Albanian women’s retreat reaches out beyond women and beyond Adventists
28 June 2017 | Durres, Albania [Sanda Veidemane-Thomollari] It’s a women’s retreat – so you expect women, with possibly the odd spouce hanging around at the back or helping with logistics, but when you find the back row filled with elderly Muslim men you know someting special is happening.
Read MoreAdriatic Union parenting seminar gains live TV audience
28 June 2017 | Zagreb, Croatia [Darko Kovačević] A two-day parenting seminar based in Zagreb, Croatia, 17 – 18 June attracted not just parents, but others interested in the wellbeing of children and youth. The presentations replaced traditional worship services on the Sabbath, together with added Sunday workshops and were also broadcast live on the…
Read MoreAdventists respond to Grenfell fire tragedy
26 June 2017 | London [Richard Daly / tedNEWS] Two London churches are at the forefront of support for those affected by the Grenfell Tower-block blaze where 79 are feared dead and 151 homes were destroyed. Together with many community groups and local agencies, the Willesden and London Live Seventh-day Adventist churches, both located close…
Read MoreWorld Refugee Sabbath highlights a ‘sanctuary church’ in Southern Italy
20 June 2017 | Castel Volturno, Italy [Victor Hulbert / tedNEWS / EUDnews] Jean* faced a stark choice. Take over leadership of her father’s animist faith or face deadly consequences. Jean is a Christian. Her only choice was to leave not just her community, but her country. She made it to Libya. There she was…
Read MoreADRA World Refugee Statement 2017
20 June 2017 | Brussels, Belgium [ADRA Europe] “Today the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), the humanitarian arm of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, released a World Refugee Day Statement reaffirming their support for refugees and displaced persons around the world. The Inter-European and Trans-European Divisions of the Seventh-day Adventist Church fully support this statement,…
Read MoreAdventist Conductor Wins Important Award
19 June 2017 | Wesseslburen, Germany [Northern German Union Conference and Adventist Review] The Brahms Prize 2017, an important musical award endowed with 10,000 euros, was recently presented to Swedish Seventh-day Adventist conductor Herbert Blomstedt. The award ceremony took place on June 10 at the St. Bartholomew’s Church in Wesseslburen, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
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Read MorePassing on the baton at East Norway Camp Meeting
14 June 2017 | Røyse, Norway [Widar Ursett and Tor Tjeransen] “Be assured that God, one day, will make an end to all evil”, said Pastor David Neal, Director of Trans-European Division Stewardship Ministries, to a congregation of about 800 people attending the East Norway Conference Camp Meeting at the Norwegian Junior College on Saturday, June…
Read MoreResponding to Terror
08 June 2017 | Manchester & Watford, UK [Richard Daly / Peter Jeynes / tedNEWS] Two terrorist attacks in the past three weeks have shocked Britain, leaving 30 dead and scores injured, adding to the mayhem of an earlier attack in London back in March.
Read MoreQuality of Newbold Education on Par with State-Funded Universities
31 May 2017 | Binfield [John Baildam] Newbold College of Higher Education recently underwent its quadrennial Higher Education Review by the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), the body appointed by the government to assure the quality of higher education provision throughout the UK.
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