East Jamaica Conference Communication Department

74 Constant Spring Road ▪ P.O. Box 181▪ Kingston 10 ▪ Jamaica W.I.

Tel:(876) 924-1061-3, Fax (876) 924-0263. E-Mail: ejccommunication@ejcsda.com

website: http://ejcsda.com

Jul 4, 2014

To: All Pastors, Elders, Leaders and Church Members

Sincere Christian greetings!

Please see important dates and events of the East Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists below.

(1) Notice from the Sabbath School, Personal Ministries & Comm. Services Dpt.

1. IAD/EJC SOE Adult Sabbath School Teachers’ corporate class sessions: All Adult Sabbath

School Teachers are to attend the corporate class session, which will convene on

Sunday, July 6, 2014, 9:00 am at the Half Way Tree SDA Church (for all Zones) with Dr. Nicole

Mauzard of NCU, Presenter on Educational, Psychology, Adult Learning styles and Teaching

Methods. Please take your Bible Lesson Study Guide (quarterly) along with you. KINDLY TAKE

YOUR REFRESHMENT WITH YOU AT THIS TIME. Graduation - October 24, 2014

2. Adult Sabbath School Teachers’ staff meeting – Tuesday, July 1, 2014 at 6 p.m. at the EJC office

3. June 28, 2014 - MM 14 New Believers’ Convention, Kencot SDA Church

4. The 2014-2015 Ambassador elimination will be this Sunday, June 29, 2014 at EJC office.

5. EJC Family Fun Day and Ambassador Bring & Buy Sale: August 6, Zone 4 & August 10, 2014,

Zones 1, 2 & 3 (tickets are available from your Community Services Leaders). We need all your

recyclable plastic bottles for our bottle drive – drop-off point, EJC office on Thursdays

6. Reminding all Sabbath School Superintendents & Personal Ministries Leaders:

i) to submit your end Quarter Report by the 10th

of July 2014.

ii) to ensure the conduct of the Parent Care Group (PCG) & Operation Reclamation and

to register the relevant names to the MM14 Initiative.

7. Birthday greetings to our seniors, born in the month of June; wishing you good health and a

blessed and peaceful 2014.

(2) Women’s Ministries Department

1. Coming soon is IMAP spousal treat part two. All team members are asked to begin inviting a

non SDA. Ladies remember that this is one of our evangelistic projects.

2. Team members we solicit a contribution from all of you to assist our missionaries to Belize.

Little is much when God is in it. Our missionaries need the help to clear their dormitory fee. A

letter was sent to all Pastors/ Elders soliciting a contribution of J$500.00 or more from each

church.

3. Youth and children missionaries to Corzol, Belize solicit your prayers for their mission trip

which will be held from July 24 – August 18, 2014 as well as invite you to their consecration

service which will be held at the Meadowvale SDA Church on Sabbath July 19 @ 4 p.m. Kindly

bring an offering with you.

4. GEMS kindly pick up your lap-a-thon sheets.

5. 2014 & 2015 Missionaries, come help in the spread of the gospel through the sale of crusade

DVDs. A surprise awaits you for every sale you make. Call the Youth and Children’s ministries

Departments for details.

6. All women’s ministries team members are asked to send your contribution to the office by

Friday July 11, 2014 to assist with the Stadium Community SDA Church Mothers’ Room and

the Belize missionaries.

7. Venue for October retreat 2014 will be announced soon. Kindly put aside your J$ as well US $.

Credit cards will be accepted. Don’t be caught napping.

8. Kindly remember to send your second quarter’s reports to the office on or before July 8.

Getting good players is easy, but getting them to play together is the hard part.

Casey Stengel

(3) Notices from the Children’s Ministries Department 1. Child Preachers’ Training- Sunday, July 6, 2014 @ EJC Boardroom from 9 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Take your snack with you.

2. CMDs - Kindly send in the names of the Bible Spell-a-thon Church/District finalists, as well

as return to the office the master trophies.

3. Children & Youth preachers’ consecration service will be held at Meadowvale SDA on Sabbath

July 19, 2014. Dr. Marston Thomas will give the charge. All missionaries including parents and

caregivers the colors are blue tops and black bottom. Call the office immediately to make your

purchase for your ASI tops.

4. ‘The plane goes flying to the mission field’ on July 24 and returns August 14. Team members

we solicit a contribution from all of you to assist our missionaries to Corzol, Belize. ‘Little is

much when God is in it’. CMDs please do some leg work on behalf of the missionaries. Kindly

solicit the assistance for their dormitory contribution which is US$250. With your support the

missionaries will clear their expenses.

5. The VBS package is one of the most exciting, informative and relevant packages of all times.

Kindly pick up a Journey to Health Land. Contribution $2,000. We ask that ALL churches use

this package this year for VBS. Your parent tips for 3rd and 4th quarters are in the package.

6. Kindly pick up your lap-a-thon sheets so we can continue the drive to help our missionaries to

Belize, VBS as well as the Stadium Community Church with their Mothers’ room. Our Lap-a-

thon will be 8-9 a.m. on Sunday, July 13 & 19, 2014.

7. 2014 & 2015 Missionaries, come help in the spread of the gospel through the sale of crusade

DVDs. A surprise awaits you for every sale you make. Call the Youth and Children’s ministries

Departments for details.

8. Coming soon! Jewels Father Child Affair… Begin to promote this. Watch the press for

details. Remember to invite some non SDA fathers.

9. Kindly remember to send your second quarter’s report to the office on or before July 8.

When a man’s fight begins with himself, he is worth something. Browning

(4) Notices from the Health Ministries & Stewardship Department

1. Medical Missionary training will be held July 27- September 13, 2014. Cost $7,800.

2. Health Summit – August 14-17, 2014 in Mandeville, under the theme, “Protecting Your

Health.” The main presenters will be Dr. Hansel Fletcher and Dr. Craig Jackson, Professors at

Loma Linda University, California.

(5) Youth Ministries Department

1. BIBLE BOOM 2014: It’s almost time for the play-offs to begin and Bible Boom promises to

be more inspiring, interesting and fun. The Books to be studied are Hosea-Micah. Every AYS

must be on board as we want our youth to become men and women of the WORD!!!

2. FEDERATION DAYS:

ZONE THREE (3): Will be held on June 28, 2014 at the Golden Spring Church, Guest

Speaker will be Brian Shaw, Ministerial Student-NCU. Social follows at 7:30pm.

ZONE TWO (2): Will be held on July 5, 2014 at the Hope Church. Guest Speaker will be

Pastor Andre Dixon-Intern, NEJC.

ZONE ONE (1). Will be held on July 12, 2014 at the Macedonia Church. Guest Speaker will

be Pastor Clavour Tucker, NJC.

PLEASE SUPPORT YOUR ZONE!!!

3. SUMMER CAMP 2014: It’s that time of year again when our children and youth are all

excited about Summer Camp. Based on the unavailability of Camp Don for August 5-12 2014,

the camp date has been moved to July 21-28. This means there will only be one camp, with

age related activities. Closing date for all registration is June 30, 2014. Absolutely no

application will be accepted after this date. Application form can be collected at the office of the

Youth Ministries Department or on line at ejcsda.com. I take this opportunity to also remind

you that each church has been asked to sponsor at least one person to this much anticipated

event. The cost for Camp is the same as last year-$6,000.00.

As per usual we ask that each church sponsors at least one youth...we will be more than happy

if you send us some of the unbaptized youth of the church.

Looking forward to seeing you at Summer Camp 2012, as together we’ll fellowship and enjoy the

rich spiritual blessings that await us. Application Form can be accessed from the EJC

website: www.ejcsda.org.

4. HONOURS DAY-For Pathfinders ONLY: Honours Day for Zones 1-3 will be on Sunday,

June 29, beginning at 8:30 am at Kencot. The following honours will be offered:

1) Glass Painting

2) Track & Field

3) Tie & Dye

4) Sign Language

5) Laundering

6) Christian Grooming & Manners

7) Drilling & Marching

8) Backpacking

9) Ecology

10) Knots.

Please note that it is not mandatory for clubs to attend as directors have overall responsibility for

honours, including the marking of booklets, in their clubs. PLEASE NOTE: There is a fee of

$200 for each Art & Craft Honour. Booklets will also be available at a cost of $50 each. All

monies must be paid at the EJC Office ahead of the honours day to reduce time spent on

administrative tasks on that day.

Please also be reminded of the following important dates:

September 7 - Grades for all booklets to be submitted to ejchonours@gmail.com

September 28 - Directors will be advised of the sample booklets the committee would like to

review.

ANNUAL PATHFINDER/ADVENTURER EXAMS: October 26, 2014 – On Exam day,

sample booklets MUST be submitted for review.

(6) Notice from the Family Life Department

1. The National Singles Convention is to be held August 23-24, 2014 at Duncans, Trelawny.

(Please click here for registration form) We invite those who are interested in attending to

register through the EJC Family Ministries Department. See upcoming events on the EJC

website for flyer. In the light of these activities the East Jamaica Conference will not be

having a Singles Convention for 2014. However, November 29, 2014 will be celebrated as

Singles day within each church.

(7) Notices from the Constituency

1. The Padmore SDA Church invites you to their "Our God is awesome" Gospel Concert on

July 5, 2014 at the Karram Speid Auditorium beginning at 7:30. pm. Se flyer below for more

information.

2. The Washington Gardens SDA Church will be having their Communication & Media

Appreciation Day on July 5, 2014 with Guest Speaker: Sis. Adiese Jonas from NCU. Please

see the upcoming events section of the EJC website for further details.

3. The Macedonia SDA Church invites you to join them on their International Guest Day on

July 5, 2014 for an unforgettable day of prayer, power and inspiration with Guest Speaker

Evangelist Claude Edwards. Please see the upcoming events of the EJC website for further

details.

4. Zone 4 will be hosting a Choir Fest July 20, 2014 at the Morant Bay High School. Please see

the upcoming events section of the EJC website for details.

(8) Communication Department

1. Sabbath July 12, 2014 has been designated "Communication Day" on the EJC Calendar

of events. While we are aware that not every church will recognize Communication Day

on June 12 for various reason, it is our hope that this day will be used to bring to the

attention of everyone how important it is for every member of the church to communicate

the love of Christ and His soon return to those we meet with on a daily basis.

1. Latest News Update. Read news updates from here and abroad by following this section of

our website at :Click here for Latest News

2. Photo Highlights for this week. - Click (any photo below ) to see some of the activities that

took place across the constituency over the past few days. For access to our photo gallery to

see hundreds of other past activities and events click here.

Schedule of Upcoming Conference Dates and Events

Dates Event Location

July 5 Mission to the City Day of Prayer

July 15 &16 EJC Quadrennial Session Kencot SDA

June 28 Vision one million and MM14 Baptism Day

July 28 Zone 3 Federation Day Golden Spring SDA July 27-Sept 13 Medical Missionary Training V.H Percy Centre

August 6 EJC Family Fun day Zone 4

August 10 EJC Family Fun day Zones 1-3

Phillip E. L. Castell Communication Director