SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH

JANUARY

CRUSADE PREPARATION MONTH
3: SBC Worker’s Meeting (Bahamas Academy)
5: Day of Prayer and Fasting
5: Youth Church- (Joint AY) Johnson Park Adventist Church
9-18: Ten Days of Prayer / (LTM) Materials GC
10: “I Want to Live Healthy” Fun Run (start of Let’s Move to Live Day)
11-13: SBC Winter Convention
12: Reclaiming of Former Youth Members (Prospect List)
12: Bible Connection Promo Launch
12: Health Ministries Emphasis Day
13: Annual CHAM Planning Meeting
13: AHPA & Health Ministries Re-consecration Prayer Breakfast
18: Women’s Ministries Consecration Service
19: Day of Prayer in every Church
19: Mega Rally and Presentation of Evangelistic Teams at 4:00 p.m.
(Churches need to be in attendance to support the teams. Church colors to be worn).
19: Religious Liberty Day
20: Local Church Communication Leaders Media Ministry Meeting
20-26: Health Summit, New Mexico
21-25: Pastoral Family Week of Prayer
23: Bible Worker’s Crash Course for Professionals to be held at Centreville Church 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
(“You can be a Soul Winner”)
24: SBC Executive Committee Meeting
26 - Feb. 2: IAD Stewardship Holy Convocation (Costa Rica)
26: South Andros Investiture
26 - 31: Evangelistic Revival
28 - Feb. 1: OYIM Online University, IAD

FEBRUARY

2 - 9: LTM Reaping Campaigns IAD
9: LTM Baptismal Day
9 - 16: Christian Home and Family Week
9: Christian Marriage Day (Emphasizes Marriage)
10: PARL Conclave
10: YWOP Preacher’s Training - SBC Office Board Room
15 – 17: ACLASS- 10 Hours Senior Youth Course, Adventurer & Pathfinder Staff Training Course
(Bahamas Academy)
17 - 26: LTM Educational Trip (Israel)
16: Christian Home Day (Emphasizes Parenting)
17: GEMS Reloaded
21 - 24: Screening for 8 Weeks to Wellness Programme
23: Adventist Youth, Club Ministries Consecration Service, ACLASS Graduation
(Joint AY Service) Good News Seventh-day Adventist Church
25: 8 Weeks to Wellness Starts
28: SBC Executive Committee Meeting

MARCH

1-3: Family Island Youth Congress and ACLASS (Exuma)
2: International Women’s Day of Prayer
10: YWOP Preacher’s Training-SBC Office Board Room
10: DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME BEGINS
13: Day of Prayer for Educational Institutions
15-17: SOAR Summit (for all Elders, Deacons, & Deaconesses)
16: Global Youth/Children’s Day
16: GC Global Youth Day¨ Adopt a Prisoner, a Patient an Orphan Joint Youth Rally - Big Pond Park
17-22: GC #YWOP (Youth Week of Prayer Local Churches) Visiting College Students
23: Adventist Education Emphasis Day
23: GC Youth Homecoming Day & Youth Baptismal Sabbath
24: Communication Leaders/Media Teams Training
24-29: Uchee Pines Wellness Seminar, Seale Alabama
28: SBC Executive Committee Meeting
30: Stewardship Emphasis Day

APRIL

1 - 3: ATCU Mental Health Summit, Nassau
5: Youth Church: (Joint AY) Agape Feast-H.D. Colburn Gym
6: Mission Transform 242: Missing Youth (local church AY takes program to home of a missing youth member)
6: Joint AY Social
6: Day of Prayer and Fasting
7: Youth Council SBC Conference
11-18: Big City Youth Evangelism: Jesus in Jeans, Tallahassee Florida Pathfinder Band Trip
13: Friends of Hope Day
13: Education Evangelism
13: IAD Youth Spiritual Commitment (Virtual Training
13 -20: Education Evangelism
14: Women’s MinistriesM Operation Jabez 3
18 - 21: Mission Transform: Inagua (Local AY travel to Family Islands)
18 - 21: Local Pathfinder Club Camps
19: GOOD FRIDAY
19 - 21: Ministerial Retreat (Grand Bahama)
22: 8 Weeks to Wellness Fun Run Walk
22: EASTER MONDAY
24: SECRETARIES DAY
25: SBC Executive Committee Meeting
27: Local Church Bible Connection Experience (Semi-Finals)
27: VBS Workshop
28: SBC Executive Committee Meeting
29: 8 Weeks to Wellness Graduation

MAY

HURRICANE PREPARATION/DRUG AWARENESS MONTH
3-5: II Family Island Youth Congress & ACLASS (South Andros)
4: Elders, Deacons, & Deaconesses Mix and Mingle
4: Mission Transform 242: Local church AY to Visit & Share care packages on Hospital Wards
4: Joint AY Social
12: MOTHER’S DAY
18: Youth Volleyball Season
22: IAD Training for Youth Leaders (Cancun)
20-22: Annual Adventist Media Pledge-A-Thon
23: SBC Executive Committee Meeting
25: World Day of Prayer for Children at Risk
26: God’s Beloved Daughters
29: ATCU Mid-year Symposium

JUNE

VACATION BIBLE EXPERIENCE MONTH
1-3: III Family Island Youth Congress & ACLASS (San Salvador)
1: Mission Transform 242: Local church AY visit & pray at a police station
10: LABOUR DAY
7 - 9: SBC Youth Retreat
7 - 9: CHAM Retreat
8: Women Ministries & GEMS Emphasis
8: Stewardship Emphasis Day
9: Pathfinder Club Evaluations
10: WHIT MONDAY
14: Bahamas Academy Secondary Baccalaureate Service
17: Bahamas Academy Elementary/Early Learning Center Graduation (a.m.)
17: Bahamas Academy Secondary Graduation (p.m.)
21-23: BC Pathfinder Camporee
11: RENEW (Launch of SBC Ministerial Magazine)
15: CHAM Speech Contest
27: SBC Executive Committee Meeting
29: SBC Conference Bible Experience (Finals) Joint Service
29: Youth Basketball Championships

JULY

YOUTH MONTH
5: Youth Church - Joint AY Berea Adventist Church
6: Day of Prayer and Fasting
6 - 13: Youth Evangelistic Campaigns in Local Churches IAD/ATCU/SBC
7: Vegan Cook Off
7: Youth Council & ACLASS
7: God in Shoes
9 - 13: 3rd Global Conference on Lifestyle and Health, LLU
10: INDEPENDENCE DAY
13: Mission Transform 242: local AY take service to Home of Pastor or First Elder
13: Youth Baptismal Sabbath
15 - 17: SELD Conference (IAD, Miami)
17 - 21: II PCM Youth and Professionals IAD Congress, Panama
20: Health Pulpit Exchange
25: SBC Executive Committee Meeting
25 - 27: SBC Youth Convention
28: A.Y.A.: Adventist Youth Awards

AUGUST

3: Mission Transform 242: Local AY take program to Children’s Home
5: ATFO: Adventist Track & Field Olympics
5: EMANCIPATION DAY
9 - 11: NCU Graduation
10 - 24: IASI Youth Mission Project
12 - 18: International Pathfinder Camporee, Oshkosh Wisconsin GC
17: Adventist Education Emphasis Day
17: Children’s Ministries Emphasis Day
21 - 24: IAD ASI Convention (Nassau)
24: Abuse Prevention Emphasis Day
30 - 31: Back to School Revival Joint
31: Youth Baptismal Sabbath

SEPTEMBER

4: Women’s Ministries God Covers Me
6 - 8: IV Family Island Youth Congress & ACLASS (North Andros)
7: Mission Transform 242: Local AY & Pathfinder Club visit a Nursing Home
7: Stewardship Emphasis Day
7: Family Togetherness Day (Emphasizes the Church Family)
7 - 8: ALERT (Adventist Leadership Evangelism & Retention Training)
8: CHAM Art Exhibition
8 - 14: Family Togetherness Week
14: SBC Adventuree (One day Camp)
15 - 21: Health Emphasis Week
15: Child Preachers Workshop
21: GC World Pathfinder Day, Pathfinder Baptismal Sabbath, March, Joint AY
21: Child Preachers Pulpit Exchange
26: SBC Executive Committee Meeting
27 - 29: ATCU Bible Connection (Cayman Islands)
28: Sabbath School Guest Day/Special Needs Emphasis Day

OCTOBER

INGATHERING EMPHASIS MONTH
Lay Evangelism (Preachers will be trained)
4: Youth Church: C.A.C.: Creative Arts Conference Joint AY
5: Mission Transform: (Local church AY take program to Elderly/Sick Member at Home)
5: Day of Prayer/Launch of Ingathering
6: National Youth March & Rally
12: Adventist Teachers Appreciation Day
13: Let’s Move to Live (Final) Day
13: Adventurer, Pathfinder & Community Services Exhibition
13 - 19: CHAM Week of Prayer
14: NATIONAL HEROES DAY
18 - 20: Global Public Campus Ministry Weekend
19: SBC Women’s Ministries Conclave – The Pink Impact
19: Spirit of Prophecy Weekend
24: SBC Executive Committee Meeting
26: Pastor’s Appreciation Day
Media Christmas Recordings (Month of October)

NOVEMBER

1 - 3: Family Island Youth Congress & ACLASS: North Eleuthera
3: DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS
2: Mission Transform 242: Local church AY visit to pray with the M.P. of church area
2 - 9: Week of Prayer
10: Remembrance Day March
24: SBC Youth Council Elections
13: Ministerial Recognition and Awards Service
17: PARL Year End Council Meeting
24: CHAM FUN DAY
24: Youth Council Elections
27 - 30: SBC Bible Conference (Islam and Christianity in Prophecy)
28: THANKSGIVING DAY

DECEMBER

1: Public Christian Witness
1: Pathfinder Band Concert
1: Adventist Men Annual Concert
7: 2019 Curacao, IAD Bible Connection Finals
7: Stewardship Emphasis Day
7: Mission Transform 242: Local Church AY Distributes used shoes, clothing, bags, books
devotional in good condition to charities
8 - 9: Cayman Island Conference Session
9 - 13: Personal Evangelism and Leadership Council (Seminar at Oakwood)
13 -15: Winter Youth Retreats Youth Day and Youth Banquets (Local Churches) PM - Adventurer and Pathfinder Congressoree
14: Health Emphasis Day
15: Local Church/AY Banquets
19: Conference Office Closes for Holidays