Volunteerism, history and perseverance: Words of Hope 14
16 July 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] Volunteerism and community have never been more important than in 2020. Trans-European Division President Raafat Kamal has been so inspired by one local project that, together with his wife, Heidi, he now spends his ‘out of office’ time there. We ask him why that inspires him.
Read MoreEverybody’s welcome!
Making newcomers feel at home in church means everything. 14 July 2020 | St Albans, UK [Karen Holford] The sudden English rainfall was so heavy I couldn’t see where I was going. I finally arrived at the small guesthouse soaking wet, plastered in mud, and fighting back tears of exhaustion and frustration.
Read MoreBreaking Solidarity – Feeling we belong
13 July 2020 | Watford, UK [Jacques Venter] Jacques Venter is a white South African who grew up during the apartheid era. He confesses that he has had much to learn as well as to unlearn, both from his time in South Africa, and since then as a pastor working in the United Kingdom. Pastor Venter…
Read MoreCyprus, Norway and Serbia say ‘Thank you’
30 June 2020 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] Three building projects across Europe aim to become Centres of Influence as a result of your generosity this last quarter. Your 13th Sabbath offerings will help build a Church Centre of Influence in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, develop another centre that is already a fledgling project…
Read MoreLockdown, fanaticism, and holistic balance
30 June 2020 | St Albans, UK [tedNEWS / Marcos Paseggi] It may be due to lockdown. With more time on our hands we scroll through YouTube or other platforms and sometimes find ourselves caught by ‘click-bait’ – the industry jargon for astonishing headlines that tempt you to click, watch, and buy-into some product, belief or…
Read MoreBirthday opens window of opportunity at Samliku campsite, Estonia
29 June 2020 | Samliku, Estonia [Estonia Conference with tedNEWS] A former soviet-era holiday home on the Pärnu River in central Estonia has become an active campsite for Pathfinders, youth, and even nearby churches. Purchased in 2016, the beautiful 2.5-hectare site is slowly being upgraded into a fully functioning church campground.
Read MoreA pastoral response to triple murder in Reading, UK
25 June 2020 | Reading, UK [Victor Hulbert] Seventh-day Adventist churches in the Reading area have posted a statement of condolence following a triple murder in the centre of town on Saturday evening, 20 June.
Read MoreOne Vision : One Community : Many volunteers
24 June 2020 | Watford, UK [June Coombs] A community hub based at the Stanborough Park Seventh-day Adventist church in Watford, England, is currently serving more than 3,000 hot meals a week and supplying 800 grocery food parcels for vulnerable families.
Read MoreTED’s longest serving staff member to retire
Frances Johnson gave 34 years of service working in the Trans-European Division Treasury department.
Read MoreDiatribe 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…
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