East Jamaica Conference

Communication Department

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

December 28, 2013

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

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MetroMission14 Special Offering- December 28, 2013 AYS Festival 2013 - New Haven SDA Church - December 28, 2013 Day of Prayer and All Night Prayer - January 4-2014 Notices From the Sabbath School / Personal Min./ Comm. Services Department Notices From The Youth Ministries Department Notices From the Health Ministries Department Notices from the Women's Ministries Department Notices from the Communication Department Schedule of Upcoming Conference Dates and Events

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(1) MetroMission14 Special Offering - December 28, 2013 All churches in Jamaica Union were requested to collect a special MetroMission14 offering on Sabbath December 7 and 28 , 2013. We use this opportunity to encourage members to bring a liberal MM14 special offering on December 28. These funds will be used for the upcoming mission to the city campaign which requires extensive financial resources. (2) A.Y.S FESTIVAL 2013 - December 28, 2013 The New Haven SDA Church in collaboration with the E.J.C Youth Ministries Department present AYS Festival 2013, at the New Haven Church on December 28, 2013 starting at 4pm. Come join in this wonderful celebration of songs, drama, testimonials and the spoken word. End the year right and be there!!! (3) Day of Prayer and All Night Prayer Session - January 4-2014 We invite the entire church to make January 4 a special day of Prayer and Thanksgiving to God with special emphasis on the upcoming MM14 Campaign. On the night of January 4, 2014 we invite every Pastor, Leader, Officer and member of the Church to join us for a night of prayer at the Kencot SDA Church. This is where we will get an opportunity to prayer together as a Church for the first time in the new year. Plan to be there. -2-

(4) Notices from the Sabbath School / Personal Ministries / Comm. Services Department 1. All Sabbath School Superintendents are reminded to ensure the implementation of the Parent Care Group (PCG) & Operation Reclamation and to register the relevant names to the MM14 Initiative. 2. Please see MM14 Project Proposal Document from Pastor Carl Cunningham below. (5) Notices From the Youth Ministries Department Photographs with the names of the recipients of the recent Youth Awards recipients have been posted on the website. Feel free to visit the photo gallery to see what you missed at the Youth Awards Banquet. (6) Notices from the Health Ministries Department and Notices 1. Health Ministries Training January 5 - POSTPONED 2. Health Ministries Day - January 8 - Theme: Christs methods of Evangelism- the only Way.

(7) Notices from the Women's Ministries Department

1. 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. All team members are expected to be in attendance.

2. Womens & Childrens Ministries Zone 4 Commitment Service and luncheon will take place on January
18, 2014 at the Kencot SDA Church. Childrens Ministries -shades of pink & navy blue; Womens Ministries-shades of lavender & purple are the preferred colors to be worn on that day. Kindly take a fruit to augment our fruit luncheon meeting. (8) Notices from the Communication Department 1. All Communication Leaders are asked to submit the list of Church Officers for 2014 to the EJC Secretariat & Communication Department. The information should be forwarded to eastcon@ejcsda.com or ejccommunications@gmail.com. The deadline for this is January 1, 2014. (9) Schedule of Upcoming Conference Dates and Events

Dates
Dec 28 Dec 29 Dec 28 Jan 2 Jan 2

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Location
All Churches Hope SDA Church

Collection of Special MM14 Offering The Certainity of Gospel Explosion Campaign Begins EJC Conference Office Reopens Workers' Meeting EJC Conference Office Reopens Day of Prayer for the Pastor MM14 Initiative Jan 4 All Night Prayer Meeting & Launch of Reaping Phase of MM14 Jan 5 - 8 Pastors' Prayer Retreat Jan 8 Health Ministries Day Jan 12 Metro Mission 14 Road march Feb 16 Adventist Health Volunteers Training

Kencot SDA Church Camp Verley - St. Catherine Half Way Tree

Phillip E. L. Castell Communication Director

MM Project Proposal Workshop

Dear Brothers and Sisters, Christian Greetings. The EJC SOE and MM14 team in collaboration with members of Institutional Development Missions (A voluntary missionary team from Advent Fellowship) will be conducting further training for church members who desire to work in their community and among their peer groups for the purpose of obtaining funding for community development projects. The First Meetings will be conducted at the Half Way Tree SDA Church on the 6th & 7th of January, starting precisely at 5:30 pm. We recognize that poverty has many aspects which include lack of skills training, education or opportunities for employment or lack of human resource development. We have a vision to equip the churches to assist their communities by providing opportunities for community development. This training aims to walk members through the process of Project writing and to guide them in the execution of these projects. We have already seen a measure of success in this and would like to build on that foundation during MM14. Listed in the attachment are the basic requirements for the project workshop. We understand the limitations of some of our churches in the areas of technology and human resource; please feel free to attend even when you may not have these. We are also inviting university students and other qualified professionals to provide Voluntary assistance needed. Please come with an attitude to sacrifice time, work hard and pray harder for this endeavor. Blessings to you all. Sincerely Valerie Ragbir Director, Institutional Development Mission Pastor Carl M. Cunningham Sabbath School and Personal Ministries Director and Principal, EJC School of Evangelism

*Institutional Development Missions: A group of SDA University students and associates who work with churches in developing projects aimed at community development.

THE MM14 PROJECT PROPOSAL WORKSHOP Requirements

Stationery: Notebook and pen Laptop, if possible, with Word, PowerPoint software and Adobe reader.

Contact Information
Email address, phone contact and address. Proper address of church. Pastors or First elders contact information.

Project Team
At least 2 persons per project idea: The Manager, Secretary. Note: A church can have more than one team in a church depending on the projects. For project writing please involve a computer literate 4th form to university student/graduate (if you dont have this resource person, one will be sourced for you) Please indicate this asap.

Project Idea
Project idea must involve community Identify already available resource of church e.g. Land for agriculture, kitchen or cooking project etc Identify work already done if available

Persons of Interest:
MM14 Cluster Community Projects Personnel; Community Services Leaders; Heads of department or representatives; Youth leaders: Pathfinder leaders, Youth Groups/ Clubs representatives; Persons involved in community work: Community based Organizations, Village council leaders; Basic School Leaders, Etc.

Registration (January 2 and 3, 2014)

You may register through EJC Sabbath School and Personal Ministries Department or with Ms. Valerie Ragbir of Institutional Development Missions @ Adfel.