New book encourages joy and diversity for children
17 June 2019 | Binfield, UK [Victor Hulbert] How do you instil community and joy in your children when you live in one culture, but come from another? The answer for Judith Nyirenda is simple: “Write a book.”
Read MoreAdventist Youth march against knife and gun crime in their community
31 May 2019 | Hackney, London [Darell J Philip] UK Home Secretary, Sajid Javid, has described the escalation in knife crime as a ‘national emergency’ with a special emphasis needed to “tackle violence among young people”. [The Guardian] As their part in tackling the problem, Seventh-day Adventists in the UK and Ireland set aside two…
Read MoreBritish Youth Storm America in Pathfinder Bible Experience Finals
9 May 2019 | Rockford, Illinois, USA [tedNEWS with Dejan Stojković, Kevin Johns & Lynne Sesinye Samwinga] With 43 Pathfinder teams from across the British Isles participating in the North American Division (NAD) Pathfinder Bible Experience (PBE) finals, questions are now being asked as to whether something that started with just a few clubs in…
Read MoreMedia Academy in Bulgaria inspires youth to serve the Church
9 May 2019 | Sofia, Bulgaria [Ivalina Ilieva/EUDNews/tedNEWS] Inspired by the cross-media interaction of ideas and teams during the 2018 GAiN Europe* conference in Valencia, Spain, Communication leaders in Bulgaria committed themselves to develop similar outreach projects in their own country – a land that is traditionally Orthodox but that is today very secular.
Read MoreJoin the ‘Every Child. Everywhere. In School.’ Advocacy Campaign
26 February 2019 | Amman, Jordan [ADRA/tedNEWS] One million signatures are being petitioned in a brand new campaign that aims to facilitate education for every single child, world-wide. The Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) announced the new global advocacy campaign, 'Every Child. Everywhere. In School,' during a combined ADRA and Adventist Communicators conference in Amman,…
Read MoreYouth Leaders Gather in Europe for Training and Inspiration
19 February 2019 | Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany [Corrado Cozzi, Inter-European Division] About 330 youth leaders met in the town of Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany, for the third gathering of the PULSEmeet leadership training to learn and exchange ideas with other youth leaders from across the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Europe, on February 6-10, 2019. PULSEmeet 2019…
Read MoreNew Pan-Serbian Choir ‘links’ youth and community
3 January 2019 | Belgrade, Serbia [Aleksandra Jovanovic] It might seem impossible. A group of young people brought together just a year ago from across Serbia with one aim, to form the LINK youth choir. Yet their sincere enthusiasm and deep motivation is infectious, and despite obstacles of distance, age and temperament, the LINK choir…
Read MorePathfinder Invasion 2019
21 November 2018 | Ardingly, UK [TED Communications] Get ready! Up to 4,000 Pathfinders from across the Trans-European Division are expected to converge on the South of England Showground, Ardingly next summer for the twelfth Division camporee.
Read MoreYouth explore Adventist Identity at Newbold Symposium
24 October 2018 | Binfield, UK [Kärt Lazic/tedNEWS] In a remarkable feat of organisation and planning, a 19-year-old Newbold undergraduate student, together with his brother, visioned an event that would encourage youth to do far more than “Stay strong and stand firm!” the message they often hear from the pulpit.
Read More2,000 attend first BUC Adventurer Camporee
10 August 2018 | Ardingly, UK [Richard Daly / tedNEWS]] It was a truly exciting moment for over 2000 Adventurers ranging in age from 4-9 years old as they assembled on the grounds of the South of England Showground, Ardingly, West Sussex to be part of the first Adventurer Camporee ever held in the British…
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