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<\/a>Seventeen deans and youth pastors gathered at the Swedish school for the bi-annual event, drawing deans from the Adventist schools in Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sweden. <\/p>\nEven though the four schools are different in many ways, they all have the same goal: leading youth to Christ. The focus this year was a series of seminars and workshops with psychiatrist, Roselle Hansen. She focused on how to counsel with youth. Networking and positive conversations filled the three days, including a lot of sharing experiences, and not a little humour. But a serious thought was about how to keep a spiritual focus in our schools when there are a large number of non-Adventist students.<\/p>\n
Maysie Keye is youth pastor at Vejlefjord Boarding school in Denmark. She found the meetings to be \u201ca very exciting and re-energising experience.\u201d She added, \u201cIt was so great to meet a variety of different people working in the Scandinavian Adventist schools who have passion for sharing Jesus with the students. It was so interesting to learn how they worked in their schools and how they dealt with things. It was just encouraging to be with like-minded people who are seeking the best for their kids.\u201d<\/p>\n
“ Hosting the event, Helena Doss, Dean at Ekebyholm reflected, \u201cHonestly, before it started I saw this meeting just as something stressful and didn\u2019t look forward to it.\u201d That was the administrator speaking. But during the first devotional she heard the message that the meetings should be seen as three days of rest. \u201cFrom then on it really did become three days of resting, even though it was a very full schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n Looking back Helena reflects, \u201cI\u2019m glad I attended because I am now filled with new ways of thinking when working with my youth. It was so nice and refilling to meet my colleagues from the other schools, to share our struggles and joys. But the greatest reward was to see that we all have the same Boss – The Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/a>I always look forward to the Nordic Deans Meetings,\u201d states Anne Loelle Tenold, Dean at Tyrifjord high school in Norway. As well as \u201csharing experiences, ideas and visions with good colleagues,\u201d she appreciates the motivation and inspiration that comes from the event. \u201cThis year we were blessed with good relevant teaching, mediated with engagement and empathy,\u201d she said. <\/p>\n<\/a>Peter Bo Bohsen, would like to say his greatest highlight, publicly proclaimed on Facebook, was a nighttime experience, standing outside the library with a colleague. He wrote, \u201cI could hear something coming through the woods. After a few minutes we saw six wild boars coming out the woods just 50 meters from us. Awesome!\u201d<\/p>\n