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News, Features and Recent Events (updated December 2006)

What a year 2006 is turning out to be. God has seen it fit to call home a few of the saints and their departure has left a void and emptiness in their families but a reminder to all of us that our existence in this world is temporary and that ultimately God will take us home.

Yet there is a more immediate realization that dawns upon us as we contemplate the passing of Sis. Thomas, Sis. Clement and Sis. Harewood and Bro. Grant. It is a realization that the age demographic of the church is changing and that the “soldiers” who labored to ensure that the Three Angels Message was heard and lived, in the Guapo area, are moving on to be asleep in Jesus, waiting for the imminent return of Our Lord and Savior.

Yet as they sleep, the work is NOT FINISHED and as that hymn we sing so often says “Where are the reapers or who will come?” There is no doubt in the mind and consciousness of the leadership of the church that passing on to the next generation, a passion for ministry and the salvation of souls is our greatest challenge. The exemplars that have gone on have left a legacy of sacrifice that our generation seems unwilling to make or even consider. Who can forget the many Friday’s; Sis Thomas came and prepared the church for Sabbath services or Sis. Clements untiring efforts at investment projects year after year and her phenomenal memory which was manifested in the large number of “Morning Watch” texts she could recite by rote. Can we forget Sis Harewood’s consistent commitment to her work as a deaconess and her compassion and capacity for “welfare” work? At this time we should never forget as well Bro. Grant’s long and meritorious service as a church treasurer and elder nor his fervent commitment to the spirit of prophecy and the Sabbath.

Are these examples of faithfulness in ministry repeatable? Can such unselfish service be manifested in the current cadre of church members? These are questions worthy of contemplation and it may well be that our ability to minister to others through such selfless servants must now come through deliberate action. The time has come where the local may have to consider the establishment of a ministry academy where local “leaders” are used to train members for ministry. Our passion for Christianity and ministry needs to be rekindled so that their (those who have gone on) living “will not be in vain”.

Please pray for the churches as we grapple will this challenge of continuity and by God’s grace we will be victorious.

Fitzroy.

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