Saving Planet Earth – Can we? Should we?
11 March 2019 | Bracknell, United Kingdom [Helen Pearson] There is one issue that affects everyone on the planet, whether or not we want to recognise it. Our attitude to general environmental breakdown and the multiple ecological crises which is affecting us all was the subject of the March Diversity Lecture at Newbold College of Higher…
Read MoreBreaking the Trend
11 March 2019 | London, United Kingdom [Onysha D Collins] On 23 February 2019 in London, the South England Conference (SEC) hosted their second ‘Breaking the Trend’ event; a day of celebration and fellowship. The programme was designed to incite newness and oneness and to provide remedial solutions around issues of isolation, exclusion, and shame.
Read MoreDecisions
28 February 2019 | Stockholm, Sweden [Siri Bjerkan Karlsson] "Siri, you should be working in development." It was my uncle speaking. Odd Jordal started ADRA in Scandinavia and I was working as his secretary for one year, taking an extended gap between finishing school and starting university. I had just returned from two years working…
Read More‘Jesus – the exile and the traveller’
28 February 2019 | Zagreb, Croatia [Dragutin Matak] World Day of Religious Liberty in Croatia under the motto, ‘Jesus – the exile and the traveller’, was marked by an award ceremony on 12 January 2019 in the beautiful hall of the University of Zagreb. It was also a 25-year celebration since the Croatian Religious Liberty…
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 MoreLearning to Love Difference
19 February 2019 | St Albans [Patrick Johnson] Also availble as Audio podcast. Many of the world’s problems come from fear of “the other.”
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 More‘Fathers’ cross media project to launch at GAiN Europe 2019
15 February 2019 | Jordan [EUD/TED News. Corrado Cozzi/Victor Hulbert] For two years running, participants at GAiN Europe (the Global Adventist internet Network) have worked on a joint project that can make a difference for each country involved. The aim is that media centres of any size, together with communication departments, editors and even individual…
Read MoreFreedom of Religion Seminar in Finland
13 February 2019 | Helskinki, Finland [Pekka Kärkkäinen] Dr Ganoune Diop, Director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty for the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church, made the opening presentation at a Seminar on religious freedom held in the Finnish Parliament library on Wednesday, 6 February.
Read MoreThree Brushes With Demons and Death in Finland
9 February 2019 | Tampere, Finland [Andrew McChesney] A light figure entered the room and chased out the dark figure.
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