April 20, 2018

NL ADVENTIST eREPORT A digital publication brought to you by the S A C in Newfoundland and Labrador.

Greetings! In this Issue: Deed to New Land Secured-Kenmount Road, Mount Pearl; Junior/Teen Camp Registration Update; Camp Meeting Guest Highlight-Leslie N. Pollard; Ollila Announcement...

Junior/Teen Camp Registration Update April 18, 2018 | NL Adventist Communications

On April 15, registration opened for Junior Camp and Teen Camp. As of April 18, we have received applications from 11 teen and 35 junior campers. This is a tremendous response! We are excited to see parents and students responding early!

Jack Baier with Land Deedj & Survey, Kenmount Rd., Given the high response Mount Pearl | April 19, 2018 | Photo by Pastor Eric Ollila rate, we want to encourage | NL Adventist Communications those who may be contemplating attending, to not delay submitting Deed to New Land Secured- their application. Space is limited, and we are Kenmount Road, Mount Pearl encouraging parents who have children that are on the border age 12-13, to only have their child April 19, 2018 | NL Adventist Communications attend one of the camps. In past years, we allowed those children who are at the transition age to The official Deed to the newly purchased parcel attend one or the other or both. This year, we ask of land on Kenmount Road has been received by that you choose one. the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Newfoundland and Labrador (SDACNL) office. To register, visit us on the web at: Application for the piece of Crown land was http://www.nladventist.ca originally made in April, 2014. The Crown And follow the Woody Acres links. approved the request in April, 2017. And now, in April, 2018 the official Deed has been secured.

The additional property will provide the SDACNL options to adjust placement of the proposed VOAR/SDACNL studio-office facility. It could also “allow for future use or development, or sale”, stated Jack Baier.

Seventh-day Adventist Church in Newfoundland and Labrador | 1041 Topsail Road, Mount Pearl, NL A1N 5E9 | www.nladventist.ca | Email: [email protected] for the launch of Oakwood Online University;[5] more than $30 million of construction and renovation, most notably the Peters Media Center;[6] the creation of Oakwood Organic Farms, the largest urban farm in Northern Alabama;[7] the establishment of separate schools within the university; a considerable faculty and staff downsizing;[8] and the placement of as an institution of the North American Division instead of its previous status as a General Conference institution.[9] Pollard is also noted for a strong social media presence and involvement in national politics.[10]

For list of references, visit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/ wiki/Leslie_Pollard

NL Camp Meeting Guest Speaker-Dr. Leslie N. Pollard | April 19, 2018 | Photo courtesy of Dr. Leslie Pollard | NL Adventist Communications Camp Meeting Guest Highlight- Leslie N. Pollard April 19, 2018 | Article taken from wikipedia.com | NL Adventist Communications

Leslie N. Pollard is a Seventh-day Adventist minister, author, and administrator. Since 2011 he has served as the eleventh president of Oakwood University, the church's sole HBCU (Historically black colleges and universities).[1]

Pollard began his career in 1978 as a Seventh-day Adventist pastor. In nearly two decades of ministry, he led several notable churches, including Kansas Avenue (Riverside, California), Berean (Los Angeles, California), and Oakwood University Church (Huntsville, Alabama), and gained an international reputation as an effective The next "Is This Thing On?" NAD evangelist.[3] Facebook live event will be held... From 1996 to 2011 Pollard was the vice president at 4 p.m. (PDT) on May 12 at Walla Walla University. for diversity at , the second Dan Jackson, NAD president; Alex Bryant, executive individual to hold the position. Considered an secretary; and Tom Evans, treasurer, will answer authority on diversity, in 2000 he published student questions via audience and social media Embracing Diversity: How to Understand and during the program’s third Facebook Live event. Reach People of All Cultures.[4] MORE Pollard began his presidency at Oakwood University in January 2011. His tenure is notable

Seventh-day Adventist Church in Newfoundland and Labrador | 1041 Topsail Road, Mount Pearl, NL A1N 5E9 | www.nladventist.ca | [email protected] 2018 NL Camp Meeting Guests Theme: Holy Spirit At Work in NL Dates: July 20-28

DARLENE BLANEY, Seminar Speaker Health Dr. Darlene Blaney has a PhD in Nutrition, and is a nutritional consulting practitioner and certified fitness trainer. Her passion is to teach others having good health can be simple. She deals with problems and concerns by teaching optimal diet and lifestyle factors finding lasting results, not just “quick fixes”.

LESLIE POLLARD, Evening Speaker Dr. Leslie N. Pollard, D.Min., Ph.D. has been the President of Oakwood University, Inc., since January 2011. Dr. Pollard has 32 years of leadership reflecting local, national, and international service. He served as senior pastor, youth pastor, university chaplain, health-care program administrator, and an educational administrator at LLU. As a clergyman, he has functioned as an evangelist, professor, ministerial educator, and leadership development facilitator to the General Conference. He regularly leads denominational and non-denominational leadership and mission conferences all over the world.

DES CUMMINGS JR., Seminar Speaker-The Beauty of the Sabbath Dr. Des Cummings Jr., Ph.D. serves as president of the Florida Hospital Foundation and executive vice president for Florida Hospital, the largest admitting hospital in America. Dr. Cummings is committed to promoting health and healing strategies that treat the mind, body, and spirit. Motivated by a vision to help people live to a Healthy 100, Dr. Cummings gave leadership to the development of Celebration Health, a showcase hospital in the Disney city of Celebration, Florida. This facility has attracted national and international attention as a model of health and healing for the twenty-first century.

Additional Guests Include...

Mark Johnson, president, Chris Holland, speaker/ Jonathan Gascoyne, Sung Kwon, director, North Seventh-day Adventist director, Canada pastoral ordination American Division Adventist Church in Canada Community Services

Seventh-day Adventist Church in Newfoundland and Labrador | 1041 Topsail Road, Mount Pearl, NL A1N 5E9 | www.nladventist.ca | [email protected] Announcement from Pastor Eric & Lucy Ollila

Estimated due date is October 7, 2018. Gender is unknown at this stage, and no names have been chosen. We are looking forward to having the baby, here in Newfoundland and Labrador.

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