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Plans in High Gear for JAMU’s First-ever Film Festival

Plans are in high gear for staging the Jamaica Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (JAMU) first-ever Film Festival, which will be held on Sabbath, May 10, 2025, at the West Jamaica Conference Centre. It starts at 3:00 pm. The Festival is a collaborative effort between the JAMU and Hope Channel Inter-America. Hope Channel Inter-America has been partnering with other Unions throughout the Inter-American Division of Seventh-day Adventists to promote and encourage the use of short films to unearth members’ creativity while winning and keeping souls for Christ.

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NCU Student’s Remarkable Display of Confidence and Courage

In a remarkable demonstration of faith and commitment, Janoya Fraser, a dedicated student literature evangelist from Northern Caribbean University (NCU), recently made headlines with her extraordinary encounter with Jamaica’s prime minister. With unwavering courage Fraser approached the nation’s leader to share her faith and distribute literature, an act of boldness that resonated deeply beyond the walls of her university. Fraser took the opportunity to engage with the prime minister and uplift him in prayer. This moment was more than a personal expression of her values; it was a profound testament to the transformative power of faith in action. The prime minister, moved by Fraser’s genuine passion and conviction, publicly commended her efforts in a heartfelt Facebook post, acknowledging her bravery and the inspiration she brought forth.

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Adventist World Church president visiting Jamaica this weekend

Seventh-day Adventist World Church President Pastor Ted Wilson is scheduled to visit Jamaica this weekend to launch the denomination’s Youth Ambassador programme. Pastor Everett Brown, president of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Jamaica, in a news release on Sunday, expressed pleasure at the April 11-13 visit of Pastor Wilson and his wife Nancy, noting that it will be his third since being elected world church president in 2010.

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Adventist World Church president to visit Jamaica for Youth Ambassador programme

President of the Seventh-day Adventist World Church, Pastor Ted N. C. Wilson, is slated to visit Jamaica this coming weekend. The visit, the third since being elected World Church president in 2010, is primarily to meet with the Island’s Adventist young people to launch the Youth Ambassador programme.

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Cedar Grove District of Churches Achieve Centurion Status with 113 Baptisms

MANDEVILLE, JAMAICA - The Cedar Grove district of churches in Mandeville, Manchester, has concluded its "There's a Better Life" evangelistic series, with over 100 people baptized. Pastor Charvone Clarke, who leads the Cedar Grove district of churches, closed the series and the first quarter of the year as a centurion, having led 113 people to Christ.

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St. Catherine Municipal Corporation Supports OSAY Initiative with $500,000 Donation

Spanish Town, St. Catherine — The Operation Save A Youth (OSAY) initiative, hosted by the Central Jamaica Conference of Seventh-day Adventists (CJC), received a generous donation recently from the St. Catherine Municipal Corporation that aided in it’s community outreach efforts. The contribution, valued at $500,000, supported a range of community-based activities that uplift and empower young people across the parish.

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