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#54041 - 09/18/05 05:53 PM ANR, 14 September 2005
Stan Jensen Carpe Diem!!! Registered: 09/15/06 Posts: 3945 Loc: 49.05° Lat- 122.3° Long	ANR Bulletin Adventist News Review Trans-European Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church 14 September 2005 In this Issue: * Poland: Christian musicians meet for seminar * Pakistan: ADRA responds to flooding in Pakistan * TED Prayer Guide for week 18 ? 24 September CHRISTIAN MUSICIANS MEET FOR SEMINAR PODKOWA LE?NA, POLAND [ANR] More than 150 Adventist professional musicians as well as Christian music lovers from all over Poland gathered at the Seventh-day Adventist College of Theology and Humanities (ACTH) in Podkowa Le?na from 9-11 September for lectures, concerts, and special worship through music. Pastor Miroslaw Karauda, music ministry director for the Polish Adventist church, says, ?Music is a powerful medium for worshipping God, sharing the gospel and [for] personal spiritual growth. Many Adventist congregations in Poland are more than aware of this fact, but were asking questions such as, how do we maximize the potential of what music can do?... How [do we] get the music beyond Sabbath worship services and into the ears and hearts of hungry, searching souls?? Topics such as ?Bible, culture and Music?; ?Interpretation of Music?; ?Music in Worship?; ?Technology and Music?; ?Production and Copyrights?; ?Events and Marketing? were addressed by pastor Miroslav Pujic, music ministry director for the Adventist Church in the Trans-European region; Ken Burton pianist and conductor of the award winning London Adventist Chorale; Paul Lee president of AMA (Adventist Musicians Association), publicity and marketing director Trevor Johnson and professional music producer Fred Shone. ?For individuals, music becomes more meaningful when the form emanates from the cultural context,? Pujic says. ?Then it can serve as a convincer of the message and it helps to reach out and share a renewed relationship with the Creator. Music can aid in the spreading of faith, the sharing of the gospel and the persuasion of people to follow Christ. Therefore music must be integrated and incorporated into church ministries.? Roman Chalupka, a pianist and the executive secretary of the Adventist Church in Poland, reminded the participants that there was a time when Polish Adventist choirs were actively recording and traveling abroad such as the former group Dzwiek Adwentu (Advent Sound) throughout the 1970s and that such achievement can happen again. In his final speech, Karauda challenged participants to ?take a more active roll in church music by starting new groups, striving for quality, and taking the Gospel to the public.? Already, musical groups such as Via Fides from the Central Warsaw congregation show that with a little bit of work and a lot of Holy Spirit much success can be achieved. ?It?s a matter of priorities,? said Joanna Matusik, female vocalist with Via Fides. ?Even if you are not musical, you can still participate,? added Via Fides photographer Mike Wawruszak. Other presently performing groups from Polish congregations are the choir Ziemi Cieszyñskiej from Upper Silesia and the joint Podkowa Le?na-Warsaw Central choirs, which last season toured throughout Poland performing a contemporary version of Handel?s Messiah. Participants said the weekend was worth it. Krzysztof Kubiak from Gdansk commented, ?I learned about a whole new aspect to church music; one that needs the leading of the Holy Spirit.? Dorota Bar from Leksandrowa added, ?We should strive to be professional with the music we make, especially the music we make for God.? [Dorothy Ann Porawski, ANR] ADRA RESPONDS TO FLOODING IN PAKISTAN PUNJAB, PAKISTAN ? In August, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA) distributed relief aid to flood survivors in the province of Punjab in Pakistan. At the request of the local government, ADRA distributed aid in Layyah, one of the hardest hit areas. ADRA provided 700 families with food and 165 families with tents. Each aid package includes such items as flour, rice, sugar, salt, lentils, and tea. The tents can accommodate up to six adults. Priority in distribution was given first to women-headed households, second to families headed by the elderly, and third to families headed by a physically disabled person. ?Rehabilitation efforts are beginning in the region,? stated Zorobabel Zuniga, country director for ADRA Pakistan, ?but relief aid is still needed by families unable to start land preparation because of losses incurred during the flood.? The project, valued at $34,000, was funded by ADRA offices in the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Pakistan, as well as by ADRA Trans-Europe and ADRA International. ADRA is present in 125 countries, providing community development and disaster relief without regard to political or religious association, age, or ethnicity. Additional information about ADRA can be found at www.adra.org. [ANR Staff/ANR] TED Prayer Guide for week 18 - 24 September 2005 ST ALBANS, ENGLAND [ANR] ? Hungary is still a secular country. While having an increased interest toward religious experiences its people have a decreasing affinity to any religious organization. Our mission is to plant new churches which are able to meet these special needs of the people. We have decided to start 20 new church plants over a period of five years with most of them in territories where there is not an Adventist presence. We have challenges with our existing 113 churches. In the last five years the membership in 57% of our churches has decreased. Our challenge is to revitalize these churches, to sustain unity and mission focus among the members, to create an open and supportive atmosphere for newcomers. Our mission statement is: Walking with Christ and waiting by working.. Prayer Requests: 1. Our 20 new church plants 2. That we can train and equip the majority of our church members to carry out in a new, up-to-date way the gospel commission 3. The revitalization of the dying churches [Ernõ Ösz-Farkas/ANR] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANR Staff: Miroslav Pujic, news director, Beverly Coysten, editor ANR, 119 St Peter's Street, St Albans, Herts, AL1 3EY, England E-mail: anr@ted-adventist.org Website: www.ted-adventist.org ANR (Adventist News Review) is a news and information bulletin issued by the communication department of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in the Trans-European Division. You are free to re-print any portion of the bulletin without need for special permission. However, we kindly request that you identify ANR whenever you publish these materials.
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