Ministries
Children's Ministry
The vision of the Children’s Ministry Department is to acquaint children with the love and saving power of Jesus Christ; to provide them with the opportunity to accept Jesus as their Friend and Savior; and help them develop a strong passion for the word of God. The Department’s interactive programs emphasize ministry to children within the community who are not exposed to Christian values and provide them the opportunity to participle in our various programs. The following are interactive programs that the children are involved in: Age appropriate Sabbath School Classes, Adventurer’s Club Pathfinder Club and Vacation Bible School. Children’s Story time during the Divine Service is another aspect of children’s’ ministries.
Communications Department
The members of this department play a vital role in assuring that the sound and video projection system are functioning well and they are also responsible for coordinating all aspects of multimedia to enhance the worship service and environment. They are also responsible for the production of the weekly bulletin, maintaining the website, and the church’s public relations issues.
Community Services
The Community Services Department of our church has an active outreach program that caters to the physical needs of the members of the community by providing assistance of food, clothing, and repair of houses among other things. We would like to extend our thanks and gratitude to all who helped us collect and distribute items to the needy. They were extremely grateful for the contribution. If you or someone you know would like to benefit from any of these services, please contact our Community Services Leader, Bro Louis Greaves.
Education Department
The Adventist church worldwide is well known for its emphasis on education. The church operates several schools, colleges and Universities. This includes 5,500 schools, colleges and universities, with 47,000 teachers and almost one million students in 100 countries. The Church at Checker Hall, through its Education Department, seeks to inspire, train and educate members so they can realize their full God given potential and use this in service to God and man. Among the various programs are Care Packages to students away at college; assistance to needy students, and supports the Bridgetown S.D.A. Primary and Barbados S.D.A. Secondary Schools. If you would like to participate in the Education department's ministry, please contact Sis. Yvonne Greaves.
Family Life
The Family Life Department provides sound, practical, advice and programs for improving family relationships as well as Marriage Enrichment seminars annually. If you would like to participate in this ministry please contact Bro. Carl Johnson or Sis. Amaida Greaves.
Personal Ministries
The Personal Ministries Department has the responsibility to engage every member into active soul-winning service for God. The Personal Ministries Council consist of the Family Life, Men’s, Women’s, Community Services, Youth, Children’s, Education, Sabbath School, Health, Public Relations, Education and Interest Coordination ministries. This council focuses on personal and community evangelism. The council works in synergy in all evangelistic efforts of the church. Some of the activities of Personal Ministries include: (1) personal Bible studies; (2) group Bible studies,; (3) literature distribution,(4) health outreach and (5) planning and startup of other community outreach ministries.
Sabbath School Department
The Sabbath School Department provides a forum for consistent study of the bible while encouraging the development of close relationships among members. The Sabbath School period commences every Sabbath morning at 9:30 a.m. and ends at 11:00 a.m. Members and visitors discuss spiritual and Biblical issues in small groups that facilitate interaction with each other. Worldwide, the SDA church, through the Sabbath School is involved in a variety of missionary activities and outreach efforts. During the Sabbath School program we periodically highlight reports from different parts of the world. The Department is organized into several divisions with teachers targeted to specific age groups. The age divisions include: (1) Cradle Roll (up to age 3); (2) Kindergarten (ages 4 to 7); (3) Primary (ages 8 to 10); (4) Junior (ages 11 to 14); (5) Cornerstone (ages 15 to 18); (6) Collegiate (College age) and (7) Adult. If you would like to be placed in a class or become a Sabbath School teacher or assistant please contact the Sabbath School Superintendent, Sis. Annette Howell. The following online resources are helpful to Sabbath school students and teachers. Adult Sabbath School Bible Study Guide Collegiate Lesson Online (targeting ages 18-35) Guide magazine (Juniors and Early-teens) Cornerstone magazine (targeting ages 15-18) Insight magazine (targeting Teens). Please see the links for access to these sites.
Women's Ministry
Meetings are held weekly on Sunday mornings. The purpose of this group is to provide spiritual and other support to women facing a variety of personal and family issues. The Women’s Ministries Department from time to time contributes to various church projects and has been an important source of support to bereaved families.
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