June 2, 2011 – Kingston, Jamaica…Nigel Coke/IAD
Ten individuals gave their life to Christ to climax the preaching series for “Project Hope West Indies” which ended on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at the Andrews Memorial Adventist Church in Kingston, Jamaica.
The series, dubbed “Footprints of Hope” – a Nine-day Revival, started last month with Pastor Glen Samuels revisiting the theme “From Eden Lost to Eden Restored.”
“Personally, my soul was watered during the series,” said Pastor Samuels. “I am happy that the words still bring hope to persons from different ages and stages of life that they could respond to the leading of the Holy Spirit. It is my ever fervent wish and prayer that, as the wind is given a mighty voice the nations of the earth will rejoice in receiving the word of hope.”
The preaching series involved the recording of 13 programs and is one of 118 programs covering eight series which are being recorded in Jamaica for broadcast on The Hope Channel.
“I benefited everyday from the messages that were delivered by Pastor Samuels,” said Christopher Brown, one of the ten who were baptized. “It was not my intention to be baptized at the time, but the Holy Spirit worked through Pastor Samuels, and his messages gave the conviction. Baptism is a very big thing for me and I feel very good about it. I look forward to serving God through His church and learning more about Him.”
The overall project, which will cost approximately $162,000 dollars, is a collaborative effort between Hope Channel; the Inter-American Division (IAD); the Jamaica Union Conference (JAMU); and the Atlantic Caribbean Union Mission (ACUM), which represents Adventists in the Islands of the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and Cayman. It showcases the talents of individuals and groups and also some of the beautiful sceneries of all the islands involved.
Since the start of the recording in February, six series on family life, gender issues, children, youth, the Church in the community and preaching have been completed. The health series is presently underway at the Northern Caribbean University (NCU) studio in Mandeville, Jamaica, while the completion of the music series will on June 6, 2011.
This is the first major undertaking by NCU since the launch of its Media Group in November 2010. Most of the production team was drawn from the faculty, staff and student body of the University.
Project Hope, generally speaking, is a creative, cost-effective production done on short -term basis, using many volunteers to assist in the production of more than 100 television programs in less than one month. So far more than 2,000 programs have been produced in places such as Africa, Australia, India, the Philippines, Europe and North America.
