A yearly publication of the Atlantic Caribbean Union of Seventh-day Adventists

“Proclaiming Jesus Christ to the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks and Caicos Islands”

Believing in the words of Christ to care for the helpless, fatherless, wid-ows, and marginalized etc., the Atlan-tic Caribbean Union of Seventh-day Adventists is once again pleased to launch its annual Harvest Ingath-ering Campaign. This drive, un-

der the theme “Love In Action”, appeals to the public for financial assis-tance in order to maintain a ministry of love and kindness to humanity.

Each year, around the third and fourth quarters, your Adventist friends call upon their neighbors, friends, business owners, and people in gen-eral to assist them in sustaining their numerous outreach ministries to people in need. Accordingly, I solicit your support in this regard.

This brochure includes pictures and data that share with you some of the events and activities in which the Seventh-day Adventist church in the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks & Caicos Islands engaged to help the needy by providing food, clothing, housing, financial assistance, education, counseling, or health care.

In anticipation of your annual contribution, I express heart-felt appreciation. May God continue to bless you abundantly.

Sincerely,Leonard A. JohnsonPresidentAtlantic Caribbean Union of Seventh-day Adventists(Includes The Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, and the Turks & Caicos Islands)

From the President

Dear Friends of the Seventh-day Adventist Church,

During the next few months, the Adventist church in the Atlantic Caribbean region will be engaged in its annual Ingathering Program, a time when

we once again look to you for tangible support of our humanitarian endeavors as a church. Your financial contribution will go a long way in relieving the suf-fering of those in dire need and those who have been struck by natural disasters. Annually, the church, through various ministries such as the Adventist Community Services, the Adventist Relief and Development Agency (ADRA), Education, Health, Youth, and Pathfinders, has positively impacted the lives of many by providing fi-nancial assistance, food and clothing, health seminars, community development, and much more. We were able to do all of this just because you cared enough to give. We sincerely appreciate your sacrificial giving over the past year. As a result of your kindness, many have experienced the love of Christ and have improved their quality of life. This is the mandate of Christ. Thank you once again for sharing in the joy of touch-ing the life of another person. May God bless you abundantly. Al PowellPersonal Ministries DirectorAtlantic Caribbean Union

From The Personal Ministries Director

Almartha Thomas, ADRA (Adventist De-velopment and Relief Agency) director and other officials conduct an assessment of the needs of the fire vic-tims of Lower Bight Community in Turks and Caicos. The Turks and Caicos Islands

Mission provided food, clothing, and social support and assist-ed the Red Cross in locating shelters for the displaced families.

Pathfinders of the Blue Hills Church in Providenciales distribute over 300 piec-es of clothing at the Good Samaritan Flea Market

Digicel TCI and Marana-tha Academy teamed up to take education to the next level. Maranatha Acad-emy, the Seventh-day Ad-ventist School in the Turks & Caicos Islands, is the first school on the island to introduce tablet com-puting in the classroom.

Turks and Caicos Islands Mission(Grand Turk; Providenciales; North, Middle, and South Caicos; Salt Cay)

North Bahamas Conference(Grand Bahama, The Abacos, Bimini, and The Berry Islands)

Tchiana Augustin of the Grand Bahama Academy of SDA is seen collecting an award for outstanding pass-es in the BJC exam. Each year, Grand Bahama Acad-emy continues to train hun-dreds of young people from around the north Bahamas.

Approximately 170 persons participated in the Health Expo Program in Abaco, Ba-hamas. In addition, over 130 persons from the Abaco com-munity registered for the 8 Weeks to Wellness program.

Eight Mile Rock Pathfinder Club distributing food baskets to the senior citizens through-out the Hanna Hill community

South Bahamas Conference(The Islands of the Central and South Bahamas)

Adventist youth from the Message of Hope SDA Church in the South Baha-mas Conference preparing to feed the police officers at the Wulff Road Police Sta-tion in Nassau, Bahamas during Global Youth Day.

The Grants Town SDA Church, in the South Ba-hamas Conference, held a series of parenting semi-nars for persons in the Bain and Grants Town communities. Hundreds of parents attended the event and received books and other items during the back-to-school give-away

Bahamas Academy of Sev-enth-day Adventists, which has been providing qual-ity Adventist education to the children of the Bahamas for more than 100 years, will of-ficially dedicate its new school building on Marshall Road, Nassau in November 2013.

Cayman Islands Conference(Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman)

The Cayman Islands Confer-ence of Seventh-day Adventists hosted its annual 10 kilometers walk/run for youth and health. It is a non-profit event that has been held for the past 21 years.

Master Guides from the Youth Ministries Department in the Cayman Islands are involved in community projects, such as distributing food baskets, visiting the elderly, and clean-ing a needy person’s home.

A women’s group from the Fi-ladelfia Church instructs the community on how to pre-pare healthy foods and snacks and provides massage ther-apy during the Cayman Is-lands Conference Health Expo.

Media Ministry

Turks and Caicos Islands Mission3ABN on PTV8 cable on channel 65 and on WIV cable, channel 126 Hope for Today on Radio Turks and Caicos at 5:00 p.m. every Sunday

Cayman Islands ConferencePraise Radio Station 87.9 FMCATV (Cayman Adventist Television) broadcasts Hope TV, 3ABN, and other local programs on the cable network channel 2 and Free to Air 30

North Bahamas ConferenceATV (Adventist Television) on the local cable, channel 533 ABN on the local cable, channel 53Hope TV on local cable, channel 653

South Bahamas ConferenceATV (Adventist Television) on the local cable, channel 53 3ABN on the local cable, channel 53Hope TV on local cable, channel 653Radio Station - Word SBC 88.3

For more information on the work of the Seventh-day Adventist Church or to make a contribution toward the annual Ingathering Pro-gram, you may contact any of the following offices in your local area.

Cayman Islands Conference 209 Walkers Road, P.O. Box 515, George Town, Grand Cayman KY1-1106, CAYMAN ISLANDS (345) 640-2647 | (345) 949-2647 Fax: (345) 949-6167 Email: adventists@cicsda.org

North Bahamas Conference Gambier and Beachway Drive P.O. Box F-40515 Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas 242-374- 2051 or 242 374 5669 Fax: 242-374 5674 Email: info@northbahamasmission.org

South Bahamas ConferenceTonique Williams-Darling HighwayP.O. Box N-356Nassau, Bahamas (242) 341-4021/2Fax: 1 (242) 341-4088Toll Free: (242) 225-3959Adventist Book and Nutrition Center:(242) 341-2429southbahamasconference@gmail.com

Turks and Caicos Islands MissionSouthern Shore Complex, Leeward Highway, P.O. Box 803 Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands B.W.I. Tel: (649)-941-8735 Email: info@turksandcaicosmission.org