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The full manifestation of the image of God in humanity and the restoration of all creation.
Glorifying God by passionately proclaiming and living the Everlasting Gospel, in anticipation of the Second Advent.
My brothers and sisters in Christ, as we embark on our cherished annual project, the Harvest Ingathering, I extend warm greetings and share in the excitement of what lies ahead.
This year’s theme, “God is faithful...He provides,” serves as a powerful reminder of the unwavering provision and grace that our Lord offers each of us. As we come together to participate in this meaningful project, let us reflect on the many ways God has blessed us throughout the year and prepare our hearts to share those blessings with others.
Our Harvest Ingathering is not just a project but a testament to our faith and a celebration of God’s faithfulness in our lives. It is an opportunity for us to unite in purpose and generosity, demonstrating the love and care that God has so generously shown us.
As we contribute our time, resources, and efforts, let’s remember that every act of giving and service is a reflection of God’s abundant love and provision. May this season be filled with hope, gratitude, and a deep sense of community as we work together for the greater good.
Thank you for your continued support and dedication. Let us move forward with hearts full of faith and anticipation, trusting in the promises of our faithful God.
Blessings to you all.
Pastor Everett E. Brown, CD, JP President
Amount disbursed in the areas of scholarships, grants, etc.
$14,140,055.60
Disbursed to persons in need $13,442,418.80
Disbursed for health related purposes $ 8,881,273.80
Number of: Universities - 1, High Schools - 8, Preparatory Schools- 19 Number of: Hospitals - 1, Health Centres - 3
Anique Bailey and Tallia Patterson, students from Port Maria High and Preparatory School, along with a member of the Forestry Department, participate in a tree-planting initiative led by the Forestry Department on the school grounds.
Registered Nurse Shantoya Brown (left) from the Riverton Meadows SDA Church takes the blood pressure of a senior citizen who attended the Purpose of Life Health Clinic on June 23, 2024, at the Sherlock Crescent Community Centre in Duhaney Park, Kingston 20. More than 320 persons were seen by health professionals during this community impact, which was a collaborative event between health professionals from the Meadowvale, New Haven, Washington Gardens, Pembroke Hall and Andrews Memorial SDA Churches.
[Photo by Phillip Castell]
A group of young people clean up a section of Rocky Point Beach in Clarendon, as part of the planned activities for the Operation Save A Youth (OSAY) initiative in Clarendon on March 17, 2024. [Photo by Garry Witter]
Health professional Michelle Pessoa Ewers (left), from the New Haven SDA Church, takes the blood pressure of Jennifer Hunter, a community member from Patrick Gardens who came to the Purpose of Life Health Fair on June 23, 2024.
[Photo by Phillip Castell]
A member of the Women’s Ministries and Community Services team shares a hot meal and drink with a community resident at the Mission of Hope Charitable organisation in Montego Bay. Each month, more than 350 hot meals are served to community residents.
Marvy Williams, an intern at the West Jamaica Conference office, carries a care package for delivery to individuals impacted by Hurricane Beryl. More than 150 care packages and 370 gallons of water were distributed to residents of South St. Elizabeth on Sunday, July 7, 2024.
Two members of the Community Services team of the Central Jamaica Conference load a bus with supplies for distribution to local churches in the Spanish Town area during the ‘Operation Big Blessing’ Health Fair and Community Impact held July 7-13, 2024.
Andre Barrett (left) and Delroy Palmer (right), members of the SDA Church in Lorrimers, Trelawny, share a tract and a word of prayer with a community member during a street impact on March 16, 2024. Scores of literature were distributed in and around communities in South Trelawny, culminating with a massive town impact in the afternoon.
Healthcare worker, Cáslyn Campbell, prepares to attend to a senior citizen at the Good News Gospel Campaign Health Fair on the grounds of the Cobbla Community Centre on April 17, 2024.
Citizens wait patiently to be registered to access medical services at the Purpose of Life Health Fair at the Sherlock Crescent Community Centre on June 23, 2024.
[Photo by Phillip Castell]
A Master Guide of the West Jamaica Conference, delivers a care package to a member of the Pedro Community, in South St. Elizabeth. The response team delivered more than 150 care packages and water to members of the community.
Community Services & Possibility Ministries Director, Sharon Blake (right) presents a well-needed wheelchair to a Senior Citizen at the Possibilities Ministries Impact Day. They are flanked by the Conference Treasurer and members of the NEJC Possibility Ministries task force. God is Faithful...
There is one God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, a unity of three coeternal Persons usually called the Trinity. God is immortal, all-powerful, all-knowing, above all, and ever present. He is infinite and beyond human comprehension, yet known through His self-revelation. God, who is love, is forever worthy of worship, adoration, and service by the whole creation.
In Christ’s life of perfect obedience to God’s will, His suffering, death, and resurrection, God provided the only means of atonement for human sin, so that those who by faith accept His atonement have eternal life.
The Second Coming of Christ is the blessed hope of the Church, the grand climax of the Gospel. His coming will be literal, personal, visible and world-wide. When He returns the righteous dead will be resurrected and together with the righteous living will be glorified and taken to heaven. The unrighteous - those who have rejected divine grace - will die.
The Church is the community of believers who confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. In it men and women join together for worship , fellowship, instruction in the word, the celebration of the Lord’s Supper, service to our neighbours, and the worldwide proclamation of the Gospel.
For Full Summary visit http:// www.adventist.org/beliefs/
The Old and New Testament are the written Word of God, given by divine inspiration through holy men of God who spoke and wrote by the Holy Spirit. The Scriptures are the infallible revelation of God’s will.
Baptism by immersion is a symbol of our union with Christ, the forgiveness of our sins, and our acceptance of the Holy Spirit.
The great principles of God’s law are embodied in the Ten Commandments and exemplified in the life of Christ. They express God’s love, will, and purposes concerning human conduct and relationships and are binding upon all people in every age. Salvation is all of grace and not of works, and its fruit is obedience to the Commandments.
The seventh day of the week, Saturday, is observed as the day of rest, worship and ministry in harmony with the teaching and practice of Jesus, the Lord of the Sabbath.
On the new earth, in which righteousness dwells, God will provide an eternal home for the redeemed and a perfect environment for everlasting life in His presence. Suffering and death will have passed away.
A volunteer nurse of the ‘Operation Big Blessing’ team attends to a resident of the Spanish Town community during the Health Fair and Community Impact held at Central Jamaica Conference Office in Spanish Town, St. Catherine from July 7-13, 2024.
[Photo by Garry Witter]
Deacons Orrette Wilson & Ewan Brown (left to right) from the Shortwood SDA Church are among a team of members from the deaconate who decided to effect complete repairs to the roof of a shut-in member’s home in the Grants Pen community on July 21, 2024.
[Photo by Oshane Gray]
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assist members from the Darliston and
Hall Districts in packing food supplies for delivery to the Churches in the two Districts. West Jamaica Conference has provided more than 22 million dollars of food supplies to serve the community service needs of the Conference. The four Parish Community Service Centres and every Pastoral District received food supplies for distribution.
As part of the 2024 Labour Day activities, members of the Manchioneal District of Churches participate in the clean up of the Long Bay beach in Portland. (In
A student nurse from NCU attends to a senior citizen at a Health Clinic during a Health Fair and Community Impact held at the Central Jamaica Conference Office in Spanish Town, St. Catherine from July 7-13, 2024.
[Photo by Garry Witter]
Pastor Oshane White (right) assists members from the Darliston and Contented Hall Districts in packing food supplies for delivery to the churches in the two districts. Food supplies were distributed to the 58 Pastoral Districts and the four Parish Community Service centres.
A total of 44 patients received care during an outreach event led by Northern Dental, spearheaded by Dr. Cooke on Sunday, June 9, 2024
Ms. Janice McGrowther, Secretary for the WJC Transforming Lives Foundation Ltd., presents a backpack to a child from the Grange Hill Community during WJC Transforming Lives Foundation Ltd. Back-to-School Health Fairs, held in Westmoreland. Looking on is Mrs. Yvonne Sonlin, President of the Westmoreland Community Services Parish Federation. More than 150 children received back-to-school supplies and free medical checks.
Mrs. Yvonne Sonlin, President of the Westmoreland Community Services Parish Federation, presents a backpack to a Grange Hill Community child during WJC Transforming Lives Foundation Ltd., back-to-school Health fairs, held in Westmoreland. Looking on is another child from the community and Ms. Cordelia Cunningham a volunteer with the Foundation.
Mrs. Marion Barrett-Popkin, Treasurer of West Jamaica Conference (in yellow to the right), shares a photo moment with some of the children from the Laconia community who received school bags and school supplies from the WJC Transforming Lives Foundation Ltd. The Foundation conducted four Back-to-School Health Fairs, one in each parish, where more than 600 children received back-to-school supplies and free medical and dental checks.
A church member shares a hot meal with indigent member of the Bounty Hall and Wakefield communities.
Some of the students who received backpacks with school supplies during a segment of the Back-to-School Fair hosted by the Rest Store SDA Church on August 15, 2024.
Theodore Meade smiles as he receives his backpack with school items from Garneth “Merle” Smith, Community Services Leader at Rest Store SDA Church in South Manchester, during a segment of their Back-to-School initiative.
The Moneague District of Churches, in partnership with the local CDC, builds a house for an elderly man in Faith’s Pen, Moneague.
A team from the Washington Adventist University, in partnership with Northern Caribbean University’s (NCU) Health and Wellness and Nursing Departments, hosted a health fair where faculty, staff, and members of the community received health care services such as blood pressure tests, body mass index, and reading glasses on June 19, 2024 at the NCU Gymnatorium.
Members of NCU’s senior nursing class stand happily with (seated): Pastor Everett Brown, Chairman of the Board of Governors of NCU (left), Dr. Audrey Gregory, CEO for the East Florida Division of AdventistHealth (2nd from left), Professor Lincoln Edwards, University President (third from left), and Mr. Donmayne Gyles, CEO of Andrews Memorial Hospital (right) after the handing over ceremony of laptops and tools to the senior nursing students on September 5, 2024, solidifying continued efforts to collaborate and equip our nurses.
[Photo by: Phillip Castell]
On April 16, 2024, NCU staff and students marked Go-Day by distributing care packages, groceries, and computer units to caregiving institutions. They also volunteered by teaching at schools and beautifying community-based facilities in Manchester and St. Elizabeth.
Members of the Department of Recruitment and Admissions at NCU, along with students, ventured out to the Adventist High Schools in the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists to inspire students and provide advice on how to plan for their future during the Dream Big initiative in October and November 2023.
God is Faithful... He Provides
An International Food Security Assessment (post Covid-19) by the United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Services indicates that Jamaica’s food insecurity levels have doubled since the pandemic and now stands at 400,000 or 12.8%.
Aligning with the global mission, the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (JAMU) developed the ADRA JAMU Food feeding initiative.
Direct Deposit in Jamaica – Bank Information
ACCOUNT OWNER: West Indies Union (Food Bank)
BANK NAME: JMMB, Branch, Mandeville ACCOUNT #: 006400184782, TRANSIT: 00064-062 TYPE: Savings
Donating at SDA Churches in Jamaica: On the Tithe envelope - Section OTHER: Write: JAMAICA UNION (Food Bank)
Donating from the USA – Wire Transfer
ACCOUNT NAME: Inter-American Division, Inc., Wire Account
BANK NAME: Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. 420 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, CA 94104
ACCOUNT #: 2000044125745
ABA Number: 121000248 shire, WD17 2DS
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