“But Jesus, we have nothing to give”
31 August 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [John Surridge] In the packed schedule of the EPC very little time is wasted. Even before the countdown clock on the screen has begun its descent to the official programme start, there is a buzz of activity on the stage. Musicians make final preparations, the media team rehearse their…
Read MoreA family reunited
31 August 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Julian Hibbert] It’s not often a sturdy, home made tandem gets wheeled on stage in the middle of a worship service. It is just as rare when sixty pastors who once in dispute with each other, could stand together on the same platform in a sign of togetherness, reconciliation…
Read MoreThe Missing
30 August 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Julian Hibbert] You can’t fall asleep when Pastor Ian Sweeney is the preacher – even after a full day of seminars, workshops, fellowship, and for some, walks around the beautiful city of Belgrade. Sonja Kalmbach, a pastor in Sweden confessed “his sermon really touched me!”
Read MoreWhy would you travel so far?
30 August 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Julian Hibbert] Why would you travel almost 1,692 km (and in some instances much further) at considerable expense, in order to attend a four-day pastors’ convention in Belgrade, Serbia? In my case, I found the answer on day one of the 2018 European Pastors’ Council (EPC) in the form…
Read MoreWhat of the future?
29 August 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Victor Hulbert] Is there a future for the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Europe? Ask Pastor Ted Wilson and the answer is a resounding, “Yes”.
Read MoreEuropean Pastors’ Council opens with ‘Permission to dream’
29 August 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [A personal reflection by Widar Ursett] Come to the European Pastors’ Council 2018, in Belgrade, Serbia, you know you are among friends. Friends you have never seen before, and quite likely will meet again only after we have passed through the pearly gates.
Read MoreEuropean Pastors’ Council aims to ‘connect, inspire and change’
28 August 2018 | Belgrade, Serbia [Victor Hulbert] According to a headline in the UK’s Telegraph newspaper, if you are ‘[t]ired of overpriced, overcrowded city breaks? Go to Belgrade’. Pastors from across the Trans-European Division must be in the know, as they are flocking into the city today in preparation for the European Pastors’ Council…
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 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 MoreLost but Now Found
22 May 2018 | Borca, Serbia [Kimi-Roux James, as told to Igor Mitrovic] Two years. That’s the time it took for Massih Nazari, 18, to reach Serbia, after fleeing his hometown in Kabul, Afghanistan.
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