- 140 Attend
Sabbath School Leadership Seminar
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- [June 25, 2008] Vivienne
Quarrie, Associate Personal Ministries Director of the West
Indies Union Conference, conducted a two-day Sabbath School
Leadership Seminar for Sabbath School teachers and leaders at the
Hillview Seventh-day Adventist Church, Nassau, June 23 and 24, 2008.
More than 140 individuals were all excited about the information
shared to help enrich their Sabbath School.
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- World
Religious News From Religion News Service
- Adventist Review for June
22, 2008
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- Cayman Islands Conference Session Election
Results
[June 20, 2008] Pastor
Eric D. Clarke, Executive Secretary of the of the Bahamas Conference was
elected president of the Cayman Islands Conference during the 2nd
Quadrennial Session on Thursday, June 19, 2008. Below is the list
of officers chosen thus far during the session. Cayman
Islands Conference consists of 15 churches and a membership of 3,558 (2
Spanish Churches, 1 Filippino Church, 12 English speaking churches).
The population is 46,000.
See website
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- President &
Education
- Pastor Eric Clarke
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- Executive
Secretary
- Pastor
Renaldo Drackett
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- Treasurer
- Miss Sheila
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- Youth
Ministries
- Sethres
Dixon
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Family Ministries
- Pastor Shian
O'Connor
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- "Jesus in the Park Gospel
Explosion" in Long Island
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Eleven
persons were baptized during the "Jesus in the Park Gospel
Explosion" held in Glinton's Long Island, The Bahamas, May 11-31,
2008. Pastor Keith A. Albury, non-resident district pastor for
Long Island, conducted the very first tent crusade in North Long
Island. The members of the Millerton Seventh-day
Adventist Church in North Long Island were richly blessed because of
the crusade. They supported the meetings each night and
brought visitors and friends. This was first of
its kind evangelistic outreach in North Long Island and the largest
baptism to date. Fifty miles south of Glinton's Long Island is
the Steven's Seventh-day Adventist Church, located in settlement of
Steven's Long, Island. Members Steven's Church travelled the
long distance to support the meetings. Members of
Millerton Church are currently worshipping in a school building
while they are constructing a new sanctuary. Head elder of
Millerton Church, Dudley Lightbourne, was happy for the baptisms
because new converts will add new life to the small
congregation. Click on photos to enlarge
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Conference Bible Worker plays the guitar during the meeting.
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- This Week's Devotion
- June 15, 2008
- By Patrice Williams Gordon
Mango Tree
Parables Part 1
When Jesus
was here on earth, He used the common objects and activities of the time to
teach His people lesson of eternal value. Though He is no longer on earth in
the flesh, I do believe He still communicates with us through our everyday
happenings; we just need to be still for long enough to get the message.
My love for mangoes and God’s
sense of humor, made the mango tree an ideal lectern for God to reach me
from. Though I never heard a voice from heaven requesting that I remove my
shoes, I know without a shade of doubt that this was heavenly coaching. Over
the past few weeks I have had several lessons beneath the same mango tree
and I do anticipate a few more before the mango season is over.
It was a hot week-day
evening, after the rigors of a challenging day. My friend Phil and I had
just returned to her home. As we alighted from the car, as if by magic, we
both noticed, at the same time, that there was one lonely ripe mango in the
tree. You could only slightly begin to imagine my excitement if you
understood what the mango season was like in my homeland, way across the
Caribbean Sea. At the risk of being consumed by mouthwatering nostalgia, I
will only mention that during our mango season, very little cooking occurs,
as we often pass each mealtime over dozens of mangoes of all varieties. That
said, you can appreciate my animation at the sight of this
lone ripe mango. Emmmmm!, all my senses were preparing for this imminent
pleasure. The thrill was however short-lived, when we realized that this
tantalizing fruit, was way out of our reach. We had no stick long enough to
fetch it and climbing was definitely out of the picture for these two
‘ladies’. In the wake of anticipation-turned- despondency, I paced the base
of the tree hoping to find some implement that may change our circumstances.
That’s when I saw them, first one, then three and eventually fifteen ripe
mangoes lying on the ground. I must confess that it was after pleasing my
taste buds with two of these succulent delights that I understood the first
of my three mango-tree-parables.
Were Jesus visiting me that
day, He may have said, “The Kingdom of heaven is likened unto a woman who,
when searching for fruits kept her eyes on the one fruit that was
inaccessible while ignoring the many provided right at her feet.”
Do you ever find yourself
craving, longing, yearning for something that you think will complete your
life? Maybe you have prayed for months, even years for this desire to be
filled while longingly looking squarely at the answer that you believe to be
the only right answer, your answer, that’s out of your reach. Just
maybe your mango could be a home, a job, a property, a mate, or even a
vacation destination. Friend, I have come to believe the saying “God never
closes a door without opening a window”. Didn’t David say, “Delight yourself
also in the LORD, and He shall give you the desires of your heart (Ps
37:4.)?
Could it be that you are
delaying your own fulfillment by ignoring the provisions that God has
already made for you, right at your feet? Why not take a look around right
now! This is not an invitation to abandon your dreams and settle for less.
On the contrary, whatever God provides is always beyond your wildest
expectations. So revisit the opportunities and options you have ignored. The
wise King implores us in Proverbs 3:5, “Trust in the LORD with all your
heart, and do not rely on your own insight. Excavate your present
circumstances with the driving confidence
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Williams-Gordon is a motivational speaker, founder and president of
Deliberate Living, a Christian, motivational and
inspirational organization. She is married to Pastor
Danhugh Gordon, and a mother of two lovely, energetic
daughters. See her web site at
www.deliberatelivingnow.com
Contact:
deliberate_living@yahoo.com
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that your
blessings are already a reality, only awaiting your awareness of
their presence.
Now to him who is able to do
immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is
at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus
throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. (Eph 3:20-4:1 NIV)
Y O U R B I B L E Q U E S T I O N S
Adventist Review
for June 12, 2008
This week the Adventist Review Online presents the second part of its new
feature "Your Bible Questions." For several years, Angel Rodriguez, a noted
Bible scholar, has answered your Bible questions. From time to time, we will
share Rodriguez's perspectives on a wide range of biblical topics. Below is
our first installment.
A Pagan Prophet?
http://www.adventistreview.org/2003-1528/story4.html
Was Balaam a prophet from God? (Num. 22-24)
The Bible and Suicide
http://www.adventistreview.org/2004-1511/story4.html
What does the Bible say about suicide?
Sabbath Questions
http://www.adventistreview.org/2002-1541/story4.html
How is the rest in Hebrews 4 related to the seventh-day Sabbath?
Spiritual Beings
http://www.adventistreview.org/2002-1511/story4.html
How does the Bible define "spirit"?
Is the Heavenly Sanctuary Really Real?
http://www.adventistreview.org/2002-1546/story4.html
Is the heavenly sanctuary a real temple with a holy and most holy place?
Breaking Church News
Mexico: Adventist Church Makes Inroads in Catholic Communities
http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=1906
Some members still suffer harassment.
NEWSBRIEFS: Let’s Talk Series Concludes in Romania
http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=1907
The video series launched in 2003.
- Northern
Caribbean University School of Nursing on the Way
- News from Northern
Caribbean Univeristy Website
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[June 12, 2008] The Northern
Caribbean University (NCU ) Hyacinth Chen School of Nursing is well on the
way toward its historic official opening on August 10, 2008. The much
anticipated official opening will take place during the institution’s
graduation weekend and has been fast-tracked to facilitate the start of the
2008/2009 academic year in August.
In September 2006, Founder, Canadian mutual fund company AIC and Chairman,
National Commercial Bank (NCB), Mr. Michael Lee Chin, donated $142 million
to build a world class nursing school which would be named in honour of his
mother, Hyacinth Chen. Construction of the new facility commenced in March
2007, and later in January 2008, Lee Chin gave an additional $105 million
for the completion, furnishing and equipping of the building. Now, a little
more than a year since construction first started, projections indicate that
the facilities will be operational by August. Despite the challenges that
might occur during the hurricane season, Vice President of Facilities
Planning, Admissions & Retention, Dr. Daniel Fider, assures that the school
will be ready for the scheduled opening. At the end of its
construction, the Hyacinth Chen School of Nursing will boast
state-of-the-art facilities and is expected to accommodate 800 nursing
students. According to Dr. Fider, “there will be no other nursing school in
the Caribbean such as what we will have here at Northern Caribbean
University”.
The newly constructed building will facilitate the relocation of the
existing Nursing Department,
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President, Dr. Herbert Thompson (right) and Mr. Lee Chin look
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which will now have more
offices. In addition, classrooms, nursing labs and an Anatomy and Physiology
(A&P) lab will also be housed within the building. Presently, no changes are
expected in the nursing curriculum for Fall Semester 2008. However, plans
are in place to consider revising the curriculum when a new Director of
Nursing arrives in July of this year.
Twenty (20) freshmen entering the Hyacinth Chen School of Nursing who
have been successful in the prescribed exams, will be offered scholarships
valued at US$3500 each, dubbed the NCB Foundation/NCU Inaugural
Scholarships. Applications may be downloaded from the NCU website.
Article by: Benjamin
Beloni, Audrey Burchell, Terry Ann Graham, Keren Manorth, O'Shea Morgan,
Fernon Thompson, Jewel Young. Students, Writing for Electronic Media
- Focus On
Health
- Adventist Review, June 6,
2008
Seventh-day Adventists have a rich
tradition of proclaiming the advantages of a healthy lifestyle. As a
denomination, we enjoy longer, healthier lives. What’s the secret? The
following articles offer several answers.
10 Healthy Principles for Body and Soul
http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=828
Antioxidants are found in more places than our food!
The Adventist Drug Problem
http://www.adventistreview.org/2002-1517/story1.html
Here’s an issue all Adventists must face.
To Drink or Not to Drink
http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=276
What does the research really show?
Health for the Whole Person
http://www.adventistreview.org/2002-1505/story1.html
While most people only exist, Christians enjoy a life worth celebrating.
What You Need to Know About Exercise
http://www.adventistreview.org/2002-1505/story3.html
What you don’t know will hurt you.
- World Religious News From
Religion News Service
- Adventist World for June 4, 2008
British Parliament Backs Human-animal Hybrids
http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=1894
The votes deal a blow to pro-lifers.
Alabama Says Churches, Not State, Must Rehab Prisoners
http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=1894#2
Alabama releases 11,000 inmates a year.
Court Backs Oregon Gay Marriage Ban
http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=1894#3
Voters approved the ban in 2004.
Churches Applaud Burger King’s Migrant Worker Agreement
http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=1894#4
The agreements could add $20 a day for laborers.
