Faithful to the End - Atlantic Union Conference

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Atlantic Union Conference Quinquennial Session Report 2016
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2016
Special Insert: Faithful to the End
The 30th quinquennial session of the Atlantic Union
Conference will convene on June 19, 2016. A special
issue, featuring the constituency session report, is
inserted between pages 12 and 13 of this issue.
4 Academy Students Participate in Music/
Social Studies Clinic
A total of 111 students and sponsors converged on the
campus of AUC for the 2016 Atlantic Union Conference
Music Clinic.
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5Let’s Connect LIVE Engages Atlantic
Union Youth and Young Adults
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The Community Worship Center in Jamaica, New York,
was the site for the 2016 Let’s Connect LIVE program.
12 Have You Caught the Mission?
Ask any person involved in Seventh-day Adventist
education and they will tell you the simple truth:
shrinking schools is a common theme in our
denomination.
3 President’s Perspective
10 Northeastern
16 Southern New England
4 Atlantic Union
12 Adventist Education
18 Atlantic Union College
6 Greater New York
13 Bermuda
21 Bulletin Board
8 New York
14 Northern New England
22 Classified Ads
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Atlantic Union Gleaner, May 2016
Visit the Atlantic Union Web site
n a few weeks, chosen delegates
from around the Northeast United
States will be converging on South
Lancaster, Massachusetts, to participate
in the 30th Quinquennial Session of the
Atlantic Union Conference of Seventhday Adventists. Missional reports will be
shared. Officers and departmental leaders,
along with an executive committee, will
be elected. Statistical growth and financial
reports will be given. All will be done
amid a spiritual environment of praise
and thanks to God for what has been
accomplished over the past five years.
I’d like to focus my thoughts for this
editorial around the theme chosen for
this session: “Faithful to the End.” In
Scripture, the Christian life is compared to a race—the race of life. We are
instructed to run in such a way as to win
the prize. In other words, we need to give
our best efforts. There will be experiences
which may challenge you and may tempt
you to quit the race or divert you to a different course; but we must press on.
My encouragement to everyone today
is that we might make a commitment
to be faithful until the end. Baptisms
and weddings have much in common.
First, they’re both sacred. But also,
the vows we make at our baptism are
very similar to wedding vows. In both
cases, we promise to love and to cherish
and to remain faithful, no matter what
external circumstances might come our
way. Unfortunately, for some people, the
wedding vows are just glittery words,
not any more valuable than the paper on
which they’re written.
In Hebrews 12:1-3, however, the author
reminds us that there’s a cloud of witnesses who remained faithful to the end
and whose lives witness to us today. In
Chapter 11, they are often referred to by
many authors as the “hall of faithful witnesses.” These are men and women of faith
who triumphed in their own lifetimes and
left their sinful baggage behind in order to
run the race with perseverance. They did
this while their eyes were fixed on Jesus,
the author and finisher of our faith.
at www.atlantic-union.org
The fact is, we all have sinned and
fallen short of God’s will for our lives.
Even the faithful worthies of all ages
made mistakes and committed sins, but
by faith, they confessed and repented of
their sins and remained faithful to the
end. Even though the Bible says they all
died in faith without receiving the promise (see Hebrews 11:39), by faith they
saw the promise from a distance. “God
had something better in mind for us,
so that they would not reach perfection
without us”—Hebrews 11:40, NLT.
So then, we also who are surrounded
by this “cloud of faithful witnesses,” are
encouraged to lay down the excess baggage of life “that slows us down, especially
the sin that so easily trips us up” (Hebrews
12:1, NLT), and to finish this marathon race
of life by being faithful to the end.
“Be thou faithful unto death, and I will
give thee a crown of life.” (Revelation
2:10) “For if we are faithful to the end,
trusting God just as firmly as when we
first believed, we will share in all that
belongs to Christ”—Hebrews 3:14.
An often quoted statement from Ellen
G. White is appropriate here: “We have
nothing to fear for the future except as
we shall forget the way the Lord has led
us, and His teaching in our past history”—Testimonies to Ministers, p. 31.
In his book, Fan the Flame, author
Joseph Stowell writes: “The Greeks had
a race in their Olympic games that was
unique. The winner was not the runner
who finished first. It was the runner who
finished with his torch still lit.” Indeed, the
race is not just for the swift, but for those
who perseveringly and enduringly are
committed to the end of the race of life.
The lights of the New Jerusalem are
within our imaginary view. We’re almost
home. Don’t give up! Just get up! Don’t
give an alibi! Give another try! We’re
almost home! Hang in there! Hold on to
the cross of Jesus Christ! The cross will
take us home if we choose to be faithful
to the end.
“In both cases,
President's Perspective
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Faithful to the End
baptisms and
weddings
have much
in common.”
Donald G. King is president of the Atlantic
Union Conference and chairman of the
Atlantic Union College Board of Trustees.
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Keith Taylor
Academy Students Participate in Music/Social Studies Clinic
led by David Hunte, Atlantic Union
Conference IT director, and his wife,
Michelle; both are also accomplished
singers and musicians.
A total of 111 students and sponsors
attended from the following schools:
Bermuda Institute, Cedar Brook school,
Greater Boston Academy, Greater
New York Academy, Northeastern
Academy (Brooklyn and Manhattan
campuses), Parkview Junior Academy,
Pine Tree Academy, South Lancaster
Academy, and Union Springs Academy.
In addition to practicing music and
participating in workshops each day,
the students attended and took part in
collective group morning and evening
worship services. Sabbath church services, held at the Village Church, also
featured students in all aspects of the
program, including the sermon which
was shared by J’Mae Ferguson from
Bermuda Institute, Winchell Olivier
from Northeastern Academy Brooklyn
Campus, and Jonathan Baker from
Union Springs Academy.
The highlight of the clinic took place
Saturday evening at AUC’s Machlan
Auditorium. After multiple hours of
diligent practice and preparation, the
students presented the fruit of their
labors. Praise and worship anthems
and choruses filled the air and set the
stage for the remainder of the program.
Thought-provoking original works
written by students from the social
studies clinic merged history with current events; while brass, string, and
wind instruments played by students,
as well as a few adults from the community, presented a colorful repertoire
of hymns, classical, and modern pieces
to round out the grand finale.
The Office of Education extends
a special “thank you” to all the
individuals who supported and
assisted in making this music clinic a
success, including those who provided
meals, housing, sound, photography/
videography, and campus security. For
more information about the 2017 Music
Clinic, contact the Atlantic Union
Conference Office of Education at
[email protected].
—Gleaner staff
Debra McKinney Banks
s hints of spring battled with
lingering snow flurries, vehicles
loaded with teenagers, instruments,
pillows, sleeping bags, and backpacks
converged on the campus of Atlantic
Union College (AUC) in Lancaster,
Massachusetts, for the 2016 Atlantic
Union Conference Music Clinic. Held
March 2-5, this annual event, sponsored
by the Atlantic Union Conference Office
of Education, under the leadership of
Astrid Thomassian and her team, is a
highlight for many during the school
year. The college, along with the neighboring College Church and Village
Church hosted the students representing
all six conferences in the Atlantic Union.
Band, social studies, and praise
team were featured this year. Earl
Raney, director for the Thayer
Performing Arts Center in Lancaster,
Massachusetts, oversaw the band clinic;
South Lancaster Academy principal,
Jeffrey Lambert, and his wife, Milca
Amich Lambert, who teaches English
and Social Studies at Greater Boston
Academy, directed the social studies segment. Praise team clinic was
Ednor A P Davison
Atlantic Union
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Jeffrey Lambert, South Lancaster Academy principal, back right, and his wife, Milca, left front;
pose with the students who attended the social studies clinic.
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Earl Raney, Thayer Performing Arts Center director, right, rehearses with members of the band for
the Saturday night concert.
Atlantic Union
Let’s Connect LIVE Engages Atlantic Union Youth and Young Adults
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The Community Worship Center served as host for Let’s Connect LIVE, an evening of conversation and music with youth and young adults.
Media (AUAM) at www.
auam.tv and they were also
able to join in the discussion
using social media.
Questions were asked by
individuals from the audience, posted by viewers on
Facebook, or submitted to
Atlantic Union Adventist
Youth Ministries prior to the
event. Many questions came in
and time ran out before all the
questions could be answered.
“[Let’s Connect LIVE] was
a great conversation about
accountability to our youth.
It left me wondering, ‘If our
young-adults are CEOs, VPs,
on the board of directors at
their workplaces, why can’t
they serve in a church office
or be on the church board?’
That’s a question we need to
look at,” said Andrea Hicks,
Atlantic Union Conference
Singles Ministries volunteer
assistant and founder of
F.O.C.U.S. Ministries.
Facebook viewer Jacquie
Thompson posted, “We must
do this again in the near
future. It is through these
forums that we will be able
to pull our youth out and
hear their perspective. The
tone of the meeting was civil
and conciliatory, but, above
all, compassionate. Let’s
keep the dialogue going!”
Rohann Wellington,
AUAM volunteer managing
director and the AUAM
team of behind-the-scenes
workers helped to make the
Let’s Connect LIVE program
another success.
For information and to
view the video of the March
12 event, visit www.auam.tv.
—Gleaner staff
Photos: Dawin Rodriguez
he Community Worship
Center in Jamaica, New
York, under the leadership
of Abraham Jules, was the
site for the 2016 Let’s Connect
LIVE program on March 12.
Donald King, Atlantic Union
Conference president, hosted
the evening of conversation and music for youth
and young adults. He was
joined on stage by panelists
G. Earl Knight, Greater New
York Conference president;
Daniel Honoré, Northeastern
Conference president; as
well as youth directors: Ryan
Simpson, Atlantic Union;
Roger Wade, Northeastern;
Mark Tamaleaa, Northern
New England; associate
directors: Teddy Williamson,
Greater New York; Jeremy
Garlock, New York; and
Milton Marquez, Southern
New England; joining them
were Guadalupe Montour,
office secretary, Southern
New England, and Nashonie
Chang, Greater New York
Conference area coordinator.
The two-hour program featured a question-and-answer
segment and music from
local artists. Those who could
not be in the audience at the
Community Worship Center
were able to watch by linking
to Atlantic Union Adventist
In addition to the panel members, the AUAM production team worked behind the scenes to make
Let’s Connect LIVE a success.
The Community Worship Center Praise Team provide special music during the Let’s Connect LIVE
program.
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More than 350 Attend Annual Directors Dinner
Greatier New York Conference
M
ore than 350
Adventurer, Pathfinder,
and Youth Ministries
directors met together for
food, networking, and
more at the fourth annual
Youth Directors Dinner in
February. The event, coordinated by the Greater New
York Conference (GNYC)
Youth Ministries Department
staff, was held at the Jackson
Heights church in Woodside,
New York.
The directors, who were
divided by the boroughs
they represented, were
served dinner by approximately 80 area coordinators from the GNYC Youth
Ministries department.
As the directors enjoyed
their meal, Andres Peralta,
GNYC Youth Ministries
director, and his assistants,
Teddy Williamson and
Andres Peralta, GNYC Adventist Youth Ministries director, addresses the more than 350 attendees at the fourth annual Youth Directors Dinner.
Angel Reyes, hosted the evening program.
Directors were provided
with packets of information
to help them stay abreast of
activities for the year. It was
an opportunity for directors
to meet their coordinators as
well as network with directors from other churches.
It also provided an opportunity to get acquainted
with the Youth Ministries
department staff as well as
a forum for questions to be
answered in a friendly atmo-
sphere. Directors departed
better equipped for ministry,
nourished, and connected.
Several also left with gifts
and prizes.
—Nashonie Chang, area coordinator,
Greater New York Conference Youth
Ministries
GNYC Youth Travel to Turkey and Greece
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or 20 days in February,
28 youth, young adults,
adults, and a baby explored
the sites of the ancient
churches in Turkey and
Greece. The trip was sponsored by the Greater New
York Conference Adventist
Youth Ministries Department.
Traveling by plane, bus,
and boat, they visited the
seven churches mentioned
in Revelation chapters 2
and 3, Mars Hill, Corinth,
and more. It was a deeply
spiritual experience for
them. Not only were they
educated on the historical
aspects of each place, but
the Bible was brought to life
by deliberately coordinated
messages. The group also
worshiped with Seventh-day
Adventist churches during
their visit.
Hyosu Jung, president of
the Turkey-Iran field, and
The youth group from the Greater New York Conference pose for a photo while spending time at Corinth in Greece.
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Claudio Gulyas, president
of the Greece Mission,
presented information on
the state of the church in
each region. Many pledged
to support the work in
that region by prayer or in
whatever way they could.
The trip was not without
a challenge, but it became
an opportunity to unite in
prayer, and also a witnessing opportunity.
After seeing how God
answered prayers, one of the
tour guides in Greece decided to attend church with the
group. It was his first time in
an Adventist church and he
says he was blessed.
The group returned
home safely from this lifetransforming trip feeling
blessed, and some even
began planning for the next
journey in 2018.
—Nashonie Chang, area coordinator,
Greater New York Conference Youth
Ministries
Greatier New York Conference
Calling All Greater New York Academy Alumni!
Please join us for our 95th Anniversary Reunion
Honoring classes ending in 0 and 5
Friday, October 7–Sunday, October 9, 2016
Beginning with a Welcome Table supper at 6:00 p.m.
For details and hotel information, contact us:
on Facebook on “Greater Nya”, or on e-mail at [email protected],
or call GNYA at (718) 639-1752
campmeeting 2016
“Plant a Church, Reap the Harvest”
Greater New York Conference Camp Meetings • Camp Berkshire, 680-1 Berkshire Road, Wingdale, New York •
All camp meetings are at Camp Berkshire, except where noted.
Luso-Brazilian Camp Meeting
May 27-30, 2016
Franco-Haitian Camp Meeting
July 24-31, 2016
Felipe Tonasso
Pastor
Sao Paulo Conference
Adult
John Hercule Toussaint
Pastor
Philadelphia French Church
South Atlantic Conference
English Camp Meeting
July 2 and July 9, 2016
Adult
To Be Announced
Youth and Young Adult
Bledi Leno
Multi-Ethnic Ministries Director
Greater New York Conference
Hispanic Camp Meeting
July 16-23, 2016
Adult
Carlos Martin
Professor
Southern Adventist University
Enrique Baez
Dominican Republic
Johnson Cesar
Abdiel del Toro
Bledi Leno
Watland Francois
Carlos Martin
Jean Hercule Toussaint
Youth
Johnson Cesar
Pastor
Breath of Life Church
Southeastern Conference
Youth
Watland Francois
United Camp Meeting
September 17
To Be Announced
Ghanaian Camp Meeting
To Be Announced
Korean Camp Meeting
To Be Announced
Abdiel del Toro
Pastor
Iglesia Adventista Del Séptimo Día
de West Palm Beach
Florida Conference
For more information, visit www.gnyc.org or call (516) 627-9350.
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New York Conference Takes Lay Training Institute On the Road
F
or more than a decade
the New York Conference
has provided training for the
laity in an event called the
Lay Training Institute. This
event has traditionally been
held for one weekend at a
hotel in Auburn, New York,
and has trained up to 220
members each year.
While this has been an
exciting event, the leadership of the New York
Conference desired to reach
more people in order to create a greater impact in 2016
and beyond. To that end,
the Lay Training Institute
was moved out of the hotel
and brought to the churches.
Over the course of seven
weeks in the months of
March and April, training
sessions have been brought
to each district in the New
York Conference.
At each location, training
sessions were held in the
Elias Zabala, New York Conference president, presents a seminar at the Lay Training Institute
meeting at Ithaca church.
areas of youth ministry,
community service
outreach, church finance,
and resetting the vision
of how the church can
complete the mission of the
last-day remnant church,
and more. Powerful speakers
from various offices in the
Atlantic Union and the
North American Division
brought ministry-changing
messages that inspired
and convicted those in
attendance.
An estimated 1,000
church members received
training designed to empower local church ministry and
evangelism. Please pray that
the churches of the New
York Conference will be
powerfully affected by these
training sessions, resulting
in the hastening of Christ’s
return.
New York Conference officers, along with other elders, participate in the ordination of an elder
and a deacon at the Ithaca church.
—Jeremy Garlock, communication
director, New York Conference
New York Conference
NYC Women’s Ministries is Impacting Women’s Lives
Women from the New York Conference Women’s Ministries Department meet to plan inreach and outreach activities.
T
he New York Conference
(NYC) Women’s
Ministries Department
is growing, thriving,
and impacting the lives
of women. The ministry
is not just touching the
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lives of women within
the conference, but in the
communities, churches,
workplaces, and families
where they are involved.
God has led and richly
blessed this ministry!
It is exciting to see the
opportunities He has opened
for those in Women’s
Ministries to meet and touch
the lives of these women
in churches across the
conference, and to watch
them grow emotionally,
mentally, and spiritually.
The Women’s Ministries
directors attended Southern
New England Conference’s
Child Protection Training
and Shield the Vulnerable
Certification seminar, conducted leadership certification training, and held
events throughout the conference, providing training
for women on how to minister where God has placed
them in their everyday lives.
They strongly supported
the spring and fall NYC
weekend retreats, presented
seminars in various churches, and had the privilege
of speaking and sharing
before God’s people in worship services. As a result
of these and other activities, Women’s Ministries
has expanded from five
port), I Choose Hope (cancer support), and PRN: Post
Abortion Support.
The year 2016 brings
more learning, sharing, and
excitement as the Women’s
Ministries coordinators
continue to partner with
God and witness the
plans He has to bless His
and the fall retreat, “30 Days
to Live,” with guest speaker
Denise Reinwald. The
Women’s Ministries directors
are also available to speak
on a wide range of topics,
including prayer, shame
and vulnerability, abuse
awareness, ministry training,
and much more.
“God is working in a powerful
way through the women of the
New York Conference.”
daughters, their families,
churches, and communities.
Several one-day retreats
are in the planning stages,
and one in particular, a
young women’s retreat. Plans
are underway for the annual
spring retreat, “Discovering
the Power of Prayer,” with
guest speaker Julia Bellman;
The Women’s Ministries
coordinators will also be
presenting a seminar at the
2016 New York Conference
Camp Meeting entitled
“Women of Worth in Jesus,”
with Lynn Ortel, from the
Arizona Conference, as the
morning keynote speaker.
During the Sunday of camp
meeting, the Women’s
Ministries department will
sponsor a program for young
mothers called Mom2Mom.
Later that afternoon,
they will conduct “Bench
Ministry” training, as well as
participate in a community
outreach project.
In August, they will sponsor a booth at the New York
State Fair, focusing on women’s health under the theme
“It’s Your Choice.”
God is working in a
powerful way through the
women of the New York
Conference. It is a fun,
encouraging, and yet humbling experience to walk
with them while focusing on
encouraging, empowering,
and supporting them.
—Lynee Hamm and Tina Shorey,
Women’s Ministries coordinators, New
York Conference
campmeeting 2016
“A Culture of Discipleship: Prayer and Bible Study”
New York Conference Camp Meetings • Union Springs Academy, 40 Spring Street, Union Springs, New York •
All camp meetings are at Union Springs Academy, except where noted.
Camp Meeting
June 24-July 2, 2016
June 24-25
John Lomacang
Pastor
Thompsonville Church
Illinois Conference
June 27-July 1, Morning
Meetings
Ruthie Jacobsen
Prayer Ministries Coordinator
June 27-July 1, Afternoon
Meetings
Melvin Santos
Senior Pastor/Speaker/Author
Nashville First Church
Kentucky-Tennessee Conference
July 1-2
William (Bill) Miller
President
Potomac Conference
Native American
Camp Meeting
August 5-6
8661 Maple Flats
Cleveland, NY
John Lomacang
William (Bill) Miller
Ruthie Jacobsen
Melvin Santos
North Adirondack
Camp Meeting
August 13
West Bangor Church Grounds
2267 State Route 11B, North Bangor, NY
William Miller Chapel Meeting
July 16
William Miller Home and Chapel
1614 Route 11, Whitehall, NY
For more information, visit www.nyconf.org or call (315) 469-6921.
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New York Conference
Women’s Ministries leaders
to 21 (with much more work
to be done).
Resource development
has always been one of the
major goals of the Women’s
Ministries coordinators.
To that end, the Women’s
Ministries department has
published its first book—
Ministry By Design —a ministry planning and resource
tool. They also have established a strong Internet
presence for NYCARES
and Help for the Hurting,
as well as the Women’s
Ministries Lending Library
(with more than 1,000 free
resources). It is their goal to
continue with this development and offer training for
these ministries. Various
other ministries have
sprouted their wings and
begun to fly, including I
Choose Joy (depression sup-
Kingsboro Temple Sabbath School Visits Women’s Shelter
T
he Kingsboro Temple
church’s Sabbath School
department visited the Park
Slope Women’s Shelter on
Sabbath, March 5. This was
the fourth visit in the past
12 months to provide a hot
breakfast for the women
staying at the shelter.
The Kingsboro Sabbath
School is dedicated to
implementing the four goals
of Sabbath School: Bible
study, community outreach,
fellowship, and world
mission. This event was one
of the ongoing initiatives for
community outreach.
To facilitate the participation of the members, the
outreach was held during
the Sabbath School period,
allowing them to return to
Kingsboro in time for the
Members of the Kingsboro Temple church provide breakfast for women in the Park Slope
Women’s shelter.
midday service. Although
the church facility is located
in Brooklyn, New York,
the church is considered
a commuter church comprised of members who
live a great distance away.
Consequently, it is most
productive to have the
missionary initiatives on
OFFICIAL NOTICE
Northeastern Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
Northeastern Conference
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the fourth regular quadrennial and twentyseventh regular constituency meeting of the Northeastern Conference of Seventhday Adventists will convene at 9:00 a.m., Sunday, June 5, 2016, at Camp Victory
Lake, Hyde Park, New York.
The purpose of this meeting is for the receiving of reports for the past quadrennium, the selection of officers, departmental directors, and pertinent committees for the ensuing quadrennium, and the transaction of such business as
may properly come before the delegates.
Each organized church within the conference is entitled to be represented by
duly appointed delegates chosen on the basis of one for the organization and one
additional delegate for each 70 members or major fraction thereof.
Daniel L. Honoré, President
Oswald S. Euell, Secretary
OFFICIAL NOTICE
Northeastern Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the fourth regular quadrennial constituency
meeting of the Northeastern Conference Corporation of Seventh-day Adventists
will be held in conjunction with the twenty-seventh regular constituency meeting (fourth regular quadrennial) of the Northeastern Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists, on Sunday, June 5, 2016, at Camp Victory Lake, Hyde Park, New
York. The meeting of the corporation will convene at 3:00 p.m.
The purpose of this meeting is to elect officers and trustees for the ensuing
quadrennium, and to transact such other business as may properly come before
the delegates.
Delegates of the fourth regular quadrennial of the Northeastern Conference
of Seventh-day Adventists are the same delegates to the fourth regular quadrennial constituency meeting of the Northeastern Conference Corporation of
Seventh-day Adventists.
Daniel L. Honoré, President
Oswald S. Euell, Secretary
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Sabbath. The goal of the
Sabbath School department
is to create long-lasting relationships with institutions
in the community, such as
this shelter initiative.
The event was a joint
effort between the Sabbath
School and Women’s
Ministries departments,
which arranged the musical
content for the visit. While
serving breakfast, the group
held a praise and worship
service with the Women’s
Ministries Praise Team leading out. Many residents
joined in with memories
of songs they heard while
growing up, and others
were reassured by new
songs that comforted their
hearts. The event was a
blessing to the women at
the shelter, who were consoled by the prayers and the
songs of praise, and also to
the Kingsboro members,
who were blessed by sharing God’s love.
—Communication department,
Kingsboro Temple
NEC Builds Cross-cultural
Bridges
T
he Northeastern
Conference (NEC)
broadened its diversity by
embracing two additional
distinct cultural and language groups. In order to
effectively carry forward
the work of the gospel in
collaboration, there is a
need to think, embrace,
and work cross-culturally.
Therefore, a bilingual Ph.D.
degree program, designed
for NEC pastors through
Montemorelos University,
was launched in the fall of
2015. To establish a strong
platform for pursuing this
program, the conference’s
ministerial department
hosted a Spanish language
intensive that ran for
seven weeks.
In November and
December 2015, pastors and
other participating workers
met at the conference office
for two-hour sessions
conducted at night after
regular working hours.
Under the tutelage of
Delores Francisco, a spouse
of one of the Hispanic
pastors, the students
learned vocabulary, verb
forms, and conjugation.
The experiences of reading
from Spanish literature
and conversational
practice built confidence
and facilitated greater
learning. The students
agreed to keep the class
going until they develop
mastery of the language.
The long-term vision is to
replicate this in the other
languages comprising the
Northeastern Conference.
—Ainsworth E. Joseph, ministerial
director, Northeastern Conference
I
t was unusual to see snow
in April, but despite the
restless spring temperatures,
the pastors, principals,
teachers, and conference
staff braved the weather to
attend the 2016 Northeastern
Conference spring workers
meeting held April 3-6 at
Camp Victory Lake in Hyde
Park, New York.
Workers meeting convenes during the spring and
fall of each year for four
days. During this time, all
employees receive vital information for upcoming events
and training in new areas
that can benefit their ministry. This year was no different. The theme for the week
was “Pastoral Leadership: The
Good Shepherd’s Example.”
Leslie Pollard, president
of Oakwood University in
Huntsville, Alabama, was
the first of many guest
speakers who gave presentations on leadership and
diversity. Using a tagline of
being “redemptively honest,”
he admonished the workers
of the conference to always
allow God to lead their
ministry and to not let the
desires of the flesh interfere
with His plans.
campmeeting 2016
Leslie Pollard, Oakwood University president, stands with Daniel Honoré, at Camp Victory Lake,
where Pollard was the guest speaker for workers meeting.
Speaking on the mission of
the church and how we should
lead, Pollard said, “When God
speaks, you speak. When God
is silent, you’re silent. Lead
humbly and act justly to go
the extra mile. Show loyalty
by giving credit to others as
if they were in the room, and
always deliver consistently.”
—JeNean Johnson, communication
director, Northeastern Conference
“He Is Lord!”
Northeastern Conference Camp Meetings • Camp Victory Lake,
227 Crum Elbow Road, Hyde Park, New York • All camp meetings are at
Camp Victory Lake, except where noted.
May 27-30, 2016
To Be Announced
Liz Enid Polanco
Pastor/Family Evangelist
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico
Teens
To Be Announced
June 25
Adult
Glen Samuels
President
West Jamaica Conference
Abraham Henry
Pastor
New Jerusalem Church
Illinois Conference
John Bradshaw
Abraham Henry
Liz Enid Polanco
Glen Samuels
Elie D. Weick-Dido
Ivan Williams
Ordination
Ivan Williams
Ministerial Director
Haitian Camp Meeting
Theme: “Unis-Nous, Lord”
(“Make Us One, Lord!”)
August 20
Elie D. Weick-Dido
President
West Central Africa Division
July 1
Adult
John Bradshaw
Speaker/Director
It Is Written
For more information, visit www.northeastern.org or call (718) 291-8006.
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Northeastern Conference Workers Encouraged to Allow God to
Lead their Ministry
By Jeremy Garlock
Have You Caught the Mission?
A
sk any person involved in
Seventh-day Adventist education
and they will tell you the simple
truth: shrinking schools is a common
theme in our denomination. Not only
are many of the schools shrinking
in size, but most conferences have
notably fewer schools now than they
did a decade ago. Why is this? Why
are people, apparently loyal Seventhday Adventist Christians, no longer
sending their children to respectable
Seventh-day Adventist schools?
“There are many
reasons given by
parents as to why
they do not send
their children to
denominational
schools at the rate
they once did.”
There are many reasons given by
parents as to why they do not send
their children to denominational
schools at the rate they once did. The
high cost is often a factor. Why spend
money on a “small school” (read “oldfashioned and lower-quality”) education when a “state of the art” educa-
tion is available for free? Another
reason may be lack of extracurricular
activities and programs.
In terms of boarding schools, parents
will often say that they are not ready to
give up their children at a young age.
These reasons are more than understandable. In fact, many who are sitting in the pews on Sabbath mornings
advance these reasons. Also, according
to research conducted by the New York
Conference Office of Education, most
of the churches close to a Seventh-day
Adventist elementary school have more
children not attending that school than
the ones attending.
In response to this trend, the New
York Conference Office of Education
followed up their research with an
informal survey aimed at discovering any further patterns leading to
lack of attendance. Over six months,
the superintendent traveled to multiple churches and schools asking
two questions. These two questions
were asked of school boards, church
boards, congregations, and individuals
at potlucks. The two questions were:
1.What is the mission of the Seventhday Adventist Church?
2.What is the mission of Seventh-day
Adventist education?
After six months of repeatedly asking these two questions, not one correct answer was given. In fact, several
respondents stated they believed that
the Seventh-day Adventist Church is
“just like any other church, just with a
few different beliefs.”
What are the correct answers to
the questions?
1.According to the three angels’
messages of Revelation 14, the
mission of the last-day remnant
church is to introduce people to the
full life-changing gospel of Jesus
Christ. As they respond to this
message they are remade into His
likeness, and then able to give the
final warnings needed to prepare
as many people as possible to meet
Jesus at His return, facilitating their
journey from error to truth.
2.Seventh-day Adventist education is
to make the mission of the church
come alive in the students, that
they may have the character of God
remade inside them, and prepare
them to be the last-day missionaries
in the event that our generation
does not complete the work.
If a person has wholeheartedly
accepted this two-fold mission, and if
their local church school is carrying
out this mission, then what sacrifice
would they not make in order to have
their children receive this type of
education? Therefore, the question facing every church member and church
school is quite simple. Have you
caught the mission?
Jeremy Garlock is the
New York Conference
superintendent of schools.
Atlantic Union Conference — Office of Education
S
ince the St. David’s
church does not have
its own baptismal pool on
church grounds, several
members joined friends and
family members of eightyear-old Milan Nisbett at
the Midland Heights church
for her baptism at the end
of their worship service on
February 20.
Milan’s family, members
of the St. David’s church
since prior to her birth,
taught her how to love
Jesus. For the past year or
more, she has been attentive
to appeals and, just under
a year ago, began Bible
studies with her mom and
dad. Her dad is an elder in
the church and her mom
teaches Sabbath School to
Milan’s age group. Her mom
has become so proficient
Preparing for baptism is Milan Nisbett, center, with D. Randolph Wilson, the church’s pastor, left,
and her dad, Michael Nisbett, an elder at the church.
that she has been appointed
(unofficially) as the Bible
teacher for this age group.
Milan is a second-year
student at Bermuda Institute
and is doing very well in her
educational pursuits. She
has a 4.0 grade point aver-
age and enjoys school life.
Prior to her baptism, Milan
already had her eye on at
least three offices in the
church: treasury, community
services, and the gourmet
departments. Her brother,
Mikhail, 13 years old, is also
serving as a member of the
gourmet and audio-visual
departments.
Milan is an on-point person. “Pastor, you need to
talk with me,” she would
say. On one day, she made
several appointments to
meet with the pastor prior
to leaving the church. The
meeting took place after
lunch to go over the baptismal vows with both her
mom and dad present.
God has much in store
for Milan to do for Him. For
now, she assists her mom
in Sabbath School and has
friends who are taking Bible
studies in preparation for
their baptism. Thank God
for her ministry.
—D. Randolph Wilson,
communication director, Bermuda
Conference
campmeeting 2016
“Higher Ground”
Bermuda Conference Camp Meeting • Bermuda Institute/Southampton
Church Complex • June 24-July 2, 2016
Adult
Friday to Tuesday
Ainsworth K. Morris
Pastor
Goshen Temple Church
Wednesday to Sabbath
C. Wesley Knight
Associate Professor
Oakwood University
André Anderson
Youth/Associate Pastor
Toronto East Church
Ontario Conference
Adventist Community
Services Presentations
Sung Kwon
Adventist Community Services Director
C. Wesley Knight
André Anderson
Sung Kwon
W. DeJuan Tull
W. Aaron Spencer
Kenneth Manders
President
Bermuda Conference
W. DeJaun Tull
Executive Secretary
Bermuda Conference
W. Aaron Spencer
Treasurer
Bermuda Conference
For more information, visit: www.adventistbermuda.org
or call (441) 292-4110.
Ainsworth K. Morris
Kenneth Mandrs
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Bermuda Conference
Eight Year Old is First Baptismal Candidate of the Year
For Camp Meeting, NNEC Sticks With Tradition
Northern New England Conference
T
here just aren’t that many
full, nine-day camp
meetings left in the North
American Division. Nor are
there many places left where
meetings are held in a big
tent or where actual camping
is a big part of camp meeting. Not so in Northern New
England, where traditions
are slow to change.
Northern New England
Conference’s (NNEC) camp
meeting is held on the
expansive grounds of Pine
Tree Academy in Freeport,
Maine. Preparation for the
event is an all-hands-ondeck event, and the pastoral
and administrative staff take
several days to set up rows
and rows of canvas familysize tents, most of which
were manufactured many
decades ago. The same crew
then tackles setting up the
main tent, which is made of
coated canvas and can seat
some 500 people. Finally,
large tents are set up to serve
as the headquarters for the
prayer warrior teams, and
for youth meetings.
When all is said and done,
the athletic fields at Pine Tree
Academy have been transformed into a peaceful village, complete with walking
trails, recreation and sport
Rows of family-size canvas tents are set up in preparation for an old-time Northern New England camp meeting.
areas, a running/walking
track, a cafeteria that serves
amazing food, and a bathroom/bathhouse building.
But the substance of
camp meetings is far more
important than the setting.
Here again Northern New
England sticks with tradition, offering excellent featured speakers for the weekend and evening meetings,
while offering a multitude of
excellent seminar speakers
on everything ranging from
prophecy to family life issues
to country living “how-to”
events to practical workshops on an array of topics.
The world is changing, the
North American Division is
changing, and the pattern
has long been that Northern
New England eventually,
reluctantly, changes as well.
But for now NNEC is stick-
ing with its traditions and
offering a full, old-time,
camp meeting experience. If
you don’t know what that’s
like, or would like to relive
memories, consider making
a trip to Maine and joining
the spiritual feast. For more
information, call Diane Kane
at (207) 797-3760 or e-mail
her at [email protected].
—Communication staff, Northern
New England Conference
Northern New England
Conference is sticking with
its traditions and offering a
full, old-time, camp meeting
First Weekend Speaker
Jonathan Duffy
President
ADRA International
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experience.
Evening Speaker
Philip Samaan
Theology Professor
Southern Adventist University
T
he Northern New
England Conference
(NNEC) leaders not only
promote a healthy lifestyle,
they also try to lead by
example. Daniel Battin,
NNEC’s treasurer, thinks
20-mile hikes over multiple
peaks is just part of an average Sunday. Bob Cundiff,
conference president, is
in dedicated training for a
full ironman triathlon in
October (a full ironman triathlon consists of swimming
2.4 miles, cycling 112 miles,
then running a full marathon—26.2 miles, all in less
than 17 hours total).
Scott Christiansen,
conference communication
director, is riding his bike
across the U.S. during May,
averaging 125 miles a day.
These may be pretty extreme
examples of a commitment
to a healthy lifestyle, but
the overall commitment
to health by conference
employees is paying off;
as a result, the conference
healthcare costs went down
in 2015.
Now the commitment of a
healthy lifestyle is being carried into planning for camp
meeting events, with the
inauguration of a “century
ride” during camp meeting
week. A “century ride” is a
100-mile bicycle ride, and
it is usually undertaken by
fit riders who have wellmaintained bikes and who
are familiar with road safety
practices. Those who have
considered undertaking a
century ride might seriously
consider the camp meeting
century ride.
Riders will be taken by
bus to a point on Route
2 between Randolph and
Jefferson, New Hampshire,
on the flanks of Mount
Washington. From this
point, it is mostly a downhill ride into Gorham,
New Hampshire (some 12
miles). The ride parallels the
Androscoggin River while
following Route 2 into Bethel,
Maine, where the ride turns
onto Route 26 (total miles
34). Remaining on Route 26,
riders stop at Triangle Park in
South Paris, Maine, for lunch
(total miles, 58). Riders then
follow Route 26 south to New
Gloucester, where they follow Morse, Allen, Elmwood,
and Pownal roads back to the
campgrounds, for a total of
100 miles.
While there are a couple
challenging hills on the
route, the rest is either flat or
downhill. The course has a
Northern New England Conference
For the First Time Ever, a “Century Ride” at NNEC Camp Meeting
Northern New England Conference president Bob Cundiff works out on a stationary bike in
preparation for an ironman triathlon.
drop of more than 1,600 vertical feet over the 100 miles,
making it a fairly achievable
course for many riders.
The ride is subject to the
weather and transportation
is subject to availability, so
be sure to sign up early.
To sign up, contact Scott
Christiansen at the conference office (207) 650-7443
or e-mail schristiansen@
nnec.org.
—Communication staff, Northern
New England Conference
campmeeting 2016
“The Year of Family Prayer”
Northern New England Conference • Pine Tree Academy, 67 Pownal Road, Freeport, Maine
English Camp Meeting, July 15-23
Hispanic Camp Meeting, July 16-23
Indonesian Camp Meeting, July 16-23
For more information, visit www.nnec.org or call (207) 797-3760.
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Compassion Boston Holds Bible Work Training
Southern New England Conference
A
long with encouraging
local churches to intentionally meet the felt needs of
their surrounding communities, Compassion Boston is
preparing the way for a series
of It Is Written evangelistic
meetings in October. Part
of the groundwork for any
evangelistic series—let alone
one of this scale—includes
strategic Bible work: finding
and studying with people in
the area who are interested in
learning more about the Bible.
To this end, It Is Written
has sent out the first of
several mailings to Bostonarea zip codes. All residents in the selected area
receive a card advertising It
Is Written’s new (and free)
Bible Study Guides, with a
tear-off form that the recipient can mail back if they
are interested in receiving
the studies. The cards that
are mailed back are then
distributed to local Bible
workers who prayerfully
follow-up with each person,
either simply by delivering
the study or sitting down
with the person and going
over the lesson, depending on the level of interest.
From just that first mailing
in Roxbury, Massachusetts,
already more than 100 Bible
and It Is Written has asked
Jack Phillips to oversee the
work as the Compassion
Boston Bible Work Program
director.
Of course, four Bible workers could never study with
all 100-plus leads on their
own, and this is just the
Compassion Boston is preparing the way
for a series of It Is Written evangelistic
meetings in October.
study requests have come
flooding in.
To help facilitate this
work, the Southern New
England Conference has
hired four full-time Bible
workers who are dedicated
solely to Compassion Boston,
beginning. This means that
the work is really dependent
on local church members to
volunteer, to step up and say,
“Hey, I can give one hour out
of my week to take one of
those studies.”
This is why Jack Phillips
and Kevin Sears, NETS
Evangelism Center director, have teamed up to offer
free weekend training for
lay volunteers. These “NETS
Express” training events
are usually offered at cost
to attendees, but are being
offered for free in solidarity with the Compassion
Boston mission.
Phillips and Sears are
working with local churches
to schedule more training.
The information is available on the Compassion
Boston Web site at www.
compassionboston.org/
biblework (which is also
where you can go to sign
up as a lay Bible worker or
apply for a full-time Bible
work position). The next
training is scheduled for May
27-29 at the Ephesus Haitian
church, 366 Washington St.,
Dorchester Center, MA.
—Communication staff,
Compassion Boston
Boston Temple Members Encouraged to Witness Where God Has
Placed Them
T
he Boston Temple church
members, along with
their pastor, Orlando Hall,
celebrated another powerpacked worship service on
the last Sabbath in February.
The guest speaker was
Washington Johnson II,
Adventist Chaplaincy
Ministries assistant director.
Johnson’s message was
entitled “Watching, Waiting,
and Ready,” based on the
parable of Jesus in Luke
12:35-48. He reminded
the congregation that “In
a spiritual sense, waiting
Washington Johnson, North American Division Adventist Chaplaincy Ministries assistant director,
stands with some of the Boston Temple members and friends who attended the afternoon program.
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is active and not passive.
Those who are waiting
for the Master’s return are
working for the cause of
the kingdom.” Johnson’s
message further emphasized
Boston Temple’s goal to
reach out to the people in
the various spheres where
He has placed them.
It was evident that the
members and visitors were
also blessed by the music
and the dinner that followed the worship service.
Johnson, who is also a Navy
Reserve chaplain, made a
special presentation during the afternoon when he
shared his experience of
being deployed to the Horn
of Africa. He emphasized the
importance of “witnessing
Orlando Hall, Boston Temple church pastor; stands
with the worship service speaker Washington
Johnson, North American Division Adventist
Chaplaincy Ministries assistant director; and David
Holder, United States Air Force lieutenant.
wherever we find ourselves
in God’s service.”
—Communication staff, Boston
Temple church
campmeeting 2016
“The Power of God”
Southern New England Conference Camp Meetings • Southern New England Conference Campground 34 Sawyer
St., South Lancaster, Massachusetts • All camp meetings are at the campground, except where noted.
June 17–25, 2016
June 17–19
John Bradshaw
Speaker/Director
It Is Written
Friday Evening – June 17
Sabbath Morning – June 18
Sabbath Evening – June 18
Sunday Evening – June 19
Morning Devotions
June 18–25
Van Sailo
Pastor
Evening Meetings
June 20–22
R. Lafitt Cortes
Pastor
Miami Temple Church
Florida Conference
Haitian Camp Meeting
June 17–24
Southern New England
Campground
June 25
Machlan Auditorium
AUC Campus
Elie Henry
Executive Secretary
Inter–American Division
Portuguese & Cape Verdean
Camp Meeting
Machlan Auditorium, AUC
Campus
June 18
Esteban Bohr
John Bradshaw
R. Lafitt Cortes
David Dennis
Elie Henry
Edgardo Herrera
Rivelino Montenegro
Van Sailo
Rivelino Montenegro
Author/International Speaker
Mainz, Germany
Evening Meeting
June 23
Edgardo Herrera
Pastor
Meriden, New Britain, Waterbury Spanish
Churches
June 24–25
David Dennis
President
Friday Evening – June 24
Sabbath Morning – June 25
Sabbath Evening – June 25
July 6–7
July 6 – Waterbury, Conn.
July 7 – Framingham, Mass.
July 8-9
Southern New England
Conference Campground
Esteban Bohr
Pastor
Fresno, California
Ghanain Camp Meeting
June 19–24
Indiana University of
Pennsylvania
For more information, contact
John Amoah
For more information, visit: www.sneconline.org or call (978) 365-4551
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Students Participate in Life Enrichment Seminars
A
s part of Atlantic Union
College’s (AUC) life
enrichment programs,
seminars are offered that
integrate faith and learning
as an integral part of the
learning process at AUC.
A variety of spiritual
programs and activities
designed to nurture spiritual
growth are offered throughout the campus. Residence
hall worships and weekend
church services, both on
campus and in the community, are part of the college’s
curriculum. The emphasis
on the role of worship in
education and life is part of
what makes AUC a unique
environment for spiritual as
well as intellectual growth
in individuals.
Atlantic Union College students, from left, Nyma Joseph, Jeffrey Clarke, Kevin Maldanado, Magaly
Fabian, Esther Noel, Lance Gordan, Sherine Tulloch, Jonathan Joseph, and Vince McKinney, along
with Issumael Nzamutuma, Atlantic Union College Academic Affairs vice president, pose for a
photo with seminar presenter Lois King, Atlantic Union Conference Women’s Ministries director.
Most recently a fourpart seminar/webinar
series was offered as lifeenrichment opportunities.
They included, a webinar
entitled “Résumé Building
and Finding a Summer Job
and Internship” by Tom
Symes, an employment and
staffing specialist; a seminar
on relationships by Richard
Trott, former AUC professor;
and a seminar entitled “A
Fixed Mind vs. A Learning
Mind” by Lois King,
Women’s Ministries director and Ministerial Spouses
Association coordinator.
These programs provide
an opportunity to challenge
the student’s spiritual perspective, affirm their faith in
God, and encourage them to
praise their Creator. A positive attitude and active spiritual participation can bring
refreshment, relaxation, and
confirmation of purpose.
—Barbara Fuller, director of certificate
programs, Atlantic Union College
Community Engagement Class Continues to Support Bread
of Life Ministry
T
Atlantic Union College
he Atlantic Union College
Spring 2016 Community
Engagement class continues to support the Bread of Life Ministry that
operates out of the Village Church
in Lancaster, Massachusetts. The
Bread of Life Ministry follows the
strong foundation and methods
of Jesus to bring help and hope
through ministries of compassion in His name (Luke 4:16-21).
Through their outreach they have
ministries that pray, spend time
with people in need, show compassion, meet the needs of people, win
confidence, lead them to follow
Jesus, and show unconditional love
at all times.
Atlantic Union College students, from left, Vince McKinney, Neil McKinney, Sharnique Deschineau, Freddy Canales, Newton
Joseph, and, in front, Edmund Joseph, pose for a photo after participating in the Springfield Spanish church worship service.
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This semester the Community
Engagement class has raised
money by conducting a haircut
drive, a sports game fundraiser,
and collecting offerings. In addition, the theology and health
sciences students—Sharnique
Deschineau, Freddy Canales,
Newton Joseph, Edmund Joseph,
Neil McKinney, and Vince
McKinney—have presented sermons at the South Lancaster
Academy Friday Night Lights
vesper service and participated in
the Springfield Spanish church’s
Sabbath worship service.
Deschineau continues to serve
the Bread of Life Ministry each
Thursday evening by cooking, serving, and cleaning up. If you would
like to learn more about the Bread
of Life Ministry, please contact
Sandra Mendes at (508) 304-4324
or [email protected].
—Barbara Fuller, director of certificate
programs, Atlantic Union College
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Academy campus. All graduates,
attendees, and friends are invited.
Jim Culpepper, executive secretary/
treasurer (615) 415-1925.
OFFICIAL NOTICE
Atlantic Union College Corporation
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the quinquennial session of the Atlantic
Union College Corporation is called to convene Monday, June 20, 2016 in
Machlan Auditorium, Main Street, Lancaster, Massachusetts 01523. The first
meeting of the session will convene at 9:00 a.m. Registration begins at 8:00 a.m.
The purpose of this meeting is to elect trustees, revise the articles of incorporation and bylaws, hear reports, and to attend to any other business which
may properly be brought before the body.
The constituency of this corporation shall be composed of the members of the
board of trustees of Atlantic Union College; representatives of the College who
shall be regular, full-time employees elected by the college officers and academic
and auxiliary department heads not to exceed one-third of the total number of
constituents excluding North American Division and/or General Conference of
Seventh-day Adventist representation; the union educational director and associate(s);
the local conference educational superintendents, senior academy principals, and
either the secretary or treasurer of each local conference of the Atlantic Union
Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; the members of the executive committee
of the Atlantic Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists; the members of the
North American Division and or General Conference Committee of Seventh-day
Adventists in attendance at any meeting of this corporation; the North American
Division and or General Conference delegates shall not exceed five percent (5%)
of the total number of delegates; up to fifteen (15) Atlantic Union College alumni
who are not included in the other categories, selected by the AUC alumni executive
committee; the president and other elected officers of the Atlantic Union College
Student Association; members of the AUC Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
Committee; six laypersons and six denominational employees each, appointed by
the executive committee of each local conference in the Atlantic Union Conference
territory, plus one additional representative for each 10,000 members and major
fraction thereof for local conferences having 10,000 or more members.
Avis D. Hendrickson, President
Issumael Nzamutuma, Secretary
OFFICIAL NOTICE
Atlantic Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the 30th Regular Constituency Session of the
Atlantic Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists will convene in Machlan
Auditorium, Main Street, South Lancaster, Massachusetts 01561, June 19 and 20,
2016. The first meeting of the session will convene at 10:00 a.m., Sunday, June 19,
2016. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m.
This constituency session is being held for the purpose of receiving reports
for the five-year period ending December 31, 2015, the election of officers,
departmental directors and an executive committee; and the transaction of such
other business as may properly come before the delegates.
The Atlantic Union Conference constitution, Article III, Section 1: Voting
Representation – Regular Delegates, defines who are the members of this constituency
and outlines the formula for arriving at the number of delegates to be chosen as follows:
a. E ach member organization shall be represented at Union Conference constituency meetings by duly accredited delegates as follows:
1. Each local conference be entitled to one (1) delegate without regard to
conference membership and (1) additional delegate for each two hundred
fifty (250) church members or major fractions thereof. Calculations for
delegate allotments shall be based upon the conference memberships as
of December 31 of the year preceding the session.
2.Delegates shall be chosen by each local conference Executive Committee and
shall be representative of the diversity in the local conference membership
including women, youth, and or representatives of major ethnic groups.
3. At least one-half of the delegates appointed to the Union Conference constituency meeting provided for in Section 1. a (1) above, shall be persons who are not
denominationally employed, of whom approximately one-half shall be women.
Delegates-At-Large
b. In addition, the following shall be delegates-at-large with all the rights and
privileges of regular delegates, at the Union Conference constituency meetings:
1. Members of the Executive Committee of this Union Conference.
2.Members of the Board of the Atlantic Union Conference Association of
Seventh-day Adventists.
3. Officers of the local conferences.
4. Members of the Constitution and Bylaws Committee.
5. Members of the General Conference and North American Division Executive
Committees who may be present at any constituency meeting of the Union
Conference. The number of such delegates representing the General
Conference of Seventh-day Adventists shall not exceed five percent (5%)
of the total number of delegates provided for herein above in Section
2.a.(1) of Article II of these bylaws.
6. Such other persons from the Atlantic Union Conference staff, representatives
from health care systems/institutions serving the Union, church institutions
owned and operated by the Union or local conferences, as may be recommended by the Union Conference Executive Committee and accepted by the
regular delegates in session; the total number of delegates from this category
not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the total number of regular delegates
provided for herein above in Section 1.a.(1) of Article II of these bylaws.
OFFICIAL NOTICE
Atlantic Union Conference Association
of Seventh-day Adventists
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a meeting of the Atlantic Union Conference
Association of Seventh-day Adventists, a corporation, will be held in connection with the 30th session of the Atlantic Union Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists, June 19, 2016 at 3:00 p.m. in the Machlan Auditorium, Main Street,
South Lancaster, MA 01561.
The purpose of this meeting is to elect a board of trustees and to transact
such other business as may properly come before the meeting.
Delegates to the 30th session of the Atlantic Union Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists are delegates to the 30th session of the Atlantic Union Conference
Association of Seventh-day Adventists.
Donald G. King, President
Carlyle C. Simmons, Secretary
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CLASSIFIEDS
All advertisements should be sent,
together with payment, to your local
conference office for approval by the
communication director. For advertisements originating within the Atlantic Union
the rate is $35 for each insertion of 40
words or less, and 50 cents for each
additional word. For all other advertisements the rate is $40 for each insertion
of 40 words or less and 50 cents for each
word over the 40. There is an 80-word
maximum. Check or money order should
be made payable to Atlantic Union
Gleaner or Atlantic Union Conference.
The Atlantic Union Gleaner reserves
the right to refuse any advertisement.
The rejection of any advertisement should
not be construed to constitute disapproval of the product or service involved.
Classified and display ads appearing
in the Atlantic Union Gleaner are printed without endorsement or recommendation of the Atlantic Union Conference.
The Atlantic Union Gleaner makes every
reasonable effort to screen all advertisements, but in no case can the periodical
assume responsibility for advertisements
appearing in its columns or for typographical or categorical errors.
EMPLOYMENT
ATLANTIC UNION COLLEGE SEEKS BIOLOGY
ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF
SCIENCE. The successful candidate
must possess a doctorate from an
accredited institution of higher education. Teaching experience at the
college level in the health sciences is
most desirable. Must share our love
of teaching and interacting with
students, be an active Seventh-day
Adventist who affirms our teaching on
creation. Submit cover letter, including a statement addressing the specific
minimum and preferred qualifications, résumé, copy of transcript, and
three professional letters of reference
to: [email protected]. For more
details visit: www.auc.edu.
ATLANTIC UNION COLLEGE seek s
Assistant Dean of men. To perform
this job successfully, an individual
must be able to perform each essential
duty satisfactorily. Bachelor’s degree
or equivalent experience; minimum two years in support services.
Candidate must be a Seventh-day
Adventist in regular standing and be
committed to the values, principles,
and expectations of the Adventist
Church and Atlantic Union College.
Submit cover letter, including a statement addressing the specific minimum and preferred qualifications,
CV, a copy of transcript, and three
professional letters of reference to:
[email protected]; for details
visit www.auc.edu.
Information Technology and Services
(ITS) Director. To perform this job
successfully, an individual must be
able to perform each essential duty
satisfactorily. Master’s degree in
Computer Science or equivalent; or
four years related experience and/or
equivalent combination. Candidate
must be a Seventh-day Adventist in
regular standing and be committed to the values, principles, and
expectations of the Adventist Church
and Atlantic Union College. Submit
cover letter, including a statement
addressing the specific minimum
and preferred qualifications, CV, a
copy of transcript, and three professional letters of reference to: [email protected]; for details visit
www.auc.edu.
Administrative Assistant to president.
To perform this job successfully, an
individual must be able to perform
each essential duty satisfactorily.
Associate degree or equivalent from
two-year college or technical school;
five years of increasingly responsible
secretarial and clerical experience is
required. Submit cover letter, including a statement addressing the specific
minimum and preferred qualifications, résumé, a copy of transcript,
and three professional letters of reference to: [email protected]. For
details, visit www.auc.edu.
ANDREWS UNIVERSITY seeks Assistant/
Associate/Full Professor of Physical
Therapy. This position holds a faculty
appointment in the PT department
and has teaching, advising, service, scholarship and administrative responsibilities consistent with
the mission and philosophy of the
Physical Therapy department. We are
seeking a qualified candidate to teach
in their area of expertise, for example:
cardiovascular/pulmonary, musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, etc. For
more information or to apply, visit:
www.andrews.edu/admres/jobs/991.
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ANDREWS UNIVERSITY seeks Course
Manager. The Course Manager is
responsible for overseeing the online
course production and delivery process from start to finish, working
closely with the Associate Dean for
Higher Education, the Instructional
Designer, faculty, and editors to
ensure a smooth process, a quality
product, an efficient contract and pay
support for adjunct online faculty. For
ANDREWS UNIVERSITY seeks Assistant
or Associate Professor of MaternalChild Nursing (OB). Full-time position who will be responsible for
teaching OB or maternal/child theory
and clinical nursing, along with other
applicable nursing courses to make
a full-time position. Qualifications
include, but are not limited to: B.S.
in Nursing, doctorate or master’s in
Nursing. At least 2 years current work
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experience in Maternal-Child or OB
nursing, and formal teaching experience is preferred. For more information or to apply, visit: www.andrews.
edu/admres/jobs/973.
ANDREWS UNIVERSITY seeks Assistant/
Associate/Full Professor of Social
Work. This full-time faculty position will teach graduate-level clinical practice courses, with particular
expertise in advanced assessment/
diagnosis, marriage and family therapy, evidence-based practices, and
treatment of adult mental disorders.
Responsibilities include teaching
B.S.W. and M.S.W. courses, conducting research, and providing academic
advising and service to the department, University, and surrounding
community. For more information
and to apply, visit: www.andrews.
edu/admres/jobs/970.
ANDREWS UNIVERSITY seeks Provost.
The provost is the second officer of
the University who also serves as the
Chief Academic Officer and reports
to the President. The combined primary functions of the Provost serve
to ensure that relevant university
activities contribute to the fulfillment of the University’s mission. As
Chief Academic Officer, the Provost
carries broad responsibility for the
University’s academic programs,
goals, and excellence. In the absence
of the President, the Provost also
serves as Chief Executive Officer. For
ANDREWS UNIVERSITY seeks Faculty–
Public Health/Wellness. The BSPH
Director/MPH Faculty will be responsible for providing solid leadership
and direction for the BSPH program; implementing and evaluating
the program with an emphasis on
measuring outcomes using data and
best practices; regularly prioritizing
pragmatic objectives and activities;
teaching MPH courses as assigned.
For more information or to apply visit:
LA SIERRA UNIVERSITY Department of
Curriculum and Instruction invites
applications for a full-time, tenure
track faculty position. Applicants
must hold a Ph.D. degree with
Curriculum and Instruction as the
preferred specialization, and must
have taught for at least five years in a
K-12 classroom setting; be a member
of the Seventh-day Adventist Church;
and have demonstrated effectiveness
as a teacher and scholar. Additional
details and application instructions
available at www.goo.gl/sHijbX.
PACIFIC UNION COLLEGE is seeking
Nursing Faculty positions for full-time
and adjunct status in the Nursing and
Health Sciences department. Ideal candidate will possess a master’s degree in
nursing or related field, current R.N.
license, and meet California BRN eligibility
requirements. For more information or to
apply, call (707) 965-6231 or visit www.puc.
edu/faculty-staff/current-job-postings.
UNION COLLEGE seeks committed Adventist to
establish and direct an Occupational Therapy
Assistant Program effective July 2016.
Essential qualifications include a master’s
degree in Occupational Therapy (doctorate
preferred), being licensed and registered, and
five years of professional experience. E-mail
letter of interest and CV to Rick Young, Chair
of Emergency Management and Exercise
Science, [email protected].
UNION COLLEGE seeks committed Adventist
Social Work Program Director effective January
2017. Essential qualifications include an MSW
(relevant doctorate preferred), and two years
professional social work experience. Successful
teaching also valued. E-mail letter of interest
and CV to Dr. Denise White, Chair of Human
Development, [email protected].
SOUTHWESTERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY
seeks Development Officer/Grant Writer.
Responsibilities include grant writing, donor
relations, event coordination and data entry.
Exceptional written and verbal communication skills are essential. Candidates must have
a bachelor’s degree with strong consideration
given to those with experience in grant writing and donor relations. Submit cover letter
and CV/résumé to: [email protected].
SOUTHWESTERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY seeks
qualified and visionary professional to serve
the Department of Music as Director of
Keyboard and Theory Studies. Responsibilities
include teaching keyboard, theory and church
music classes. Ideal candidate will possess
a doctoral degree, be an accomplished performer, and have professional experience as
a church musician. Send CV and cover letter
to Mr. Jonathan Wall at [email protected].
SOUTHWESTERN ADVENTIST UNIVERSITY seeks
qualified professional to serve the Department
of Music as Director of Orchestral Studies.
Responsibilities include teaching keyboard,
theory and church music classes. Preferred
candidate will hold a doctoral degree, be an
accomplished string performer, and have
professional experience as a conductor. Send
CV and cover letter to Mr. Jonathan Wall at
[email protected].
MATH AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES DEPARTMENT at
Southwestern Adventist University is seeking a highly motivated individual to teach a
combination of statistics, upper-level mathematics and/or general physics. Doctoral
degree preferred; master’s degree considered.
Send CV and copy of transcripts to Dr. Amy
Rosenthal at [email protected].
DESIRE MORE IMPACT FROM YOUR SHORTTERM MISSION EFFORTS? Southern Adventist
University’s Global community Development
Program is hosting a Transforming and
Educating Ambassadors for Mission
and Service Forum, July 14-16, 2016.
Congregations across North America will
discuss improvements on short-term mission
impacts for sustainable difference making.
For registration and information, contact:
[email protected] or (423) 236-2070.
ENJOY WORRY FREE RETIREMENT at Fletcher Park
Inn on the Fletcher Academy campus near
Hendersonville, NC. Spacious villa homes
and limited rental apartment available NOW.
Enjoy a complimentary lunch at our vegetarian buffet on the day of your no-obligation
tour. Call Loretta for details (800) 249-2882.
NEW ONLINE GRADUATE DEGREE IN MEDIA
MINISTRY AT WALLA WALLA UNIVERSITY.
Concentrations available in media/cinema
and web/interactive media. To apply, visit
apply.wallawalla.edu or call (800) 541-8900.
THE CLERGY MOVE CENTER™ AT STEVENS
WORLDWIDE VAN LINES is the way to move from
one state to another! With special pricing for all
Adventist families, and recommended by the
General Conference for over 15 years, quality is
inherent. Contact a Move Counselor for an estimate: (800) 248-8313, sda@stevensworldwide.
com, www.stevensworldwide.com/sda.
LOLO HARRIS Gospel Music Recording Artist,
“Sharing the GOSPEL through song.” CDs
and contact information: www.LoLoHarris.
com, or call (937) 545-8227, or write P.O. Box
492124, Atlanta, GA 30349. LoLo is currently
accepting ministry requests for Concerts,
Evangelism, AYS, Retreats, Conventions, and
more for 2016 and 2017.
WILDWOOD LIFESTYLE CENTER can help you
to reverse diseases such as diabetes, heart
disease, hypertension, obesity, arthritis,
fibromyalgia, lupus, chronic fatigue, cancer, depression, and many more. To invest
in your health, call (800) 634-9355 or visit
www.wildwoodhealth.com.
AUTHORS of cookbooks, health books, children’s chapter or picture books—Call (800)
367-1844 for FREE evaluation. We publish
all book formats, distribute to over 39,000
bookstores, in 220 countries. New titles at
your local ABC or www.TEACHServices.
com—used books at www.LNFBooks.com.
MOVE with an award-winning agency. Apex
Moving & Storage partners with the General
Conference to provide quality moves for you.
Call us for all your relocation needs. Contact
Marcy Danté at (800) 766-1902 or visit us at
www.apexmoving.com/adventist.
Established January 1, 1902
400 Main Street, South Lancaster, MA 01561
Phone (978) 368-8333, Fax (978) 368-7948
Web site: www.atlantic-union.org
Atlantic Union G leaner Staff
E-mail: [email protected]
Editor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ednor A. P. Davison
Circulation/Back Pages/Proofreader. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Debra McKinney Banks
Copy Editor (off-site) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Humphrey
Layout & Design (off-site) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Haziel Olivera
Contributors
Bermuda . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D. Randolph Wilson, [email protected]
Greater New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . Rohann Wellington, [email protected]
New York. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeremy Garlock, [email protected]
Northeastern. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JeNean Lendor, [email protected]
Northern New England. . . . . . . .Scott Christiansen, [email protected]
Southern New England. . . . . . . . . . . David Dennis, [email protected]
Atlantic Union College. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Atlantic Union Conference Departments
President. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donald G. King
Vice President, Haitian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pierre Omeler
Vice President, Hispanic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dionisio Olivo
Secretary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carlyle C. Simmons
Treasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leon D. Thomassian
Undertreasurer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trevor S. Forbes
Adventist Community Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pierre Omeler
Adventist Youth Ministries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ryan Simpson
Children’s Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Astrid Thomassian
Children’s Ministries, Associate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerrell Gilkeson
Children’s Ministries, Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marlene Alvarez
Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ednor A. P. Davison
Communication, Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Debra McKinney Banks
Disabilities Ministries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charlotte L. V. Thoms
Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Astrid A. Thomassian
Education, Associate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jerrell Gilkeson
Education, Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Marlene Alvarez
Family Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dionisio Olivo
Health Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carlyle C. Simmons
Human Relations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carlyle C. Simmons
Information Technology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Hunte
Ministerial. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donald G. King
Ministerial, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pierre Omeler
Ministerial, Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dionisio Olivo
Ministerial Spouses Association. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lois King
Personal Ministries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Trevor S. Forbes
Plant Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . David Keith
Prayer Ministries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carlyle C. Simmons
Prison Ministries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pierre Omeler
Public Affairs/Religious Liberty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Charles Eusey
Public Affairs/Religious Liberty, Assistant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Ashmeade
Publishing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donald G. King
Revolving Fund. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Violet Bidwell
Sabbath School. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dionisio Olivo
Stewardship. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leon D. Thomassian
Trust Services/Inner City/Loss Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leon D. Thomassian
Women’s Ministries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lois King
Local Conferences and Institutions
Bermuda: Kenneth Manders, President; DeJaun Tull, Secretary; W. Aaron
Spencer, Treasurer. Office Address: P.O. Box HM 1170, Hamilton, HM EX
Bermuda. (441) 292-4110. Web site: www.bermudaconference.org
Greater New York: G. Earl Knight, President; Henry Beras, Secretary; Ebenezer
Agboka, Treasurer. Office Address: 7 Shelter Rock Rd., Manhasset, NY 11030.
(516) 627-9350. Web site: www.gnyc.org
New York: Elias Zabala, Sr., President; Miguel Crespo, Secretary; Priscilla
English, Treasurer. Office Address: 4930 West Seneca Turnpike, Syracuse,
NY 13215. (315) 469-6921. Web site: www.nyconf.org
Northeastern: Daniel Honoré, President; Oswald Euell, Secretary; Edson
Bovell, Treasurer. Office Address: 115-50 Merrick Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11434.
(718) 291-8006. Web site: www.northeastern.org
Northern New England: Bob Cundiff, President; Ted Huskins, Secretary;
Daniel Battin, Treasurer. Office Address: 479 Main St., Westbrook, ME 04092.
(207) 797-3760. Web site: www.nnec.org
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Southern New England: David Dennis, President; José Alarcón, Secretary;
Joel Tompkins, Jr., Treasurer. Office Address: 34 Sawyer St., South Lancaster,
MA 01561. (978) 365-4551. Web site: www.sneconline.org
Atlantic Union College: Avis Hendrickson, President; 338 Main Street,
South Lancaster, MA 01561; (978) 368-2000. Web site: www.auc.edu
Visit the AUAM Web site at: www.auam.tv
NETS Evangelism Center: Kevin Sears, Director; Lois King, Assistant Director.
Office Address: P.O. Box 446, South Lancaster, MA 01561. (978) 368-2638.
E-mail: [email protected]. Web site: www.netsatlanticunion.org
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