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Head Elizabeth McCray

      Mayor Emeka Jackson-Hicks member of New Jerusalem SDA Church

      Mayor Emeka Jackson-Hicks honored on Community Service Day

      Pastor Brinton McKenzie recognizes new members of New Jerusalem SDA Church

      Community Service volunteer share in the ministry during Sabbath Worship Hour

      Ministry of Music

      Preparing hearts for intercessory prayer

Guest Speaker: Pastor Joseph Ikner of Kansas City, Mo Seventh-Day Adventist Church

      The Message of the HOUR during Divine Worship

November 17, 2017 Community Service Day at New Jerusalem Seventh-Day Adventist Church (33) pics

      Van arrives for food distribution at New Jerusalem SDA Church

      Pantry members enjoying the moment

      Community guests begin arriving

New Jerusalem SDA Church volunteers prepares to serve the Community (14) pics

      New Jerusalem Community Service Team participates in a Region Wide Shop out Hunger @ Shop-N-Save Store with Store Manager

     Great participation with the Community

May 19, 2018 Community Service Team participates in a Region Wide Shop out Hunger at the Shop-N-Save Store in Cahokia, Illinois (8) pics

      Pastor Brinton McKenzie of New Jerusalem SDA Church

      Sis. D. Adams morning song selection

      Community Service Dept sharing in the ministry

      Sis. D. Hoyle special presentation

      Special recognition to Sis. M. Wilburn

      Special recognition presented by Elder R. Wilburn

      Sis. E. McCray is presented with Community Service Award

      Sis. Elizabeth McCray Community Service Director

      Children's Story Hour by Sis. D. Mayfield

      Intercessory Prayer

      Bro. B. Bacon leading the congregation in Tithes & Offerings

      New Jerusalem SDA Praise Team

      The Appeal for the Church & Community

      Fellowship Meal

      Evangelist Larry Rice from St. Louis, Missouri

      Sabbath evening seminar with Evangelist Larry Rice

      Evening Testimony with our guest

      Youth testimony

      Community Service Team

November 17, 2018 Community Service Day at New Jerusalem SDA Church (65) pics

      Community Service Food Distribution

      "Christmas with Community."

      Community Service Coat Give-away

      Testimonies from the Community

      Serving our Community of Friends

      Celebrating God's Goodness with the Community

      Community Bible Class with Chaplain Elder J. Hoyle

      Community Guest with a musical selection

      Intercessory prayer with our Community

December 20, 2018 Community Service Team takes "Christmas to our Community." (38) pics

Duties of the Community Services Director

In His earthly ministry Christ worked out a pattern for His followers to copy. He “went about doing good and healing all that were oppressed” (Acts 10:38). Christ identified with the poor and oppressed. “He fed the hungry and healed the sick. . . By the good He accomplished, by His loving words and kindly deeds, He interpreted the Gospel to men,” comments Ellen White. “Christ’s work in behalf of man is not finished. It continues today. In like manner His ambassadors are to preach the gospel and to reveal His pitying love for lost and perishing souls. By an unselfish interest in those who need help they are to give a practical demonstration of the truth of the gospel” (Welfare Ministry, pages 56- 57). When a church serves the world it is an expression of the love of Christ to the world. It is the body of Christ serving the world’s needs and being used by the Holy Spirit as an agency of salvation. The church was created for service. It serves the Lord in praise, serves one another in love, and serves the world in humility. “For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works” (Eph. 2:10). The major functions and tasks of the local church community service director are the following:

1. Discovering the needs of the community. A needs assessment of your area should be completed every two or three years by visual inspection; by talking with police, fire, mental health, and welfare authorities; by reviewing the news media; and by conducting surveys. A methodology for conducting a community survey has been published in chapter four of Ministries of Compassion (AdventSource 1994).

2. Mobilizing a response to specific concerns. It is your responsibility to help your church identify social concerns to which it feels called to respond. Usually this decision will be made in the outreach or personal ministries committee. Once the decision is made you will have the task of getting the word out and rousing the congregation to action. To learn how to mobilize and organize the church members for outreach, see Ministries of Compassion, chapter three.

3. Organization of programs. You will be asked to recruit volunteers and arrange details of disaster relief programs, entry events (activities through which non-members participate for the first time in a church-sponsored activity), and other social action projects. These will include health screening, aid for the poor, literacy and employment assistance, and inner city programs.

4. Establish cooperation. The community services director is asked to work with other organizations in the community so the church does not duplicate services. Contracts have been negotiated at national levels with the Red Cross and government agencies specifying what Adventist Community Services will do in the event of major disasters and related to certain social problems. Similar agreements are needed in your area. This may mean that you, or someone you appoint, will meet regularly with inter-agency committees to represent the Adventist Church.

5. Communication. You are the person the congregation expects to keep it posted about Adventist Community Services activities, as well as provide information on current issues. This means that you will want to utilize the personal ministries time once a month (as outlined in denominational policy), prepare announcements for the bulletin and church newsletter, and distribute a comprehensive statistical report at least once a year. Since the yearly “Ingathering” appeal is a major source of funds for community services, the community service leader will want to be involved.

New Jerusalem Seventh-Day Adventist^® Church

6901 State Street East St. Louis, Illinois 62203 (email:) newjerusalem7@att.net (website:) newjerusalemsda.org (phone) 618-398-5678 Brinton McKenzie, Pastor

Community Service

Head Elizabeth McCray