the highly…
Read More1980s alumni reconnect at Newbold
25 August 2019 | Binfield, UK [Kirsty Watkinds/tedNEWS] What brings a student back to Newbold after a 30+ year gap? Ask the sixty or so alumni and former staff who gathered at Newbold’s 1980s Reunion 2-4 August and they respond enthusiastically.
Read MoreUNZIP rediscovers the ‘forgotten’ God
23 August 2018 | Novi Sad, Serbia [Victor Hulbert with Tihomir Lazić] Some 500 students at Novi Sad University, Serbia, are discovering positive values and different aspects of themselves through UNZIP, a Public Campus Ministry initiative by Adventist students.
Read MoreNorwegian Adventists engage with public, meet politicians at significant street fair
20 August 2019 | Arendal, Norway [Tor Tjeransen] For the third year running, the Seventh-day Adventist Church has gained considerable attention at an annual fair in the town of Arendal in south-east Norway. The week-long event is simply named after the town, Arendalsuka (Arendal Week).
Read MoreGenerous Pathfinders support mission, share talent
8 August 2019, Ardingly, UK [Victor Hulbert] Trans-European Division (TED) Pathfinders raised £14,533.78 (15,341.70 Euros) for two mission projects in Albania and the Dominican Republic during their international camporee in Ardingly, England, 30 July – 6 August 2019.
Read MoreTwo men, twelve camporees, one passion
6 August 2019 | Ardingly, England [Victor Hulbert] Lives are changed at Camporee! Lives are changed by Pathfinders! Two men who know this better than most are Lars Gille and Erik Henriksen. They were pioneers of Pathfindering in the Trans-European Division, attending the very first TED camporee at Västeräng, Sweden in 1971 under the leadership…
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