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

January 10, 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.

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Road March January 12, 2014

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Pastor Prayer Conference January 18, 2014 Convention 2014 January 19, 2014 Notices From the Sabbath School / Personal Min./ Comm. Services Department Notices From the Health Ministries Department Notices from the Children's Ministries Department Notices from the Communication Department Schedule of Upcoming Conference Dates and Events

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(1) Road March

A massive Road March to mark the public launch of Metro Mission 14, MM14 will be held on Sunday January 12, 2014 and will culminate in the Half Way Tree square at 4p.m. MM14 which is also called the Hope for the City campaign, is the first of its kind in the Adventist church in Jamaica and forms part of the vision of the world church. The road march is to begin at 3 p.m from four strategic locations. (Click here
for more information), (Road Map)

(2) Pastors Prayer Conference

A Prayer Conference will be held for all Pastors and their Families in the Eastern Region of Jamaica on Sabbath January 18, 2014 at the New Haven SDA church. All Pastors falling within the East Jamaica, Central and North East Jamaica Conferences are expected to be in attendance at this event which is in relation to a week of prayer for Pastors slated to run from January 31 through to February 8, 2014. --1

(3) Convention 2014 The Annual Convention will take place at the Kencot SDA Church beginning at 9:00 a.m. Newly elected officers and leaders of the church are invited to attend this special event designed to prepare the church for the work ahead.
(4) Notices from the Sabbath School / Personal Ministries / Comm. Services Department 1. All School of Evangelism graduates for 2013 are encouraged to make contact with the EJC Sabbath School Department, if you have not yet done so. 2. We use this opportunity to encourage each member in our churches to continue soliciting Harvest Ingathering Funds and that all treasurers do a weekly remittance to the Conference. Convention will be held at Kencot SDA on Sunday, January 19 for Zones 1-3 and January 26, 2014 at the Morant Bay SDA Church for Zone 4. 3. The 2014-2015 Ambassador search has begun. We are encouraging all churches to have the juniors, teens and youth, ages 13-22 years to participate.

4. All Sabbath School Superintendents are reminded to ensure the implementation of the Parent Care Group (PCG) & Operation Reclamation and to register the relevant names to the MM14 Initiative. 5. Zone 4 A Prayer breakfast & workshop is slated for January 12, 2014, 9 a.m - 12 noon at the Yallahs SDA church with Pastor Glen O. Samuels. Specially invited are Elders, Treasurers, Personal Ministries Executive, Departmental Leaders & the MM14 crusade team) 6. ZONE 4 ROAD MARCH FOR MM14, SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2014 COMMENCING AT 3 P.M. (See next weeks advisory for details) 7. Birthday greetings to our seniors, born in the month of January; wishing you good health and a
blessed and peaceful 2014.

(5) Notices from the Health Ministries Department

1. From the Stewardship & Health Ministries Director, Pastor Leonard Steele - Sometime, last year I had asked that each Pastor give me a date when the Stewardship Department could visit their district and conduct a stewardship rally and I have only received a few requests. I am still waiting on our Pastors to plan with me an appropriate date. Please let me get this as soon as possible. 2. No organization can operate effectively without an operational budget. We are asking our Pastors to turn in their church budget by the end of March 2014.

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Kindly take note of the following stewardship dates: Stewardship Week April 19-26, 2014 Stewardship Convention May 3, 2014 Stewardship Training for Pastors May 5, 2014 (IAD,JAMU) One of the tools to be given to the Pastors and Stewardship Directors in the churches is a series of Stewardship lessons for members called A Guide to Counsels on Stewardship. This includes ten lessons which can be conducted over a two months period. Please turn in an order for the number of lessons you need for your church. The cost for each book is $150. 00. We still have some paper back Councils on Stewardship for $100.00

Health Ministries Relationship to Gospel Ministry Makes Evangelism Twice as Successful Some utterly fail to realize the importance of missionaries being also medical missionaries. A gospel minister will be twice as successful in his work if he understands how to tract disease. . . A minister of the gospel, who is also a medical missionary, who can cure physical ailments, is a much more efficient worker than one who cannot do this. His work as a minister of the gospel is much more complete. - Medical Ministry p. 245 (1901) 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 Dates: May 1st , 5th 20th 22nd and June 5th. . The venue will be East Jamaica Conference Boardroom beginning at 9:30 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Please register now: - Hydrotherapy and Nutrition, Vegetarian Cooling, Anatomy and Physiology, Herbal Remedies, Gods Healing Programme, Health Evangelism, Health Reform, Basic First Aid. These are some of the topics to be presented. 3. SDA Schools Temperance Week February 17 21, 2014 4. 5K Run/Walk and Childrens Fun Day June 1, 2014 5. Global Conference on Health and Lifestyle (Geneva, Switzerland)
(6) Notices from the Childrens Ministries Department

1. Childrens Ministries team members of ZONES 1-3 your commitment service and luncheon meeting will take place on January 18, 2014 at the Kencot SDA Church. Kindly be seated by 10:30 a.m. The childrens ministries -shades of pink and or navy blue and the womens ministries-shades of lavender and or purple are the preferred colors to be worn on that day. Kindly take a fruit to augment our fruit luncheon meeting. 2. ASI/IAD Mission Preachers get ready to preach the word in the Metro Mission 2014 Childrens Crusade. Invite your friends and watch them give their hearts to God. --3--

3. Coming soon Child Preachers Graduation. Kindly ensure all assignments are completed.
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Get ready. ASI/ IAD 2014 July Mission Crusade will be held in Belize. Contact the Administrative Assistant, Mrs. Murlena McKenzie for further information. Book your ticket early and save.

(7) Communications Department

The Seaforth SDA church posted a story about baptism for the first Sabbath in January. (click here for story)
(8) Schedule of Upcoming Conference Dates and Events

Dates
Jan 12 Jan 19 Jan 19 Jan 25 Feb 16 April 19-26 May 3 June 1

Event
Metro Mission 14 Road march Convention MM14 Campaign Count Down to the End Begins MM14 Campaign begins Adventist Health Volunteers Training Stewardship Week Stewardship Convention 5K Run/Walk and Childrens Fun Day

Location
Half Way Tree Kencot SDA Church National Heroes Circle Yallahs St. Thomas

Phillip E. L. Castell Communication Director