Events Calendar

SHORTWOOD SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST CHURCH
       
CALENDAR OF EVENTS - 2009 
Voted 25/01/09   World Theme (2009):  Mission of Hope  
       
January      
DAY DATE EVENT COMMENT
Thu 1st EJC Pentecost & More - Season of Reaping  
Sab 3rd  When Families Pray 8:00 a.m.
Sab 3rd  EJC Pentecost & More Fasting & Prayer/Praise Reunion & Thanksgiving Service  
Sun  4th Local Leaders' Seminar 9 am-1 pm
Mon 5th Church Clerk Report due to EJC  
Sab 17th Community Prayer Walk #1 pm
Sab 17th Launch & Investiture - Adventurers/Pathfinders Clubs  pm
Sun  18th EJC Convention - Kgn & St Andrew Board Meeting scheduled
Sab 24th Religious Liberty Day  
Sun  25th Men's Empowerment Day  
Sab 31st  Children Church #1 am
Sab 31st  Community Prayer Walk #2 pm
Sab 31st  EJC Sabbath School & Personal Ministries Workshops - Zone 3 Golden Acres
       
       
February      
Sun-Tue 1st-3rd Street Campaigns (2 simultaneously)  
Fri-Sun 6th-8th EJC AY Leaders/Pathfinders/Adventurers Retreat  
Sun-Tue 8th-10th Street Campaigns (2 simultaneously)  
Wed/Sab 11th/14th Family Life Week EJC Youth Prayer & Fasting
Sun 15th Board Meeting  
Sun-Mon 22nd-30th  Church Crusade begins c/o A Heslop
Wed  25th Adventurers' Club Field Trip NB: "one-off venture"
Sab 28th EJC Youth Temperance Emphasis Day  
       
       
March      
Tue-Sun 1st-22nd Church Crusade continues  
Sun 15th Board Meeting  
Sab 21st  Pentecost & More Baptism Portmore SDA
Sab 28th Communion am
Sab 28th 13th Sabbath am
       
       
April      
Fri-Sun 3rd-5th Spirit of Prophecy Weekend  
Sab 4th Couples' Night out  
Sun 5th Church Clerk Report due to EJC  
Thu-Mon 9th-13th Dynamo Pathfinder Camp Join with 2 churches
Sab 11th Women's Day of Prayer  
Sab 11th Singles' Night out  
Sun/Wed/Sab 12th/15th/18th Stewardship Week  
Sun 19th Board Meeting EJC Trust Services & Treasurers' Workshop
Sun-Sab 19th-25th  Youth Week of Prayer Dovetail any 2 consequent readings to make up for 1st Sabbath
Sab 25th Children Church #2 am
       
       
May   Drug Awareness & Child Month
Sab 2nd Community Services Evangelism  
Sun 3rd  EJC Children Convention  
Sun-Sab 3rd-9th Education Week 9th - GC/IAD Disaster & Famine Relief Emphasis
Sun/Wed/Sab 10th/13th/20th Adventurers' Week  
Sun 17th Family Fun Day (collaboration of Youth/Family Life/Fundraising) Board Meeting scheduled
Sab 23rd Community Relations Day #1  
Sab 30th Children Church #3 am
       
       
June      
Sab 6th Personal Ministries Day  
Sun 7th EJC 5K Run/Walk (Youth/Health)  
Sab 13th Men's/Health/Women's Emphases Day  
Sab 20th Communion  
Sun 21st  Board Meeting EJC Family Ministries Directors' Seminars (Zone 3 included)
Sab 27th 13th Sabbath am
Sab-Sun 27th-28th Little Angels' Valedictory & Graduation Weekend  
       
       
July      
Sun 5th Church Clerk Report due to EJC  
Sun-Sab 5th-11th Children Crusade  
Sun-Fri 12th-31st Youth Crusade begins  
Wed-Wed 15th-21st EJC Summer Camp - Early Teen & Jnr Crusade?
Sun 19th Board Meeting  
Wed-Wed 21st-28th EJC Summer Camp - Late Teens & Adult Crusade?
Fri-Sun 23rd-26th EJC Healthy Lifestyle Retreat  
Sab 25th Nominations of Officers 2010-11 begins Large & small committees nominated
Sun 26th EJC Couples' Evening of Elegance  
       
       
August     Publishing Ministry Month
Sab-Sun 1st-2nd Youth Crusade ends  
Thu -Sun 6th-9th Adventurers' Camp  
Mon-Thu  10th-20th Vacation Bible School  
Tue-Sab 11th-15th IAD Pathfinder Camporee - Wisconsin  
Fri-Sun 14th-16th EJC Elders & Family Retreat  
Sun 16th Board Meeting  
Sab 29th Deaconry Day EJC Abuse Prevention Day
  NB Nominations of Officers for 2010-11 continues  
       
       
September      
Sab 5th Pathfinders' Day EJC Launch Pentecost & More 2010?
Sab/Sun/Wed/Sab 12th/13th/16th/19th Family Togetherness Week  
Sun  13th EJC Religious Liberty Workshop  
Sab  19th Communion   
Sun/Wed/Sab 20th/23rd/26th Health Emphasis Week  
Sab 26th 13th Sabbath  
  NB Nominations of Officers for 2010-11 continues  
       
       
October      
Thu-Sab 1st-31st Harvest Ingathering Emphasis Month  
Sab 3rd Harvest Ingathering Launch  EJC Sabbath School Convention 
Mon 5th Church Clerk Report due to EJC  
Sab 10th Spirit of Prophecy Day  Possibly to EGW Institute
Fri-Mon 16th-19th Couples' Retreat  
Fri-Sun 23rd-25th Singles' Retreat  
Sab 24th Day of the Pastor  
Tue 27th WIU Conference Bible Bowl Finals  
Sab-Sun 30th-31st EJC Women's Convention  
Sab 31st Children Church #4 am
Sab 31st  Week of Prayer begins  
Sab 31st  Nominations of Officers for 2010-11 ends  
       
       
November      
Sun-Wed 1st-30th EJC Youth in Leadership & Reclamation Month  
Sun-Sab 1st-7th Week of Prayer (continued)  
Sab 7th Reclamation Day Entire month is dedicated to this, so ALL departments to emphasise it!
Sab 14th Youth Day  Speaker - Pastor Heslop
Sun 15th Annual Church Outing  
Sab 21st HIV/AIDS Awareness Day  
Sab 28th Children's Day EJC Bible Emphasis Day
Sun 29th Stewardship & Trust Week begins  
       
       
December      
Sab 5th IAD Bible Bowl Finals (Martinique)  
Wed/Sab 2nd/5th Stewardship & Trust Week ends  
Sun 6th EJC Leaders' Council & Follow the Bible  
Wed-Sun 9th-13th  Camp Meeting/Youth Congressoree/Festival of Laity  
Fri-Sab 18th/19th EJC Youth Prayer Conference  
Sab 19th  Communion  
Sun 20th EJC Youth & Children's Ministries Sports/Fun Day  
Sab 26th  13th Sabbath  
Sab 26th Community Relations Day #2 **
Sun 27th Church Banquet  
Thu 31st Thanksgiving Service for old/New Year  
       
       
** would have been Homecoming Day but General Conference Session & 65th Anniversary coincide 2010
Hence, preparation to be made for Anniversary Celebrations with touch of Homecoming & special honouring feature
       
Tues 05-Jan-10 Church Clerk Report due to EJC