13 Years a Missionary
3 July 2018 | Tallinn, Estonia [Victor Hulbert] It has been 13 years since Del and Hanna Onde first volunteered for mission service. Currently they are involved in church planting and establishing a Centre of Influence in Tallinn, Estonia, but this small Baltic nation is just one of a myriad of countries where they have…
Read MoreFoetus Who Refused to Die
3 July 2018 | Tokyo, Japan [Victor Hulbert] Why would a young couple, deeply in love, choose to abort their unborn child? It is a story of desperate times.
Read MoreLeamington Community Choir Makes Impact at Peace Festival
2 July 2018 | Leamington Spa, UK [Hazel Layland] On Saturday 16 June, The Mission Community Choir based at Leamington Spa Seventh-day Adventist church in the English Midlands, made its public debut at the town centre Leamington Peace Festival.
Read MoreHighs and lows at TED Master Guide Camp
27 June 2018 | Krakow, Poland [David Rancic / tedNEWS] How do you define the high point of an event when there are too many to pinpoint? That is the challenge for the 144 attendees returning from the 7th TED Master Guide camp (MGC) at the Korzkiew Scout Resort, just 30 minutes from the magical…
Read MoreAdvent Care Europe meet in Norway
24 June 2018 | Lillehammer, Norway [Alf Magne Foss, Joel Moyano and Nicolas Walther] The Advent Care Europe network, an Adventist Health institutions network created in 2014, met in Norway for its third annual meeting from 14 – 16 June 2018.Seven institutions across seven countries shared in the event hosted at the Adventist rehabilitation Centre…
Read MoreWorld Refugee Sabbath programming impacts lives around the world
19 June 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Victor Hulbert/Corrado Cozzi] Trapped in housing where a family of six may share just one room – and then share cooking and washing facilities with other similar families, migrants in Serbia can suffer deep socio-psychological problems. Two years ago, ADRA Serbia was busy providing emergency aid to the tens…
Read MoreCyprus Teen & Young Adult campout inaugurates new site
13 June 2018 | Larnaca, Cyprus [tedNEWS] Teens and young adults from two church communities in Nicosia, Cyprus enjoyed a weekend campout, 1-3 June 2018, which inaugurated a potential new campsite close to the sea in the southern port of Larnaca.
Read MoreEurope takes lead for World Refugee Sabbath, 16 June
Updated 15 June 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [EUD & TED Communications] For the third year running, Europe will be taking a lead in highlighting the plight and needs of refugees both in Europe and around the world. Using the ADRA Serbia Community Centre in Belgrade as a base, two live programmes will hear first-hand accounts…
Read MoreVolunteering transformed my life
10 June 2018 | Reykjavik, Iceland [tedNEWS] Twelve months ago, David Mano had no idea that he would spend an entire year volunteering in Iceland. Originating from the heat of Portugal, the idea of a cold, long winter would never have entered his head. But a surprise phone call during the final stages of his…
Read MoreGoodbye, Good Health and Good Offices
7 June 2018 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] In a week when the Trans-European office said a formal goodbye to no less than three of its staff, directors and officers equally took time to discuss the crucial issue of health and wellbeing at work.
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