SABBATH JUNE 29, 2024
June 19, 2024
TO BE READ IN ALL CHURCHES IN JAMAICA UNION CONFERENCE
Dear Brethren
Sincere greetings.
The recent economic and political crises in Haiti have been in the news for some time now, and the effects have been devastating for the citizens, including many of our members. Tremendous loss has been experienced in their livelihood, work and homes, and the process of rebuilding is very daunting.
The Jamaica Union Conference and all the Conferences in Jamaica have agreed to contribute financially to assist our brothers and sisters. We would also want to give our members the opportunity to do so, hence, the lifting of a special offering on Sabbath, June 29, 2024, will be very much appreciated. Thereafter, if you still wish to contribute you can do so by clearly indicating same on your tithe envelope and it will be appropriated accordingly.
Importantly also, we ask that you pray for the people and government of Haiti. Pray also for the mission there, that the work of the Church will remain steadfast inspite of the challenges.
May God bless each of you as you join in support of our fellowmen.
Yours in His Service
Pastor Everett Brown, CD, JP President
North East Jamaica Conference
Youth Department
NORTH EAST JAMAICA CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS
Saturday, June 15, 2024
All Pastors, Youth, and Youth Leaders North East Jamaica Conference
Dear Youth,
Please accept Christian greetings from the Youth Department.
Dover, St. Mary. P.O. Box 32, Buff Bay, Portland, Jamaica.
Telephone: (876)996-8306
Cug: (876)550-9410
Email: youth@northeastja.org
Website: www.northeastja.org
After five years of not having a face-to-face camp, we are finally able to say that July 9-16, signals the grand return to our camping home, Camp Don in Robin’s Bay, St. Mary!
We are pleased to announce Summer Camp 2024 under the theme “Dream Big!” The Story of Joseph. This event promises to be a fun-filled, spiritually fulfilling camp where participants will learn more about the life and choices of Joseph, the dreamer, and how it relates to them in 2024
Art & Craft, Music, Digital Animation Workshops, and a Career Expo are some of the exciting activities that are planned for our youth to ensure that they are exposed to practical and spiritual skills that will help them to navigate today’s society.
The Sabbath July 13, 2024, will be celebrated as our Mid-Year Youth Rally– ‘Battle Ready’ The day promises to be one that will uplift our youth as they strive to remain ‘Battle-Ready’ in this Great Controversy just like Joseph was.
To help make this a reality for our youth, we are asking that your church sponsor at least two (2) delegates to Summer Camp. The camp fee will be $11,000.00.
We are also requesting donations of ground provisions and groceries such as flour, rice, oil, etc. to assist in offsetting some of the costs of hosting Summer Camp. Please contact Sis. Kymone Murray at (876) 842-3070 if you are willing to contribute. We would be grateful if you do same by June 28, 2024.
We are excited that renovation work has already begun at Camp Don to ensure that the campsite is ready. Let us gather the youth from across the conference and register them for camp!
Thank you for ensuring that your children and youth participate in this long-awaited event where they will learn that as they make Jesus the centre of their lives, He will help them not only to dream big and achieve it but to be ‘battle-ready!
May God continue to bless you in all your endeavours.
Yours in the Master’s service,
Pastor Raymond Douglas Youth & Public Campus Ministries and Communication Director
2. Returning The Tithe.
B. Where To Return — Continued
God has designated a plan which if followed will provide abun- dant support for His church. The tithe is to be presented to God as an experience of worship. When each member fulfills his obligation the church will have ample funds with which to carry out its mission—in the local church, the conference, the union and the world field.
The tithe plan is weakened and disrupted when the individual member decides to direct his tithe to organizations or projects of his own choice. The person to whom they might give it may indeed be needy and the project may be worthy, but the fact remains that this is not God’s plan. When this practice is followed, is the person really returning the tithe to God? God claims the tithe as His: “All the tithe of the land, whether of the seed of the land, or the fruit of the tree is the Lord’s: it is holy unto the Lord.” Leviticus 27:30.
“The portion that God has reserved for Himself is not to be diverted to any other purpose than that which He has specified. Let none feel at liberty to retain the tithe to use according to their own judgment. They are not to use it for themselves in an emergency, nor to apply it as they see fit, even in what they may regard as the Lord’s work” Testimonies for the Church 9:247.
“A very plain, definite message has been given to me for our [22] people. I am bidden to tell them that they are making a mistake in applying the tithe to various objects which, though good in themselves, are not the object to which the Lord has said the tithe should be applied. Those who are making this use of the tithe are departing from the Lord’s arrangement.” Testimonies for the Church 9:248.
For personal reasons some members may prefer to send a portion of their tithe directly to their local conference. Such arrangements should be made with the conference treasurer.
Bringing the tithe to the storehouse—the treasury of the church (the local conference through the local church)—provides for the equitable and sustained financial support of the worldwide program of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and is a major contributing factor to the worldwide unity of the church.
North East Jamaica Conference Community Services
NORTH EAST JAMAICA CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH - DAY ADVENTISTS
Dover, St. Mary. P.O. Box 32, Buff Bay, Portland, Jamaica. Telephone: (876)996-8306
Email: communityservices@northeastja.org Website: www.northeastja.org
May 27, 2024
To All Churches in St. Mary
North East Jamaica Conference
Dear Brethren:
Accept warm Christian greetings from the Community Services department of the North East Jamaica Conference.
The need has arisen for social intervention activities to be implemented to combat the increase in crime, violence and other antisocial behaviours in our society In an effort to assist, the Jamaica Union have joined efforts with the Restorative Justice Centre to initiate a two-part training. These sessions will help the members of the church to assist in managing and settling simple disputes to avoid or mitigate violence or major conflicts in our communities.
These training within North East Jamaica Conference will take place as outlined below:
Date: June 25 and July 2, 2024
Time: 8:30 am
Venue: Port Maria Seventh-day Adventist Church
We are inviting all elders, leaders and interested members to attend and participate. Lunch will be provided for all registered participants Please register as soon as the form is posted. We are looking forward to sharing with you.
Respectfully yours,
Sharon Blake (Mrs) Director-Community Services
Books are still available for sale and will be sold at Officers’ Council tomorrow. The Publishing Department will also have other books on sale.
Contact the North East Jamaica Conference Publishing Department office for prices.
I am more anxious to see a wide circulation for this book than for any others … for in The Great Controversy, the last message of warning to the world is given more distinctly than in any of my other books.
Contact the North East Jamaica Conference Publishing Department office for prices.
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June 3, 2024
To All Family Ministries & Men’s Ministries Leaders
Jamaica Union
Dear Brethren:
Christian Greetings!
It is an honour to greet you once more in the precious name of Jesus our soon coming King. I wish to express deep appreciation for your work in educating and equipping every member of the family; a work that Ellen G. White says should never be neglected.
I write to solicit your support for our National Men & BEAMS Convention which is to be held at the Seventh-day Adventist Church, Portmore, on Sabbath, August 31, 2014, commencing at 9:00 a.m.
The theme is, “Men Inspire: Each Man Memtors One.” Our Keynote Speaker is Dr. Leslie Pollard, President of Oakwood University, supported by Dr. Kevin Goulbourne, Director of Mental Health of the Ministry of Health and Wellness and myself as the Director for Men’s Ministries of Jamaica Union.
Please help us promote this programme to gather over 3,000 men at the Portmore Church. Oxford shirts are being printed for those interested, and each conference has chosen a specific colour. The cost for each shirt is J$3,000.00. Order forms are attached. Please make your payment at your local conference and send us a copy of your receipt through the Men’s Ministries Department or the Family Ministries Department of your Conference.
Please share the attached flyer widely and direct men from Morant Point to Negril Point to the Portmore SDA Church for the National Men & BEAMS Convention on August 31, 2024.
God’s Richest Blessings be yours.
Yours in the Master’s Service,
Dr. Roy Dennis, J.P. Family Ministries Director
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