Sunday 11 December 2016

If Christmas isn't in your heart - you won't find it under a tree

Evensong: Advent Lessons And Carols
Spencerville SDA Church, Spencerville, MD, USA
Sabbath, December 10, 2016

Wednesday 30 November 2016

Happy 50th Barbados!

Bajan USCian Ian Webster (one of the composers of the University of the Southern Caribbean School Song) makes a cameo 40 seconds into this video.

Monday 21 November 2016

What Does President-elect Trump Have In Common With Adventists In India?



CNN Money November 21, 2016>>>   "Until last week few people in the U.S. would have heard of Pune; fewer still could have told you where it is."

Unless, of course, if you are a cricket-lover or a missionally aware Seventh-day Adventist. Yes, Pune is the home of the only university among the dozen or so tertiary level schools operated by the church in India.  Spicer Adventist University located in Pune (aka Poona) since 1942 celebrated the 100th Anniversary of its founding in 1915 last year.  Spicer attracts students from all over India and neighbouring countries, as well as Africa and beyond.  On its website  (http://spiceradventistuniversity.com) it says the following about its location:

"The university is situated in the heart of the well-known educational and cultural city of Pune in Maharashtra State, known as the Oxford of the East. The city’s salubrious climate, its adequate network of roads and railways, proximity to international airports, a developed world-standard expressway between Mumbai and Pune, as well as its impressive electronic mass communication system provide a natural attraction to scores of multinational companies, making the city one of the country’s major IT hubs, and a lucrative job market as well. Spicer’s strategic location provides the students an opportunity to obtain a university education in very favourable surroundings. Students can likewise make use of the facilities of a number of well-known libraries and research centres in the vicinity and visit many places of cultural and historical interest in and around Pune."
Seventh-day Adventists own and operate the world's second largest Christian school system.

Trump Towers Pune


Click here for CNN Money's report on Trump's Pune connection.

Sunday 13 November 2016

Master Weaver & Bajan USCian Sylvester Clarke Opens Up About His Dyslexia


" ... Reading and spelling are not my strong points. At school I could not spell ‘the’ but could spell ‘apple’. I couldn’t understand why at that time, but now I do. “A person with dyslexia sees the picture before they see the word so when I was told to spell the word apple I would see the picture and then the word. But words such as ‘there’ and ‘they’ give me difficulty spelling even now. I do not know the difference between them. There are 37 certain characteristics dyslexics exhibit and most of us have at least have ten; so I had to learn a lot about my condition in order to understand myself ...”

- See more at: http://www.nationnews.com/nationnews/news/88867/easy-magazine-weaving-story-fibre-fibre#sthash.1jv26fEm.dpuf

Friday 4 November 2016

Hacksaw Ridge

Wednesday 26 October 2016

Andrea Luxton Inaugurated as 6th President of Andrews University - October 25, 2016

Andrews University is a university in Berrien Springs, Michigan, USA. Founded in 1874 as Battle Creek College, it was the first higher education facility started by Seventh-day Adventists, and is the flagship university of the Seventh-day Adventist school system, the world's second largest Christian school system

Saturday 22 October 2016

Tell The World

"Tell the World" shares the compelling story of a small group of farmers from the northeast region of the United States who would go on to set the foundation of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. Since the 19th century, the Church has been at the forefront of matters relating to health, education, communication and Biblical interpretation.

Wednesday 24 August 2016

Meet our speaker for our USC Day Celebration ~ August 27, 2016 at the Checker Hall SDA Church


Stafford H. Byers is a clergyman, attorney, motivational speaker, law professor and an educational consultant. In addition to his legal training, he also received special training in the Socratic Approach to teaching at Harvard Law School.
The Socratic Approach, teaching by asking questions, creates and fosters an energetic, dynamic and engaging learning environment. It causes shy and timid students to break out of their shell and become more self assured, confident and assertive. It forces teachers to sharpen their skills and innovate, and at the same time enable students to be thoughtful, engaging, and involved in their own learning.
Professor Byers has served as faculty advisor to Texas Southern University’s, Thurgood Marshall Law Review. He has coached teachers in and spoken to administrators about the effectiveness of the Socratic Method.
Through the use of the Socratic Method, Stafford will provide an approach to teaching that focuses on the Webb’s Depth of Knowledge for questioning, and on the Common Core Learning Standards for writing opinion pieces and supporting a point of view with reasons.
This consultation will also provide educators with structures and scaffolded activities for teaching students to write creatively and ground their work with text evidence.
Stafford Henderson Byers was born on the beautiful Caribbean Island of Antigua where he received his early education. He completed high school and his first year of college at Caribbean Union College, now University of the Southern Caribbean in Trinidad. He received his Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) Degree from Oakwood University, in Alabama; Master of Divinity (M.Div) Degree from Andrews University, in Michigan; Juris Doctor (JD) Law Degree from Yeshiva University in New York, and the Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree, from Dowling College in Long Island.
He presently serves as a pastor, private attorney, and motivational speaker. He has also served as a Human Resource Manager for the Village of Freeport, Long Island, Assistant City Attorney in New Rochelle, Assistant County Attorney in Nassau County, and as Law Professor at Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas.
He has spoken in several countries such as Bermuda, St. Thomas, St. Croix, Jamaica, Antigua, Barbados, Trinidad, Tobago, England, Canada, as well as all over the united States.
He is married to Lisa-Anne Ray of Bermuda, they have four Children: One Girl, Tsahai (Sawhi) Ngozi; Three boys; Stafford Henderson II; Arthur Wentworth; and Adrian Nicholas.

Tuesday 19 January 2016

Camp Meeting 2016

The Bel Canto Quartet preparing hearts and minds to hear God's word during last Sabbath's morning service at the East...

Posted by Landmarks of Prophecy - Barbados on Monday, January 18, 2016