- News for March
2006
Dr. Herbert
Thompson Given Jamaica National Award
 President
of Northern Caribbean University Dr. Herbert Thompson has been awarded the
Commander of the Order
of Distinction (CD) for his outstanding contribution to the development of
education and religion in Jamaica and for his service to the nation in a
number of capacities.
Read the story
on the University's website
The Zabalas Visit
Headquarters
Pastor Florencio & Nurse Shelly-Ann Zabala, and
their son Elias, were in Nassau for a few days this
 week
and visited the Adventist Headquarters in Nassau. Pastor Zabala is a
graduate of Northern Caribbean University and a friend to many Bahamians.
Pastor Zabalas is ending his ministry in the
Turks and Caicos Islands Mission as district pastor and Mission Executive
Secretary, Youth, Personal Ministries and Communication Director. They are
now is transition to East Puerto Rico
Conference, San Jan, Puerto Rico, where he will be serving as a district
pastor for the English speaking Adventist Church. His dear wife, Shelly-Ann,
is a registered nurse.
NCU President Honored
for Excellence in Christian Service
Dr. Thompson was recognized for 15 years of outstanding service to the
institution during a function held at the NCU gymnatorium. Last
November, the Board of Governors of the institution elected Dr. Thompson to
serve as president for another five years. Read the online news:
For Your Good Health
[March 23, 2008] Adventist Review Articles.
Seventh-day Adventists have a rich tradition of proclaiming the advantages
of a healthy lifestyle. As a denomination, we enjoy longer healthier lives.
What's the secret? The following articles offer several answers.
Health for the Whole Person
http://www.adventistreview.org/2002-1505/story1.html
While most people only exist Christians enjoy a life worth celebrating.
The Adventist Drug Problem
http://www.adventistreview.org/2002-1517/story1.html
Here's an issue that all Adventists must face.
What You Need to Know About Exercise
http://www.adventistreview.org/2002-1505/story3.html
What you don't know will hurt you.
Will Non-Vegetarians Enter Heaven?
http://www.adventistreview.org/2005-1538/story2.html
How do you interpret Ellen White's counsels on health?
Evidence for All to See
http://www.adventistreview.org/2004-1506/story2.html
A new study may reinforce the "Adventist advantage" on health and
longevity.
Continue to Pray for
Pastor Browne
Continue to pray for Pastor Leon Browne,
retired Bahamian pastor, who is now out of intensive care but still at the
Princess Margaret Hospital, Nassau. He is being treated for pneumonia.
Thank you for your continued prayer. Continue to pray that the
pneumonia will not be life-threatening.
Pray for Pastor
Pearson
Pastor Walter L. Pearson Jr., Speaker/Director
for Breath of Life Television Ministries, was
 admitted
to Anne Arundel Medical Center in Annapolis, Maryland, on Tuesday, February
28. He was treated after suffering a mild stroke. His condition has
progressively improved and physicians expect a 100% recovery. His physicians
are requesting no visitors. Please keep Pastor Pearson and his family in
prayer. Thank you for your kind consideration.
The Atlantic Union has added Walter Pearson and
his family to the office prayer list. We invite you to join us in prayer for
the family.
Ednor A. P. Davison, Assistant Communication Director,
Atlantic Union Conference
Bahamas Academy Gospel
Explosion
[March 21, 2006] Join us Saturday night,
April 8, 2006, at the National Center for the Performing Arts, Shirley
Street, Nassau, for the Bahamas Academy Pre-Easter Gospel Explosion.
Time: 7:30. Cost: Adults, $15 ($20 at the door); Children $5 (12 and
under). Tickets can be purchased at the school, from the Conference
Office, or from teachers. Proceeds in aid of the new Bahamas Academy
Children's Camp
Meeting
"Fit for Christ" Join us for the the
exciting Children's Camp Meeting April 2 - 8, 2006, at the Living Faith
Seventh-day Adventist Church, Old Trail Road. Time: 7:15 p.m. to 8:30
p.m. Features: Action packed singing, exciting stories, prizes
and surprises. Special guest appearances by the "Drug Free Kids"
So come along and bring a Bible, friend, and an offering!
Exciting Topics to
Conclude Family Enrichment Series
You don't want to miss the last nights at the
Family Enrichment Series. Meetings will continue each night, including
Monday night during this last week and end on Wednesday, March 22, 2006.
The sermon topics are:
- Friday, March 17, 7:00 P.M.:
Dreams and Superstitions
- Sabbath Morning 18:
A Call to Repentance
- Saturday, March 18, 6:00 P.M.:
Sixty-Minute Concert
- Saturday, March 18, 7:00 P.M.:
Why Do People Tell Lies?
- Sunday, March 19, 7:00 P.M.:
What Men Want Women to
Know
- Monday, March 20, 7:00 P.M.:
A Frank Talk to Teens
and Adults About Sexual Orientation.
- Tuesday, March 21, 7:00 P.M.:
Cyberspace Infidelity
- Wednesday, March 22, 7:00 P.M.:
The Family For Eternity
Go to the MAIN
PAGE to view living streaming and archives links. Note
carefully that the broadcast will begin at 6:00 on Saturday, March 18, 2006,
with the Family Enrichment Concert.
Hope Channel Interviews the
Ten Commandments Commission Leaders
Click
HERE to download and print out the Hope Channel Petition. We
encourage you to fill it out and fax it to 1-301 680 5147 mail to the
address on the form.
[March 15, 2006] What
are the goals of the Ten
Commandments Commission? Do they include pushing for Sunday
laws? You can find out by tuning into a very special one hour broadcast of
Inside Hope
beginning Friday, March 17 to 25.
Hosts
Brad Thorp and Gary Gibbs
will interview Ron Wexler and Blackie Gonzales, the two leaders of this
Commission, to ask them these questions.
The Ten Commandments Commission is a powerful coalition of
religious leaders that include some of the most recognized names in
Christianity. Adventists have been speculating as to what their real goals
include. The Hope Channel decided to go right to the source and ask Wexler
and Gonzales to appear on our
Inside Hope
program to explain what the Commission intends to accomplish. We will also
share with these men the contents of our Hope Channel petition and discuss
the points of concerns that Adventists have with a popular movement like the
Ten Commandments Commission.
If you would like to participate in asking questions of Wexler and
Gonzales, you can do so by sending a brief question via e-mail to
10cc@hopetv.org. The taping for the
show is on Thursday morning, March 16, and we will need to get your
questions before then.
Thousands of people have responded to the Hope Channel Petition to
the Ten Commandments Commission, but we would like to include many more. It
is not too late to encourage your church to participate in the petition.
Petitions will be presented to the Commission around May 1. You can get a
copy of the petition at
www.hopetv.org or call us at
1-888-446-7388 (1-888-4-HOPE-TV).
The Hope Channel is not endorsing the Commission or their Ten
Commandments Day. Hope Channel sees this as an opportunity for church
members to share with Commission leaders and our neighbors what Adventists
believe. This is an opportunity that should not be missed. Be sure to watch
Inside Hope
for this very special broadcast.
Broadcast
Schedule:
Hope Channel
– North America
Friday, March 17, 7:00 pm and 9:30 pm EST
Sabbath, March 18, 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm PST
Sunday, March 19, 8:00 pm EST
Tuesday, March 21, 11:00 am EST
Wednesday, March 22, 9:00 pm EST
Thursday, March 23, 10:30 pm EST
Friday, March 24, 8:00 pm EST
Sabbath, March 25, 6:00 pm EST
Hope Channel
Europe
Sabbath, March 18, 03:00 GMT; 14:30 and 19:30 GMT
Sunday, March 19, 08:00 GMT
Friday, March 24, 20:00 GMT
Sabbath, March 25 03:00; 14:00 and 19:30 GMT
Hope Channel
International
Sabbath, March 18, 05:00 and 19:00 GMT
Sunday, March 19, 12:30 GMT
Monday, March 20, 22:00 GMT
Tuesday, March 21, 09:30 GMT
Friday, March 24, 10:00 and 17:30 GMT
Sabbath, March 25 05:00 and 19:00 GMT
Four Ordained at
Northern Caribbean University Church
This past Sabbath, March 11, 2006, four
Bahamian students were ordained as elders and deacons at
 the
Northern Caribbean University Church, Mandeville, Jamaica. They
are:
Elders: Nikita Thompson, Anastacia
Ferguson, and Gia Styles.
Deacon: Ashton McFall
We congratulate them as they continue to be
trained for active ministry.
Personal Ministries,
Sabbath School, and Community Services Congress. April 13-17, 2006
A delegation of outstanding Personal Ministries,
Sabbath School and Community Services leaders will represent the Bahamas
Conference of Seventh-day Adventist at the first annual West Indies Union
Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, Personal Ministries Congress to be
held in Mandeville, Jamaica, April 13-17, 2006.
The Congress will mark the official launching of two of the major
initiatives of West Indies Union for the next Quinquennium (five years):
- “Tell It To The World”
- “Operation 70”.
The meetings will also include workshops
designed to equip delegates and prepare them to assist Departmental
Directors as trainers in the local field.
The Bahamian delegation: Pastor T. Basil
Sturrup (Director), Franklyn Brown (Good News Church), David Williams
(Grant's Town Church) Sherlene Rahming (Message of Hope), Lebert McBean
(Living Faith), Sadie Miller (Berea), Sharon Scavella (Crooked Island),
Marylou Miller (Centreville), Betie Lespinasse (Franchophone Church), Sean
Ray Jennings (Hillview Church),
Bahamian Student of the Year in Chinese University
We congratulate Keson
Tinker for being chosen as the Student of the Year at Shanghai Jiao Tong
 University.
He also has earned a 4.00 average in his studies thus far. Keson has
learned the Chinese language so well that he is being used to translate from
Chinese to English for special events. He is also singing in
Chinese and entering speech contests (Chinese) representing his school among
other universities. Twenty-one-year-old Keson is the the son of
Karen and Kevin Tinker, of Centreville Seventh-day Adventist Church, Nassau,
Bahamas. Keson is a recipient of a full scholarship from the
Government of the Bahamas. He is studying International Trade and
Economics with a minor in Japanese. You can email him at
keson_tinker@hotmail.com
The University's website: www.sjtu.edu.en
or click HERE the English
version of the website.
It's
My Sexuality
[March 13, 2006] Two hundred
and seventy-two (272) persons from ten countries have watched the Family
Enrichment Series online thus far. We are excited to know that so many are being blessed
as we share this great series online with people from around the world. The
countries represented are The Bahamas, United States, Canada, United
Kingdom, Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Bermuda, Netherlands, Saint
Kitts and Nevis. If you are watching and being blessed, invite your friends
and/or family members to join you in your home during our next meeting on
Tuesday, March 14, 2006 and each meeting until March 22, 2006.
Tuesday night (March 14) is
going to be Youth Night with the exciting topic: “It’s My Sexuality.”
The meeting will begin fifteen minutes earlier at 6:45 p.m. to include a
baptism that will be held in a pool under the tent. Parents, gather your
little ones, teenagers, young adults around the computer. Turn up the volume
and join in. It’s going to be great. Remember, you can respond by calling
live during the meetings, sending an email, or filling out the Decision Form
online. We really want to hear from you. Here are the
contacts:
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Enrichment Series Contacts |
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| Call during the meetings
for prayer or to make your decision for Christ |
1-242 326 4314 |
| Call during working hours |
1-242 341 4022 |
| Email |
prayer@bahamasconference.org |
Update On the
President of Andrews University
[March
13, 2006] Click
HERE
to listen to Dr. Niels-Erik Andreasen Speaks to
Andrews Campus
The
following is a letter from the Alumni Services, Andrews University,
Michigan:
"Dear Alums and Friends: I would like to update you on
developments here on
 campus
and clarify some of the questions many of you have raised. The following
e-mail was sent out campus wide, this morning, and I share it with you
now, in its entirety.
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Dr. Niels-Erik Andreasen to
Serve as President
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of Andrews University until June
30
A specially
called meeting of the Andrews University Board of Trustees convened on March 9
at 7:00 pm. The Board took an action asking Dr. Niels-Erik Andreasen to continue
serving as president of the University for the Remainder of its fiscal year,
ending June 30. Andreasen agreed to the request.
Andreasen had
served as president of the university for 12 years until his resignation at the
regular Board meeting on March 6.
At a break
during that meeting, the leadership of the board asked Dr. Andreasen for his
resignation and he agreed. When he wrote his resignation letter, Andreasen
stated that it would be "effective immediately." Apparently, it was that phrase
which was the root of a misunderstanding between Andreasen and the Board.
Andreasen thought the Board was wishing for his resignation to be immediate
while the Board, upon receipt of his letter, assumed that it was Andreasen's
wish for a quick conclusion.
After that
meeting, some trustees talked further with Andreasen and recognized the
misunderstanding that had emerged. They, in turn, asked Elder Gerald Karst,
chair of the Board of Trustees and general vice president of the General
Conference of Seventh-day Adventists, to call a special meeting to ask for
clarification.
The meeting was
called and the Board voted overwhelmingly to ask Dr. Andreasen to serve in his
current capacity until June 30, to help ensure stability and continuity in the
university's operations as new leadership is identified and put in place.
"Dr. Andreasen
is a gifted thinker and servant leader who has given valuable leadership to
Andrews for more than a decade," says Elder Karst "Although the board has
determined that Andrews needs some of the opportunities that could be offered by
new leadership, I'm pleased that Dr. Andreasen will be staying by for the
remainder of this school year."
On March 6, the
board's requested resignations of Dr. Andreasen, along with two vice presidents,
followed a number of years of strategic discussions that began following
significant financial losses for the university during the 2000-2001 and
2001-2002 fiscal years.
While
improvements had been made, the board felt that the modest growth in revenue and
student populations during these years did not match the scope and speed needed
to equip the university for successful long-term operations and growth.
A 13-member
presidential search committee will now be appointed, and will be made up of
board members, university faculty, staff, alumni and student representatives.
The full board
will meet again before the end of March to complete voting and endorsement of
new faculty and staff appointments, the budget for the 2006-2007 fiscal year,
and other unfinished business from its March 6 agenda.
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I
would just like to add that if you have any suggestions for names of
people willing to serve on the search committee or potential candidates,
or if you have any questions, please send them on to me.
Although this is a time of great change, Andrews University is still
God’s school. We are fulfilling an important role in providing
leadership and service to the world church, and as He directs, we are
confident that Andrews will continue to serve in this capacity in the
future. With spring graduation just around the corner, a busy summer
class offering and Homecoming in the fall, there are many good things
happening here to keep us busy.
As
we enter the uncharted waters before us, would you please keep us in
your prayers? May God be honored in the decisions that are made and may
Andrews move forward with Him at the helm."
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Serving Him,
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Tami Condon
(BS '91)
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Director of
Alumni Services
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Andrews
University
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269.471.3591 office
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269.471.3690 fax
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alumni@andrews.edu
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www.andrews.edu/alumni
With Heartfelt
Gratitude
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Pastor Keith D. Albury |
[March 10, 2006] We--Sister
Ann Albury, Pastor Keith Anson Albury, Alden and Brendon Albury, and the
family of the late Pastor Keith Densel Albury--extend our deep and
sincere appreciation to the administrators and staff of the Inter-American
Division; the administrators, pastors, shepherdesses and staff of West
Indies Union Conference; the administration, pastors, shepherdesses and
members of the North Bahamas Mission and Bahamas Conference; the
administrators, pastors, shepherdesses and the entire membership of East,
Central, and West Jamaica Conferences, the Cayman Islands Conference; the
administration, pastors, shepherdesses and members of the North Jamaica and
Turks and Caicos Mission; ministerial colleagues and friends in the North
American Division; the administration and pastors of Caribbean Union
Conference; Pastor and Mrs. L.V. McMillan; our many friends and relatives in
The Bahamas and around the globe for your wonderful expressions of love,
kindness and sympathy during our time of sorrow.
Your gifts of flowers, food,
cards, telephone calls, visits, tributes, words of condolences via e-mail or
orally, prayers, and simply being there with a listening ear gave us much
needed comfort, support and encouragement at a very difficult time.
Whatever part you played to console our hearts will always be remembered as
we face the future leaning on the everlasting arms of God. We thank you and
we solicit your continued prayers.
Pastor Keith Albury loved his
God, his family and people with great passion. He fulfilled the mandate
that was given him twenty-six and a half years ago to preach the gospel, and
he did so even through his battle with cancer. For those of us who are
left behind, may his words be the sentiments of our hearts as we move
forward to finish the work he loved so dearly: “May our confidence about
the future rest on the assurance of God’s word that outlines the glorious
destiny of this worldwide remnant church of which we are a part. We will
press forward investing our energies, talents and resources in proclaiming
the everlasting gospel of a wonderful Savior who is mighty to save. Indeed
we shall not rest until every hamlet, every town, and every island is
illuminated with the light of the truth of God’s Word for these times. Let
us join hands in one faith, one mission, and one blessed hope looking
forward to that day when we will stand on the sea of glass and glorious sing
that song of freedom: The song of Moses and the Lamb. May the blessings of
Almighty God be upon us all as we renew out commitment to be faithful to Him
until that Day.” (Excerpt from the North Bahamas Mission Report given at
West Indies Union Conference Session, November 2005)
The Albury and Brennen
Families
Keith D. Albury
Memorial Forever Learning Foundation
The Albury family
acknowledges with grateful appreciation all who contributed to The Keith D.
Albury Memorial Forever Learning Foundation. We sincerely thank you for
assisting worthy students to obtain a Christian education at our local
Adventist schools and Northern Caribbean University. This is only the
nucleus of a vision that Pastor Albury desired to have established to
continue his legacy and interest in Christian education. We solicit your
continued support as we seek to develop this foundation.
Memorial and
Thanksgiving Services
 VHS
tapes, CD’s and DVD’s of the memorial and thanksgiving services will be
available within a few weeks at your local Adventist Book Center. In
addition, cassettes and CD’s of sermons Pastor Albury preached throughout
his ministry will be made available to the public. These will be sold at
minimal cost, and proceeds will go to The Keith D. Albury Memorial Forever
Learning Foundation.
Your
Bible Questions
This week the Adventist
Review Online starts a new feature. For several years, Angel Rodriguez,
a noted Bible scholar, has answered Bible questions from church members in
the Review. From time to time, we will share Rodriguez's perspectives on a
wide range of biblical topics with our online readers. Below is our first
installment.
The Battle Over Armageddon
http://www.adventistreview.org/2001-1506/story3.html
What's the meaning of the word "Armageddon" in Rev. 16:16?
Wisdom Personified
http://www.adventistreview.org/2002-1515/story4.html
Who is the character called "wisdom" in Prob. 8:22-26?
Jesus' Family Tree
http://www.adventistreview.org/2001-1550/story4.html
Were the brothers of Jesus mentioned in the Bible sons of Mary and Joseph?
Non-Christians and Last-day Events
http://www.adventistreview.org/2002-1524/story4.html
What, if any, role do non-Christian religions have in the Adventist
understanding
of last-day events?
What's in it For Me?
http://www.adventistreview.org/2001-1519/story4.html
The Bible often speaks about the rewards God gives to His believers; does
that not encourage a wrong motivation for serving Him?
Breaking Church World News
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Top Officers at Andrews University Resign
http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=414
National Geographic Interviews Amazing Facts Speaker Doug Batchelor
http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=402
Non-Combatant Adventist Joel Klimkewicz Wins an Upgraded Military Discharge
http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=402#2
Special Features
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Let’s Talk
http://adventistreview.org/issue.php?issue=2006-1507&page=8
Adventist young adults ask the GC president questions that are as important
as his answers!
Mohammed’s Parables
http://adventistreview.org/issue.php?issue=2006-1507&page=26
Teaching world religions to a group of diverse teenagers is challenging—and
sometimes miraculous.
Extreme Makeover Home Edition Makes its Mark with Christians
http://adventistreview.org/article.php?id=349
Coping with the Critics
http://adventistreview.org/issue.php?issue=2006-1504&page=74
Pastor Carlton Anderson Dies
[March 6, 2006] Pastor Anderson Dies.
Jamaican born, Pastor Carlton Anderson, former pastor of the Bahamas
Conference, died last week of cancer. Funeral service will be on
Sunday, March 12, 2006 at 10:00 a.m., at Northern Caribbean University
Church. Pastor Anderson was a friend to Bahamians. We will miss
him.
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