Resourcing Children and Parents during lockdown
8 April 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] Thinking outside the box, Children’s Ministries directors from around the Trans-European Division are doing an amazing job during this time of crisis.
Read MoreHelping children (and others) with viral anxiety
The coronavirus outbreak has naturally triggered an enormous outpouring of anxiety. The escalating crisis is in the news every time we turn on the TV or tap on our phones. Life has suddenly turned upside down and the rules are being rewritten daily. Families are working, studying, caring for each other and trying to stay…
Read More‘At Risk’ Youth Leadership inspired at South England Leadership Conference
25 February 2020 | London, UK [SEC Youth Ministries] In a world where there can be a frustrating struggle to find and encourage youth leadership at a local church level, the South England Conference Youth Leadership Conference (YLC) stimulated over ninety leaders towards innovative development.
Read MoreAdvancing Youth in Northern Greece Youth Conference
8 October 2019 | Katerini, Greece [Moses Siwale] As a last opportunity before school and university, Adventist youth and their friends from across northern Greece met for a weekend at the Adventist Centre of Influence, POLIS, in Katerini, just a 45-minute drive south of Thessaloniki.
Read MoreYouth 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 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…
Read MoreSymbols of trust and faithfulness discovered by TED Pathfinders
4 August 2019 | Ardingly, UK [Victor Hulbert] Celebrating Sabbath at the Trans-European Division Pathfinder CamporeeIt is hard to feel hungry at the TED Pathfinder Camporee since the volunteers at the food distribution centre work tirelessly to supply the needs of 4,000 campers with wholesome vegetarian fare. Yet Friday evening, Melissa Myklebust, the animated youth…
Read More14-year-old wins Exodus theme song competition, makes impact at Camporee
2 August 2019 | Ardingly, UK [Lynne Sesinye Samwinga / tedNEWS] A theme song should convey a strong message along with a tune that should stick in the brain. Can a fourteen-year-old achieve that? The answer at the 2019 Trans-European Camporee is a resounding ‘Yes!’
Read More4,000 Pathfinders from 26 Countries focus on Exodus at TED Camporee
31 July 2019 | Ardingly, UK [Victor Hulbert] In an astonishing display of planning and efficiency, a team of 250 volunteers not only set up meeting rooms, marquees and activity spaces, but despite a day of rain and gales, helped campers pitch tents, restore flattened marquess, and redesign flagpoles that flattened under the pressure of…
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