How do you write a theme song?
15 October 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Victor Hulbert] You know how it is. Lots of planning goes into an event: Convention centres are booked, speakers assigned, workshop and witness programmes arranged, meals and accommodation negotiated – then at the last minute someone suggests, “perhaps we should have a theme song!”
Read MoreMusic in Worship – Bridge-Builder or Barrier?
11 October 2018 | Binfield, UK [Helen Pearson] Never, in twenty-one years of its existence, has the annual Beach Lecture at Newbold College begun with music. The 2018 lecture on Tuesday, 9 October was the exception.
Read More“It’s not another programme”
10 September 2018 | Freudenstadt, Germany [Harald Giesebrecht] “This is not another programme. Not one more thing on the pastor’s to-do list”, Stephan Sigg told the participants gathered for the iCOR training for trainers in Freudenstadt, Germany the last week of September.
Read MoreChurch plants don’t happen by accident
10 October 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Caleb Quispe with tedNEWS] A strategic decision to employ specialist discipleship coaches in Scandinavia and the Balkan regions of south east Europe is bearing fruit. An intensive four-day workshop in Serbia means 20 pastors from seven countries are now equipped and energised to plant churches in their local areas.
Read MoreWeek of Spiritual Emphasis Builds Resilience at Newbold
15 October 2018 | Binfield, UK [Clive Malcolm] Japhet J. De Oliveira, senior pastor at Boulder Adventist Church, Colorado USA, challenged students to stop, think and “reset” their lives during Newbold’s Week of Spiritual Emphasis (WOSE), 24 to 29 September.
Read MoreBaltic leaders connect for growth
01 October 2018 | Turbas, Latvia [Guntis Bukalders] Almost 60 department leaders with their teams from the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian conferences and church administrators came together for a departmental weekend 21-23 September in Turbas, Latvia, to meet each other, share their joys and challenges, listen to and pray for each other. We had several…
Read More70 Years Broadcasting Hope in Germany and Beyond
24 September 2018 | Alsbach-Hähnlein, Germany [Gerald A. Klingbeil, Adventist Review] European media centre Stimme der Hoffnung celebrates landmark anniversary.
Read MoreTed Wilson inspired by Belgrade Refugee Community Centre
25 September 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Victor Hulbert] When you have been inspired you need to visit. That was the case for Pastor Ted Wilson during his visit to the European Pastors’ Council in Belgrade, Serbia, 28 August – 2 September 2018. He specifically asked to visit the nearby ADRA Community Centre for refugees.
Read MoreThe September Diversity Lecture – Celebrating Diversity and Building Community
20 September 2018 | Binfield, Bracknell [Helen Pearson] Can local churches build community in a diverse world? In Newbold’s first Diversity lecture of the academic year 2018-19, a Dutch Pastor offered a realistic and thought-provoking account of her attempts to do so.
Read More70 years celebration joins up the dots with Adventist media
20 September 2018 | Alsbach-Hähnlein, Germany [Victor Hulbert] A personal reflection while attending the 70th anniversary celebrations for the establishment of the Voice of Hope (Stimme der Hoffnung) in post-WWII Germany – a time when ‘hope’ was a key word.
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