News - Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventist

BY KASEY WILLIAMS | Staff reporter | kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com | MANCHESTER— Life-saving equipment, including vital sign monitors and an oxygen concentrator valued at $2 million, were recently donated to the Mandeville Regional Hospital by south Manchester native and chief of the Department of Medicine at the North East Georgia Medical Centre in the United States, Dr Pete Williams. Williams partnered with the North East Georgia Medical Centre, the GSI foundation and the Central Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists to import the equipment which was handed over to the hospital last Thursday. The GSI foundation is a registered charity organisation which is operated by the Jamaica Union of Seventh-day Adventist (JAMU), to assist its churches and institutions to import goods on a duty-free basis or accept tax-exempt donations on items to be used for the public's benefit. Dr Daniel Fider, who represented Williams at a handing-over ceremony, spoke of the latter's philanthropic efforts. Read more...

Prayers answered for Mandeville Regional Hospital

BY KASEY WILLIAMS | Staff reporter | kaseyw@jamaicaobserver.com | MANCHESTER— Life-saving equipment, including vital sign monitors and an oxygen concentrator valued at $2 million, were…

All Aboard! – ‘Family Time on the Islands’ Values-based Caribbean Book Series Sets Sail in Virtual Launch

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The link below is a video presentation by David Trim, director of the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s Office of Archives, Statistics, and Research (ASTR), during Annual Council 2020, as part of the Secretariat report to members of the General Conference Executive Committee on October 8, 2020. Below the link, the presentation’s transcribed text appears for reference, discussion, or…

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PM Lauds Adventist Church for being one of the First to Take Worship Online During Pandemic

The Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica was the recipient of commendation from Prime Minister Andrew Holness as he addressed the congregation at the Seventh-day Adventist…