East Jamaica Conference

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
Communication Department

November 29, 2013 To: All Pastors, Elders, Leaders and Church Members Dear Brethren: Sincere Christian greetings! Please see important dates and events of the East Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists below. (1) Leaders' Summit 2013 Leaders Summit will be this Sunday, December 1, 2013 at Kencot SDA Church and it will begin at 9:00 am. All elected officers of the church should be there. This is the official mechanism that the church has for the leadership of a local church to meet with the leadership of the Conference and members of the higher organization. This year we will be addressed by Dr. James Daniels of the Inter-American Division. Apart from prayer, praise and spiritual motivation, critical information relating to the new thrust and plans for the work of the Church going forward is shared from a departmental level with leaders. New Leaders will have the opportunity to meet their counterpart at the Conference Office who will share important plans and events to take place in that department next year. (2) World Stewardship Day - December 7, 2013 Churches are reminded that next Sabbath, December 7, 2013 will be World Stewardship Day. Stewardship leaders are reminded to use this opportunity to present the important truths and messages relating to Christian Stewardship to the church during this time. (3) Metro Mission Offering - Dec 7, 2013 All churches in Jamaica Union have been requested to collect a special Metro Mission14 offering on Sabbath December 7, 2013 which is designated as World Stewardship Day on the 2013 calendar of events. These funds will be used to aid in the upcoming mission to the city campaign. . Members are invited to make a tangible contribution in this regard to assist in the cause of the Lord. Please see further information on this matter below in letter addressed to the church from Pastor Carl Cunningham, Sabbath School/ Personal Ministries Director/ Community Services Director - EJC. (4) Camp Meeting 2013 Camp Meeting is only a few days away. This promises to be the biggest meeting of thanksgiving and celebration to God for His blessings and leadership this year. Camp Meeting is designed especially for you the members of the church and will provide information, inspiration, fellowship and education, among other things. This is your special invitation to attend. -1-

This year Camp Meeting was planned and executed by the Laity it will be different from any other year. We are inviting everyone to be there. This year we are requesting that representatives from every group in the church be represented in the parade of zones which will be one of the feature items on Wednesday night. This should include uniformed groups, new believers, Community Services members, Deacons & Deaconesses, Pathfinders, Master Guides, Elders etc. Please contact the Pastor who leads your zone for further information. Pathfinders and Masterguides to take part in the March Pass may contact Dave McNeish at 2972504. Please follow this link to our YouTube channel to see video promotion for Camp Meeting 2013 (5) Change of Venue for AHVA & Health Ministries Awards Dinner Kindly note that the venue for the Adventist Health Volunteers Association (AHVA) & Health Ministries Awards Dinner scheduled for December 15, 2013 has been changed from the VH Percy Centre to EJC Boardroom. The event will begin at 3:00 pm Dr. Leonard Steele, Health Ministries Director -EJC apologizes for any inconvenience this change in venue may cause. (6) Youth Ministries Department Update

Youth Congressoree: You are encouraged to start planning for this NOT TO BE MISSED function,
which is scheduled for December 20 & 21. Friday night @ Half Way Tree Church and on Sabbath @ Karram Speid Auditorium, Merl Grove High. Guest speaker will be Pastor Keith Morris out of the USA. Plan to be there!!! 1. Youth Awards Banquet: The annual Youth Awards Banquet will be held on December 22, 2013 at Hotel Four Seasons, 18 Ruthven Road, Kingston 10, starting at 5:00pm. The ticket cost remains the same as last year, at $3,000.00 each. Guest Speaker Dr. Calnette Williams; MCs Adiese Jonas & Jovan Whyte. Application Forms & tickets can be obtained from your area coordinator/youth larders or be downloaded (application forms) from the Youth Ministries Department (EJC website @ ejcsda.com). Deadline for submission of ALL FORMS is November 29, 2013. See Poster below for additional information. (7) Notices from the Women's Ministries Department 1. All womens ministries directors and their team members are expected to be at the annual leaders/ officers meeting on Sunday, December1, 2013, beginning at 9 a.m. GEMS monthly session will take place on Sabbath, November 30, 2013 from 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Directors appreciation exercise has been postponed for a date to be announced. Graduation for Soft Skills and Levels 1, 2 & 3 Leadership Certification Training has been postponed for a date to be announced. Womens & Childrens Ministries Zone 4 Commitment Service will take place on January 11, 2014 at the Morant Bay SDA Church. Dress code/ preferred colors- Childrens Ministries shades of pink & navy blue; Womens Ministries shades of lavender & purple. Kindly take a fruit to enhance our fruit luncheon meeting. -2-

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Womens & Childrens Ministries Zone 4 Commitment Service will take place on January 18, 2014. At the Kencot SDA Church. Childrens Ministries -shades of pink & navy blue; Womens Ministriesshades of lavender & purple are the preferred coloursto be worn on that day.

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ASI/ IAD July 2014 Mission Crusade will be held in Belize. For further information contact the Administrative Assistant, Mrs. Murlena McKenzie. The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts. Robin Sharma Be right, but be right in the right way.

Tips for Parents Week 7: February 9, 2013 Every child should be encouraged to read a wide variety of materials, especially those that promote his/her intellectual, social, moral and spiritual wellbeing. Keep a variety of good reading materials in the home. Children have a right to information.

(8) Notices from the Children's Ministries Department

1. Bible Spell-a-thon Awards will be held on Monday, December 16, 2013 beginning at 4:00 p.m. 2. Directors and team members, come unite with other workers in the army of Christ at the Leaders Summit on Sunday December 1, at the Kencot SDA Church. 3. JEWELS Botanical Retreat December 23, 2013. Aunties and Uncles, get ready for this. 4. Graduation for Soft Skills Levels 1, 2 & 3 Leadership Certification Training has been postponed for a date to be announced.

5. 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. The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. - Dale Carnegie (9) Special Events Happening in some of our Churches
Dedicatory Service - Constant Spring SDA Church

The Constant Spring SDA Church invites you to join them for their church dedication over the week-end of November 29 - December 1, 2013. There will be a thanksgiving Vesper Service on Friday Nov. 29, a celebratory service on Sabbath November 30, 2013 the dedicatory service on Sunday December 1, 2013 at 3:00 pm. -3-

The special line up of speakers include Pastor Wadsworth McNuff, Former Pastor of the Church - Friday night, Pastor L. H. Walton, Founding Pastor of the Church - Sabbath Divine Service and Pastor Milton Gregroy, Secretary, JAMU on Sunday.

Come share in this historic moment when the Constant Spring SDA Church finally dedicated in for the honour and glory of God. See poster below for further details.

(10) EJC Website Recent Updates Photo Highlights

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(11) Schedule of Upcoming Conference Dates and Events

Dec 1 Dec 7 Dec 11 - 14 Dec 15 Dec 20 - 21 Dec 22 Dec 23 Jan 12

Dates -2013

Leaders' Summit Graduation for Soft Skills Levels 1, 2, 3 Leadership Cert. Training Camp Meeting Adventist Health Volunteers & Health Min. Awards Youth Congressoree Youth Awards Banquet JEWELS Botanical Retreat Metro Mission 14 Road march

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Kencot SDA Church EJC Board Room Kencot SDA Church EJC Board Room H-W-T & Karam Speid Auditorium Hotel Four Season Half Way Tree

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Phillip E. L. Castell Communication Director

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East Jamaica Conference Of Seventh-day Adventists

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 28, 2013

To: Pastors, Elders, Church Clerks, Superintendents, Personal Ministries & Community Services Leaders TO BE READ IN THE CHURCH Dear Brothers and Sisters: Re - continued Preparation for METRO MISSION 14 Brotherly Greetings! God has blessed us tremendously in this the Year of the Laity! Our 2013 baptismal and discipleship records, as well as the significant occasions and gestures which feature the laity in leadership and ministry at every level summon responses of gratitude and praise. We commend you lay leaders for the magnificent contributions you are making to the cause of Christ in this year. We are coming out of the recent Festival of the Laity highly charged and Ignited by His Power. Camp Meeting 2013 will be one with a difference, conducted by the Laity a most fitting climax to conclude the programmes of this historic year. The beginning of each year is a special time that we embrace every opportunity to keep the correct focus and emphasis on the mission of Christ and the Church. We are now in the advanced stages of preparation for the largest and most ambitious evangelistic programme ever attempted by the Church our Mission to the City Initiative, being dubbed, METRO MISSION 2014 - Hope for the City. We cannot afford to allow anything to distract us at this time. Every soldier is to be a true sentinel. Each of us must, with sincere heart, enquire of the Lord: What will you have me to do? METRO MISSION OFFERING - Dec 7, 2013 Beginning with this special national sacrificial offering being requested by the union on Sabbath, December 7, 2013, we should each individually start to commit our own monies to be put into the programme of soul winning. We can make pledges to give weekly or monthly offerings. Please see form attached. Intensify MM 14 Preparation The Sabbath School and Personal Ministries Department, with all its subsidiaries and extension ministries and offices, such as the Lay Evangelistic Association, Community Services Federation, Prison and /2

Hospital Ministries, Interest Coordinators and Bible instructors play a critical role in this programme. We must, without competition, yoke ourselves with others and approach the challenges as a united force. We must be intentional and strategic. Nothing else should eclipse our attention. Every day must me a missionary day. Each Sabbath should be a day to assess our level of Preparation, and to motivate each other to faithfulness. We are calling on our Sabbath School and Personal Ministries leaders to ensure that prime time is being used to gather the relevant reports and testimonies and to share them with the entire congregation each Sabbath. The Personal Ministries time, (10 Minutes), should not be used for sermonizing but for reporting, recruiting and deployment of members into field work. Weekly Progress Report A weekly progress report must be generated every Sabbath. This should be shared with the Church and also sent to the Conference. Please see the attached report form. Strategies to be employed We need now to unite, to design and implement significant community humanitarian projects. We are to ensure that each cluster and each church coordinating committee is fully engaged. Plan and implement a grand spiritual convocation to launch into the final phase of MM 14 preparation. Door to Door evangelistic and friendly work should now be the order of the day. A Bible School is to be established in and by every congregation. Many evangelistic Small Groups should now be formed and activated. Pre-registration of prospects should begin at least six weeks before each reaping campaign. Lets begin with our family members, friends, co-work, professionals, colleagues and members of our communities. Lets begin to plan our diaries that we will be able to attend all or most of the nightly meetings, to be conducted in our clusters. Most of all, let us intensify our prayer life. This one goeth out not but by prayer and fasting. Ellen G. Whites counsel is most relevant Evangelistic work must occupy more and still more of the time of Gods servants. So, come lets do it together through the power of the Holy Spirit. May God bless us together, as we rally to the programme. Yours in the Masters Service,

CMCunningham
Carl M. Cunningham (Pastor) Sabbath School/Personal Ministries & Community Services Director

METRO MISSION DISCIPLESHIP COMMITMENT FORM

Recognizing the urgent need to spread the message of hope in Christ, I willingly commit to being actively involved in the METRO MISSION 14 programme, being conducted at ____________________________________________________, ___________________
Place of meetings Date

Evangelist_____________________________________________________ I pledge to: 1. 2. 3. 4. Pray for this programme every day ( ); Work with at least ( ) souls, via Bible school ( ), Small Groups ( ) One to One ( ); Attend the meetings Every night ( ) three nights per week( ) Other_____________ Give monetary contribution as follow: a. $10, 000.00 or more ( ) $7,500.00 ( ) $5,000.00 ( ) $3,000.00 ( ) $2,000.00 ( ) $1,000.00 ( ) $500.00 ( ) $100.00 ( ). Other___________ b. This will be given: at once ( ), weekly ( ), four times ( ), two times ( ).

Name________________________________________________ Tel #_____________________ Email_________________________________ Church _________________________________ Signature______________________________________ Date ________________________

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METRO MISSION DISCIPLESHIP COMMITMENT FORM

Recognizing the urgent need to spread the message of hope in Christ, I willingly commit to being actively involved in the METRO MISSION 14 programme, being conducted at ____________________________________________________, ___________________
Place of meetings Date

Evangelist_____________________________________________________ I pledge to: 1. 2. 3. 4. Pray for this programme every day ( ); Work with at least ( ) souls, via Bible school ( ), Small Groups ( ) One to One ( ); Attend the meetings Every night ( ) three nights per week( ) Other_____________ Give monetary contribution as follow: a. $10, 000.00 or more ( ) $7,500.00 ( ) $5,000.00 ( ) $3,000.00 ( ) $2,000.00 ( ) $1,000.00 ( ) $500.00 ( ) $100.00 ( ). Other___________ b. This will be given: at once ( ), weekly ( ), four times ( ), two times ( ).

Name________________________________________________ Tel #_____________________ Email_________________________________ Church _________________________________ Signature______________________________________ Date ________________________