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

April 5, 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) MM 14 Campaign Updates

The MM 14 “Impacting Lives for Christ” Campaign with Pastor Clive Dottin, is scheduled to come to a

close this week-end. Please support this campaign on Friday night and Sabbath where possible and

continue to pray for God’s guidance as they continue to present the Word of God.

The Metro Mission 14 Evangelistic Campaign “Building stronger self, families and relationships” with Dr.

Alanzo Smith at Barbican Square ended as planned on March 29, 2014. Some 217 persons were

baptized in this spirit filled campaign. To God be the glory.

On Sunday April 6, 2014, the last MM14 Campaign "The Drama of the Ages Countdown" in this wave of

meetings will kick off at the Pembrook Hall Community Centre with evangelist with Pastor Kevin White.

This campaign will be championed by the group of churches in Cluster F. We invite your presence, prayers

and support as we move forward.

Last week we advised you about two cluster projects concerning the official opening of an Educational

centre along with the tiling and repair of another. Both stories were aired on CVM Television.

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MM 14 Evangelistic series & Cluster projects

Notices from the Children's Ministries Department

Notices from the Women's Ministries Department

Notices from the Health Ministries Department

Notices from the Education Department

Notices from the Sabbath School / Personal Ministries / Comm. Services Department

Notices from the Youth Department

Notice from the Public Affairs and Religious Liberty Director

Notices from the Communication Department

Schedule of Upcoming Conference Dates and Events

The story concerning the Sandy Park Basic School was aired during the Newswatch hour on Sunday

March 30. Click here to view that story. For the opening of the Hope Educational Centre facilitated by the

Washington Gardens SDA Church which was aired during the morning news package and midday news of

March 26 – click here to view that story.

(2) Notices from the Children’s Ministries Department

1. All zones 1-3 Children’s Ministries team members are invited to a special meeting on Sabbath, April

5, 2014, @ 4 p.m @ EJC. Directors, kindly reserve Sabbath afternoon May 3 for our Children’s

Ministries activities. We intend to change the format of convention.

2. Children’s choir rehearsal will be held 3:30 p.m. on Sabbath, April 5 @ EJC. All churches that will

be in attendance are asked to call the EJC Children’s Ministry Director by Friday to confirm your

attendance.

3. All CM team members are invited to an extraordinary meeting on Sunday, April 13 @ 4:30 p.m.

@ EJC. This is to discuss the new plans for the CM for the month of May.

4. The Children’s Ministries department invites all CMDs to participate in the fund raising Lap-a-thon

that will held on Friday, May 23, 2014. Proceeds will be in aid of ASI/IAD Belize Mission 2000 &

Beyond, Walkers’ Children’s Home & Child Month activities. All Children’s Ministries team

members kindly collect the lap-a-thon sheets from the office, Winsome Martin or your zone

presidents.

5. The Children’s Ministries department, led by the Johnson Town Church will be having a fund

raising fish fry on Thursday, June 5, 2014. Proceeds will be in aid of ASI/IAD Belize Mission 2000

& beyond and Walkers’ Children’s Home. Contact your Children’s Ministries director or the zone

coordinator, Sis. Winsome Martin for tickets.

6. The office is now accepting orders for VBS materials and certificates.

7. Children’s Forum: Kindly send us the name and profile of one child by Monday April 7, to be a

member of the Children’s forum to be held in May. Basic criteria – children who will talk on issues.

There will be a briefing session before the event.

(3) Women’s Ministries Department

1. Directors, the final meeting for the Mother/Daughter Affair will be held on Sabbath April 12, 2014

@ 5 p.m. at the North Street Church. All WMD are invited.

2. Due to the involvement of the team members in the Metro Mission Crusade, the leadership training

has been re-scheduled for a date to be announced.

3. Our Mother Daughter Affair will be held on Sunday April 27, 2014. WMDs you are asked to

send in the names of the persons who will be in attendance by Monday, April 13, 2014. Our guest

speaker will be Mrs. Lana Brown and our sectional speakers will be Miss Adiese Jonas, Mrs.

Belinda Mc Anuff and Mrs. Ann Marie Williams.

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4. The EJC GEMS invites you to join in their fund raising Lap-a-thon that will held on Friday, May

23, 2014. Proceeds will be in aid of the Educational Foundation for Children’s Care and GEMS

activities.

5. Girls of Eloquence Morals and Standards (GEMS) anniversary will be held on Sabbath, April

26, 2014, beginning at 3:30 p.m. See poster for details. Venue -Half Way Tree Church. All

Mentors, BEAMS, friends and well wishers are invited.

6. Coming soon! Rejuvenation and re-tooling. October 2014 - Me Time.

(4) Notices from the Health Ministries Department

1. The Ministerial Department in collaboration with the Health Ministries Department of East

Jamaica will conduct a Medical Missionary Training for Pastors – An Introduction to Health

Evangelism. The Programme will be conducted every Thursday in May. The venue will be East

Jamaica Conference Boardroom.

2. 5K Run/Walk and Children’s Fun Day – June 1, 2014.

3. Message Therapy Training sessions begin on April 22, 2014 at the V.H. Percy Centre at 5:00pm

- 7:00 pm.

(5) Notices from the Education Department

1. Education Week is to be held May 5-10 and Education Day on May 10, 2014

2. Members who may need help with CSEC Mathematics and English can attend classes free of

cost at the Kencot Church. Additional information along with an application form are available

on the EJC website.

Through unfaithfulness in the home, and idolatrous influences without, many of the Hebrew

youth received an education differing widely from that which God had planned for them.

They learned the ways of the heathen. To meet this growing evil, God provided other

agencies as an aid to parents in the work of education. Education pg. 46

(6) Notices from the Sabbath School / Personal Ministries / Comm. Services Department

1. The LEA, Sabbath School & Personal Ministries Convention scheduled for Sabbath, March

29, 2014 at the Morant Bay SDA Church has been postponed until further notice.

2. The 2014-2015 Ambassador search continues. We are encouraging all Sabbath School

superintendents, A.Y. & Children’s Ministries leaders, along with the parents of our juniors,

teens and youth, (ages 13-22 years) to motivate their participation in this programme.

Application & prerequisite forms are available online and at EJC office. Registration

deadline is extended until April 30, 2014 Registration fee is two hundred dollars ($200).

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3. EJC Sabbath School/Personal Ministries & Community Services General Departmental

Workshops will be held on Sunday:

i. April 6, 2014 in the EJC boardroom starting at 9:00 a.m - Zones 1, 2 & 3

ii. April 13 at the Morant Bay SDA Church starting at 10 a.m – Zone 4. All Sabbath

School, Personal Ministries & Community Services workers, divisional leaders &

their assistants are invited to attend. PLEASE TAKE YOUR REFRESHMENT WITH

YOU AT THIS TIME.

4. Senior Citizens bi-monthly meeting will be held on April 27, 2014 at the EJC office at 1 pm

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

i) The end Quarter Report is due on Thursday, April 10, 2014

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

to register the relevant names to the MM14 Initiative.

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

blessed and l talk on issues. There will be a briefing session before the event.

(7) Youth Ministries Department

1. EXTENSION: Youth Congress 2014-Guatemala –The deadline for registration has been extended to

March 31, 2014. Registration cost $US 80.00.

2. EJC HONOURS’ COMMITTEE:

Pathfinder/Adventurer Clubs are asked to teach the recommended honours within the clubs.

The Early Bird Honours submission has been rescheduled. The new date for submission of

all Early Bird Honour grades is Sunday May 4, 2014. Exams for these honours will be held

on Sunday May 25, 2014. Folders MUST be submitted on the same date.

Sign Language Honour requirements:

o Know the Sign Language alphabets o Know the Pathfinder Song and be able to sign the song “Draw Me Close to You.”

o Complete a one page written report on a school that specializes in deaf education

Note: a practical examination will be given for this honour.

3. ADVENTIST YOUTH JAMBOREE 2014 (APRIL 17-21): “MY BEST FOR HIS GLORY” @

Camp Verley, St. Catherine. COST: Only $ 3,500.00 (includes a T-Shirt). See poster below.

N.B: Please note that while the books for Bible Boom are the Minor Prophets, for the Bible Boom at

Jamboree it is the first three books - Hosea, Joel and Amos. For the juniors, it is 2 Samuel and St. Mark.

4. BIBLE BOOM 2014: The Books to be studied are Hosea-Micah. Every AYS must be on board.

PLEASE NOTE: The I.A.D Bible Boom Finals will be held in Guatemala during the Youth

Congress instead of December as we have been accustomed.

5. 13th YOUTH & CHILDREN’S MISSION TRIP TO BELIZE- July 24 – August 18, 2014.

Interested youth please contact the Children or Youth Ministries Department at East Jamaica

Conference. Registration closing SOON!!!

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(8) Notice from the Public Affairs and Religious Liberty Director

To: All Pastors, Elders and Public Affairs and Religious Liberty (PARL) coordinators

1. Sabbath April 12, 2014 is Literature Evangelism Impact Day. Publishing Day is the following

Sabbath April 19. All are invited to journey over to the beautiful town of Yallahs in St. Thomas

where the service will be held at the Yallahs Seventh day Adventist Church. Guest speaker will be

Pastor Omri Davis, former publishing director of the North Jamaica Conference.

Please pray for the further growth and development of the Publishing Work in East Jamaica

Conference.

Since Tuesday, April 1 2014, all reading materials (literature) are supplied by Inter-American

Division Publishing Association (IADPA). The Book and Nutrition Center (BNC) no longer

exists. IADPA is now the direct supplier of all books to the colporteur, effective on the date stated

above.

2. I would also like to commend the many members who stood boldly, for their faith in the bible

concerning God’s holy day-the Sabbath. I must also encourage those who may compromise their

faith, not to do so, but seek counsel and prayers from the leadership of your church. Click here to

read more

3. To: All Pastors, Elders, Publishing and Spirit of Prophecy coordinators of zone 4

Christian greetings to you all! In a previous letter to the entire constituency, I intimated that I

would get back to you re: your publishing rally date. Just to remind you, 2014 is recognized by

Inter-America Division (IAD) as the year of the literature evangelist, and the month of April as

Publishing Month. In keeping with this initiative by the Division, your Publishing Rally will be

held at the Yallahs SDA Church on Sabbath, April 19.

Please note that this date coincides with Publishing Day throughout IAD. The Division strongly

recommends that each church should have at least one colporteur. I urge our leaders to “look ye

out among you men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom ye may appoint

over this business” of the colporteur ministry. Not men and women “slothful in business” and

who have nothing to do, for such will only “bring reproach on the Lord’s work!”

Yours in Christ,

Owen Thomas

Publishing and Spirit of Prophecy Director

(9) Communications Department

The Central Jamaica Conference will be having a communication Symposium over this week-end

April 5 - 6, 2014 and have invited Communication persons from our Conference to participate in

that program. We encourage persons who can attend to do so as the program for both days can be

of benefit to you in your church.

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Kindly click on the link below to see letter addressed to the Communication Director -EJC inviting

members of our Conference to attend along with flyers and registration card for this event.

Click here for letter and flyer for CJC Communication Symposium.

1. News and Photographs of MM14 Events. Please be aware that photographs and news

items relating to MM14 can be easily accessed through the Metromission14.com website and

Facebook page which was set up for this campaign. Please do so by clicking on this link

MetroMission14.com. For all other news stories please click on this link – News stories.

2. Elders' Certification Training on April 13, 2014 at the EJC Board Room. The presenters will be

Dr. Gosnel Yorke, E.G. White Estate, NCU and Dr. Meric Walker, Pastor Washington Gardens

SDA district.

(10) Schedule of Upcoming Conference Dates and Events

Dates Event Location

April 6

Sabbath School / Personal Ministries General Departmental Workshop - Zones 1-3 EJC boardroom

April 13

Sabbath School / Personal Ministries General Departmental Workshop - Zone 4 Morant Bay SDA Church

April 13 Elder’s Certification Training EJC Boardroom

April 17 - 21 JAMU Pathfinder Jamboree Camp Verely

April 19 Publishing Rally Yallahs SDA

April 19 - 26 Stewardship Week All Churches

April 26 Gems Anniversary Half Way Tree SDA

April 27 Mother Daughter Affair

April 27 Senior Citizens’ Bi-monthly meeting EJC

May 3 Stewardship Convention

May 5 Stewardship Training for Pastors JAMU, IAD

May 5-10 Education Week All SDA schools

May 10 Education Day

June 1 5k Run/Walk and Children’s Fun Day Starts at the Kencot SDA

Phillip E.L. Castell

Communication Director

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