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Transcript of Weekly Advisory For April 6th-2013
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: [email protected]
website: http://ejcsda.com
April 6, 2013 To All Pastors, Elders, Leaders and Church Members
Dear Brethren:
Sincere Christian greetings!
Please see important dates and events of the East Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists below.
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District Dialogue- New Haven SDA Church Rescheduled to- April 6, 2013
Elders’ Association Meeting at Andrews Church- April 28, 2013
Notices from Adventist Youth Department
Notices from Children’s Ministries Department
Notices from Women’s Ministries Department
Notices from Health Ministries Department
Notices from Sabb. School/Personal Ministries and Community Services Dept. Schedule of Upcoming Conference Dates and events
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1) District Dialogue - New Haven SDA Church Rescheduled To - April 6- 2013
The New Haven SDA Church will be the place to be in the afternoon of April 6, 2013 as the Administrators
and Directors of the East Jamaica Conference will interact with the leadership and general membership of the
churches of District #18. District # 18 consists of the New Haven and the Riverton Meadows SDA Church.
District Dialogue offers the unique opportunity of giving the Conference Administrators direct access to the
leadership of the local church while at the same time providing an avenue for the local membership to ask
questions of the Conference leaders.
1B) Elders’ Association Meeting- Andrews SDA Church- April 28, 2013
All Elders are invited to attend the next East Jamaica Conference General Elder's Association Meeting on
April 28, 2013, at the Andrews Memorial SDA Church in the Youth Room Upstairs. The meeting will begin
at the usual time of 9:00 am.
All Ordained Elders and Elders in Training are invited to attend this very important meeting which will be
the first meeting for this new Elders' Association Administration.
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2) Notices from the Adventist Youth Department
1. LAUNCH of Youth Ministries Training Programmes 2013: The annual training programmes will
commence on April 7, 2013, starting @ 9:00am, Kencot. All AY Leaders and Club Directors MUST make use
of this opportunity to be trained in their specified area as Jamaica Union Conference has made it mandatory for
all youth leaders to be trained. If you have done the Basic Staff Training Programme within the last three
(3) years, then you are invited to attend. PLEASE NOTE. All trainees must be in uniform.
2. Drill Instructors’ Training-The Basic Staff Training Course designed specifically for Drill Instructor
Trainees will also be conducted on Sunday April 7 at Kencot starting at the same time. All prospective Drill
Instructors are invited to attend.
3. The Uniform Handbook from IAD is now available at the Conference. It’s a must have as the changes/new
format will be mandatory for Pathfinder Festival in November.
4. Prayer & Fasting: The Zone Two (2) Youth Federation invites you to be a part of its prayer & fasting under
the caption, “Empowered for God’s Mission through Prayer,” which will be held on Sunday April 14, 2013 at
Andrews SDA Church starting at 6:00am. Bring a friend and come share in the spiritual experience.
5. Sports Evangelism kicks off on May 18, 2013 with a dress parade and rally. The completion itself begins on
May 25, 2013. These events will commence at 7:30pm SHARP! Registration cost per team $5,000.00 (to be
paid at the EJC Office by May 13, 2013). Please check the youth website at ejcyouth.webs.com for flyer and
further details.
6. Summer Camp: The annual summer camp will be held from August 13-20, 2013 at Robin’s Bay. Cost is
only $6, 500 (includes a T-Shirt). Each church is being asked to send a delegate. Youth start planning to be
there. Last year was great but this year promises to be greater, more fun, fellowship and spiritual nurture.
Forms can be accessed from the EJC website.
7. Bible Boom: Keep promoting the Bible Boom and make plans to conduct your church and district play offs
scheduled for June and July respectively. For further details please see the Bible Boom flyer on the EJC
website or contact the Bible Boom Coordinator, Angela Bernard at [email protected]
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8. Labour Day Projects: If you haven’t started planning your district and zonal projects you are late. Catch the
moving train and let’s go!!!
9. ASI Mission Crusade-Costa Rica 2013: The Children & Youth Ministries Departments are seeking to
identify two SDA youth between the ages of 15-19 who speak Spanish to be a part of the ASI Mission Crusade
in Cost Rica this summer. Interested persons may contact Sis. Claudette Genas or Pastor Hanson Drysdale at
the East Jamaica Conference office for further details.
(3) Notices from the Children’s Ministries Department 1. Child Preachers’ Training will be held on Sunday, April 7, 2013 at the EJC Boardroom, from 9 a.m.– 12
noon. The presenter will be Pastor Ralston Tyrell. CMD’s kindly remind the children to take their
snacks along. Children who were absent from the orientation because of GSAT or undue circumstances
are invited.
2. Convention 2013Stadium Community Church May 4, 2013& Hampton SDA May 18, 201
3. Polo shirts are available for $700.00 for all sizes. They bear the IAD CM FIT4JESUS and the SDA
logos and come in all sizes. They are also available without logo for $360.00. Please make your order
and payment immediately. We have a limited amount. You can also take your shirts to Logo Stitch to
have them place the logo ($300.00) on it. These shirts will be our national EJC tops for our Jewels.
4. Jewels Launch will take place on Sabbath April 6, at the Constant Spring Church. You will be officially
seated from 3: 00 – 3:30 p.m. Our guest speaker will be the JAMU Children’s Ministries Director, Sis.
Lorraine Vernal. The function begins @3:30 p.m. sharp. Children who do not have the polo shirts are
asked to, wherever possible; don their pink and blue colour tops for the occasion. Suitable Sabbath skirts
and pants (for boys) are to be worn. NO JEANS
5. Aunties and Uncles, remember love is shown by spending time with your nieces and nephews. We invite
you to the Jewels launch at the Constant Spring Church. We need you there to escort your Jewels to their
seats and to support them in this initiative. See information above.
6. Counting down! ASI Missionaries to Costa Rica get ready. “The Plane goes flying to the mission field.
Flying, flying mission plane. We are taking ‘missionaries’ to the people there. Flying missionary plane.”
Our first meeting with ALL stakeholders, especially the participants and or representatives of the ten
sites as well as interested persons, will be held on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at the Conference Office @
5:30 p.m. Come meet with the Youth and Children’s Ministries team for housekeeping matters.
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7. All CMD’s are asked to teach their children the Spanish version for the song ‘When He Cometh to make
up His Jewels in readiness for the Jewels launch.
8. Children’s Convention and baptism will be held at the Stadium Community Church. The dress code is
white dresses with pink or blue accessories for the girls and black or blue pants with white, pink or blue
shirts for the boys. All CMDs are asked to indicate by the end of March the name(s) of their prospective
candidate(s) for baptism. A special package will be prepared for persons who will be baptized during
this year of the LAITY for those baptized at the convention.
9. CMD’s of St. Thomas, kindly send us the names of all children that are to be trained in the Child
Preachers’ Training, immediately. Your facilitators are ready to begin. The training will be done in St.
Thomas.
10. All CMD’s are asked to use Children’s story time, as one of the avenues to give the weekly parent tips.
This is a captive audience to disseminate the information. This tip should preferably be read by a child
and should take no longer than 30 seconds.
11. May is that special time of the year dedicated to educating our children about many things. Kids love
sweets and worms love sweets. The Children’s Ministries, Education, Communication & Health
Departments will offer a life changing seminar especially for your child on Sabbath afternoon May 25,
2013 from 3:50 - 4:50. Venue will be announced soon. CMD’s, Parents/Guardian, lets dedicate that
evening for our children. Dress code- Fit for Jesus polo shirt or pink or blue tops.
12. Children’s ministries team leaders let’s pray and plan to reap at least one soul per quarter per church,
that is four souls for 2013. May is the month of special reaping for our department. Since our mandate is
soul reaping, this is a reminder that all CMDs are expected to engage our children in their own crusades
or the crusades in their churches.
(4) Notices from the Women’s Ministries Department
1. Counting down! ASI Missionaries to Costa Rica get ready. “The Plane goes flying to the mission
field. Flying, flying mission plane. We are taking ‘missionaries’ to the people there. Flying
missionary plane.” Our first meeting with ALL stakeholders, especially the participants and or
representatives of the ten sites as well as interested persons, will be held on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 at
the Conference Office @ 5:30 p.m. Come meet with the Youth and Children’s Ministries team for
housekeeping matters.
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2. GEMS anniversary will take place at the Hagley Park SDA Church on Sabbath April 20, 2013 @
3:30 p.m. All churches are reminded that seats for their GEMS Cabinet will be reserved up to 3:20.
p.m. General seating of members will take place from 3:00 to 3:25 p.m. The guest speaker will be Dr.
Tez Brown Cotterell. All fun loving mentors are expected to be in attendance. The dress code for
mentees is black bottom and solid colour top. There is no special dress code for mentors. It is
important that all GEMS be in attendance along with their mentors. You are advised to take your
lunches to church so you can be on time for the service.
3. Retreat 2013 plans are in full gear. Our retreat will take place from October 24-27, 2013. The office is
now accepting deposits. Book early and save. Mentors your place is reserved. Fun loving adults who
are not mentors, please book early also.
Rooming Cost
Single $47,000.00
Double $25,500.00
Triple $22,000.00
Quad $20,500.00
B. The luxury coaches will leave Kingston for the Holiday Inn Spree Resort, Montego Bay on
i. Thursday morning
ii. Thursday afternoon
iii. Friday morning
iv. Friday afternoon
Book early and indicate your time of departure so that advanced arrangement can be made for a
hassle free ride.
Visit the Andrews SDA Church ‘Moms in Touch’ prayer session every fourth Wednesday in each month
on the church grounds. March 27, 2013. Time: 5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
4. Coming soon will be our ‘Mother Daughter’ Conference. Watch the site for further information and
details. Our coordinator is Sis. Cynthia Thompson.
5. Calling all students of the Soft Skills Heart Trust NTA programme to a special meeting on Sunday,
April 14, from 10-11 a.m.
6. We hope that by now all churches have completed their IMAP pre-launch. The official EJC I.M.A.P.
launch will take place in June. Our speaker will be Dr. Eric Nathan. This is your opportunity to come
learn how to build lasting relationships. You are asked to bring a visitor with you.
7. Women’s Ministries team leaders, let’s pray and plan to reap at least one soul per quarter, per church,
that is at least four souls for 2013. April is the month of special reaping for our department
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8. Moms in Touch – WMD’s Please ensure that this is an active programme under your leadership.
Kindly contact the office for support.
9. We are near the end of a very active first quarter. Kindly send your reports to the office.
Parenting Tip
1. Parents, as children, we too experience anguish and despair. Sometimes we are overwhelmed by all the
bad things happening around us. Please teach us how to pray so that we can talk to Jesus whenever we
feel afraid.
(5) Notices from the Health Ministries Department
A. The Health Ministries Advisory which was scheduled for April 7, and the Breathe Free Seminar scheduled
for April 12-14, has been postponed for a later date to be announced.
B. Please be reminded that the deadline for the 5K application forms to reach the Conference Office April 27.
Anytime after that will attract a late fee of $300. Entry forms will not be accepted after May 11, 2013.
Remember registration fee is $750 for adults and $250 for children. Children category is from age 6-12 years.
All children are in the 1.5K Run there is no walk category for children. Please make sure that the registration
forms are properly filled out, or else they will be rejected. Please plan for it, train for it and come Run/Walk
for Health. Who can beat the oakglades church is the question to be answered. Is it your church?
Please remember that our Medical Missionary Training School starts July 7 – August 11, for six weeks cost
will be announced soon. Healthy Lifestyle Retreat – June 27 – 30, cost is $7,500.
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(6) Notices From The Sab. School / Personal Ministries/ Comm. Services Department Please be reminded of the following:
Please be reminded that as at January 5, 2013, and by now all our Sabbath Schools should be on the new or
renewed programme:
6-8 members in each class
Interactive reading/learning strategy for the bible study/review
Vertical meditation for each unit member
Horizontal sharing of thoughts, etc.
Please note the following:
1. The Community Services monthly meeting & Senior Citizens bi-monthly meeting have been
rescheduled for Sunday, April 7 at 10 a.m. & 2 p.m. respectively in the EJC chapel.
2. The Ambassador Search for 2013 continues, why wait? Registration forms are available on line -
registration, fee $200.
3. The EJC School of Evangelism 2013 Module commences on April 21, 9 a.m -1 pm.
at the Constant Spring SDA Church.
N.B. Sabbath School superintendents and Personal Ministries leaders are reminded of the Sabbath
School end of quarter report, which is due on April 10, 2013 (the 10th of each month following the end of
the quarter, report form & explanation sheets are available on line) . All weekly evangelistic reports from
your church must be sent to the EJC office by Wednesday.
Please see the letter and corresponding registration form for the Ambassadors
Search below:
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(11) Schedule of Upcoming Conference Dates and Events
Dates -2013 Event Location
April 13-20 Stewardship Week Everywhere
April 20 District Dialogue – North Street Church
April 20 First Anniversary Celebration of Gems Hagley Park Church
April 21 Stewardship, Treasurers', Auditors' Certification Seminar EJC Boardroom
April 27 District Dialogue – Hagley Park SDA Church
Adiese A. Jonas Assistant Director,
Communication
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East Jamaica Conference
Of Seventh-day Adventists 74 Constant Spring Road ▪ P.O. Box 181▪ Kingston 10 ▪ Jamaica W.I.
Tel:(876) 924-1061-3, Fax: (876) 924-0263. E-Mail: [email protected] Website: ejcsda.com
March 22, 2013
To: Pastors, Elders, Church Clerks & Senior Citizens’ Leaders
TO BE READ IN THE CHURCH
Dear Brethren:
Greetings in the name of our forever friend, Jesus!
The East Jamaica Conference recognizes that ten percent (10%) of our population are
seniors and that many of them are very resourceful, healthy and active. As a church
family we would like to recognize these foundation members and do what we can to
enhance their spiritual life, self-reliance and functional independence, as well as to utilize
their skills and training to assist in achieving the mission of the church.
Consequently, we are encouraging all our churches to establish a senior citizens’ club and
where a club already exists, to inform us at the Conference office, and to report your
activities at our bi-monthly meeting which is held every other fourth Sunday.
Kindly notify us if you are inducted in the National Council of Senior Citizens. Our
contact number is 924-1061-5.
We have expanded the Ambassadors’ Programme to include senior citizens, 55 years and
over. We will therefore be having a Mr. and Miss EJC Senior Ambassador competition.
Our grand sashing will be on September 29, 2013. The venue will be announced at a
later date. The requirements are as follow:
Applicants must:
a. study St. John, chapters 1-10
b. memorize three (3) texts to support each of the following:
- The Second Coming
- Tithing
c. be involved in Evangelistic activities.
Kindly fill out and return the attached application form on or before May 30, 2013. You
have the option of filling out and returning the form on line through the Personal
Ministries web page. We look forward to an overwhelming response from our seniors.
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Yours in the Master’s service,
Carl Cunningham, Director Kathleen Dunkley, Ass. Director
Sabbath School/ Personal Ministries & Sabbath School/ Personal Ministries
Community Services Department & Community Services Department
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REGISTRATION FORM
Mr. & Miss EJC Senior Ambassadors
Name: …………………………….......…….................….. D.O.B: …….............…………..........................
Address: ………………………………………………………………..............……........................................
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Male ( ) Female ( ) Age:
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Date of baptism: ............................................ E-
mail………………………..…......................................
Telephone No.: (h) ………………....…………… (c) ………………….........…………….......................
Name of Church: ……………………………………..…………………............…………….........................
Name of Sabbath School Teacher: ..………………………….……............………………...........................
Telephone No.: (h) …………………………… (c) …….............……..……………………........................
Name of Senior Citizens’ Leader: …………............………………………………............…........................
Telephone No.: (h) …………………………....… (c) …….…........…..…………………….........................
Why am I a Seventh-day Adventist? ……………………..………………………….....................................
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………………………………………………………………………………............…………......................... I will comply with the rules and regulations of the competition.
Applicant’s signature: ……...............................……………………….
Pastor’s signature: ……………......................................……………… Date: …………………………….
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REGISTRATION DEADLINE MAY 30, 2013
EAST JAMAICA CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
CRITERIA FOR SENIOR AMBASSADORS’ PROGRAMME
Applicants must:
1. study St. John, chapters 1-10
2. Memorize three (3) texts to support each of the following:
- The Second Coming
- Tithing
3. Be involved in at least one (1) witnessing activity.
4. Be a baptized member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
N. B. The registration fee is fifty dollars ($50.00) per applicant
East Jamaica Conference
Of Seventh-day Adventists
74 Constant Spring Road ▪ P.O. Box 181▪ Kingston 10 ▪ Jamaica W.I. Tel:(876) 924-1061-3, (876) 924-0263. E-Mail:
[email protected] Website: ejcsda.com
March 18, 2013
To all Pastors, Health Directors &
Health Professionals
Dear Brethren:
Christian Greetings!
I use this medium to inform you of our up-coming three (3) days Breath Free (stop smoking) Training Session
which will be held at Central Jamaica Conference Office from April 12 – 14, 2013, starting at 9:00a.m. The
Training will be conducted by Inter-American Division and General Conference Health Ministries Department.
If you are interested to be trained as a Breath free Lifestyle Facilitator, learning about: Tobacco Addiction and
how to conduct a Stop Smoking programme. Then this programme is for you. Please register now by sending
in your name before the 12th of April.
At the moment the only cost to the attendees is Lunch and Supper which is $950.00 per day. Interested
persons will also have to provide their own transportation to and from venue.
For more information contact the Health Department of East Jamaica Conference at 924-1061-3.
Yours truly,
Dr. Leonard Steele, Director
HEALTH MINISTRIES DEPT.
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