World Church: ‘Let’s Talk—Again’ Broadcast Slated for Sept. 13

Pastor Jan Paulsen and students at Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan, will meet Sept. 13 for a one-hour program on the Hope Channel. This is the second live broadcast to allow young people to speak directly with Pastor Paulsen, president of the Adventist world church.

International students will make up the live studio audience, participating in music features and a lively dialogue with Pastor Paulsen. John Torres, a public relations specialist from the world church headquarters, will host the broadcast.

The show will air globally on the Hope Channel at 18:00 hours Greenwich Mean time, which is 2 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time in North America. It can also be viewed online via the Hope Channel Web site, www.hopetv.org. The network will also rebroadcast the event several times over succeeding days.

Germany: Women’s Devotional Book Debuts At Seminar

More than 220 women from Germany, Sicily, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria and Switzerland met at Wernfels castle in Ostfilden, Germany in late July for a seminar keynoted by Heather-Dawn Small, associate women’s ministries director for the world church.

During the four-day meeting, the new devotional book “Moments of Joy” was introduced. Eight-five authors from German-speaking countries wrote 217 devotionals; the remaining 149 contributions were translated from the church’s international devotional book. Nearly 1,000 copies were sold during the meetings.

Albania: New Church Opens In Suburb of Capital

A new Seventh-day Adventist church building opened Aug. 22 in Ali Demi, a suburb of Tirana, Albania’s capital city. It is the second Adventist church to open in the region.

Ministry in Ali Demi commenced in the late 1990’s with programs for community children in an area apartment block. These community programs still continue, and the first Ali Demi church baptism was one of the teens that attended these community activities.

Steve Wilson, a young Irish Newbold College graduate came to Albania in May 2001 as a Global Mission Pioneer. Wilson worked to plant this second church in Tirana, developing community activities. He nurtured a core group and conducted a variety of community and spiritual seminars, and returned to Ali Demi for the church opening. Felicia Phillips, a missionary in Albania since February 2004, currently pastors the Ali Demi church.