Diatribe or dialogue? Words of Hope 12
11 June 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] When historians look back and study 2020 what lessons will they learn? Will the communal experience of the COVID-19 pandemic combined with the horror of the George Floyd killing be seen as drawing us closer together – or pushing us apart? Will the world, or will we…
Read MoreThe Biblical Story – A Study Guide
11 June 2020 | St. Albans, UK [Zlatko Musija] A new baptismal Bible study guide has been designed to help young people fall in love with the Bible and read it as one big story of God’s love.
Read More#dearcoronavirus 12: This is our final message!
10 June 2020 | Bern/St. Albans [EUDnews/tedNEWS] In the final #dearcoronavirus video, the emptiness this virus brings is challenged against the resilience of the human spirit. It is hard to write a letter to ‘dear coronavirus’. Even the word ‘dear’ makes us cringe. There is no love lost for this deadly disease. Yet the irony of…
Read MoreTrans-European Division reacts to current tensions surrounding the death of George Floyd
2 June 2020 | St Albans, UK [tedCommunications] On behalf of all Seventh-day Adventist Church members in the Trans-European Division, our heartfelt sorrow and sympathy go to the family of George Floyd. An unarmed black man, Floyd died on 25 May after a white police officer, Derek Chauvin, knelt on his neck for nine minutes while…
Read MoreRacism versus justice, mercy and humility.
29 May 29, 2020 |Bern, St. Albans. [EUDnews, tedNEWS] The video #dearcoronavirus 11 addresses a current and burning issue.When the GAiN* Europe leadership team chose the subject of racism and discrimination for the 11th dearcoronavirus video clip, they had no idea of the horrific headline that would appear near the top of this week’s news…
Read MoreWords of Hope 11 shares joy, thankfulness and opportunity
28 May 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] If you want real thanks, then look to the children. Trans-European Division office staff have discovered that ‘office zoom worship’ has sometimes turned into ‘family worship’ as young children snuggle up to parents during worship time. Those staff children have now created a montage of thankfulness –…
Read MoreBlessed Hope or Blessed Calculation?
28 May 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] When will Jesus come again? It is what we as Seventh-day Adventists call ‘the blessed hope’. It is part of our name – our calling. We are Adventists! But when will he come?
Read MoreA special Sabbath on 20 June highlights refugees and our role in the Kingdom of God
28 May 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert with Corrado Cozzi and João Martins] What do you think the kingdom of God is like? What do you dream of when you think of the kingdom of God? As Seventh-day Adventists, we dream of a kingdom of peace where there is no pain, no fighting,…
Read MoreLatest #dearcoronavirus clip focused on anxiety
22 May 2020 | Bern/St Albans [tedNEWS / EUDnews] There are some Bible texts that sound nice but are hard to apply in the middle of a pandemic. Here is one of them: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. [Philippians…
Read MoreGraduation film project highlights reality of ‘Uncertainty’
22 May 2020 | St Albans [Victor Hulbert with Corrado Cozzi] Uncertainty: Life Without Graduation, a short documentary from North America, has brought real meaning to the word 'uncertainty'. Telling the hopes and fears of high school, college, and university graduates, the plot line was thrown into disarray as coronavirus shut down campuses, cancelled graduations,…
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