Atlantic Caribbean Union Mission Calendar of Events JANUARY MARCH JANUARY 2014 First Quarter s Outreach Vision One Million 1 April 12 One Year In Mission (OYIM) (Mexico) 3 5 Cayman Islands Conference Convention 3 7 Cayman Islands Conference Audit and Committee Meetings 4 IAD Day of Fasting and Prayer for Vision One Million 6 Union Office Reopens 8 18 Ten Days of Prayer 10 11 South Bahamas Conference State of the Conference Weekend 11 Tell the World: Spiritual Growth 14 16 Special Needs Ministry Conference (Miami) 17 19 North Bahamas Conference Convention 18 Health Ministries Emphasis Day 20 NCU Board 21 24 Turks and Caicos Islands Mission Audit and Committee Meetings 24 25 Turks and Caicos Islands Mission Convention 25 Religious Liberty Emphasis Day 27 30 Publishing Ministry Summit (Miami) 31 February 8 Week of Prayer for the Ministerial Family (Miami) FEBRUARY 1 Tell the World: Church Planting Sabbath 1 8 Christian Home and Marriage Emphasis Week 3 6 Field Officers/Accountants Council (Nassau) 12 16 Internet Evangelism (GAiN) (New Delhi, India) 15 Youth Temperance Emphasis Day
22 Day of the Elder Health and Temperance Magazines Emphasis Day 25 Professional Online Seminars for Pastors MARCH (Vision One Million Month) 1 Women s Day of Prayer 2 7 Educational Evangelism 7 Day of Prayer (Educational Institutions) 8 Tell the World: Personal Outreach 15 22 Youth Week of Prayer 17 20 Homosexuality Summit (Cape Town, South Africa) 22 Sabbath School Community Relations Day 25 26 Virtual Pastoral Evangelism Council (Miami) 27 28 ASI Training Session (Miami) 29 April 12 Vision One Million Evangelistic Campaigns 29 13 th Sabbath Offering (West-Central Africa Division) Vision One Million Baptismal Sabbath (1) APRIL 5 26 Education Evangelism 5 12 Vision One Million Evangelistic Campaigns (Mexico) 5 Missionary Magazines Emphasis Day Day of Prayer and Fasting 8 9 GC Spring Meeting (Maryland) 12 Vision One Million Celebration (Mexico) (2) Adventist Mission Emphasis (Offering) 18 21 Union-wide Ministerial Retreat (Miami) 19 Literature Evangelism Rally 26 Adventist Education Day Spiritual Revival Emphasis Day
MAY (Drug Awareness Month) 1 IAD Leadership Council (Miami) 3 Community Services Evangelism Day Day of SDA Books (IADPA) Disaster and Famine Relief Emphasis Day 5 6 Lawyers Advisory Council (Miami) 5 8 Union Administrators Interviews (Miami) 7 10 IAD Virtual Youth Evangelism (French Guiana) 10 Tell the World: Big Cities 12 13 IAD Institutional Boards (Miami) 13 14 Revival and Reformation Summit (Miami) 14 18 Union Administrators Retreat (Florida) 17 NCU Special Offering Sabbath of Hope 19 22 IAD Mid-year Committee Meeting (Miami) 24 ATCU Bible Boom Finals (Turks and Caicos Islands) 28 31 Publishing Ministry Congress (Cancun, Mexico) JUNE 1 Education Directors and Principals Seminar (Nassau) Union Board of Education (Nassau) 1 4 ATCU Mid-year Executive Committee Meetings (Nassau) 4 ATCU Mid-year Symposium (Hillview Church, Nassau) 4 5 Leadership and Professional Development 7 Bible Correspondence Schools Emphasis Day Women s Ministries Emphasis Day 13 Grand Bahama Academy Elementary Graduation Bahamas Academy High School Baccalaureate Service 14 ASI Emphasis Day 16 Bahamas Academy Kindergarten Graduation
17 Bahamas Academy Elementary Graduation 18 Bahamas Academy High School Graduation 21 Grand Bahama Academy High School Baccalaureate Service Cayman Academy High School Consecration Service 22 Grand Bahama Academy High School Graduation Cayman Academy High School Graduation 23 Cayman Academy Kindergarten Graduation 24 Cayman Academy Elementary Graduation 26 Launch: Comprehensive Ministries Centers (IAD Territory) Maranatha Academy Graduation 28 13 th Sabbath Offering (Southern Asia Division) Vision One Million (8000) Baptismal Day (3) JULY 5 Day of Prayer and Fasting Elementary/Academy Promotion Day 7 12 Global Health Conference (Geneva, Switzerland) 12 World Mission Budget Offering Tell the World: Media Ministry 17 August 2 Student Mission Trip (Dominican Republic) 19 26 Consolidation Emphasis: Church History Week 22 Professional Online Seminars for Pastors 26 Spiritual Revival Emphasis Day 29 August 2 IAD Youth Congress (Guatemala) IAD Bible Boom Finals (Guatemala) AUGUST 2 Children s Ministries Emphasis Day 8 10 NCU Graduation 9 Adventist Youth Day University Education Promotion Day 11 International Pathfinder Camporee (Oshkosh)
13 16 ASI Convention (Mexico) 16 End It Now Day 27 28 Human Resources Conference (Miami) 29 31 Health Weekend (Turks and Caicos Islands) SEPTEMBER (Lay Recruitment Month) 6 Lay Evangelism Emphasis Day Adventist Mission Emphasis (Offering) 6 October 5 ATCU Mission to the Cities (Nassau) 7 13 Family Togetherness Week 11 14 IAD Education Congress (Cancun, Mexico) 13 Ingathering Emphasis Day 20 Pathfinder Day 20 27 Health and Healthcare Emphasis Week 27 13 th Sabbath Offering (Euro-Asia Division) Vision One Million Baptismal Day (4) OCTOBER (Ingathering Emphasis Month) 4 Launch of Ingathering Spirit of Prophecy Emphasis Day Tell the World: In the Community Day of Prayer and Fasting IAD Ordination of Pastors (Dominican Republic) 5 Move to Live 10 15 GC Annual Council (Maryland) 11 Day of Kindness and Compassion Adventist Teachers Day Adventist Heritage Day 11 18 Children s Week of Prayer 13 18 Motivational Tour for Ministers (Maryland/Miami) 18 Adventist Children s Day 22 23 IAD Institutional Boards (Miami)
23 Small Group Leaders Virtual Symposium (Miami) 25 Graduation Ceremony for Continuing Education Program (Curacao) Day of the Pastor Creation Sabbath Spiritual Revival Emphasis Day 26 30 IAD Year-end Committee Meeting (Curacao) 31 November 2 ATCU Women s Ministries Retreat (Providenciales) NOVEMBER 1 8 Week of Prayer 2 4 South Bahamas Conference Session 5 7 ATCU Year-end Committee Meetings (Nassau) 8 Annual Sacrifice Offering Trust Services Emphasis Day Installation of SBC Officers/Directors 9 22 Stewardship Crusade with Erika Puni (Cayman) 11 Professional Online Seminars for Pastors 15 Ingathering Emphasis Day 22 Bible Emphasis Day HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 23 Launch of ATCU 2015 Prayer Initiative DECEMBER 2 3 New Administrators Orientation (Miami) 6 World Stewardship Day 18 Union Office Closes for the Holiday 27 13 th Sabbath Offering (Inter-America Division) Vision One Million (8000) Baptismal Day (5) Updated November 11, 2013