{"id":9955,"date":"2021-12-22T17:55:33","date_gmt":"2021-12-22T17:55:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/?p=9955"},"modified":"2022-01-05T15:57:34","modified_gmt":"2022-01-05T15:57:34","slug":"in-all-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/in-all-things\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018In all things\u2026\u2019 A Christmas reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>22 December 22, 2021 | St Albans. UK [David Neal]<\/p>\n<p>In a very personal Christmas reflection, Hulbert states that he has found that joy and encouragement in Paul\u2019s letter to the Philippians.\u00a0 Written from prison, Hulbert says, Paul was in his own \u2018lockdown\u2019.\u00a0 He was also writing to fellow Christians who were going through difficult times.\u00a0 As such, it is a letter that speaks to our time.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  id=\"_ytid_62444\"  width=\"800\" height=\"450\"  data-origwidth=\"800\" data-origheight=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mSVFaxYvtvg?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/ted.adventist.org&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"In all things. A Christmas thought with Victor Hulbert\"  allow=\"fullscreen; accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Looking back<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9960\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9960\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9960\" src=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ray-Bernie-Victor-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Victor Student missionary\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ray-Bernie-Victor-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ray-Bernie-Victor-1024x763.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ray-Bernie-Victor-768x572.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ray-Bernie-Victor-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ray-Bernie-Victor-350x261.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ray-Bernie-Victor-700x522.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ray-Bernie-Victor-900x671.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Ray-Bernie-Victor.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9960\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ray Allen, Bernie Holford and Victor Hulbert as AWR volunteers, 1980<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hulbert\u2019s passion for positive Christian communication started in 1979 when he volunteered as a student missionary in Lisbon, Portugal.\u00a0 Working with Adventist World Radio changed his life and deepened his faith as he prepared daily programmes in English, helped process programmes in various \u2018Eastern bloc\u2019 languages for broadcast back over the \u2018iron curtain\u2019, and handled listener correspondence.\u00a0 It is also where he met his wife, Luisa.<\/p>\n<p>Since then Hulbert\u2019s career has balanced ministry and media with almost forty years of service covering pastoral ministry in the North and South England Conferences, Administration, service with Adventist World Radio as director of the Global English Language Service, and, since 2006, Communication and Media director at the British Union Conference and then at the Trans-European Division.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an amazing life,\u201d Hulbert states, noting how God has led in so many miraculous ways over the years.\u00a0 He refuses to highlight any one part of his career as the best, but is simply grateful that he is able to make an impact for God beyond his wildest dreams.<\/p>\n<p>Hulbert\u2019s final reflection demonstrates his love for placing the heart of God\u2019s word into a modern, understandable context.\u00a0 During his time at the TED this is evident in video series such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLHlTyU7ArSTIVxJn2XmiDsMN136k8jqLO\">Reformation Journey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLHlTyU7ArSTI7KzWFcZr8MtY8VPGSAJh0\">Israel Reflections<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLHlTyU7ArSTJnFaJiGMVwrG0Fcio5Ep7C\">Moments from Sinai<\/a>.\u00a0 In a further collaboration with Hope Channel Norway, he will release a series from Jordan in early 2022.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9959\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9959\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9959\" src=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Corrado-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Victor and Corrado\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Corrado-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Corrado-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Corrado-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Corrado-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Corrado-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Corrado-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Corrado-1100x619.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Corrado-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Corrado-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Corrado-900x506.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Corrado.jpg 2016w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9959\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Corrado Cozzi and Victor Hulbert worked together to support ADRA projects.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Hulbert jokingly reveals that he got paid to have fun.\u00a0 This is partly because his work is his passion, whether providing training at venues across Europe, writing, or working on film projects.\u00a0 He also worked closely with his counterpart in the Inter-European Division, Corrado Cozzi, covering and highlighting the European Refugee crisis and developing the now well-established GAiN Europe network.<\/p>\n<p>Early retirement was not in his plans, but while full-time service for the church ends, we know that this will not be the last we will hear from Hulbert. With a hoped-for gradual recovery from Long Covid, he already has projects planned for the future.\u00a0 Watch this space.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Looking forward<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_9958\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9958\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-9958\" src=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Luisa-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Victor and Luisa\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Luisa-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Luisa-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Luisa-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Luisa-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Luisa-500x280.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Luisa-800x450.jpg 800w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Luisa-1100x619.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Luisa-350x197.jpg 350w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Luisa-700x394.jpg 700w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Luisa-900x506.jpg 900w, https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Victor-Luisa.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-9958\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Now married for 40 years, Victor and Luisa first met in Portugal inn 1979.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>While Hulbert retires at the end of the year, the TED Communication department will continue with a fresh pace in 2022.\u00a0 David Neal, former editor of the Stanborough Press is the new Communication director with Vanesa Pizzuto elected as Associate director.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SEE ALSO:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>While the above video reflects more the Long Covid experience, watch a video from April 2021 when Hulbert, recently out of hospital, reflects on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/ds3N5Kqyv7A?list=PLHlTyU7ArSTI7KzWFcZr8MtY8VPGSAJh0\">Covid and Peace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>_________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><em>ted<\/em>NEWS Staff: Victor Hulbert, editor; Vanesa Pizzuto, associate editor<br \/>\n119 St Peter\u2019s Street, St Albans, Herts, AL1 3EY, England<br \/>\nE-mail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:tednews@ted.adventist.org\">tednews@ted.adventist.org<\/a><br \/>\nWebsite: www.ted.adventist.org<br \/>\n<em>ted<\/em>NEWS is an information bulletin issued by the communication department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-European Division. Readers are free to republish or share this article with appropriate credit including an active hyperlink to the original article.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With almost two years of Covid and lockdown it may be hard to find joy.\u00a0 Victor Hulbert knows.\u00a0 Hit twice with Covid, and still struggling with Long Covid, this Christmas is his last before taking early retirement on health grounds.\u00a0 Yet joy is to be found.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9957,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1577,1588],"tags":[383,1018],"class_list":["post-9955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-organisational-updates","category-united-kingdom-ireland","tag-christmas","tag-philippians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9955","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9955"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9955\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9963,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9955\/revisions\/9963"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9957"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ted.adventist.org\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}