New look for Moor Close Lounges and Chapel
1 August, 2019 | Binfield, UK [Kirsty Watkins] Moor Close holds a special place in the hearts and memories of Newbold alumni, students, staff and members of the wider College and Church community. Built in 1864-65, it is the oldest building on campus, and it is with pleasure that we announce that, following an extensive…
Read MoreIt’s tough being married to Pharaoh
1 August 2019 | Ardingly, UK [Victor Hulbert] If you think it is tough being pharaoh, try being pharaoh's wife! That was the mantle Melissa Myklebust assumed for the second of her talks to the 4,000 Pathfinders attending the TED camporee at the South of England Showground in Ardingly, West Sussex on Wednesday, 31 July.
Read More4,000 Pathfinders from 26 Countries focus on Exodus at TED Camporee
31 July 2019 | Ardingly, UK [Victor Hulbert] In an astonishing display of planning and efficiency, a team of 250 volunteers not only set up meeting rooms, marquees and activity spaces, but despite a day of rain and gales, helped campers pitch tents, restore flattened marquess, and redesign flagpoles that flattened under the pressure of…
Read MoreNewbold celebrates academic success of 45 graduands
23 July 2019 | Binfield, UK [Richard Daly] Newbold College of Higher Education had their annual awards ceremony on Sunday, 14 July. In the packed auditorium in Salisbury Hall, the scene was set for the recognition of up to 45 graduates who had successfully completed the requirements for their area of matriculation.
Read MoreHalf a loaf is better than one!
17 July 2019 | St. Albans, United Kingdom [A reflection by Alvern McCrow] In primary school, aged about 10, we were assigned the task of completing some well-known sayings. I responded to "Half a loaf is better than..." by writing "one". The teacher took great delight in telling the rest of the class that I was…
Read More100 Years of Adventist Education at Stanborough School
15 July 2019 | Watford, UK [Richard Daly] Among the 40+ Adventist primary and secondary schools across the Trans-European Division, Stanborough School in Watford, England, is one of the oldest.
Read MoreA ‘Friend’s’ view of Adventists and Military Service: Biblical, Historical and Ethical Perspectives
9 July 2019 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] Seeing ourselves as others see us is not always easy. Even at a recent conference on Adventists and Military Service, men, and it was mostly men, cordially differed on the value, ethics and efficacy of Adventist involvement in the military, including in chaplaincy.
Read MoreThe best for the least of these
1 July 2019 | St Albans, UK [Victor Hulbert] For the next 13 weeks Seventh-day Adventists around the world will be studying issues of social justice in Sabbath School lessons entitled, ‘"The least of these": Ministering to those in need’. To give a refreshing introduction to each lesson, ADRA leaders from across Europe have recorded…
Read MoreTen Days, Three Countries, Two Divisions: One Mission
28 June 2019 | St Albans, United Kingdom [Tor Tjeransen, Thomas Müller / tedNEWS] A group of 18 representatives from the Northern Asia-Pacific Division (NSD), the administrative region which includes China, North Korea, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan and Mongolia, had Norway as the first stop on a ten-day journey through some of the countries of…
Read MoreThree days to change Europe!
20 June 2019 | Binfield, UK [Victor Hulbert] “Christianity as default is gone,” states a headline in the UK’s Guardian newspaper. Quoting a report by Stephen Bullivant, a professor of theology and the sociology of religion at St Mary’s University, London, the conclusion is that, “The new default setting is ‘no religion’, and the few…
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