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>
> TED News Bulletin
> Trans-European Division of the
> Seventh-day Adventist Church
>
> 17 October 2007
>
> In this issue:
> -------------------------
> * Greece: Family Life Training Celebrates 10 years
> * Pakistan: Pathfinder Day in Pakistan
> * Norway: ADRA Collection Already a Success
> * USA: Church Membership Growth Breaks Records
> -------------------------
>
> FAMILY LIFE TRAINING CELEBRATES 10 YEARS.[K & R Flowers/TED News
> Staff]
>
> Leptokaria, Greece - The Trans-European Division (TED) Department of
> Family Ministries celebrated 10 years of leadership training, by
> running the latest course for 50 union and conference Family
> Ministries leaders and pastors.
>
> A highlight of this year's programme was the presentation of the
> Arthur and Maud Spaulding Family Ministries Distinguished Service
> Medallion to Birthe and Ole Kendel, former TED Children's Ministries
> and Family Ministries Directors respectively. Ole established the
> first of these programmes in the world, preparing leaders for
> effective family life education throughout the countries of the TED.
> Birthe laid the foundations for an appropriate church response to
> individuals and families who knew of sexual abuse and family violence
> first hand.
>
> Hosted by Paul Tompkins (TED Family Ministries Director), several
> guest lecturers, including Karen and Ron Flowers from the World
> Church Headquarters, presented three more modules of the programme.
> Irma and Leslie Ackie (South England) and Merek Rakowski (Poland)
> received Certificates in Family Life Education at this session,
> making 14 in the TED who have successfully received certificates.
> "These individuals join a number of [trained persons] with
> significant expertise coupled with vision and passion for
> strengthening the family and reaching entire families with the good
> news of the Gospel," observed Karen and Ron Flowers.
>
> "The CFLE course has proven to be a real blessing throughout our
> territory and it is very exciting to see our Family Ministries
> directors going back and using the material as part of outreach
> seminars in their local communities," commented Pastor Tompkins,
> "Today many in society will not listen to the gospel immediately, but
> everyone has family challenges and concerns and at some point feels
> the need to know more about these issues."
>
>
> PATHFINDER DAY IN PAKISTAN.[ Franklin Allan Inayat/TED News Staff]
>
> Karachi, Pakistan.- The World Pathfinder Day was celebrated in the
> Karachi Adventist Hospital (KAH) Church, on Sabbath, September 15,
> 2007 with religious fervour and enthusiasm. It began with the
> Adventurers and Pathfinders marching into the sanctuary with colour
> guards leading the procession carrying the Pakistani and Pathfinder
> flags.
> Taking the stage these young members led the congregation in singing
> the Pathfinder song after which they recited the Pathfinder Pledge
> and Law, and took part in this service of praise and celebration.
> The Pathfinder Director of the KAH Church, Mr Arshed Nazir informed
> the congregation about the past and upcoming activities of both clubs
> and encouraged parents to send their children to attend and
> participate in these programmes. During his talk, he also highlighted
> the qualities of a Pathfinder and the importance of becoming one. The
> KAH Church Urdu choir presented special music.
> Refreshments were arranged for all after the service with the
> Pathfinders and Adventurers helping to hand them out. This brought to
> a close the celebration of the World Pathfinder Day at KAH Church
> with praise and thanksgiving to God for this wonderful programme of
> the Seventh-day Adventist Church that helps to train up children for
> service in this world and preparation for the world to come.
>
> ADRA COLLECTION ALREADY A SUCCESS.[G.A. Haugen/TED News Staff]
>
> Røyse, Norway - Although Christmas, when the figures will be
> collected and processed, is a long time away, Adventist Development
> and Relief Agency (ADRA) Norway is already celebrating the volunteer
> work being done by people of all generations, and especially the
> Seventh-day Adventist Church's schools.
>
> So far in 2007, the 12 schools have reached their goals and a few of
> them even exceeded their expectations, collecting more money for ADRA
> than ever before. The secret of success is two-fold: firstly,
> teachers stress this is something done not only for poor people in
> other countries, but for the pupils themselves, as they learn to work
> for justice and quality of life. Secondly, teachers also use ADRA
> based material incorporating the campaign in maths, language and
> craft lessons.
>
> Rosendal school in Mjøndalen, Norway, is one of the schools with the
> best ingathering result ever, over NOK150,000 (approximately
> £13,637). "We do our best to create a positive atmosphere for [ADRA
> collection] days", says school principal Grethe Trolsrud Johansen.
> "The children are so focused on making this into a positive school
> project".
>
> "ADRA Norway is so thankful to everybody who is involved in this
> important work", says Pia Reierson, Country Director of ADRA Norway
> ".Every person who participates in this campaign is a blessing to
> ADRA's work, but I also believe that they themselves are blessed."
>
>
>
>
>
> CHURCH MEMBERSHIP GROWTH BREAKS RECORDS.[ANN Website/TED News Staff]
>
> Silver Spring, USA - Reporting to constituents at the Autumn Council
> of the World Church, Executive Secretary Matthew A. Bediako reported
> 1,044,315 people joined the Church in the year to June 30, 2007. This
> makes a world membership of almost 15.5 million persons, or one
> Seventh-day Adventist for every 429 of the world's population.
> Commenting on this figure, Bert Haloviak, the Director of the Office
> of Archives & Statistics said this was the highest growth rate
> (4.62%) since the auditing of records began in 2002.
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