Pentecostal Tabernacle Annual Report 2016

Table of Contents

2 Mission and Vision Statements
3 Pastor’s Report

Special Reports
5 Operation Rescue
8 Zonal Executive Director

The Ministry Pillars
24 Worship
27 Prayer
30 Evangelism
36 Discipleship
40 Fellowship
61 Stewardship

Special Features
43 New Additions
44 Our Achievers
45 Wedded Bliss
46 Pastoral Assistants and Deacons
47 The Christian’s Role as Salt and Light
49 Sister Rita Jane Thomas
51 Brother O’Dayne Valentine Richards
53 Brother George McKenzie
57 Sister Barbara Scarlett
59 Brother Mark Smith

Other Reports
63 Youth Ministry (Pentecostal Conquerors)
66 Minutes

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Mission and Vision Statements

ission:

M United Pentecostal
Church of Jamaica
To go into all regions of Jamaica converting souls and
developing them into effective witnesses to the glory of
the Lord Jesus Christ.

ission:

M Pentecostal Tabernacle

To win people to Jesus Christ and membership in His
family, to develop them to Christ-like maturity, to equip
them for ministry and life mission in the world, that they
may glorify the Lord Jesus Christ.

Bring them in, grow them up, send them out, all to the
glory of God.

V ision:
“A Transformed People, Living Transformed Lives”

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To the Leaders and Members of Pastor’s Report
Pentecostal Tabernacle
We had the privilege of blessing 72 pre-
May God our Father and the Lord cious babies during 2016.
Jesus Christ give you all sanctifying MARRIAGES
grace and tranquilizing peace. Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful
to one another in marriage. God will surely
You are either holding in your hands a judge people who are immoral and those
copy of the Annual Report of Pentecostal who commit adultery. (Hebrews 13:4, NLT)
Tabernacle in respect of the year 2016, or Fourteen couples were united in holy matri-
you are preparing to read the same on line. mony during the year. Their names and the
The report records another chapter in the
history of our Assembly and I encourage 3
you to read every report contained therein.

Allow me to share with you some of the
significant aspects of the year under
review:

CONVERSIONS
It’s not important who does the planting, or
who does the watering. What’s important is
that God makes the seed grow. The one
who plants and the one who waters work
together with the same purpose. And both
will be rewarded for their own hard work.
(1 Corinthians 3:7-9 New Living Translation
[NLT])

Our records indicate that 152 persons were
baptized during the year and 213 received
the baptism of the Holy Spirit. We are
grateful to the Lord for making the seed
grow.

THE BLESSING OF BABIES
Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a
reward from him. (Psalm 127:3, NLT)

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Pastor’s Report

dates of their nuptials are indicated hereun- APPRECIATION
der: …The harvest is great, but the workers are
few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of
Names Dates the harvest; ask him to send more workers
into his fields. (Matthew 9:37-38 NLT)
Andrew Thomas and Natassja Williams January 9
My heartfelt appreciation to our Pastoral
Wesley Conway and Tracey-Ann Leard February 6 Assistants, Secretary Treasurer, Deacons,
Outstation and Zone Leaders, Ministry
Terrence Sutherland and Eutifan Edwards February 15 Leaders, Finance Committee Members,
Field Workers, and all others, who serve in
Steve Robertson and Hillary Walters April 30 a leadership capacity here at Pentecostal
Tabernacle.
Gerald Francis and Linda Bennett May 28
I also thank the staff members of Pentecos-
Courtney Forbes and Charmaine Harriott June 4 tal Tabernacle, together with the support
workers for their contribution to the work of
Mark McHugh and Deverley Scott June 18 the Lord.

Dwight Coley and Keneisha Palmer July 7 My wife Alecia continues to be a source of
inspiration, strength and support and the
Silton Townsend and Ann-Marie Gallimore October 20 same is true of my children. I love them very
much and appreciate their commitment to
Richard Fletcher and Tena Watson October 22 the Lord and His Kingdom.

Kenneth Rollins and Claudia Campbell October 30 Finally, I record my appreciation to the
members of Pentecostal Tabernacle. The
Akeem Roberts and Abbiegayle Taylor November 2 Lord has used all of you to minister to me in
one way or another. I recognize that the
Elroy Hemmings and Judean Clarke November 26 Lord is using this Assembly to contribute to
my perfection and I trust that He is using me
Kenroy Grant and Alicia McKenzie December 24 to contribute to the perfection of the Assem-
bly. Thank you all for the privilege of serving
TRANSITIONS you in this capacity.
…Blessed are those who die in the Lord
from now on. Yes, says the Spirit, they are Yours because of Calvary,
blessed indeed, for they will rest from their
hard work; for their good deeds follow John-Mark Bartlett
them! (Revelation 14:13, NLT)
Pastor
The name of persons who passed away in
2016 are listed hereunder in alphabetical Salt and Light
order:

 Eunice Blackwood
 Melbourne Reynolds
 Grace Russell
 Wayne Salmon
 Carl Smart
 Karl Stewart
 Clement Thomas
 Rita Thomas
 Jennifer Warren
 Avis Williams

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To: Pastor John-Mark Bartlett and Operation Rescue Report
Saints
During the year, some of our field workers
Blessings and honour to the Most High left the Ministry for other areas. Operation
God. Grace and peace in the name of Rescue bade farewell to Minister Rupert
our Lord and Saviour, JESUS CHRIST. Rigg. He was an integral member of the
team and we wish him all the best in his
“Each of you should use whatever gift you future endeavours.
have received to serve others, as faithful Brother Steve Allen was reassigned but
stewards of God’s grace in its various continued to assist the ministry when called
forms.” (1 Peter 4:10, NIV) upon. We thank him for his faithfulness and
dedication to Operation Rescue.
Another year has come to an end and we Minister Fitzroy Mills is no longer serving in
lift our hands in thanks to God for a year a full-time capacity; but is still integrally
filled with laughter, tears, challenges, and involved in the outreach activities to the
so many other things. But most of all, we various institutions and schools. Unfortu-
thank Him for His GRACE! The memories nately, Minister Mills was involved in a
of 2016 will remain in our hearts for a long motor vehicle crash in October, and
time as we continue to see God’s great- suffered major injuries and had to undergo
ness and grace in so many ways. surgery. At the time of this report he is still
recovering and we continue to pray for
Operation Rescue, an essential Ministry, complete healing.
continues to participate in activities held at
the following institutions: 5

 LEAP Centre (Mondays)
 Family Court Attendance Centre

(Mondays and Fridays)
 Y.M.C.A. and Kingston High School

(Tuesdays)
 Family Court Training Centre

(Wednesdays)
 Amy Bailey Training Centre, Denham

Town Health Centre and Bellevue
Hospital (Thursdays)
 Pentab High School (Wednesdays)
 Kingston Technical High School

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Operation Rescue Report The Team assisted a homeless young man
who was living under a bridge with food
Sister Tamara Lightbourne a field worker, and personal items. Following efforts to
bared her soul while sharing her life’s testi- find him a home, the Church and other per-
mony at Pentecostal Tabernacle, other sons locally and overseas were instrumen-
assemblies and with approval of Pastor tal in constructing a one bedroom house on
Bartlett on a National Radio Station. Since land donated. The Team also assisted him
then, several persons have made contact with acquiring a stove, furniture and other
with the Ministry via telephone, text items. He later gained employment at a
messages, WhatsApp and Facebook, security company. We give God thanks for
seeking counsel, prayer, deliverance and His blessings on this young man. We con-
other assistance. A total of 75 persons tinue to follow his progress regularly and
made contact with the ministry of which assist in his development.
one was baptized, one filled, two delivered
and ten prayed for. We have been follow- Our records for the period January to
ing up with these individuals and continue December 31, 2016 reflect the following:
to assist them as the Lord allows.
STATISTICAL REPORT 20
In August, Sister Tamara’s laptop which is Bible Study 233
used for the Ministry’s record keeping was Prayed for 275
hacked. As a consequence, some of the Follow-ups 111
files were lost. Counseling Sessions 14
Baptized Only 37
Apart from social media, we continue to Filled Only 18
receive prayer requests from persons local- Delivered 2
ly and overseas. We also receive victory Restored 9
reports and updates on how God has been Home Visits 8
moving in the lives of His people. Numer- Hospital Visits 7
ous persons who were assisted by the Min- Church Visits 30
istry, continue to share their experiences of Clinics/Health Centers/Judicial Courts 3
the impact of the power of God on their School Visits
lives.
On reflection, we can safely say, ‘Surely
Pentecostal Tabernacle remains a distribu- the Lord has been gracious to us.’ We con-
tion centre for Food for the Poor, providing tinue to thank Him for strength, endurance,
supplies for the needy. With the assistance patience, longsuffering and most of all,
of others, Brother Paul Allen continues to Grace. It is only through Him that we can
spearhead this venture. Items are distrib-
uted to various churches, schools and Salt and Light
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Operation Rescue Report

find the fortitude to continue this journey no
matter how challenging. We await His
deliverance and we do so, in praise and
worship. We are confident that by His
Grace, we will go forth while awaiting His
promises.

“For the grace of God has appeared that
offers salvation to all people.” (Titus 2:11,
NIV)

Yours in Christ

Gary Cummingham

Co-ordinator

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Zonal Executive Director’s Report

To: Pastor John-Mark Bartlett following persons who have given devoted
Saints leadership to the Zones and Outstations:

Precious and Holy greetings in the  Sister Tanesha Hart – Zones and
name of our Lord Jesus Christ! Outstation Coordinator

“Say not ye, There are yet four months,  Minister Neville Richards (Zone 1)
and then cometh harvest? behold, I say  Sister Cordelle Coore (Zone 2)
unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the  Sister Dyane Barrett (Zone 3)
fields; for they are white already to har-  Minister Lloyd Stephens (Zone 4)
vest.” John 4:35  Minister Hyacinth Williamson

In the history of the Church, there has (Duhaney Park)
never been a shortage of the ‘harvest;’ it  Minister Leon Gordon (Nannyville)
has been the age old story of a dearth of
labourers/reapers. In 2016, we attempted Let me also express my sincere gratitude
to actualize the overarching theme of the to all the workers of the Zones, Outsta-
Evangelism Ministry: “Melting Down The tions, Sound Technicians, and the leader-
Saints and Putting Them Into Circulation.” ship of Pentab for their support, hard work,
Some measure of success was achieved, commitment, and passion for the work of
but we still have a long way to go…the the Lord Jesus. These precious men and
Process Must Continue! Given the happen- women, throughout the course of the year,
ings in our country in 2016, the need is gave selflessly of their time, talent and
now more urgent for the Church to position financial resources to the work of building
itself in every community, sphere of influ-
ence and every facet of our society to influ-
ence people to a better way of living and to
a relationship with Jesus Christ. So, our
focus in 2017 will again be on PERSONAL
EVANGELISM, otherwise called RELA-
TIONSHIP or LIFESTYLE EVANGELISM.
Every member will be encouraged to be
unswerving in their commitment and efforts
to WIN AT LEAST ONE SOUL to Jesus
Christ this year.

APPRECIATION
I would like to take this opportunity to
express my profound appreciation to the

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the Kingdom of God, and facilitating the Zonal Executive Director’s Report
transformation of the lost in our communi-
ties. summarized in the tables below and the
reports following.
In our attempts to fulfill the mandate to The Master’s servant,
EVANGELIZE, the outreach activities that
were undertaken by the Evangelism Minis- Moses N. Williams
try, Zones and Outstations in 2016 are
Pastoral Assistant

ZONE 1 Areas Participating Remarks
Southside/Manley Meadows Tracts were distributed weekly
Activities Harbour View & Rock Fort Eleven were held
Tract Distribution Fletcher’s Land, Rockfort,
Home Bible Study Manley Meadows, Southside & Twenty-one homes were visited
Harbour View/Wickie Wackie
House to House
Rockfort, Harbour View, Manley
Extension Schools Meadows, Southside, Fletchers
School Devotions Land, Denham Town
Shuttle Ministry
Follow-Up-Ministry Manley Meadows, Fletcher’s Fifty-four classes were held with
Land & Southside 42 students & four teachers
Hospital Ministry
KTHS, KHS & Donald Quarrie Six devotions were held
Prayer Meetings
Denham Town and Tivoli Twelve persons were con-
Gardens sistently transported to the
Harbour View, Church Area, sanctuary
Rockfort, Denham Town, Manley
Meadows, Bull Bay

Southside and Manley Meadows, Twelve visits in all (K.P.H.,
Harbour View, Denham Town UHWI and National Chest
Southside, Manley Meadows Hospital) with 7 persons
Harbour View, Rockfort, Wickie participating
Wackie, Bayshore, Fletchers Approximately 24 meetings were
Land and Church Area held

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Zonal Executive Director’s Report people to participate in witnessing must be
pushed and activated throughout.
Our target of each one win one must be
continued, especially with our young
people. The charge to energize our young

ZONE 1
RESULTS FROM OUTREACH ACTIVITIES

Southside Visitors Filled Water Baptized Reclaimed
Manley Meadows 7 5 4 -
Harbour View/Bayshore 4 1 3 -
3 5 2 -
Rockfort
Church Area 12 14 9 1
Denham Town/Hannah Town 15 13 14 3
Wickie Wackie/Bull Bay 3 4 4 -
Fletcher’s Land 5 5 1 -
Total 3 2 1 3
52 49 38 7

The signs of the times are clear and the VISION and HOPE for a great move of
FOCUS must be on JESUS’ return as we God on our young people. TO GOD BE
contribute to Kingdom Building. THE GLORY !!!

Great appreciation goes out to all those Neville V. Richards
who caught the vision to come out and
support. We look forward to 2017 with Zone Leader

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ZONE 2

# of Teachers/ Persons Filled Special Note
Schools/ Average Members with the Holy
Meetings/ Attendance Present
Events Ghost/
Baptized

Extension Schools 2 30 2 Students who had special needs
20 were prayed for. More students
House to house/ 5 60 7 4-Filled and parents started to attend
Prayer Meeting 40 2-Baptized Church on Sundays
10 Persons received healing and are
Tract Distribution at 6 (mainly 10 now attending Church
the gate of Schools 5 men)
and business places 16 3 “Backsliders” were encouraged to
Tract Distribution and rebuild their relationship with the
prayer for persons in Lord
community Approximately 900 tracts were
distributed and 15 persons
Bible Study on the 9 3 prayed for
Street Persons who have never been to
church or have not attended for
Visit to St. Monica’s 10 1 many years had an opportunity to
Home for the hear the Word of God
elderly Golden Agers were taught the
Word of God each Sunday even-
ing.

Let me express a big Thank You to all the this task is not an easy one and could not
members of Zone 2 who took the time to have been done by one individual.
participate in the activities to reach the lost;
Cordelle Coore

Zone Leader

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ZONE 3 # Meetings/ Average Special Note
Events Attendance
Home Meetings 6
Special 4 10 Meetings were held in Norbrook, St. Andrew
Home Meeting 7
28 The Home Meetings were held at Meadowbrook Citi-
Prayer Meetings 2
Prayer Meetings at zens Association Building (MECAB). The average
the Duhaney Park 1
Police Station 26 number of persons in attendance at the four meetings
Prayer Meetings For 3 was 26. The maximum attendance was 44. The pres-
Bereaved Families
78 ence of the Lord was evident in these meetings.
Bible Study 3
One person was filled with the Holy Ghost and one
Personal Witnessing 12 reclaimed

Tract Distribution Since its launch in June, Prayer Meetings were con-
5 ducted with the Officers on Thursday morning at the
Follow-up of Contacts
Duhaney Park Police Station
Devotions in Schools
Prayer meetings were held at the homes of Sisters

25 Rita Thomas (deceased) and Shirley Gayle (who lost
her son). Faith Chapel members supported the

prayer meeting at Sister Thomas’ home.

One Bible Study was held on January 21 at Jamaica

Public Service (JPS) Corporate Office in New King-

4 ston. Four persons attended the study. The person
ministered to was an Executive Director of JPS. Sub-

sequently, he and his sister attended service at Pen-

tab on one occasion.

Two persons were witnessed to and taken to Pentab
where one was reclaimed and the other baptized in
the name of Jesus Christ. A number of other persons
were witnessed to and a few have been attending
Pentab occasionally.

Tract distributions were held in the Half-Way-Tree
Bus Park, and in the Mosquito Valley and Happy
Grove communities of Red Hills (in support of Grace
15 UPC). Two persons received the Holy Ghost
at a prayer meeting held after one of the events. An
extension school was launched subsequent to this
venture.

Seventy-Eight persons who attended services at
Pentab (some of whom were converted), were
contacted by members of the Zone. Several have
expressed a need for prayer, and some are attending
services regularly.

Tarrant Primary, Tivoli Gardens High and Balcombe
Drive Primary and Junior High

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EVANGELISM IN THE RED HILLS Zonal Executive Director’s Report
COMMUNITIES SUMMARY
 Being true followers of Jesus Christ, the
Members of Zone 3 gave unswerving sup- members of Zone 3 have recognized
port to Grace UPC, Red Hills, where Broth- the needs of the communities and have
er and Sister Courtney Francis now give generously donated monies and
leadership. During the year, the members clothing to the members.
of the Zone participated in three “Operation
Invasions” carried out by the saints of To God be the Glory! Great things He has
Grace UPC. The invasions included tract done!
distributions and ministering to the resi-
dents of Mosquito Valley and Happy Grove THE BALCOMBE DRIVE EXPERIENCE
communities. As a result of these activities On the afternoon of Monday, May 2, 2016,
and the work of the Holy Spirit the following Sister Nereson Fletcher, a teacher of the
successes can be reported: Balcombe Drive Primary and Junior High
sent out a message to the Pentab’s Com-
 Three Extension Schools have been bined Choir Whatsapp group for help with
established having a total of 70 children her students who were in immediate need
and their parents. Of significance, one of prayer. This was the quickest way she
of these Extension Schools is being knew to contact the brethren. One of her
spearheaded by a new convert. students was exhibiting unusual behaviour;
disturbing the class and causing near
 Clinic Ministry is held on a weekly pandemonium.
basis, which has resulted in one person
being filled with the Holy Ghost and Arrangements were made to visit the
four persons baptized in the name of school the following morning to pray with
Jesus. the students and a wider appeal was made
which included the Zone 3 WhatsApp
 There is Police Station Ministry every group. Help was also sought from the
Friday and the Commanding Officer for United Pentecostal Church of Jamaica
the Red Hills Police Station has Headquarters to provide the expertise in
requested that devotions be held with dealing with supernatural activities.
the inmates on Sunday mornings.
The following groups of saints showed up
 A joint street meeting by the Grace that morning:
UPC in Red Hills and Pentab was held  Zone 3 members
in the Happy Grove Community where  Choir members (who were also zone 3
seven persons were gloriously filled
with the Holy Ghost. members)
 Minister Sheldon Smith, Region 1
 In total 10 persons were filled with the
Holy Ghost and 12 persons were bap- Missions Coordinator
tized in the name of Jesus Christ; and  Minister Clinton Smith, Missions

Salt and Light Director of North Kingston UPC

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Zonal Executive Director’s Report  Monday May 16—four students received
the Holy Ghost and many demons were
 Brother and Sister Algernor cast out of two.
Thompson, other members of North
Kingston UPC  Tuesday May 17—members of the
team were summoned to the school to
Praise and worship was held with the provide answers to two visibly upset
affected class in the library. The presence parents of two students, who were
of the Lord was overwhelming; children delivered. The parents wanted to know
began receiving the Holy Ghost and why their children came home a little
demons began to manifest themselves. tired, and so when confronted with the
That morning 14 students received the truth, anger turned to desperation for
Holy Ghost. The PTA President who was at God. The parents cried out to God and
the school, went to the library to see what one parent was gloriously filled with the
was happening and she also received the Holy Ghost, while the other parent
Holy Ghost. Demons were cast out and all worshipped and felt so overwhelmed by
the paraphernalia associated with them God’s presence that she collapsed to
were destroyed. the floor.

It is an honour to have been invited to  Monday May 30—eight students
return every Monday at 9am to pray for received the Holy Ghost
each class. God never failed to show up
and minister to the precious children.  Monday June 6—six students received
the Holy Ghost.
Statistics cannot describe the great impact
and work that God wrought in that school, By this time, the students were preparing
but for a summary, the following are high- for end-of-year exams, so the decision was
lights of each week: made to break the prayer meetings for the
term. In all, the Lord gloriously filled 40
 Monday May 9—prayer was held with souls, including students, teachers and
another group of students, four of parents in a span of 35 days.
whom received the Holy Ghost and five
demons were cast out of one boy. Letters were sent to the parents of the
students who were filled, seeking their
 Tuesday May 10—a teacher who permission to have the children baptized in
watched her students receive the the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. Many of
Holy Ghost the day before, was glori- the parents who did not respond to the let-
ously filled with the Holy Ghost in the ters were subsequently filled with the Holy
staff room. Sisters Fletcher and Ghost at the first street meeting held in the
Williams of Pentab were witnesses to area.
this mighty move of God.

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But it didn’t end there, the community got Zonal Executive Director’s Report
wind that the Apostolics were coming to the
school and became curious. They would There is so much more work to be done,
run to the school’s fence whenever regular but so few hands. Nevertheless, all praise
devotions were in session. The request for to God who works with our talents and
prayers in homes became so overwhelm- availability and gives manifold increase.
ing that the team had to get support of the
entire Assembly. Many, many thanks to Brother Dameon
Burrell who gave of himself to the work of
Two street services and a Sunday morning the Lord, and was instrumental in organiz-
“Invasion” were held in the area. The sup- ing and implementing the activities at the
port was overwhelming and several souls school. A big thank you to the faithful
received the Holy Ghost and were deliv- Zone 3 members who went each week,
ered from demonic possession. and to all others who took time off from
their jobs to participate in the prayer meet-
At the time Balcombe Drive residents were ings. Your labor is not in vain.
baptized, reclaimed, filled and transported
to church every Sunday morning. These In closing, I would like to express my deep
saints, including the children are inviting appreciation to our Assistant Zone Lead-
their family members and friends each ers, Area Leaders and Zone members for
Sunday to Church, so evangelism is being their support and encouragement through-
perpetuated through these converts. Mem- out the year. Your support made the task of
bers of the Zone have made telephone leading the Zone for the first time so much
contact with them. easier. I look forward to serving you in
2017, where we will endeavor to make a
With the support from Pentecostal Taber- greater impact on the many lost souls that
nacle, members of the Zone donated reside in Zone 3.
$38,000 to provide an award to the top
GSAT boy and girl of the Balcombe Drive Dyane Barrett
Primary and Junior High School. Addition-
ally, Pentab Choir and Zone members Zone Leader
raised $60,000 to support six students with
back-to-school expenses.

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ZONE 4 # of Average Members/
Schools/ Persons Teachers
Meetings/ Attended/ Present Special Note
Events Ministered

To

Extension Schools 2 52 Five students were filled with
7 the Holy Ghost and baptized in
Prayer Meetings 13 13
8 Jesus’ name
Home Prayer 8 5
Meetings 3 Since June, prayer meetings were held
Hospital Ministry 4 13 every other Saturday at the Faith Basic
5
Visiting the sick 2 School in Waterford

Shut-ins Visits 6
Visit to Bereaved
Families 5

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Tract Distribution 6 9

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Programme
One Thousand Two Hundred and Forty
tracts were distributed in Waterford,
10 Greater Portmore and the Spanish Town
Bus Parks. People were also prayed for
and invited to church

Eighty Three food baskets were distribut-
ed to Zone and community members in
need

In closing, let me thank all our Area Leaders and the Saints who continue to work in the
Zone throughout the year. May the Lord bless you for your continued support as we work
together to build His Kingdom.

Lloyd Stephens

Zone Leader

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Zonal Executive Director’s Report—Duhaney Park

Duhaney Park Outstation continues to PLANS FOR 2017
impact the lives of people in the  Promote the principles of Relationship
community it serves. Despite various
challenges, with the help of the Lord Jesus Evangelism, where each member is
Christ, it has served as a “lighthouse” to mandated to win at least one soul for
minister to the needs of the members and the year. This effort will be underpinned
the people in the community. by teaching several Bible Studies on the
topic and doing follow-up with the mem-
Ministers Lorna Senior, Sylvanous Fray, bers to see if they are consistently
Moses Williams; Brothers Karim Hill, contacting people, and sharing the
Dennis Brown, Rohan Williamson and Gospel of Jesus Christ
Sisters Norda Stephenson and Christine  Maintain contact with the community
Hill have been a tower of strength. They through visitor follow-up and invitations
have all worked assiduously and given to services
tremendous support to the Outstation.  Garner greater support and involvement
of Zone 3 members to help assist the
I also thank Sister Jacqueline Ingram who Outstation
has given invaluable time and showed  Establish structured Sunday School to
great commitment and love to the children include a New Convert Care class
at the Duhaney Park Outstation. She  Enlist more workers/volunteers from
allowed the Lord to use her as she minis- Pentab for Sunday School and Chil-
tered to our children, despite her illness! dren's Church
 Host a Health Fair in the Duhaney Park
Below is a summary of some of the activi- Community
ties undertaken.  Participation in National Sheaves for
Christ
BABY DEDICATION  Improvement and growth in Youth
One baby was dedicated to the Lord on Services to increase the youth popu-
March 13. lation of the Outstation

YOUTH SUNDAY CHALLENGES
Youth Sunday was held on the last Sunday  Lack of proper church building facilities
in each month, where the children were in
charge of the service under the leadership to accommodate the general community
of Brother and Sister Karim Hill.  Shortage of trained church workers
 Tent is not conducive for service
CONVERSION
One person was filled with the Holy Ghost especially during the months leading up
and two baptized in Jesus’ Name. to summer – heat is unbearable
 Late arrival of members attending
church

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 Inconsistent schedule of tract distri-
bution on a monthly basis due to
secular work commitments of members

 Items needed to assist members who
are sick or shut in as well as transporta-
tion to church

Sister Dyane Barrett has visited the Outsta-
tion and we are in dialogue to implement a
structured programme for the involvement
of the members of Zone 3.
Yours in Christ,
Hyacinth Williamson

Outstation Leader

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Zonal Executive Director’s Report—Nannyville

A“ nd don’t let anyone put you down  Sister Effie Blake—Women’s Fellowship
because you’re young. Teach believ-  Sister Phylget Hill—Pentecostal
ers with your life: by word, by demeanor,
by love, by faith, by integrity.” 1 Timothy Conquerors
4:12 - MSG  Sister Astenett Gordon—Christian

I am grateful to my Saviour, Jesus Christ Education Ministry
for what He has done and continue to do in
us. It is without doubt, that He desires to do I also acknowledge among others, Sisters
a great work in us, so that we can reflect Andrea Lungrin, Clementine Riley, Madge
His light and love, to a dark and cold world. Maul, Stephanie Gordon and Brother
Quadain Brett along with the other teachers
I am thankful to my best friend, chief part- for their dedicated service in the Sunday
ner in ministry, my wife Astenett, who has and Extension School Ministries.
given me unwavering support in the service
of the Lord. It is indeed true that he that I am thankful to Brother Quadain Brett and
finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains Sister Shanique Smith along with the other
favour from the Lord. Our son, John- members of the Praise and Worship Team
Andrew continues to inspire and challenge and choir for the service that they have giv-
us to be the best examples that we can be, en in this area. I am also thankful to Sisters
so that our lives, more than our sermon at Tania Andrews and Monica Duke for their
the physical podium, will lead him to Christ. continued service as Ushers and Greeters.

I am thankful to Pastor and Sister John- I acknowledge the support of all other mem-
Mark Bartlett, the leaders and the general bers of Pentab – Nannyville and friends of
membership of Pentecostal Tabernacle for the Outstation who have contributed to the
their support. work of the Lord.

While the work of the Lord is always chal- The Nannyville Outstation remains commit-
lenging, I am blessed to have support from ted to the Great Commission as received
our leadership group which is a team of from our Chief Shepherd, that is, to go into
faithful and precious Saints here at Nan- all the world, and preach the Gospel to
nyville. These individuals and the areas in every creature.
which they serve are as follows:
Yours because of Calvary,

 Minister Kenrick Hill—Missions, Evan- Leon J. Gordon
gelism and Prayer & Assistant Out-
station Leader Outstation Leader

 Minister Leon Ferguson—Men’s Fel- 19
lowship & Assistant Outstation Leader

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YOUTH MINISTRY Falls & Park in Ocho Rios on Monday,
October 17. This was designed to pro-
Objective vide fun and fellowship for the members
To prepare the Youths of the Outstation to  Three members attended National
be equipped spiritually, physically and aca- Youth Camp
demically to answer the call of Jesus for  We participated in a joint Sports Day
their lives and having the full knowledge of with Gordon Town UPC and Worship
Jesus Christ. Tabernacle UPC on December 3 at the
Savage Pen Sports Complex in Gordon
Achievements Town
The Youth Department commenced the  We surpassed our Sheaves For Christ
year with joint Youth Week activities with Offering goal of $10, 000.
Pentecostal Tabernacle held March 9-13  We hosted 12 Youth Corps participants
under the theme, Living the Transformed from August 22-28. They led us in way-
Life. Services were held at Nannyville on side evangelism and evangelistic
Thursday, March 10 and Friday, March 11 services
as well as the evening of Sunday, March
13. It was a time of refreshing, renewal MINISTRY GOALS FOR 2017
and evangelism for us. The speakers were:  To host Youth Week 2017 and seeing
Minister Demoy Nash (North Kingston
Sanctuary UPC—Wednesday), Reverend the conversion of at least five souls
Luke York (National Sunday School Direc-  To continue to ensure that the youths
tor—Thursday), Reverend O’Garth McKoy
(National Superintendent - Friday) and Min- are allowed to actively participate in this
ister Anthony Reid (Pentecostal Taber- Ministry and to receive the necessary
nacle—Sunday evening). Youth services training to assist them in fulfilling their
were held weekly on Tuesday evenings; God-given calling
while Youth Sunday services were held  To host three Prayer and Fasting
every fourth Sunday. Services
 To have eight members attend Teen
We continued to ensure that the youths Camp and six Youth Camp
were allowed to actively participate and  To host Youth Corps and seeing the
give leadership to the activities of this conversion of at least eight souls
Ministry. We also supported Youth  To participate in the National Bible Quiz
Services at other assemblies. competition
 To jointly host Sports Day with Gordon
 Two Saturday Prayer meetings were Town UPC and Worship Tabernacle
held for the youths UPC
 To have full participation in all the
 The Men’s and Women’s Fellowship programmes and events of the National
collaborated to host a trip to Konoko Pentecostal Conquerors Department

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CHRISTIAN EDUCATION MINISTRY GOALS FOR 2017
 To increase the Sunday School attend-
Objectives
 To prepare members of the Outstation ance average to 120
 To host three General Sunday School
in teaching the fundamentals of the
Apostolic doctrine, so that all will be Meetings
able to rightly divide the Word of Truth  To host two Parenting Seminars
and be prepared for the Rapture of the  To host two Sunday School Training
church.
 To create an intimate environment in and Development Seminars
which members can freely interact with  To host Children’s Crusade
peers and teachers.  To have a Sunday School Treat and a

Achievements: Christmas Programme
 We maintained the Extension Sunday  To participate in the National End of

School classes in Top Range, Bottom Year Sunday School Exam
Nannyville, Top Nannyville and the  To organize and execute one Sunday
Back-Bush communities. The average
student attendance are as follows: School Field Trip
 Top Range – 7  To assist 5 students from our Extension
 Bottom Nannyville – 16
 Top Nannyville – 25 Sunday Schools to attend Junior or
 Back-Bush – 28 Teen Camp.

 Our overall Sunday School average is PRAYER & FASTING
110 persons each week
Objectives
 One General Sunday School meeting  To assist in the preparation and moti-
was held
vation of joyful prayer within the
 We started a special Sunday School Assembly and in the members personal
where a group of members went into walk with the Lord, so as to influence
the community and identified persons personal and public revival in the body
to sit with and teach a short Sunday of Christ.
school lesson on the Salvation Plan  To promote, direct and organize
focused prayer, as well as consistent
 We had approximately 35 sessions of fasting and Bible reading habits.
regular Sunday School
The motto of this department is that 2
 We hosted our Christmas Programme Chronicles 7:14. In focusing upon this, we
and Treat on December 11 will assist in accomplishing the main task of
Pentab – Nannyville, perfect the bride of
Christ and reach a lost and dying world.

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ACHIEVEMENTS the participation of all the ladies of the
 Monday evening prayer meetings were Assembly in all the activities and
programmes of the Kingdom.
held along with Pre-service Prayer  Major focus will be placed on spiritual
sessions on Wednesday and Sunday growth, outreach, fundraising and social
evenings involvement, so as to equip them to
 Two 3-day Fasting and Prayer periods fulfil the purpose that Jesus Christ has
were observed for their lives.
 Weekly Prayer and Fasting were
observed and members were provided ACHIEVEMENTS
with specific prayer and fasting focus  The Ministry continued to prepare the
 The Daily Bible Reading Programme
continued Sanctuary prior to services
 One All-Night Prayer meeting was held  Clothing and food were provided for

MINISTRY GOALS FOR 2017 some members and unsaved individuals
 To host prayer meetings on Monday from the community
 Coordinated and executed the Mother’s
evenings and Wednesday evenings Day and Ladies Sunday Worship
before Bible Study and Sunday services
evenings  The coordination and execution of our
 To coordinate four Leaders’ Prayer Annual Christmas Dinner
Meetings  Visitations to shut-ins were done
 To coordinate four periods of Special  Changed the decor of the Sanctuary
Prayer and Fasting
 To host two All Night Prayer Meetings MINISTRY’S GOALS FOR 2017
 To host two Prayer Seminars  To host Women Development Seminars
 To have15 Home Meetings  To oversee the beautification of the
 To host Special 30 Days Prayer
programme—praying through the book Community Centre for the services
of Acts  To coordinate and oversee shut-in/
 To encourage the continuance of
Family Altars in the homes of members hospital visits
and promote the establishment of  To organize 5th Sunday Fellowship
Family Altars in homes of non-  To plan Annual Christmas Family Dinner
participating members.  To plan Women’s Field Trip
 To plan and execute Mothers’ Day and
WOMEN’S FELLOWSHIP
Objectives other ladies-led services
 To administer and motivate the Women’s  To raise funds to purchase chairs for the

Ministry in a manner that will involve Sanctuary

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MEN’S FELLOWSHIP MINISTRY ACHIEVEMENTS
Objectives  Eleven Mission Sunday Services were
 To administer and motivate the Men’s
held
Ministry in a manner that will equip all  Fifteen Street Services were held
males to fulfill the purpose that Jesus  One Evangelism Seminar was held
Christ has for their lives
 Major focus will be placed upon males’ MINISTRY GOALS FOR 2017
spiritual growth, outreach, social  To conduct at least 15 Home Bible
involvement and the maintenance of the
physical surroundings of the Outstation. Studies
 To coordinate at least 15 Street Services
ACHIEVEMENTS  To host two Evangelism Workshops
 Coordinated and executed the Father’s  To conduct general evangelism and tract

Day worship service and Men’s Sunday distribution once each month
services  To coordinate and execute the Each
 Assisted in the beautification of the
church environment One Reach One programme
 To host two Altar Workers Training
MINISTRY GOALS FOR 2017
 To host and execute three Men’s Seminars
 To host Two-Night Crusades within the
Training Workshops
 To organize joint 5th Sunday Fellowship Back Bush and Top Ranger communities

Services with the Women’s Fellowship OUTSTATION OVERALL CHALLENGES
Ministry AND ACHIEVEMENTS
 To plan and execute Father’s Day and
other male-led services Challenges
 To assist in the beautification of the  The lack of a suitable facility to house
church environment
 To oversee, improve and maintain the the Outstation continues to affect our
physical assets of the Outstation overall numerical growth
 High rate of unemployment among mem-
EVANGELISM AND OUTREACH MINISTRY bers which impact their standard of living
Objectives
 To evangelize the community of Nanny- ACHIEVEMENTS
Conversion
ville Gardens and it’s environ with the  Two persons were baptized
gospel of Jesus Christ; with the desire  Five persons received the Holy Spirit
of winning its members to the Kingdom  Three persons were reclaimed
of the Lord.
 To sensitize and motivate the members Baby Dedication
of the Outstation to become personal  Six babies were dedicated
evangelists wherever they go.
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Worship Ministry Report them for their involvement in their children’s
spiritual development. The choir ministered
To: Pastor John-Mark Bartlett and in the Child’s Month Service, the Josiah
Saints Generation Conference held in August and
combined with the other choirs at different
B“ ut the hour cometh, and now is, when times during the year.
the true worshippers shall worship the
Father in spirit and in truth: for the Father Under the leadership of Brother Kevin
seeketh such to worship him. God is a Powell and Sister Jodi-Ann Palmer, the
Spirit: and they that worship him must Youth Choir ministered with the Junior
worship him in spirit and in truth.” (John Choir for Youth Week 2016 services. This
4:23-24) was a blessing to both the choristers and
congregants, and we intend to continue this
PURPOSE STATEMENT collaboration for the future. Please contin-
To create an environment in which people ue to keep our young people in your
can intimately connect with God to glorify prayers.
Him, be encouraged to expect the miracu-
lous, and be taught to embrace the princi- The Combined Choir continued to be
ples and values of God’s Word to the end faithful, ministering in most of the Sunday
that each member will develop a lifestyle of services for the year. Due to the rising
worship. numbers of members attending educational
institutions in the evenings, rehearsals were
Greetings in the exalted name of Jesus held on Friday evenings during the “school
Christ our Saviour and soon coming King. year” and Thursday evenings when school
The Worship Ministry of Pentecostal Taber-
nacle is filled with gratitude to God for His Salt and Light
love, grace and mercies extended to us
over the past year. So we say from the
bottom of our hearts, “Thank You Jesus!”

The Ministry continued in its supporting
role of leading the Saints in worship during
services.

Choirs
The Junior Choir (15 years and under) con-
tinued under the leadership of Sister
Renee Taylor and assistant, Sister Tamoi
Reid. Rehearsals were held when needed,
and new members were added during the
year. The parents continued to be a tower
of strength and support and we commend

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is out of session. New members were Worship Ministry Report
added throughout the year. We continued
with the paradigm of combining the Junior young people began in the summer with a
Choir with the Combined Choir to form a workshop. Due to circumstances beyond
“mass choir” for special services as follows: our control we were unable to continue after
four weeks. We are however resolute to
 Missions Convention source a tutor and continue this important
 Christmas Morning training.
 Jubilee (New Year’s Eve)
 New Year's Sunday Morning Service SOUND TECHNICIANS
The sound technicians are the unsung he-
The Combined Choir also ministered in roes of the Worship Ministry. A dedicated
various services outside of the Assembly; and consistent team, they continued to
these included: deliver excellent support to the services
 Holiness Born Again Apostolic especially our First Sunday Invasions and
other outdoor services. We commend them.
(Savannah-la-Mar)
 King’s Chapel UPC (Montego Bay) Equipment and technical support were
 Truth Tabernacle UPC (Cumberland, provided for services held at the following
churches:
Portmore)
 North Kingston Sanctuary UPC (Grants  Emmanuel Apostolic Church
 Bethel Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic
Pen)
 Abundant Life UPC (Red Hills Road) (South Camp)
 Evangelistic Services held at Balcombe  Bethel Church of Jesus Christ Apostolic

Drive (Waterhouse) (Portmore)
 Evangelistic Service held in Red Hills  Life Tabernacle UPC (Windward Road)
 Bethel Bible Way Apostolic (Tavern,
Chorale
The Chorale continued to lead the congre- Papine)
gation in praise and worship during
services. The Chorale also ministered in APPRECIATION
services outside the Assembly, some of We express appreciation to Pastor John-
which were: Mark Bartlett who directly oversees this
Ministry. “Thank you” from the depths of our
 Gordon Town UPC heart for the loving, careful, and consistent
 Immaculate Conception High School supervision. The ‘little visits’ to rehearsals,
 Bellevue Hospital the suggestions and encouragement meant
a lot. Like “an eagle o’er her young ones” is
The Band the description of your loving watch over this
The Band continued to minister in the Ministry. We have no doubt that you are one
services. Formal drum training for our of our biggest cheerleaders, rooting for our

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Worship Ministry Report Brother Nembhard and his wife Kahreen
said farewell as they journey to Canada.
success. We truly appreciate you and His presence and contribution will be sorely
pledge our commitment to the Ministry. missed. May God bless them in all their
Heartfelt thanks to Sister Alecia Bartlett, endeavours.
who supported and allowed him to be that
tower of strength to us. Last but certainly not least, many thanks to
the Ministers, Leaders and all the Saints of
Thanks to every choir member, song lead- Pentecostal Tabernacle for your prayers,
er, band member and sound technician for support and encouragement. Please con-
your contribution to this Ministry. What you tinue to pray for us as we worship Jesus
do for Jesus Christ is not in vain! Christ our Lord in spirit and truth.

Thanks to Brother Garic Nelson, who has Yours in Christ,
become a part of the Worship Ministry
family for his assistance and contribution Dameon Burrell
through his ministry on the keyboard. It is
truly a pleasure to worship and minister Ministry Leader
with him and may God continue to bless
him and his wife.

We also express our appreciation to
Brother Oneil Nembhard for his years of
dedicated service to the Ministry through
his involvement as a sound technician.

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To Pastor John-Mark Bartlett and Prayer Ministry Report
Saints
ACHIEVEMENTS
Psalm 63 verse 1-2  Three 7- day Prayer and Fasting
1. O God, thou art my God; early will I seek
thee: my soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh periods
longeth for thee in a dry and thirsty land,  Three 9a.m.-12 noon and 6:00p.m. -
where no water is;
2. To see thy power and thy glory, so as I 9:00p.m. prayer meetings
have seen thee in the sanctuary.  Pre-service prayer meetings
 Family prayer meetings
Psalm 55 verse 17  Senior Saints Hotline
Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I  Adopt a leader
pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my  Children’s Intercessory Army
voice.  S.W.A.T. (Spiritual Warfare And

PURPOSE STATEMENT Tactics)
To foster a lifestyle of continual effec- 7-Day Prayer and Fasting
tive fervent prayer and intercession The first 7- day prayer and fasting
among members transforming Pente- was held January 18- 23. For the very
costal Tabernacle into a house of first time we had prayer meeting on a
prayer. (Luke 18:1) Saturday during the 7- day fast. This
was led by Pastor John-Mark Bartlett
INTRODUCTION
Greetings in the precious name of 27
Jesus, our soon coming King. Thanks
and praise to our Lord who has kept us
through 2016. He has enabled us to be
labourers in His vineyard. Great effort
was made to storm the throne, on a
regular basis. Some persons may often
wonder what difference prayer makes
but 2016 proved Gods faithfulness
again and again with many wonderful
testimonies of answers to prayers.
Praise God we were able to accomplish
most of our goals.

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Prayer Ministry Report sessions. Persons expressed the awe-
someness of experiencing God’s
who took us through the process of truly forgiveness and presence. They shared
praying the “Lord’s Prayer.” It was the great impact of fervent prayer as
awesome! The prayer meeting was well they received deliverance, healing, and
attended and the presence of the Lord renewal of hope to trust God and press
was so very rich. Persons requested a on to the finish line. “First Fruits,”
repeat of the Saturday session. “Incense Offering,” and “Family Prayer”
meetings were held throughout the
The second 7- day prayer and fasting year.
(April 17-23) was held under the theme
“Covenant with God.” Persons were SENIOR SAINTS HOTLINE
encouraged to: Sister Marcia Thomas was responsible
for coordinating the Senior Saints Hot-
 surrender to God’s will line. Over 800 prayer requests were
 be committed to Kingdom building received locally and from overseas.
 reflect on God’s love to a dark and Needs included: personal needs, health
issues, job loss, family concerns, hous-
dying world ing, deliverance and spiritual break-
 be committed to the mission of through. Visits were made to hospitals
and persons were prayed for. Many
Pentecostal Tabernacle kept in touch with Sister Thomas and
reported victory. Persons residing over-
The third 7-day prayer and fasting seas have promised to visit our Assem-
was held October 9- 15 under the theme bly when in Jamaica because of what
“Walking in Grace.” Speakers shared the Lord has done for them.
different expressions of Grace. One
speaker presented on ‘Sanctifying ADOPT-A-LEADER
Grace’—the Grace that produces growth We continue to pray and ask God to
and maturity in the development cover our leaders and grant them guid-
process of becoming more Christ-like. ance for effectiveness in ministry.
We were told that ‘Serving Grace’ is the
enablement to minister in such a way as CIA (CHILDREN INTERCESSORY ARMY)
to manifest the life of our Lord through All our goals were not achieved due to
the saints as members of Christ’s body. the inability of parents to take their
We were reminded that grace is never children to the prayer sessions. We feel
to be an occasion for sinning.
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Evangelism Ministry Report is considered to be the most effective meth-
od of witnessing.
To Pastor John-Mark Bartlett and
Saints The following is an overview of the activities
of the Evangelism Ministry during 2016:
T“ o God be the glory great things He
hath done!” EVANGELISM SERVICES
The focus of the Evangelism Services held
During an interview with Gleaner Reporter, in the Sanctuary during 2016 sought to
Arthur Hall, which was published on encourage and intensify our personal
Tuesday, March 29, 2011, Pastor John- evangelism activities which included: identi-
Mark Bartlett was quoted as saying fying and seizing opportunities to evange-
primarily, we are about the transfor- lize; positively affecting our communities;
mation of lives and, more important, the targeting every house; our neighbours;
transformation of lives for eternity … co-workers; and everyone we meet.
because for us whatever you do here is
going to end here, but it is very critical The week following each Evangelism Sun-
for us that we prepare persons for day was committed to personal evangelism
eternity. This he said in reference to the with the Saturdays dedicated to Home
commitment of Pentecostal Tabernacle to Meetings.
making a difference in the community in
which we operate. Salt and Light

The Evangelism Ministry is mandated to
motivate and mobilize the members of the
Assembly to passionately and consistently
proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ to every
person, to the end that souls will be saved.

We are admonished in Matthew 28:19 “Go
ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing
them in the name of the Father, and of the
Son, and of the Holy Ghost:” All of us are
called to be ministers of the Gospel of our
Lord Jesus Christ.

Our overall focus for the year 2016 was
Personal Evangelism. The idea being to
‘melt down the saints and put them into
circulation,” with the goal of reaching souls
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SPECIAL ZONAL SERVICE Evangelism Ministry Report
A special service was held on Wednesday,
April 6, to highlight the zones and Sister Veta Dawson of Life Tabernacle UPC
garner the support of the members to on Windward Road, moderated the special
become more involved in Zonal Outreach interactive session on Friday, May 27 where
activities. various scenarios were dramatized and
persons asked to assess and provide feed-
Minister Moses Williams spoke to those in back.
attendance of the intent to ‘melt down the
saints and put them into circulation,’ high- “PICK-A-CHAT” MINISTRY
lighting the necessity of becoming involved The “Pick-A-Chat” Ministry was born out of
in the overall evangelism thrust of the a testimony given by Minister Sylvanous
Assembly, and especially as it pertained to Fray during the Evangelism Sunday Service
personal evangelism at the zonal level. held on March 6. The Ministry was
launched during the Evangelism Sunday
Following the charge, a break-out session Service held on May 1. Over 250 ‘Pick-A-
was held which gave Zone Leaders the Chat” buttons were sold.
opportunity to interact with the Members in
their Zones and also to chart the way This Ministry received tremendous support
forward for 2016. from persons at home and abroad. It is
hoped that the momentum will carry well
EVANGELISM SUMMIT over into 2017 and beyond.
Under the theme, “Melt Down the Saints
and put them into Circulation,” our Evange- PRESENTATIONS
lism Summit was held May 25-27. The Resulting from the success of the Evange-
objective was to direct Saints to one-to-one lism Summit in May, the team was invited to
contact ministering, overcoming the obsta- conduct an Evangelism Seminar at Grace
cles to witnessing, creating ways to evange- Tabernacle UPC in Old Harbour on
lize and strategies for effective follow-up: Sunday, June 12. We shared in both morn-
using our own personality, and the ‘know ing and evening services and had oppor-
how’ to maintain consistency and continuity. tunity to join in their community outreach
We are also reminded that we do not have a activity.
choice, we are called to be witnesses.
We were also invited to make a presenta-
Pastor Robert Ellis of North Kingston Sanc- tion on Sunday, August 7 at Bethel United
tuary UPC ministered during the sessions of Church of Jesus Christ (Apostolic) in Old
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Evangelism Ministry Report PENTAB CHURCH COMMUNITY
The June 5 Sunday morning service was
OUTREACH ACTIVITIES held at the intersection of James and
Charles Streets. Two night services were
BALCOMBE DRIVE also held in the community during the year.

Heeding the call, “Come over to Balcombe Central Kingston Community will be the
Drive and help us,” the Church travelled to focus of our evangelism activities in 2017
the community on Sunday, August 7. House
to house visits were conducted and individu- MISSIONS CONVENTION 2016
als and households were ministered to and Under the theme: “Salt: Season your World;
prayed for. Light: Let it Shine,” Missions Convention
was held November 16-20. The saints were
Two night services were also held in the ministered to and challenged in a profound
community, to give support to the work way to be salt and light to a world that so
being done by Zone 3 members at the desperately needs to see Jesus and be im-
Balcombe Drive Primary and Junior High pacted for eternity.
School. These activities/services were well
supported by the saints. Minister Sheldon The Convention Speakers were Pastor
Smith—Regional Missions Director, and Robert Ellis and Minister Demoy Nash of
Minister Clinton Smith—Missions Director at North Kingston UPC, and Pastor Colin Ster-
North Kingston Sanctuary UPC also provid- ling of Pentecostal Tabernacle - Turks and
ed invaluable support. Caicos. Overseer Michael Lewis of Bethel
United Church of Jesus Christ (Apostolic),
Contacts are being maintained with the South Camp Road presented during the
community members some of whom day session, held Saturday, November 19.
received the Holy Ghost. Several visited the
Assembly, and were baptized in the won- During Mission Convention, nine souls were
derful Name of Jesus and others were filled, six baptized and two restored.
restored.
HOSPITAL MINISTRY
RED HILLS AREA The Hospital Ministry continued to visit and
minister to the sick by way of prayer and
On July 10, Pentecostal Tabernacle tract distribution at the Kingston Public
supported a Sunday night outreach service Hospital and the University Hospital of the
hosted by Grace UPC—Red Hills in the West Indies.
Mosquito Valley community. The work is
being overseen by Brother and Sister
Courtney Francis along with Sister Dorrett
Headley. Several Saturday Extension
Schools were established in the area and
are being supported by members of Zone 3.

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The nurses and patients of the Bellevue Evangelism Ministry Report
Hospital looked forward to our weekly visits
on Mondays. We were advised by the We pledge to work as the Lord gives us the
hospital staff that the presence of the Lord strength to shine in this dark world.
has been making a direct impact on the
lives of patients as evidenced by their SIGN LANGUAGE MINISTRY
improved behaviour. A male patient who Sign Language training sessions were held
was not being speaking for some time, on Wednesdays with ten persons in attend-
began to speak after one worship session. ance—an increase of four over the previous
Another patient constantly reads and stud- year. Brother Matthew Bartlett and Sister
ies the Word. One young lady did external Latoya Stewart were the main teachers.
exams and was successful in two subjects Several of the students have begun to sign
and this she attributed to prayer. For this we in the Sanctuary during Services. Sister
give the Lord thanks! Madge Brown McFarlane also assisted in
signing in the Married Couple’s class.
The team was privileged to participate in a
Noon Hour Service with the workers, as well Training sessions were extended to three
as an end of year Carol Service, where the members of assemblies of like precious
patients actively participated. faith. Sessions were also held with three
children primary and high school ages who
At the T.L.C. Nursing Home which is visited had a desire to minister to the hearing im-
twice monthly, the rich presence of the Lord paired. Brother Bartlett has been trying to
is always evident. Two nurses have now revive the outreach activities of the Ministry
committed their lives to the Lord as a direct by targeting areas such as the Half-Way-
result of our visits and remain at their home Tree Transport Centre where a number of
churches. To God be the glory! hearing impaired persons congregate.

Regular visits were made to the home of We are hoping that this Evangelism thrust
Minister Verona Rushton, to cater to her will motivate the hearing-impaired members
physical and spiritual needs. She looks of the assembly to be more involved in
forward to our visits as she is unable to witnessing to their peers.
make it to the Sanctuary for services.
ALTAR MINISTRY
We give God thanks for preserving the lives The Altar Ministry continues to be a vital
of members of our team who were involved part of the activities of the Assembly and
in motor vehicle crashes during the year. provides invaluable support to seekers to
Up to the time of reporting, Minister George reach out to the Lord Jesus Christ for the
Mills remain hospitalized but continued to salvation of their souls. Faithful members
make progress. We continue to pray for his have continued to extend themselves to
complete recovery. working in the Sanctuary and outreach
meetings. However, there is a great need
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Evangelism Ministry Report  The Godhead – There is only ONE God
 Relevance of the Law – We are no
for altar workers and we continue to pray for
renewed energy within the body of Christ, longer bound to the Sinaitic Covenant.
that all the saints will recognize they are
called to be workers in Kingdom building. An average of 20 students consistently at-
tend each Sunday. They have reported
Our goal for 2017 is to canvas for saints to gaining more confidence in witnessing.
come on board and be equipped for HBS has tremendous potential to assist
participation in this great ministry. members in witnessing to the unsaved and
members of other religious groups.
PRISON MINISTRY
Ministering to inmates continued at the In 2017 the HBS students will be more
Metcalfe Street Secure Juvenile Remand involved in outreaching activities such as
Centre and the Tower Street Adult Correc- communities Sunday schools, home visits
tional Centre. One inmate received the Holy and zonal Bible Studies.
Ghost in February.
SOWERS CLUB MINISTRY
The activities of the Prison Ministry team Under the leadership of Sister Paulette
were extended to home meetings in the Codner, the Sowers Club Ministry contin-
Campbell Town and Allman Town communi- ued to provide and distribute tracts, monthly
ties. to members who were actively involved in
witnessing.
As in 2015, the frequency of ministry visits
was limited, as we continued to face trans- A review of the tracts is to be done in 2017.
portation challenges.
FOCUS FOR 2017
A review of the activities is planned to The focus for 2017 will be on ministering to
assess the strengths and weaknesses of the needs of the Central Kingston Commu-
the operations and to chart the way forward nities. The overarching theme will be “Salt
in this vital Ministry. and Light” with the aim to saturate the com-
munities with the presence of the Church.
HOME BIBLE STUDY (HBS)
The HBS Programme was designed to We give all honour and glory to our Lord
assist interested members to develop their and Saviour Jesus Christ, who has called
personal evangelistics skills, grow in confi- and enabled us to be partakers in the work
dence and become more effective in con- of His Great Kingdom. The desire is to have
ducting Bible Studies. The three modules the mind of Christ in all things, that at the
were: end of the day we may say, as Jesus did, “I
have glorified thee on earth: I have finished
 Rightly Dividing the Word—Correctly
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the work which thou gavest me to Evangelism Ministry Report
do.” (John 17:4)
The work accomplished over the past year
APPRECIATION could not be possible without the commit-
In conclusion, we express sincere gratitude ment of the Evangelism Team, a great
to Pastor John-Mark Bartlett, who chal- team of workers “my family” whose love for
lenged the Ministry to find ways ‘to go;’ so the Lord and passion for Evangelism is
as to extend ourselves beyond the confines without question.
of the Sanctuary and impact our world.
Again, we must thank him for his continued To everyone who worked, supported,
loving support, guidance and patience. encouraged and/or contributed in any way
to advancing the Kingdom of God through
Appreciation is also extended to Minister the Evangelism Ministry, thank you and we
Moses Williams, our Ministry Supervisor for know that the love of Jesus will constrain
his faithful stewardship of the Evangelism you in 2017 to “become all things to all
Ministry. men.”

Thanks to the Sound Technician Team, I must work the works of Him that sent me,
headed by Brother Paul Pryce who while it is day: the night cometh, when no
provided technical support. They are man can work (John 9:4).
blessed with the mind to serve. Thank you
for standing in your place and be assured Yours in Christ Jesus,
that the Lord is a Rewarder.
Angela Millwood
Thanks also to Brother Dameon Burrell and
the Worship Ministry for their support for Ministry Leader
evangelism and zeal for outreach.

Members of Pentecostal Tabernacle praying with a resi- Brother David Ellis along with his wife Rowena, pray-
dent of Central Kingston during one of the Missions ing for a resident of Central Kingston during the Sun-
Sunday morning Evangelism Outreach in the community. day morning evangelism outreach in the community.

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Discipleship Ministry Report leaders. The following persons were special
presenters on four consecutive Mission
To: Pastor John-Mark Bartlett and Sundays:
Saints
 Sister Sharon Taylor—“Practical
B“ e thou exalted, O God, above the Christianity”
heavens: and thy glory above all the
earth;” (Psalm 108:5)  Minister Nathan Thomas—“Pressing
Your Way in His Presence”
We give thanks to the Lord Jesus for all the
things He has done for us throughout the  Sister Tsahai Khouri—“The Importance
year 2016. All the glory, all the honour of Missions”
belongs to the Lord.
 Minister Kirk Williams—“The Power of a
PURPOSE STATEMENT Crucified Life”
“To intentionally and consistently facilitate
the transformation of lives into the image of RECOGNITION OF CONVERTS
Christ, through the process of teaching
God’s Word.” As part of the spiritual development of our
converts, pictures were taken of them and
Discipleship Ministry comprises New Con- posted on the notice boards for members of
verts Care, Sunday School, Children’s the Assembly to recognize and treat them
Church, Community and Extension Schools with care.
and Junior Bible Quiz.
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In this report, we have highlighted some of
the accomplishments as follows:

NEW CONVERTS CARE
The mandate of the New Converts Care
class is to teach the Gospel to facilitate the
total growth and development of all new
converts, engendering them to a deeper
level of spiritual maturity to the end that they
will be equipped to go back into their com-
munities and the wider world and bring oth-
ers to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus
Christ.

THEMES AND PRESENTERS—MISSION SUNDAY

To expose our converts not only to topics
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The Right Hands of Fellowship Service was The tests proved beneficial for these
held on Sunday, December 11, and 35 classes as they gave the teachers the
students were presented to and welcomed opportunity to see how well their students
into the membership of the Assembly. were doing and to identify those who
achieved excellence. Twenty-one of these
NEW CONVERTS CLASSES 9-11 AND 12-15 students achieved 100% and the overall
pass rate was 72%.
The classes have been merged due to
insufficient students, so the class now Seventeen outstanding students in the
spans ages 9-15. exams were awarded during the annual
Christmas Programme. Three teachers—
CLASS GET-TOGETHER Sisters Trecia Denton, Petlyn Whyte and
Minister Anthony Reid, representing the
Students from the adult class were feted on three divisions were also recognized for
Saturday, November 26 and given the their tremendous ministry during the year.
opportunity to discuss what they learnt from
watching the movie “Fire Proof.” Easter Services – The theme for the
services was “God’s Grace … So Amazing.”
CONVERSION The Good Friday service was held on
March 25. On Sunday March 27, we had
One person received the baptism of the two services; 8:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. At
Holy Ghost during a class session. To God the end of these services, 17 persons were
be the Glory! filled with the Holy Ghost, seven baptized
and five restored to the Lord.
SUNDAY SCHOOL
In accordance with the United Pentecostal JUNIOR BIBLE QUIZ
Church of Jamaica (UPCJ) 2016 theme for The theme of study was “Wisdom.” The
Sunday School Programme, the lessons Quizzers were required to study selected
focused on strengthening the ministry of the chapters and verses from the books of
church through strong interpersonal bonds James, 1st & 2nd Peter and 1st John.
and unity. The lessons were based on the Through this ministry, the children interact-
manual “Christian Unity.” ed with the Word on a deeper level and
developed meaningful friendships trans-
Sunday School examination was not admin- cending the quiz season. The impact that
istered at the National level in 2016, the study had on some students was notice-
therefore, local assemblies were allowed to able as there was a gradual change in
set their own exams. More than 219 behaviour and their interaction with the
students participated in the Sunday School Word deepened.
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Fellowship Ministry Report Pentecostal Tabernacle and what a journey
it has been. We can all agree that 30
To: Pastor John-Mark Bartlett years is indeed a significant milestone!!! To
Saints God be the Glory!

Grace and peace to you from our Lord The Agape Ministry was started in 1986 by
Jesus Christ. then pastor, Pastor Winston and Sister
Valerie Stewart. The purpose of Agape is
PURPOSE STATEMENT to (1) provide for the continued education
“And they continued steadfastly in the of couples in respect of matters relating to
apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in the building of maximum marriages and
breaking of bread, and in prayers.” Acts families. (2) To plan and implement activi-
2:42 ties that would facilitate greater caring and
sharing among couples.
As we focused on our Purpose Statement
for the year under review, God has indeed We want to say a big thanks to the former
helped us as a Ministry to fellowship and agape leaders who have all build on the
minister to those in need through the legacy of this ministry. These leaders and
“breaking of bread, and prayer.” This the committees who worked with them
resulted in the achievements of the follow- have aided in the growth and continuity of
ing activities: Agape. We salute Pastor Winston and
Sister Valerie Stewart, Minister Phillip and
PRAYER BREAKFAST
The Fellowship Ministry started the year Salt and Light
with a prayer breakfast for leaders which
was held on Saturday, March 12 with an
attendance of 50 persons. Elder Michael
Lewis of Bethel United Church of Jesus
Christ Apostolic, South Camp Road, gave
the leaders a charge.

FAMILY FUN DAY AND PICNIC
The Annual Family Fun Day and Picnic
was held on August 13 at Jamalco Sports
Club in Clarendon with over 200 persons in
attendance. The day was filled with activi-
ties for all the members of the family.

AGAPE
In September of this year, the Agape Minis-
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and Sister Alecia Bartlett, Minister Clive and
Sister Michelle Forbes and Brother Delroy kept on the edge of their seats as she
and Judy-Ann Beckford for sacrificially and explained the difference in communication
selflessly giving to this area of the vineyard. styles between men and women. Sister
Dawson also pointed out how the different
Currently, the Ministry is being led by Minis- genders show love, and generally how to
ter Kirk Williams and Sister Kesha Williams. celebrate the differences of the genders.

The theme for the year was “Loving In Spite The second evening session took the form
Of…” The first meeting held April 12 had the of a panel discussion and open forum—
members and teachers of the Young Married “Your Issues Live.” The panelists were
Couples Class sharing on this theme with Sisters Lorraine King and Sharon Taylor;
Sister Alecia Bartlett, the main presenter Minister Kirk Williams and Brother Carlyle
who encouraged those in attendance to love Burger.
their spouses in spite of the many
challenges—infertility, joblessness among Couples Sunday was held on June 12 un-
others that we may face in our marriages. der the theme “We Must Make It Home.” In
this Service, Brother and Sister Lawrence
Sister Mavis Ferguson presented on the Nalty the first “Couple of the Year” made a
theme “The I in Me,” on July 5. It was an presentation on behalf of the National Blood
interactive session on how individuals are Bank to the membership for their support to
brought up and the impact it has on their the blood drive over the years. Pentecostal
relationships. She highlighted that these Tabernacle was awarded for the hundreds
issues have nothing to do with of units of blood donated.
one’s spouse, but often times their sociali-
zation, personal preferences, and past Sister Desreen Marquis, former Ministry
experiences. Leader was presented with a token of
appreciation for her dedicated contribution
The last meeting was held October 18 to the Fellowship Ministry.
under the theme “Guarding The Doors,” with
presenter Minister Victor Douse, who spoke Married Couples Road Trip was dubbed
about how to guard marriages from the out- “The Portland Experience” where couples
side forces which ‘war’ against marriages. ventured to Trident Castle, Boston Jerk
Centre and Blue Lagoon. It was a fun-filled
Married Couples Seminar was held on June day where many new friendships were
8-9 under the theme of the year “Loving In forged.
Spite Of…” The presenter for the first night
was Sister Veta Dawson from Life Taber- S.T.R.E.T.C.H
nacle UPC, Windward Road. In a very lively The first meeting of Singles Together
and ‘down to earth’ way participants were Reaching Excellence Through Conformity
to His Holiness (S.T.R.E.T.C.H) was fairly
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Fellowship Ministry Report engage our men both spiritually and
socially. Through the dedication of the
on “Single Life and Being a Productive Sin- Men’s Fellowship Committee, many of the
gle Person.” Sister Charmaine Shettlewood objectives were achieved. We therefore
was the presenter for the second meeting extend sincere thanks to this team for their
where she spoke on “Sex and Sexuality.” efforts as well as their individual sacrifices.
She emphasized that the boundaries that
were set by God concerning marriage, GENERAL MEETINGS
should be adhered to, and that sexual purity Three General Meetings were held March
is essential to our walk with God. The last 22, May 31 and November 1.
meeting was for feedback on the effective-
ness and relevance of this Ministry. The year commenced with the first meeting
on the administrative building. The venue
GOLDEN AGERS was packed with men and boys actively
At the first meeting, members were taught engaging in issues affecting them. The
how to use the computer. The training was plans for the year were also presented by
carried out by Sister Davene Harris in the the team and endorsed by the participants.
Pentab High School Lab. Sister Annette Gar-
rick conducted a hat renovation session Friday Night Football, a three part series
which was the main item for the second was a success. Fun with football and food
meeting. was enough to attract many men to these
events. The last session incorporated a net-
The third meeting took the form of a farewell ball competition with The Potter’s House
function held on November 11 for UPC.
Sister Malverah (Molly) Hemans-Williams
who left to join her husband in the United In an effort to develop the whole man, the
States. She was a very active member of the men were given demonstrations on basic
Committee and will be greatly missed. juice preparation, table setting, and serving.

CHILDREN OF PROMISE MOTHER’S AND FATHER’S DAY
The meetings were very interactive and the On Mother’s Day, the Fellowship honoured
children were taught how to prepare simple three mothers of the Assembly: Sisters
meals, art and craft and a presentation about Hiscah Stubbs, Judith Penny and Collette
cyber-crime was done by Mr. Leighton James. Similarly, three fathers of Pentab
Mitchell, Manager Forensic Security and were honoured on Father’s Day: Minister
Investigations, Bank of Nova Scotia. Michael Thompson, Deacon Donovan Wil-
liams, and Brother Lawrence Nalty. Addi-
MEN’S FELLOWSHIP tionally, all men were feted at a Father’s
To God be the glory, great things He has Day Brunch held after the Service.
done. It is truly a blessing to be men pursu-
ing the Kingdom of God at Pentecostal Salt and Light
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The Christian’s Role as Salt and Light

It is always amazing but instructive how the especially meat which would quickly rot in
Lord uses simple everyday objects and the desert environment as there was then
activities to teach the most profound no refrigeration. The second use of salt
lessons! As the All Wise God He under- then as now, was as a flavour enhancer.
stands that His pupils would be able to Maybe a less well known purpose of salt
identify with these simple everyday then, but would certainly have been known
symbols and so better grasp the deeper to the All Wise God and is scientifically
spiritual principles that He wants to impart. established in our time, is that salt is
Immediately after outlining the Beatitudes essential to life: without it our bodies
during his Sermon on the Mount, the Lord become chemically unbalanced, our mus-
told the disciples: cles and nervous system cease to function
and eventually we die. As the body cannot
Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt produce salt, it must be provided from out-
have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be side.
salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing,
but to be cast out, and to be trodden under Salt and light are two sides of the same
foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A coin. As salt the followers of Christ are
city that is set on an hill cannot be called to preserve and flavour the lives of
hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put others, our world. If we are unable to fulfil
it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and this mandate, we are “good for nothing”,
it giveth light unto all that are in the useless, and have no reason to exist! We
house. Let your light so shine before men, live in a lost and dying world. It is the re-
that they may see your good works, and sponsibility of Christians, as salt, to inject
glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matt the life-giving chemical of the Gospel of
5:13-16) Jesus Christ. In much the same way the
Apostles were accused of filling Jerusalem
They would perhaps have been more readi- with their doctrine, so we must fill our
ly acquainted with the importance of salt in world, our communities, our work places,
those days, so Jesus did not need to elabo- our schools…every sphere of our lives,
rate on salt as he thought necessary to do with the Good News of Jesus Christ. A lost
with light. Not only does light chase away and dying world needs the lively hope that
the darkness, and makes everything visible salvation through Jesus Christ brings.
(Eph 5:14) so we are better able to see our
way or the way, but most importantly, In the rendition of the Great Commission in
Jesus was saying, others can see the light the book of Mark, followers of Christ are
and benefit from its illuminating rays! commanded to preach the Gospel – and to
affect the lives of the people of the world
Salt was known to have two main purposes with ‘signs following’ in much the same way
in the Middle East during the time of Lord as our Lord did. We must affect our world
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there is strife we must be peacemakers; As we look among us, we can identify per-
where there is sorrow we must comfort; sons who, although they may not have
where there is sickness, the balm in considered themselves as salt and light,
Gilead; return good for evil and where have nevertheless, through their relation-
there is hatred we must show the love of ship with the Lord, been able to impact
God in Christ Jesus. lives and bring glory to God. From the
gentle giant in Sister Rita Jane Thomas,
This may seem a daunting task. After all, the humble Olympian Brother O’Dayne
we are NOT Jesus! BUT, we have been Richards, the gracious benefactor Brother
equipped. We have been made light! We George McKenzie; the compassionate
have received the light of the knowledge of worker in Sister Barbara Scarlett to the
the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ Youthful Volunteer, Brother Mark Smith, we
(2 Cor. 4:6). Through the workings of the see that they have allowed themselves to
Holy Spirit and obedience to the Word of be used by the Lord to affect the lives of
God we can do all things and thereby bring others and to bring glory to God.
glory to God. An essential pre-requisite to
being ‘salt and light’, is a personal relation- There are undoubtedly others that we can
ship with the Lord which generates the point to but we are shining the spotlight on
passion for His mandate, and allows us to these individuals as an encouragement to
avail of ourselves to be used by Him, in our them to continue to stand in their place,
sphere of endeavour, to touch lives and and for God, and to motivate others that
bring Him glory. through faith in God, we too can run
through a troop and leap over walls—all to
the glory of God.

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