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Adventist Church Hosts Successful LIFT Convention in EJC

Written by: Phillip E. L. Castell The final Life Improvement Festival and Teachings (LIFT) Convention for the year lived up to expectation and was a source of information, education and encouragement in Christian Stewardship to members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in East Jamaica Conference. The convention was held at the Half-Way Tree SDA Church…

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ADVENTIST CHURCH FOR THE DEAF CONDUCTS ITS INAUGURAL WORSHIP SERVICE

Just over 80 persons attended the inaugural worship service of the newly formed Adventist Church for the Deaf which was held in the Children’s Division of the Portmore Seventh-day Adventist Church on Saturday, November 12, 2016. Though a name for the church is yet to be agreed on, the congregation has been established to care…

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Two baptized in Prep. school WOP

Written by: Fabia Phillips-Lawrence | Thursday, November 17, 2016   Pastor W. Graham examines the candidates Two grade 5 students of the Seventh-day Adventist owned Kingsway Preparatory School in St. Andrew answered the call to give their lives to Jesus during the penultimate day of the institution’s annual week of prayer. Tianna Barnett and Carla…

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Central Jamaica Conference Takes Second Hold on Heritage Quiz Title

Photos and story by Nigel Coke For the second consecutive year, Central Jamaica Conference (CJC) came out as winners of the Jamaica Union Conference (JAMU) Annual Heritage Quiz. The finals, held at the NCU Gymnatorium in Mandeville, was keenly contested among the East, West and Central Jamaica Conferences on Saturday, November 12, 2016.  The CJC…

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In Jamaica, Seventh-Day Adventist Youth Ministry Connects With Communities Through Recreational Football League

The Central Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (CJC), through its Youth Ministries Department, is hosting a recreational football League which is expected to build deeper relationships between the church and community. The League, which had its first set of matches on Sunday, November 6, 2016 at the Homestead Community Centre in St. Catherine is expected…

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Save our men: Save our Society

Pastor Roy Dennis, Family Ministries Director, Central Jamaica Conference (CJC) and organizer of the Men’s Convention that saw over 1,500 persons in attendance at the Mandeville SDA Church on October 30, 2016, made a passionate appeal for the Church and society to save our men and boys. While greeting the congregation, and giving and stating…

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Former Revivalist Pastor Baptized at Adventist Tent Campaign

A pastor and former overseer of fourteen Revivalist churches in Jamaica was baptized at  a Seventh-day Adventist Church tent campaign in St. Thomas recently. The pastor, who had spent thirty years of his life building up the Mount Olivet Christian Church, was among a group of twenty candidates in the first baptism under the “Lord…

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Adventist Surgeon motivates School Students to be Extraordinary

Written by: Phillip E. L. Castell, Communication, Pubic Affairs and Religious Liberty Director Consultant pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon at the Bustamente Hospital for Children, Dr. Sherrard Little, told students at the Kingsway High School (KWHS) Honours Convocation on October 31, 2016, that they can be anything they want to be if they aim to be extraordinary.…

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St Mary Adventists reach out to the community

According to Ephesians 4:32, we should: “…be kind to another, tender-hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ’s sake has forgiven you” and consequently, every year, the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church hosts a series of events entitled ‘Week of Generosity and Day of Kindness.’ Executive secretary and treasurer at the North East Jamaica Conference…

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Diamond Acres Church damaged by Fire

Portions of the Diamond Acres Seventh-day Adventist Church in St. Catherine was gutted by fire this morning at about 3:00 am, November 4, 2016. It is intimated that the fire started within the kitchen located to the side of the building. By the time the Fire Department came on the scene, the fire had already…

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