On Monday August 13, under the leadership of Principal Clara George, the St Maarten SDA School swung open its doors for the 2018/2019 school year with 337 students, a full staff compliment and a newly refurbished building. President Desmond James was on hand to experience the “spirit-filled and professionally executed” Back to School Consecration Service.
St Eustatius SDA School, under the direction of Principal Mrs LaVerne David, held a groundbreaking ceremony to herald the commencement of construction of a block of four new classrooms.
On August 20, the school swung open its doors for the 2018/2019 school year with prayers of blessing by IAD Sabbath School Director Pastor Samuel Telemaque and NCC Education Director Gerene Joseph, along with resident pastor, Virgil Sams.
St Croix SDA School hailed the appointment of a new Principal, Mr Johnston Southwell. Faculty, staff, and students were buttressed by members of the school’s board of management, parents, grandparents, supportive church members, and a cheerleading squad of alumni, as they returned to school after the summer vacation. Meanwhile that school boasts two early admission students to the University of the Virgin Islands in the persons of Mahlana Graham and Stacy
Frederick.Under the leadership of Principal Wade Tobin, the BVI SDA School registered exceptional CSEC (Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate) results in the 2018 examinations. This caused no small stir in the BVI territory and throughout the Caribbean Union. Achieving a pass rate of 93.5%, the school’s performance is among the best in the BVI territory. It also ranks #1 among the SDA schools in the Caribbean Union. The school will commence the 2018/2019 school year on September 10th.
Although forced to operate from two locations due to the impossibility of using the school building which was damaged by Hurricane Irma, the St Thomas/St John SDA School, under the leadership of Dr Whitman Browne, continues to be the school of choice for many students in the St Thomas/St John district. Faculty and staff are ready to commence the new school year with energy and enthusiasm. That school celebrates Jair Smith’s early admission to the University of the Virgin Islands. The School will reopen on September 4, for the 2018/2019 school year.
A new component, in the form of a Spiritual Retreat, has been introduced into the NCC Education system by the NCC Office of Education. The objective of the retreat is to provide opportunity for all members of staff (including auxiliary staff) to be spiritually rejuvenated and in one accord as they face the new school year. Spiritual Retreats have been conducted in the St Eustatius and St Croix Schools so far. The BVI SDA School will host its Spiritual Retreat on September 7th.
On Sabbath August 18, several churches in the NCC heralded the start of the 2018/2019 school year by hosting Prayer Festivals and Prayer Celebrations, on behalf of all the schools in the NCC. The blessings showered upon the schools by church members coupled with copious heavenly blessings will no doubt result in an abundance of successes for our schools this year. Together we can Change the world!
Spotlight on Adventist Education in the North Caribbean Conference
On Monday August 13, under the leadership of Principal Clara George, the St Maarten SDA School swung open its doors for the 2018/2019 school year with 337 students, a full staff compliment and a newly refurbished building. President Desmond James..
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Bethel and Horeb Evangelistic Campaign 2018
The churches of Bethel and Horeb, of District 3, hosted an evangelistic campaign with the international evangelist, Richner August Fleury, who is the Youth and Communications Director of the Haitian Union of SDA
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Ten Glorious Days of Fun
Vacation Bible School (VBS) 2018 at the Virgin Gorda Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church was held under the theme “Welcome Aboard” from August 13th - 24th. It was ten glorious days of fun, singing, craft, nature walk and Bible stories. Of the..
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Spotlight on Adventist Education in the North Caribbean Conference – part 2
Secondary school students in the North Caribbean Conference embraced the opportunity to participate in cross-cultural mission trips sponsored by the Inter-American Division. Students travelled to Temoya, Mexico in 2016 and to Holguin, Cuba in 2017.
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NCC Welcomes New Ministerial Intern
The North Caribbean Conference (NCC) of Seventh-day Adventists (SDA) announced that, as of September 1, 2018, Pastor Timothy Leito has been employed as a ministerial intern. The Administration assigned him to be the ministerial intern in St. Croix,
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Breaking The Silence! Virgin Gorda Adventist Church Brings Abuse Awareness to its Community
August 25th 2018 marked the End It Now Day across the Caribbean and the world. To commence the activities the VGSDA Church was the host of the Darkness to Light Training program which seeks to end child sexual abuse around the globe, in all its forms
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NCC Laymen Employ Key Strategies in ASI Reaping Effort
Two laymen from the North Caribbean Conference (NCC) participated in a one-week evangelistic campaign in Mexico prior to the start of the Inter-American Division’s annual Adventist Laymen’s Services and Industries (ASI) Convention in Cancun, Mexico,
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The SDA School on St. Eustatius Broke ground to Signal the Start of Construction of four (4) additional Classrooms
The Seventh-day Adventist community on St. Eustatius had reason to celebrate and to give glory and honour to God as they witnessed the ground-breaking ceremony to mark the start of construction of four additional classrooms, at the Seventh-day ..
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BVI SDA School 2018 Graduation Exercises
Boasting a senior class of 17 graduates, the British Virgin Islands Seventh-day Adventist School held its graduation exercises July 27-29, 2018. Although the last of the eight schools within the North Caribbean Conference to hold it graduation ...
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More than 50 NCC Lay-persons Trained for Cross-cultural Community Impact
in a bid to meaningfully impact 54 culturally-diverse nations in the Caribbean and Latin America (from Mexico to countries which border the northern coast of South America), the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church hosted a joint convention for more ..
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