- Cuban SDA Church
Leader Visits The Bahamas
 The
officers of the Conference are very pleased to welcome to the beautiful
shores of the Bahamas, Pastor Daniel Fontaine, president of the Cuban
Union of Seventh-day Adventists, and Mrs. Fontaine. Their visit at this
time is in response to our ministers and wives’ visit to Cuba in June of
last year.
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- Since arriving, Pastor and Mrs.
Fontaine have paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Hon. Janet A. Bostwick, and participated in a press conference, which was
held at the Conference's office, yesterday, at 11 am. Today, he will be
speaking at the Maranatha Church for the Divine service, and at a special
service that is planned for the Centreville Church at 4pm. We are inviting
all of our members to attend what promises to be an inspirational program
as we listen to the report of what our Heavenly Father is doing through
his people in Cuba. In addition, we request
that you bring a love offering that would go toward assisting the work in
that portion of the Lord's vineyard. There is much work to be done there,
and financial assistance is greatly needed.
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- Also, in Nassau from Cuba is Coralia
Jones Chapman, a librarian from the SDA Theological Seminary in Havana.
Coralia is accompanied by her husband. They are special house guests of
Brother George Kerr. Coralia has been instrumental in assisting many of
our students in Cuba
SDA
Art Club to Resume January,
2002 All members of the SDA
Art Club are reminded that art classes will resume Sunday, January 13, at 3 p.m.
at BA Secondary School. A. Mason/Ian Antonio
SDA Burial Society to Meet The
regular monthly meeting of the SDA Burial Society will be held on January 7,
2002, at 7:00 p.m. at the Grants Town Church, Wellington Street. Persons wishing
to become members are invited to attend. Election of officer will also take
place at this meeting.
SDA Long Islanders Association Account Opened
An account in the name of The Long Islanders
Association has been opened at the Bahamas Conference office. All Long Islanders
and friends of Long Island are invited to contribute to the associations fund.
-D. Ritchie
Funeral
Announcements Funeral service
for Elder Hamfreth Rahming of the Hillview SDA Church will be held on Sunday,
January 6, 2002, at 11:00 a.m.
Bahamas
Conference Upcoming Events
- Sunday, January 13, 2002, Workers Meeting at the New Providence Church
at 9 a.m.
- Tuesday, January 15, Finance and Budget Committee meeting at the
Conference office.
- Wednesday, Jan. 16, beginning of Convention at the Good News Church,
Flamingo Gardens, at 7:00 p.m.
- Conference Committee Meeting and Annual Audit.**Thursday, Jan. 17,
Convention continues at Living Faith Church, Old Trail Road.
- Ministers Meeting
- Friday, Jan. 18, Convention continues at Hillview Church.
- School Boards meeting at 9 a.m. at the Conference Headquarters.
- Sabbath a.m., Joint service at Joe Farrington Road
- Sabbath p.m., Ordination of Pastor K. Owusu Boateng at the Grants Town
Church.
- Sunday, Jan. 20, Convention concludes at Hillview at 7:00 p.m.
Elders
Notice Elders interested in
the Elders Certification Course 102 are requested to sing up at the Continuing
Education Division of Bahamas Academy on Wulff Road during the hours of 8:30
a.m. and 2 p.m., Monday through Thursday. The course commence on Sunday, January
20th, 2002, at 8:00 a.m. at Bahamas Academy. Pastor L. C. Rolle, Ministerial
Director
BA
Continuing Education Program Through
a convenient evening program, Bahamas Academy Continuing Education Division is
helping many working adults achieve their educational goals. The BACE program
can help you move from where you are to where you would like to go. Centrally
located, BACE provides residents of New Providence with the opportunity to
receive individual attention in a friendly leaning environment.
For further details
regarding fees and registration, please call 393-9362, or stop by the office at
Bahamas Academy on Wulff Road (9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday).
Get
Your Annual Marital or Family Check-up Just
as we take the time to get a medical check-up to see if we are physically
healthy, we can also get a a marital check-up to see how we are growing towards
marital perfection.
An annual medical check-up
is a way of preventing greater problems in the future, or recognizing developing
situations that you might not be aware of. Similarly, having a marital check-up
can help a couple become aware of habits, behaviors, or attitudes that might be
potentially destructive to the relationship or how mother, fathers, and children
are relating to each other. Or it can help to affirm each other in their marital
joys. Call this week and make an appointment with Adventist Counseling Services
for your annual marital or family check-up; its free. Each couple will be given
a short marital survey, and if they wish an excellent marital inventory called
ENRICH that helps couples to know their strengths and weaknesses in their
relationship. Call today at 361-6355 to speak to your counseling psychologist
and marriage and family therapist.- Barrington H. Brennen
Cooking
Classes Bahamas
Academy Continuing Education Division is offering a six-weeks course in
Vegetarian Cooking. Interested persons are invited to call 393-9362 for further
details.
Lay
Federation Partial Election Results Officers
for 2002 South-west Federation- Bethel, Breath of Life, Berea, Good News and
Hillview: President, Bro. Eric Bain, Vicepresident, Bro. Rudolph Strachan;
Secretary, Bro. Rudolph Phillip Young; Treasfurer, Bro. Dennis Dean; Assistant
Treasurer, Sis Orville Rollins Gibson; Public Relations Officers, Sis. Marva
Moore; Music Coordinator, Sis Norma Bell; Interest Coordinator, Bro. Noel James;
Chaplin, Bro Nelson Moncur.
Northeast Federation -
Centreville, Ephesus, Living Faith: President, Bro. Julian Miller; Vice
president, Bro. Yvon Cheranfant; Secretary, Sis. Donna Roberts and Treasurer,
Sis. Barbara Carey
Northwest Lay Federation -
Grant’s Town, New Englerston, Johnson Park and Francophone: President, Bro.
David Williams; Vice-president, Bro. Andrew Hanna; Treasurer, Bro. Howard Barr,
Assistant Treasurer, Sis. Ruth Curtis; Secretary, Sis. Donna Evans; Assistant
Secretary, Sis. Lillian Forbes; Public Relations, Bro. Tyrone Paul; Assistant
Public Relations, Bro. T. Milton Lewis; and Board Members: Perry Pratt and Rose
McMillan.
**There will be a meeting
for all federation officers of the Northwest and all interested persons on
Sunday, January 6, 2002, at 5 p.m. at the Johnson Park Church, Farrington Road.
Philadelphia
Church Held Gala Recognition Dinner
The Youth Department of the Philadelphia SDA
Cchurch held a gala recognition dinner on Sunday, December 30, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Sandals Royal Bahamian Hotel.
Several young persons were presented with
awards and gifts for their contributions to the church in 2001. Persons
receiving awards were: Marvin Sands and Roxann Munroe - Service to Church,
Carolyn Deveaux - Service to Community, Michael chase - Music and Tessa Gibs
Education. Michael was named the Most Outstanding Youth in Philadelphia for
2001. A number of adult members working with young people were also honoured.-
Annette Dorset, Communications Secretary
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