{"id":287,"date":"2014-08-27T09:54:14","date_gmt":"2014-08-27T09:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/sitenews\/2014\/08\/27\/the-message-of-hop-in-slovenian-prison\/"},"modified":"2014-08-27T09:54:14","modified_gmt":"2014-08-27T09:54:14","slug":"the-message-of-hop-in-slovenian-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/the-message-of-hop-in-slovenian-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"The Message of Hope in Slovenian Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><a href=\"..\/sites\/default\/files\/Wintley_Phipps%281%29.jpg\"><\/a>01 December 2011 Ljubljana, Slovenia<\/strong><\/span> [<em>ted<\/em>NEWS] Wintley Phipps, Seventh-day Adventist pastor and singer, visited prison facilities in Dob, Slovenia. Invited by EU parliament member Lojze Peterle, Phipps performed in front of prisoners, their families, prison personnel and invitees from political and church domain.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He started the programme with a rendition of The Lord\u2019s Prayer then included some well known worship songs and negro spirituals and finished it majestically with \u201cthe sinners anthem\u201d &#8211; <em>Amazing Grace<\/em>. Through the messages o<a href=\"..\/sites\/default\/files\/Wintley_Phipps%282%29.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/sites\/default\/files\/Wintley_Phipps%282%29-m.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"120\" height=\"83\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"2\" \/><\/a>f songs and his short presentations between them, Wintley truly \u201cbrought hope to all of us,\u201d as Mr. Joze Podrzaj, prison director, said in his thank-you speech. Inmates thanked Wintely Phipps with heartfelt applause and a hand-made beehive panel &#8211; traditional Slovenian souvenir. \u201cIt was truly inspiring visit of a special person who invests his life in encouraging those who need encouragement most,\u201d said Mr. Peterle in his statement to AdventPress.<\/p>\n<p>Phipps arrived to Slovenia together with his wife Linda from Brussels where he sang at the annual Prayer Breakfast for EU Parliament Members. During his short visit he met also with Robert Friskovec, a coordinator for chaplaincy ministry in Slovenian prisons, and Zmago Godina, president of Slovenian Conference of Seventh-day Adventist Church. [<em>ted<\/em>NEWS]<br \/> ______________________<br \/> <span style=\"font-size: smaller;\"><em>Photo [from left] Lozje Peterle, Zmago Godina, and Wintley Phipps<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>ted<\/em>NEWS Staff: Miroslav Pujic, director; Deana Stojkovic, editor<br \/> 119 St Peter&#8217;s Street, St Albans, Herts, AL1 3EY, England<br \/> E-mail: tednews@ted-adventist.org<br \/> Website: www.ted-adventist.org<\/p>\n<p><em>ted<\/em>NEWS is an information bulletin issued by the communication department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-European Division.<br \/> You are free to re-print any portion of the bulletin without need for special permission. However, we kindly request that you identify<em> ted<\/em>NEWS whenever you publish these materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><a href=\"..\/sites\/default\/files\/Wintley_Phipps%281%29.jpg\"><\/a>01 December 2011 Ljubljana, Slovenia<\/strong><\/span> [<em>ted<\/em>NEWS] Wintley Phipps, Seventh-day Adventist pastor and singer, visited prison facilities in Dob, Slovenia. 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