News – Page 233 – Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventist

Miami, Florida, United States | Libna Stevens/IAD In less than two days, young people across Seventh-day Adventist congregations around the world will unite in carrying out acts of kindness and sharing hope in their communities on Sabbath, March 18, 2017. The annual special day coined as Global Youth Day, is sponsored by the General Conference’s youth ministries department and motivates young people to get out of their comfort zones to “Be the Sermon” as they show the love of Jesus in their communities. This year, organizers have encouraged young people to take part in donating blood through blood drive plans detailed at gcyouthministries.org Pastor Al Powell, youth ministries director for the church in Inter-America, who oversees over 1.5 million young people across the 21,000 churches and congregations in the Inter-American Division (IAD), says he is looking forward to witnessing how the Adventist youth are on fire to connect and care for their communities. “There are so many ways we can contribute to society and one important need is to donate blood,” said Powell. “Blood for us symbolizes something that is more important not just life but as we believe in Christ, we believe that He is the one that has given His blood for us, so we can share Christ.” Already, Powell says that donating blood during Global Youth Day is a great reminder for young people to be available to give blood throughout the year. Youth in Inter-America will also distribute meals and clothing, visit hospitals and nursing homes, plant trees and more, said Powell. Global Youth Day activities around the world will be featured during a 24-hour live transmission on the Hope Channel and carried on globalyouthday.org The Inter-American Division will host one and a half hours of the live transmission from the North Caribbean University campus in Mandeville, Jamaica, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Miami Time. The IAD live program will be carried in English and will feature activities from the 24 unions or church regions comprising the IAD. GYD Facebook: Adventist Global Youth Day Hashtags: #GlobalYouthDay #GYD17 GYD webpage: globalyouthday.org

Adventists to serve in their communities during Global Youth Day

Miami, Florida, United States | Libna Stevens/IAD In less than two days, young people across Seventh-day Adventist congregations around the world will unite in carrying out acts of kindness and sharing hope in their communities on Sabbath, March 18, 2017. The annual special day coined as Global Youth Day, is sponsored by the General Conference’s…

It is Joy, Unspeakable Joy “ – says Elder after Baptizing his eighty two year old mother on Special LTM Baptism Day

For Elder Michael Vernal and the members of the Regent Street SDA Church, March 11, 2017 will long be remembered as a very special day in the life of the church. For starters, history will record that this was the first time that Elder Vernal ever baptized anyone and to top it off, his first…

Adventist Church in Haiti Struggles to Rebuild After Hurricane Matthew

Port Salut, Haiti | Libna Stevens/IAD Five months after Hurricane Matthew devastated Haiti’s southern peninsula, the Seventh-day Adventist Church is still trying to cope with helping members restore their lives and rebuild dozens of churches. Pastor Jean Mathieu Mitchel, executive secretary of the church in South Haiti, says thousands of church members were affected by…

EJC Communicators set to play critical role in massive Conference Wide Evangelistic Campaign in June of this year

More than ninety communicators from forty six churches in East Jamaica Conference participated in the 2017 Communication Retreat which saw communicators participating in practical hands on training to do live video streaming in preparation for a massive Conference wide evangelistic campaign set to begin in June later this year. This was the second Communication Retreat…

‘Doctor’ In Waiting … Blind Senator Floyd Morris Nears PhD After Leaving High School Without A Subject

In a story of triumph over adversity, blind senator, Floyd Morris, who left St Mary High School 31 years ago without having a single subject in an external exam, is celebrating the successful defence of his thesis for a doctor of philosophy (PhD) degree. With the passing of the oral examination yesterday, the former senate…

CJC EMPLOYS ITS FIRST FEMALE PASTOR

For the first time in its 66 years of operation, the Central Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (CJC) has voted to employ a female Pastor. At the meeting of the Conference’s Executive Committee on the 15th February, 2017, members voted to employ Mrs Latoya Smythe-Forbes as the Assistant Pastor of the Asia District of Churches.…

Inter-America Launches Comprehensive Plan to Certify More Than 30,000 Church Elders

Miami, Florida, United States | Libna Stevens/IAD Top Seventh-day Adventist leaders at the Inter-American Division (IAD) took time last weekend to honor the work of its thousands of church elders who assist pastors in ministering to the 3.7 million members across the vast territory. The live two-hour online program was also a time to launch…

Adventists have the ability to radically transform the Society says NCU President

The benefits and blessings of Adventist Christian Education were evident for everyone to see at the 2017 staging of Education Rally held at the Trench Town SDA Church on Sabbath February 25, 2017. Held under the theme ‘Transformed, Inspired, Soaring to Success’, the rally saw scores of students from Adventist schools across East Jamaica Conference,…

Outstanding Five Year Old Awarded Scholarship to Kingsway Prep. School

The Trench Town SDA Church erupted in appreciation when Dr. Donna Brown, Education Director in East Jamaica Conference, shared the good news that five year old Dakarai Williams of Trench Town SDA Basic School, would be awarded a scholarship to attend Kingsway Prep. School at the beginning of the next school year. The scholarship was…

In Jamaica, five deaf persons join the church among dozens baptized

St. Catherine, Jamaica | Charmaine Bailey-Bloomfield/JAMU/IAD Five deaf persons were among the 104 persons baptized during a tent evangelistic series held in Portmore, St. Catherine, in Jamaica, last week. The hard of hearing new members are the first to be baptized since the Church for the Deaf was established at the Portmore Seventh-day Adventist Church…