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Camp Meeting is here. If you haven’t prepared yourself, hold on tight. This is no time to come halfway. This one will knock your socks off. Really. The speaker for Camp Meeting 2002 is Pastor Pete Palmer of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, one of the best young preachers in North America…and he is here. To help set the spiritual tone and to help promote this event, there were outdoor programmes on three public parks last Sabbath. These parks are People’s Park in Flamingo Gardens, Fr. Marshall Cooper Park, Mason’s Addition and Fox Hill Parade, Fox Hill. Each site featured a mini-concert, testimony service, the distribution of free bread, also blood glucose and pressure screening. These events started the ball rolling, helping to put us in the missionary frame of mind. Many of the residents of the various areas invited the visiting teams to come back and make a regular contribution to the areas. Maybe this is a message for us to go out more to take the message where the people are. There are so many other achievements that we can mention. For the seventh year in a row, our Pathfinders were the largest and most disciplined group on the National Youth March. Accompanied by the electrifying Pathfinder Band, the most celebrated youth ban in this country, over one thousand pathfinders were on parade. Listen Up! is a premier youth programme promoting Christian values and building young citizens for God’s kingdom. But what about YOU? Are you prepared to work for God? Are you qualified? Are you trained? Are you SAVED? At last year’s youth revival, Pastor Braham issued a challenge to us. He challenged each member of the church to learn the doctrines and have at least two texts to support each doctrine. If we are members of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church, we should be able to prove it. This afternoon, at 6:00 pm, there will be a grand rally at the Hillview Church. Don’t miss this preview of good music and spiritual elevation. Contact your youth leader and ask how you can participate in the program. There is room for many volunteers. So invite a friend and come out to this spiritual feast, from July 28 – August 4, 2002, every night beginning at 7:15 at the Hillview Church. The opening message is entitled, What Difference Does A River Make? Come and hear Pastor Pete preach the plain truth. Experience youth choirs singing the melodious sounds of heavenly tunes; be blessed by the fellowship of young and old united in the common cause of Almighty God. Don’t miss any of this. Come one, come all. Come young and old, hot and cold. Souls will be revived and saved. Make sure that yours is one of them! God has a message for you. You cannot afford to miss this. Sunday night service will be aired over ZNS #1 from 7:30 to 8:30.
Pray for Dr. Ben Carson By now many of you know that Dr. Ben Carson has a high grade of prostate cancer. Although the knowledge is devastating, we still know that our God has a purpose in all things. God was here before even the earth was, and He has an understanding that is way beyond us. We feel that He will continue to use Ben to help others reach a more meaningful life.When you hear a person dedicated to serving God is stricken with a serious illness, it causes one to stop and reflect, not only on matters that are important in this life, but in spiritual matters, in particular one's relation to God and how that may affect one's life in the hereafter. We have witnessed this reaction in some of the lives he's touched already. Although the physicians expect that the surgery scheduled for early August will eradicate the entire problem and leave Ben with at least ten more years (and we have been praising the Lord for that, let me tell you!) we are praying for complete recovery prior to that so that surgery will not be necessary. Read below the Official News Release from Columbia Union Conference Office
of Communication For Immediate Release Columbia Union Conference Office of Communication Update on Dr. Ben Carson Baltimore, MD -- Ben Carson's office today confirmed that he is alive and maintaining a full office and surgical schedule. Dr. Carson will continue working until early August when he will take a medical leave to have prostate cancer surgery. "Ben, Candy, and the kids were in church on Sabbath and were in high spirits," said Jerry Lutz, senior pastor of the Spencerville Seventh-day Adventist Church in Silver Spring, Maryland. "He is in no pain and continues his schedule and ministry at the church, where he teaches a Sabbath School class and is an elder." The family expressed appreciation for the calls, e-mails, cards, and concerns and asked that we keep them in prayer. The church asks that Adventists be considerate of the family's need for privacy and Dr. Carson's need to conduct business with patients at his office. Because Dr. Carson is a beloved member of the Seventh-day Adventist family, the Spencerville Church will share future news and updates via its Web site: www.spencervillesda.org. Please feel free to forward this information, but do not alter it.
Ushers for Youth Crusade Uniformed Pathfinders are asked to usher as listed below. You may contact Barry Saunders.
There will be a joint Personal Ministries Council meeting held today at 4:00 p.m. at Centreville. All local church ministries leaders are urged to confirm plans for the Annual Pulpit Exchange Schedule coming Sabbath, August 10, 2002. The Lay Pulpit Exchange is as follows:
Ingathering Materials Needed Photos being requested for the Ingathering brochure. Pictures may be submitted to the Community Services Department on or before July 23, 2002. Your prompt attention is solicited.
‘Adventist Spotlight’ Adventist Spotlight," which is seen on Cable Bahamas, Channel 12, from 11 a.m. to noon on Saturdays, features Dr. Lenroy B. Robinson, pastor of the Norland SDA Church, Miami, Florida and guest speaker during our recent Mid-year Convention. A rebroadcast will be aired on Tuesday at 8 p.m. Community Services/Pathfinder Expo 2002 Plans are underway for the Community Services/Pathfinder Expo ‘02July 9, 2002. Churches are encouraged to call in their orders for tents, tables, etc. as soon as possible at 341-4021 Ext. 245.
Fifty Years of Marital Bliss Philip & Jean Antonio Hearty congratulations to Philip & Jean Antonio, who, on the 28th July, will celebrate 50 years of happiness together. Members of the Centreville Church, Phil, 80 and Jean, 76, have been a tower of strength and fine examples not only to their three adult children, Lynn Smith, Terri Rolle and Raymond Antonio, but also to their six grandchildren, the church and the wider Bahamian community.They are very loving and warm individuals with hearts of gold. Their home has always been one of solace and a place where spirits are lifted high with laughter. May God continue to bless their union and be the unseen Agent in their marriage as they continue to love each other both now and throughout eternity. Parents may collect the following items from the secondary school Mondays to Thursdays between the hours of 9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. and on Fridays between 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon:
Bahamas Academy Elementary Parents are asked to collect their child’s BANK SLIP from the Business Office as of Monday, July 8, 2002, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. , Monday to Thursday and from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Fridays. NEW PARENTS are also asked to pick up their child’s acceptance letter, bank slip, and other important documents at this time. -Nelson J. Bain, BAE Finance Department
Bahamas Academy Elementary Bahamas Academy Elementary School is accepting applications for two classroom teachers and one physical education teacher for the school year 2002/2003.Applications are available at the school between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday to Thursday, and 8:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on Fridays. For further information, please contact the school at 393-8898.
Long Bay School Long Bay School in Marsh Harbour, Abaco, is accepting applications from persons wishing to fill high school English Language, Religious Knowledge and Spanish/Music teaching posts. Applicants should hold bachelor’s degrees and teachers’ certificates. For more information, please write to P.O. BOX AB-20377, Marsh Harbour, Abaco, or phone 242-367-2382. PrincipalNew Amendments to The Triple ‘C’ Family Plan For additional and current information on the Triple "C" Family Plan, please contact your pastor and person responsible at your church for the plan. Remember, we need a minimum of 1,000 persons throughout the entire Conference to sign up in order for the programme to be fully implemented. Church treasurers are reminded that the first month’s report should now be submitted to the conference. -Pastor M. A. Smith, Stewardship DirectorSoftball Games The Adventist Church in Exuma has challenged us to send a team to Exuma to face it in a softball game. The date has been set for August 16 to 18, 2002. Persons interested in travelling are asked to contact me at the phone numbers below. Practice session continues Sunday, July 21st at the Blue Hills Playing Fields. Individuals with coaching and officiating skills are asked to volunteer by calling the following numbers. Please call me @361-8306 or 293-1054 -Tyrrell. Miller
Conference-wide August Monday Family-Fun Festivities August Monday Family Fun Festivities- A Celebration of health and life. Come and see Pastors’ Race, Children’s Race, Sack, Potato and Spoon, Blind Races, Wheelbarrow, and Team Oriented games, or participate in board games, Aerobics, Tae Bo and others. Participate or spectate, but be there, Let’s do it for the Health of it. -L. Stuart Joint Service Rally There will be a joint service/rally at Hillview this afternoon at 6 o’clock. All A.Y. Leaders, youth leaders and their assistance are requested to be there. Youth Musical Extravaganza August 4th To culminate the youth camp-meeting revival a musical extravaganza will be held Saturday, August 4, 2002, at 3:00 p.m. All Youth Choir Leaders and Choir members are asked to continue to prepare for this musical festival to be held at the Hillview Church. Berea’s Rally A Special Program and Rally at Berea this afternoon beginning at 6 o’clock. Various churches and special items will be rendered. The special offering which will be lifted will be lifted will assist with the instillation of their air conditioning. August Monday Family Celebration Dinner tickets will be on sale for the August Monday Family Celebration. For further information please contact Rowena Smith at 325-885. Vegetarian Cooking and Tasting Extravaganza An introduction to a healthier lifestyle will be held July 28, 2002, from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. in Ballroom B at the British Colonial Hilton. To participate in this event, please call 364-0085 for details. "Health is a matter of choice, not chance". BA Early Learning Centre The Bahamas Academy Early Learning Centre is now accepting enrollment applications for K2 to K4 at the Elementary school on Penny Bank Lane. Applications may be collected from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. -Desiree Brown, Coordinator Candidates for Bachelor’s and Master’s degree Programs Requested Persons in possession of 30 credits or more and interested in pursing a bachelor’s and/or a Master’s degree in professional management via Nova University may contact 325-6173 for details.
Sun sets today at 7:59 p.m. Sun sets next Sabbath at 7:55 p.m
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