{"id":13701,"date":"2023-03-02T14:15:30","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T14:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/?p=13701"},"modified":"2023-03-02T16:17:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T16:17:25","slug":"communication-that-brings-hope-through-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/communication-that-brings-hope-through-christ\/","title":{"rendered":"Communication That Brings Hope Through Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"

24 February | Darmstadt, Germany [Paulo Macedo, with tedNEWS<\/em>]<\/p>\n

Forty participants, attending from thirteen media centers across Europe, met from 24 -27 February at the premises of Hope Media Europe, Darmstadt, Germany. During the four-day meeting, participants had the opportunity to share their present reality along with their projects for the future, exchange experiences about current challenges, and together find new communication pathways to support mission.<\/p>\n

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In the chapel of the Hope Media Centre Europe, participants break out into discussion groups sharing mutual ministry experiences.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

“The purpose of this meeting was to bring together, hopefully on a permanent basis, those responsible for the media centres in the territory of the Inter-European Division (EUD), and the Trans-European Division (TED),” explained Paulo Macedo, EUD Communication director. “We need to come together at this time”, he continued, “because we have no formal forum at this level to exchange information, experiences,\u00a0 coordinate projects, and find a common platform to fulfil mission through media together.<\/p>\n

Media centers represented were from the EUD fields of Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Romania, and Spain, and, from the TED fields, England, Iceland, Ireland, and Latvia. A special invitee was the Ukraine Media Centre director, Maksym Krupskyi.<\/p>\n

Sabbath Programme<\/strong><\/p>\n

The meetings commenced with fellowship as M\u00e1rio Brito, EUD president, led Sabbath vespers with a devotional talk on the topic “Real Purpose in Communicating”, based on Ezekiel 47 and John 17.<\/p>\n

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Hope Media Europe president, Klaus Popa, welcomes participants to a weekend of inspiration, fellowship, and strategy.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe most powerful messages sometimes are not written or spoken. We read people as people read us,\u201d said Brito. \u201cThink about your intention when you communicate. Is it only to inform? Is it only to train? Is it only to transmit what you think is the right message? Or is it really to change people\u2019s existence? Search for the communication that brings hope and life to people through Christ\u201d, he appealed. \u201cAnd don\u2019t forget that you will not convey hope and life if you, yourself, don\u2019t have Christ. Then you can cooperate with the Holy Spirit to change people\u2019s lives, like the water coming out from the Temple and bringing life, in the book of Ezekiel.\u201d<\/p>\n

For Sabbath worship, David Neal, TED Communication director, shared a sermon on the hope present in Paul’s first letter from 1 Thessalonians 5. \u201cGod\u2019s people are meant to bring hope to a world in a state of permanent global crisis, and to people in deep existential crisis. This hope is our purpose – because a Christian lives a life of purpose – which we find at the cross, in and through what Christ has done for us. Because hope is deeply embedded in the Adventist DNA, should we not act and live as an expectant community ready for Christ\u2019s return? And, like the Thessalonian church \u2013 be a happy, prayerful and grateful church grounded in grace,\u201d Neal emphasised.<\/p>\n

Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n

Florian Ristea, director of Adventist Mission, Sabbath School and Personal Ministries (EUD), affirmed that \u201cit was encouraging to see people, especially young leaders, from around Europe, so dedicated and focused on mission, and using their creativity and resources in creating content for reaching people in their own countries with the Good News. Media is a powerful instrument\u201d, he continued, \u201cand it is obvious that the time has come to become (if it has not already become) a leading force in the Church\u2019s mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Vice-president for Media Services and Infrastructure, Wolfgang Schick demonstrates how the ministry of the media centre connects with the ministry of the local church.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Klaus Popa, president of Hope Media Europe, the media centre of the Inter-European Division, and host of this event reflected. \u201cThe different media centres find themselves at different stages of development of their media ministry work. Coming together as a Hope Media Europe network enables media centres, not only to grow together by learning from each other, but also to develop together an integrated media ministry strategy that will increase the impact of the singular media centers as well as of all the network.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere was a lot of good news about everything that has been done in mission through communication in Europe, along with promising ideas, plans and projects for the future. Learning, sharing and coordinating will save resources and increase efficiency in our common purpose,\u201d Paulo Macedo said. \u201cJust look at the hopeful message coming from the Ukrainian media center.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cYou will not need bread or clothes if you lose all hope in living. We are there to share it!\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n