{"id":15087,"date":"2023-06-15T09:35:52","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T09:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/?p=15087"},"modified":"2023-06-15T12:14:46","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T12:14:46","slug":"calling-iceland-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/calling-iceland-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Calling Iceland Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>15 June 2023 | Reykjavik, Iceland [Vanesa Pizzuto with Hope Channel Iceland]<\/p>\n<p>The congregation was so small that the members were about to return the keys of the building. But then, a group of displaced people from Venezuela arrived and completely transformed the church! Travel to Reykjavik, Iceland, with Vanesa Pizzuto to learn all about these resilient bunch.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed wp-block-embed-youtube is-type-video is-provider-youtube epyt-figure\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_69244\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rU8JJ5sn3Fk?enablejsapi=1&origin=https:\/\/ted.adventist.org&autoplay=0&cc_load_policy=0&cc_lang_pref=&iv_load_policy=1&loop=0&rel=0&fs=1&playsinline=0&autohide=2&theme=dark&color=red&controls=1&\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"Calling Iceland Home\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n<p>Each year the Adventist community comes together to mark World Refugee Day with a special Sabbath (Saturday) programme and activities. This year, on 17 June, we observe World Refugee Sabbath\u2014a day dedicated to embrace refugees and internally displaced individuals worldwide. It is a time to honour and celebrate their remarkable resilience while engaging in learning, prayer, and meaningful action to support their needs.<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Refugee Sabbath <a href=\"https:\/\/adra.eu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Music: A Small Miracle, by Romarecord1971, Pixabay [Creative Commons license] Camera: Griselda Rosales. With gratitude to Hope Channel Iceland. Photo: Vanesa Pizzuto.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How a group of asylum seekers transformed a church<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":15129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1587,7,1577],"tags":[1473,145,93,287,769,600,1474,1472],"class_list":["post-15087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-iceland","category-news","category-organisational-updates","tag-asylum","tag-hope","tag-iceland","tag-news","tag-refugee","tag-sabbath","tag-seeker","tag-venezuela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15087"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15106,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15087\/revisions\/15106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}