East Jamaica Conference

Communication

Department

74 Constant Spring Road P.O. Box 181 Kingston 10 Jamaica W.I.

Tel:(876) 924-1061-3, (876) 924-0263. E-Mail: eastcon@ejcsda.com
Website: ejcsda.com

November 27, 2014

To: All Pastors, Elders, Leaders and Church Members
Sincere Christian greetings!
Please see important dates, events and communication from the East Jamaica Conference of
Seventh-day Adventists below.

(1) Facts about Leaders Summit 2014

Who should Attend?
All elected officers of local
churches and Board
Members; all Pastors and
Conference workers.
Note: All Assistant
Directors, Secretaries and
their Assistants etc. are
included in the above-all
who are asked to serve in a
position in the local church.

What is Different?
Programme Format/Structure:
Departmental Meetings - 9:00am-10:45am
Business Session- 11: 00am-12.00pm
Spiritual Charge-12:00pm-1:30pm
More quality time for Departmental
interaction with directors-(9:00am10:45am)
*******
Special Business Session toward
Conference Wide Development
Please see Flyer for more information.

What are the objectives?

To ensure that church officers
are knowledgeable of their
departmental responsibilities
and are spiritually motivated
toward being diligent in their
duties.
*******
To initiate a working synergy
between Conference Directors
and Local Church Directors
*******
Impress a sense of ownership
that will cause officers to go the
extra mile for the proper and
efficient running of the Church.

Special Information:
The Directory for the departmental meeting locations and combinations at the Leaders Summit is
posted below. Feel free to access this in the Advisory posted on our website and at the Kencot Church
before the time of the Summit.
Also, in cases where a person at the local church serves more than one department as director, at the
Leaders Summit such person must not unnecessarily plan to move from department to department,
skipping from one to another, getting a little here and there, but plan to attend only one meeting and
properly arrange for local departmental assistant(s) to attend the other(s).

Meric D. Walker, PhD, JP

Executive Secretary

(2) Collection of Special Offering for Kingsway High School.

For the past two weeks, we have used this medium to share with you a request from the
Conference for the collection of a special offering for Kingsway High School.
The entire letter can be accessed by following this link. See letter to Churches Re Kingsway
High School - Nov 2014

On Sabbath November 29, 2014 during the Divine Hour, we are requesting that a special
offering be collected by each church for the Kingsway High and Preparatory School. In order
to achieve maximum impact, we request that this promotion be done by the pastor or first elder
where possible. The funds collected should be lodged at First Caribbean Bank to account name
Kingsway High School and account number A/C #0065206111. Checks may also be made out
to Kingsway High School and delivered to the Treasury Department at the East Jamaica
Conference Office.
We thank you in advance for your generous contribution as together we work at securing a
brighter future for our children and Christian Education.

EDUCATION THOUGHT:
"In the training of the disciples, the Saviour (Jesus Christ) followed the system of education
established at the beginning." Ed. pg.84
(3) Notice from the Stewardship, Wills and Trust Dpt.
1) Stewardship Week - November 29 to December 7, 2014
NB. Please follow this link for Stewardship Day Sermons. Click here.
2) The Adventist Health Professionals' Association (AHPA) hosts its Health Symposium this
Sunday, November 30, 2014 in the EJC Boardroom, from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm.
Cost: $500 AHPA members & $1000 Non-HAPA members (inclusive of lunch)
Presentations on: Chikungunya, Ebola & Health Evangelism
See below for further information.
3) For 2015 tithes and offering reading please. Click here

(4) Notice from the Ministerial Department

Follow this link to see prayer schedule. Look for "JAMU 40 Days Prayer and Devotion"
at this link. Click Here.

(5) Notices from the Childrens and Adolescents Ministries Department

1. The Arnold Road SDA Childrens and Adolescents Ministries presents their Giants
for Jesus Evangelistic Campaign from Sunday, November 23 Sabbath November
29, 2014. Come hear the dynamic children speakers.
2. Bible Spell-a-thon finals top participants are:Cradle Roll
* Jada Campbell
Dallas Castle
Kindergarten
Ajani Campbell
Dallas Castle
Kayla Payton
Seaforth
Primary
Michael McNeil
Seaview
Jenecia Black
Yallahs
Denar Bascoe
Yallahs
*Jamir Simpson
Hagley Park
Junior
Rajauni Edwards
Dallas Castle
Tiana Bailey
Dallas
Garth Frazer
Seaforth
Earli - teen
Ashley Miller
Port Morant
Asxae Williams
Balcombe Drive

Travis Sinclair

Port Morant

3. Due to a Union /Conference program the awards exercise for our missionaries and Bible
Spell-a-thon participants has been shifted to December 16.
4. All elected 2015 team members are asked to be at officers meeting 2014 at the Kencot
Church. Note that we will meet in our departments from 9 a.m. 10:30 a.m. Come
discuss the 2015 plans with us as well as share your best practice. If you belong to more
than 1 department, you are asked to take along someone who will deputize for you in the
other department.
Failure keeps you humble. Success keeps you glowing. But only God can keep you
faithful. Affirm the positive.

(6) Notices from the Family Life Department

1. Needed The email addresses for all our Mens Ministries Directors and the team of
persons that the Board has named to that committee. This group is expected to be at the
Leaders summit that will be held on December 7, 2014.
2. November 29, 2014 is International Singles Day. Our theme is Single and Living it
Large in Christ. Singles from everywhere are invited to the main site at the Constant
Spring SDA Church. Our morning presenters will be Dr. Desiree Tulloch Reid- Andrews
SDA Church, Br. Geoffery Marshall - Trench Town SDA, Dr. Eric Nathan (EJC President)
and Pastor Dane Fletcher- EJC Youth Director. See flyer. There will be 1 presentation and a
rap session in the afternoon followed by a social.

3. Kindly send a list with the full names and date of marriage of all the couples in your church
by December 30, 2014. We need among other things to meet the registration requirement
requested by JAMU & GC. For couples data form click here
4. The weekly pre-marital counseling and relationship building session continues every
Tuesday from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Venue EJC. Note that this is also open to anyone.
5.

Letter from the Youth Director Re Youth Congressoree

Dear Brothers and Sisters:
Greetings!
I am excited to inform you that Youth Congressoree 2014 is here and will be celebrated on
the weekend of December 12 14. We will be celebrating under the theme of the year:
Youth Empowered for Victory, with a sub-theme: Catch the Vision, Fulfill the Mission. We
begin on Friday evening at the Morant Bay Church, with inspirational singing of Kencot
Youth Choir, Zone 4 Mass Choir, and Harbour View Youth Choir; and the dynamic
motivational preaching of
Pastor Michael Henry, Youth Ministries Director of the Jamaica Union Conference.
On Sabbath, we will burst the seams of the Karram Speid Auditorium, as we will have our
Investiture Service, and seek the commitment of all young people for the mission of the
church as I, Dane Fletcher, your Youth Ministries Director deliver the burden God has
placed on my heart. Join us as we have Bible Boom Finals, and inspirational music by Key
Influence Ministries and other electrifying singers.
Sunday will be the grand finale of a sports and fun day, never experienced before in East
Jamaica Conference. This will be held at Wolmers Girl School beginning at 9:00 a.m. The
Conference website as well as the poster will share more information of the grand time we
will have.
I cannot wait to join with you as we celebrate.
Yours forever true,

Dane Al Fletcher,
DIRECTOR
YOUTH MINISTRIES DEPARTMENT

(7) Notices from the Womens Ministries Department

1.

All GEMS are invited to International Singles Day of Affirmation seminars on Sabbath
November 25, 2014 are geared just for you. Kindly invite your non SDA friends to come
along.

2.

Bring a scarf. Directors kindly assist the GEMS to participate in our scarf demonstration
and other activities at camp meeting after vesper.

3.

GEMS there will be luncheon meeting with your coordinator, Sis. Yvette Castell and her
deputy Sis. Taneisha Goodlitt at the Constant Spring SDA. Be there.

4.

GEMS ushers for camp meeting

5.

Your first quarterly meeting will be held

6.

MOMS in Touch: For the month of November lets pray for our Singles.
Focus for Week 1- Health and wisdom; Week 2- Love for mission; Week 3- Passion
for excellence; Week 4 Love and support

(8) Notice from the Sab. School, Personal Ministries & Comm. Services Dpt.
1.

The East Jamaica Conference Evangelism Council has voted to implement the Members
Intensive Personal evangelistic Initiative (MIPEI).This is to drive our goal to involve
every Church member in doing what Jesus has commanded, "Make disciples" of every
nation. Consequently, we are inviting all members of the Sabbath School & Personal
Ministries Department, PM leaders, Superintendents, Community Services Leaders, Lay
Preachers, Bible Instructors, Small Groups Leaders and all other Evangelistic Lay
Workers to be in attendance at Leaders Summit, Sunday, December, 7th at 8:30 AM, so
that we can more fully discuss this program. This is notwithstanding the regular start time
of 9:00 am for all other departments.

2.

Please register (send us the information for), now, all Lay preachers in your Church:
Name, Address, Email, telephone numbers etc.

3.

Please remember to appoint a Special Needs Officer/ coordinator to relate to persons with
mental, social, physical or other disabilities in your Church and community. They are
being invited to a special meeting next Thursday, November, 27 at 5:30 pm, at the EJC
office. These officers as well as Senior Citizens Leaders are also invited to the Summit on
December 7th, 2014.

(9) Notices from the Youth Department

1. All youth leaders who will be attending Leaders' Summit 2014, please be aware that our
meeting place will be at the NCU Building on Half way Tree Road at 9:00 am and not at
the Kencot SDA Church as in former years. At the end of our meeting at 10:45 am, we will
move to the Kencot Church to join the other church leaders for a special business session
with President Eric Nathan.
Please be on time.
2. Youth Congressoree will be on December 12 - 14, 2014, with services and activities to
strengthen, enrich, inspire, and de-stress, every youth of EJC and beyond. Come as we
celebrate the dedication of the youth, and youth leaders who keep the flame of Youth
Ministries in East Jamaica Conference. Be ready to celebrate God's goodness as we worship
Him through rich music, and heartfelt praise and adoration.
For all reporting forms please click here
(10) Notice from the Publishing Ministry and Spirit of Prophecy Departments
1. List of Spirit of Prophecy books to be use as manual for each department to provide
guidance and inspiration.
S/S - Counsels on S/S works

PM Evangelism, Christian Service, Gospel Worker

Education Education (book of the year)

W/M, C/M, Family Life Child Guidance and Adventist Home

Youth Messages to young people

Stewardship Counsels on Stewardship

Health Ministry of Healing and Counsel on diet and food

Community Services - Welfare Ministry

Publishing Counsels on Publishing, Colporteur Ministry

2. The missionary book of the year is Beyond Imagination. Cost is $75.00, come and get
one for your visitor.
(11) Notice From

The Communication, Public Affairs and Religious Liberty

Departments
Dear Team Members,
Please be aware that Leaders' Summit this year will take place on December 7, 2014 at
the Kencot SDA Church and it will be different from all previous years in more ways
than one.
Of significance, is that the breakout session with Conference Directors will take place
prior to the general meeting with everyone. It is therefore imperative that you arrive
early so that we can maximize our time together at this important first meeting.
Be aware also that where Directors of the Conference have two or more departments
( like in my case Communication and Religious Liberty), both groups will meet at the
same place and time. The Conference officer will relate to one department first and
then the other.
Where church members are elected to serve in more than one department, it is strongly
recommended that an assistant or another person from the department represent your
church at the Leaders' Summit.
With this in mind, I invite all newly elected Communication Leaders and Assistants,
Public Affairs and Religious Liberty Leaders and Assistants, as well Communication
(Audio Visual) team members who will be serving for 2015, to meet with me at 9:00
am at the Kingsway Prep. School ( on the grounds of the Kencot SDA Church) on the
first floor. We will have one hour and forty five minutes to share and interact. Here, I
will share with you my vision for the department going forward along with the
calendar of special dates and events for 2015.
At the end of our meeting, we will move over to the Kencot Church were we will join
with the other leaders for a special business session to be directed by President Eric
Nathan.
It is critical that this information be shared in the church. I am therefore requesting that
Church Clerks and Communication Leaders ensure that this information be shared with
the general church population on Sabbath.
(12) Notice From The Communication Department

Visit our Picasa Photo Gallery

Be sure to visit our Photo Gallery which is updated every week as we travel across the
EJC Constituency. Feel free to share and download photos with your friends and
family members.
Click here :- >
For Photo highlights of the recent Adventurer / Pathfinder Festival click
on the
photo below :-

Follow us on Twitter
Did you know that the East Jamaica Conference uses social media including twitter to
share the gospel with the world ? See for yourself. Follow us on twitter at
twitter.com/EastJamaicaConf,

Video Feature - Pathfinder

For those of you who did not make it to the Adventurer / Pathfinder Festival which was
held at the Kencot SDA Church last Sunday, I invite you to watch video highlights of
this event courtesy of the Communication Team members of the Seaforth SDA Church.
Watch and be blessed. Click here and scroll through the video player to view.
(13) Notices from the constituency

I.

II.

The Arnold Road SDA Childrens Evangelistic campaign presents Giants for Jesus
from November 23 - 29, 2014 at the Arnold Road SDA Church, 66 Arnold Road
Kingston 5. Come and hear dynamic children speakers that will heal your heart with
words of the Lord. Bring your family, friends and neighbours.
Kencot SDA Wellness Clinic
When: This Sunday, November 30, 2014 between 10.00am and 2.00pm
Services: FREE medical and legal services, counselling on employment, healthy
lifestyle, cooking demonstration, spiritual counselling etc.
Where: Kencot SDA, 10 - 14 Osbourne Road, Kingston 10
The Stony Hill SDA Church invites you to their Harvest Ingathering Service 2014 on
November 29, 2014 beginning at 9:15 am. They will be worshipping under the theme
"The Harvest is Ready". All are invited.

111. Festival of Religious Freedom Mass Choir Rehearsal

Members of the Festival of Religious Freedom Mass Choir are reminded of the next
rehearsal for the Mass Choir on Saturday night, November 29, 2014 at 7 pm in the EJC
board
room. Please be on time.
IV.

Washington Gardens SDA Church Presents Annual Music Week

The Music Ministries Department of the Washington Gardens SDA Church presents
their Annual Music Week under the theme "The Magnificent Story of the Life of
Christ". It will begin this Sunday November 30 at 7pm under the sub theme "One
Child" and will continue on Wednesday December 3 with theme "The Man called
Jesus". The week will climax on Sabbath December 6 with theme "That Name" starting
at 9 am. Music Ministers include the Foster Triplet, WGSDA Female Quartet, Eternity
Singers, Saxophonist Dwayne Foster, Braeton Youth Choir, Kencot Youth Choir,
Brothers in Harmony and many more! Let this musical drama speak to your heart, take
you on your knees, and help you obtain answers for there is Victory in the Name of
Jesus!

(14) Schedule of Upcoming Conference Dates and Events

Dates

Event

Nov 29
Nov 29 - Dec 7
Dec 7

International Singles Day

Stewardship Week
Leaders' Summit

Dec 12 - 14

Youth Congressoree,

Location
Constant Spring SDA Church
All Churches
Kencot SDA Church

Dec 17 - 20
January 24-2015

Camp Meeting
Religious Liberty Festival

Phillip E. L. Castell
Communication Director

Kencot SDA Church

National Arena