9 months ago we paired individuals in the church (mostly the youth paired with the old) with people they normally don't interact with. Deneeka Leon and Margaret Gadalupe are two of the we know that has decided to keep the communication going after the program/experiment. SEE THE FULL INTERVIEW ON NOVEMBER 30, 2010
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
Saturday, October 30, 2010
Pastor Appreciation Play Pics
Photos By:
Renielle Yankana
Troubled youth. The Pastor's on it
(from left to right)Oketo Marsh and Chantel Castel
The lady in the yellow seems calm now but trust us she's crazy some may say he deserve it).
Lenny Powell & Ann Marie Brown
Who new big men can cross their legs too
Naquan Taitt (on the far right)
There is nothing like a dysfunctional relationship to help you appreciate yours
Was the home made cake baked by Entenmann's?
(from left to right) Canetta Baker, Denise Winter & Kizzy Clemons
Fighting food for the homeless
Stacy Ann Brown (homeless woman)
Only a pastor can deal with so much drama on a daily basis and come out sane. Dr. David McKenzie, we appreciate you!
Renielle Yankana
Troubled youth. The Pastor's on it
(from left to right)Oketo Marsh and Chantel Castel
The lady in the yellow seems calm now but trust us she's crazy some may say he deserve it).
Lenny Powell & Ann Marie Brown
Who new big men can cross their legs too
Naquan Taitt (on the far right)
There is nothing like a dysfunctional relationship to help you appreciate yours
Was the home made cake baked by Entenmann's?
(from left to right) Canetta Baker, Denise Winter & Kizzy Clemons
Fighting food for the homeless
Stacy Ann Brown (homeless woman)
Only a pastor can deal with so much drama on a daily basis and come out sane. Dr. David McKenzie, we appreciate you!
My appreciation of Pastor McKenzie
Pastor's Appreciation Day is the day when as a church family we show our pastor (David McKenzie) how much we really care, love and ofcourse appreciate him. Our pastor is one of my mentors. In each of his sermons he speaks to you as an individual and leads you in the right path to god. He came to the church roughly about 2 years ago and I loved his vibrance. His first sermon kept everyone awake and had an impact on a lot of kids,youths, and young adults. I was always happy to know he was preaching. He taught me as a teen to avoid all the bad influence that high school might bring. He is someone I can turn to with my problems and trouble. He is not just a pastor he is a friendly and out going person. he shows everyone his dashing smile and thoughtful ways. He is not only the Pastor of Lighthouse, but also my pastor. At one of his recent baptism I gave my life to God. each day I feel much closer to God. I thank and appreciate pastor McKenzie for giving me and a lot of other young people a better understanding of what our Christ Jesus has done and is doing in our lives.
Written By:Renielle Yankana
(age 14)
Written By:Renielle Yankana
(age 14)
October Evangelism: Subway Ministry
I must say when doing this sort of evangelism we in the AYS Department know that some unexpected things would turn up. We had a very, very, very limited amount of books/tracks to hand out but we expected that. We had over 120 mp3 CDs filled with sermons to distribute to the community. We were expecting a limited amount of participants (ranging anywhere from 8 to 20 including the AYS Department) but what we ran into was roughly 20 children and one chaperone waiting to partake in today’s evangelism. It was the cornerstone class along with a couple of younger children ranging from ages 10 – 18 (7 of them were in the teenage range).
With the determination to serve God no matter what, we still went out into our community. We diverted from the original strategy. While walking down Utica heading towards Fulton Street, the Sabbath School Teacher Julian, AY Leader Ann Marie Brown and I decided that we would break into three groups. Julian and four teenagers went to Fulton Park to hand out track and minister to the people there. Ann Marie and I broke off into smaller groups. Each group positioned in front of the station of the two entrances located on each side of Malcom X and Fulton Street. It was there we realized something. The little children have a great desire to evangelize, but their measures about doing so needs to.
When heading to the subway station, the children would rush the people down and stick their hands out to give a person a track. No introduction, no nothing. Though their evangelizing was done with love, you could see that in groups, the kids treated evangelizing as if it were a competition; rushing to see who can hand out the tracks the quickest. We realized that we have to remind them what the purpose of evangelizing to our community and show them what might be a better way of handing out tracks. A method that I seen working was keeping them close but pairing them in two (it reduces the competition a little). Then I rotated each child with an adult to show them how to best evangelize.
I remember when I was with Justin Adams in front of the train station. Within a short time, I seen him interacting with members in the community and reciting some of the introductions which were thought to him (Asking individuals if they needed prayer and introducing himself to the people he approached). I believe that if we pay close attention to our children, mentoring smaller groups and taking time to nurture every aspect of their lives, we would be amazed of the growth that God would have used us to make them become. I thank HIM for allowing me to share this experience with these beautiful young ones. I will make a conscious effort for those who are reading, please pray for Leroy and Jamal (with employment, like many), and the various people we prayed for and distributed tracks and CD’s too. May it help them to strengthen their lives with our God and commit themselves to him totally (for those who haven’t).
Written By:Naquan Taitt
Photo By:Canetta Baker
Each CD Contained about 63 sermons from various Adventist Pastors across the nation thanks to apwin.org
With the determination to serve God no matter what, we still went out into our community. We diverted from the original strategy. While walking down Utica heading towards Fulton Street, the Sabbath School Teacher Julian, AY Leader Ann Marie Brown and I decided that we would break into three groups. Julian and four teenagers went to Fulton Park to hand out track and minister to the people there. Ann Marie and I broke off into smaller groups. Each group positioned in front of the station of the two entrances located on each side of Malcom X and Fulton Street. It was there we realized something. The little children have a great desire to evangelize, but their measures about doing so needs to.
When heading to the subway station, the children would rush the people down and stick their hands out to give a person a track. No introduction, no nothing. Though their evangelizing was done with love, you could see that in groups, the kids treated evangelizing as if it were a competition; rushing to see who can hand out the tracks the quickest. We realized that we have to remind them what the purpose of evangelizing to our community and show them what might be a better way of handing out tracks. A method that I seen working was keeping them close but pairing them in two (it reduces the competition a little). Then I rotated each child with an adult to show them how to best evangelize.
I remember when I was with Justin Adams in front of the train station. Within a short time, I seen him interacting with members in the community and reciting some of the introductions which were thought to him (Asking individuals if they needed prayer and introducing himself to the people he approached). I believe that if we pay close attention to our children, mentoring smaller groups and taking time to nurture every aspect of their lives, we would be amazed of the growth that God would have used us to make them become. I thank HIM for allowing me to share this experience with these beautiful young ones. I will make a conscious effort for those who are reading, please pray for Leroy and Jamal (with employment, like many), and the various people we prayed for and distributed tracks and CD’s too. May it help them to strengthen their lives with our God and commit themselves to him totally (for those who haven’t).
Written By:Naquan Taitt
Photo By:Canetta Baker
Each CD Contained about 63 sermons from various Adventist Pastors across the nation thanks to apwin.org
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Program: Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder
In an effort to continually correct the damage that devil uses in society to make us feel inadequate through the media, the Vision drama group, reminds us that no matter how bad you think things are with your physical features always remember that someone always have it worse.
I Have it Worse
I Have it Worse
September Evangelism: Taking it to the Streets
After twelve Long months we finally decided to dust the cob webs off and decided to hit the streets on a quest to once again execute the regular and creative ways to evangelize. For this month we decided to hit the neighborhood of Crown Heights. Seeing that we currently reside on 1769 Dean Street (the Pink Church) in Brooklyn we placed two literature and beverage stations on the corners of Utica and Schenectady. The well executed plan was that we would have a table set up at each corner providing lemonade, literature, and prayer (you know, trying to quench their physical and spiritual thirst on a hot Summer Day). The rest of the individuals would pair up into groups and disseminate on to the streets with in the church within a five block radius.
It started off smoothly and what we had to offer to the community was well received (which is something I believe is probably the biggest fear amongst Christians when evangelizing). When I took a second look of my congregation you can see all types there. Those aggressively going after each unfamiliar face with a passion to spread the good news, some socializing in a corner talking about God amongst themselves, some nervous hiding in the shadows of the trees and fences, and somehow were nervous with the desire to say and act but just needed a little push.
I think I had the personality of each type that day and it was interesting how I got my push. I was on the corner of Schenectady and Dean with Duane and Mary while handing out literature to people that pass by. I was a little uneasy. With each person that strolled past, there was a desire to do more. I wanted to say more, provide each person with a little word of encouragement, and ask if they needed us to pray for them about anything in their lives. But I suffered from the same thing that Adam and Eve did once the sinned in Genesis 3. Yep, fear! For some reason I couldn’t muster up the courage to do anything more than raise my hand to pass out tracks; which is usually ok but I was fighting with the spirit to do more.
I asked God for help and almost before I could finish my request he answered it.
Duane quickly pointed our attention to Sis. Griffith. The well over 65 year’s old lady was out there with such zeal to spread God Word. If you can picture this beautiful senior moving very cautiously and unhurried in church, now vibrant and energetic out in the field and is holding down her section of the street by herself ;Talking to people, handing out tracks, and chasing down cars providing literature while they were at the stop light. That was all the motivation I needed. Instantly after I found myself doing the same and asking people if they wanted prayer and a lot of them did. I even got the chance to speak with someone who remembered me asking her the same question a couple moths back when I went out with Personal Ministries. She said He answered her prayers. Praise God!
Sis Griffith
Written By:Naquan Taitt
The literature we handed out contained: SIGN (a small pamphlet), Message Magazine, free 24 Hour prayer line cards , and A DVD. The DVD contained:
The Man For the Moment
Daniel 10- The God Who Listens
It started off smoothly and what we had to offer to the community was well received (which is something I believe is probably the biggest fear amongst Christians when evangelizing). When I took a second look of my congregation you can see all types there. Those aggressively going after each unfamiliar face with a passion to spread the good news, some socializing in a corner talking about God amongst themselves, some nervous hiding in the shadows of the trees and fences, and somehow were nervous with the desire to say and act but just needed a little push.
I think I had the personality of each type that day and it was interesting how I got my push. I was on the corner of Schenectady and Dean with Duane and Mary while handing out literature to people that pass by. I was a little uneasy. With each person that strolled past, there was a desire to do more. I wanted to say more, provide each person with a little word of encouragement, and ask if they needed us to pray for them about anything in their lives. But I suffered from the same thing that Adam and Eve did once the sinned in Genesis 3. Yep, fear! For some reason I couldn’t muster up the courage to do anything more than raise my hand to pass out tracks; which is usually ok but I was fighting with the spirit to do more.
I asked God for help and almost before I could finish my request he answered it.
Duane quickly pointed our attention to Sis. Griffith. The well over 65 year’s old lady was out there with such zeal to spread God Word. If you can picture this beautiful senior moving very cautiously and unhurried in church, now vibrant and energetic out in the field and is holding down her section of the street by herself ;Talking to people, handing out tracks, and chasing down cars providing literature while they were at the stop light. That was all the motivation I needed. Instantly after I found myself doing the same and asking people if they wanted prayer and a lot of them did. I even got the chance to speak with someone who remembered me asking her the same question a couple moths back when I went out with Personal Ministries. She said He answered her prayers. Praise God!
Sis Griffith
Written By:Naquan Taitt
The literature we handed out contained: SIGN (a small pamphlet), Message Magazine, free 24 Hour prayer line cards , and A DVD. The DVD contained:
The Man For the Moment
Daniel 10- The God Who Listens
My Pathfinders Experience
I guarantee that most of you all have wondered once or twice what pathfinders is really about ; well I stand here before you now to explain the experience I have had so you can basically get a clue of what pathfinders is about.
In the year of 2006 I willingly joined pathfinders. At that time the reason I pretty much joined pathfinders because I saw the older teens of the church doing drills, marching, commands, drumming and so on. So basically I was thinking they were having fun, and I was pretty much getting kind of old for adventurers. Mainly at that time was pretty much just thinking “Oh, this looks like fun how bout I join the fun “. But as time went by I noticed that we weren`t really doing the things I would usually see them doing; WE WERE DOING WORK.!! … I expected to do work and all but I thought we would’ve been drilling and marching most of the time. Actually that’s all I thought pathfinders was about.
I was inducted into the Lighthouse Flames Pathfinder Club with Rachel Brown, Deneek Leon, Deneeka Leon, and Nasha Bazemore. I successfully passed boards in the Spring of 2007. During my 1st year of pathfinders, I completed my Friends folder, learned all my memory texts, went to camp and most definitely had fun. Since it was my first year going to camp with the pathfinder group, I wasn’t really sure what I was supposed to do. We`d get up at around 7 o` clock in the morning when it is brick cold outside and we made a shower out of tarp, wire and a bucket of COLD water. We took basically hours to set up tents; we arrived at about 1 or 2 o` clock in the afternoon and didn’t finish putting up tents until about 10 o` clock and the next day we still had a tent to put up. When we got all finished with working on tents it was time for FUN! We the new comers now hearing about mushing was like the best thing we`d heard for camp, which was putting together and mixing up a bunch of cosmetics such as toothpaste, lotion, ointment, powder, etc. . Then in the middle of the night a few of us would get up and put it on the other few pathfinders that were snug and sleeping in their tent. And if you were lucky you might just get your picture taken. Our funniest moment was the 1st Time I ever experienced mushing. Nasha, Deneek, Deneeka and I had went out at about 2 o` clock in the morning and went over to the other girls’ tent and put mush on Rachel’s hand and face and she wiped her hands on her face and woke up a little and we were like “Oh Rachel they got u too, they came in our tent and mushed us too, Man we just came in here to check on yall.” Good Times =]
But please don`t think that just because I’m talking about fun, that’s what pathfinders is about. Pathfinders is also about learning more about God, Teamwork, Integrity, commitment, and being able to work independently. Over the years I have been in the drum core ; I have been a color guard ; I have done community service ; I have been to the official fun days ; I have gone on neighborhood and community walks,etc. I have completed 4 folders and I am currently in the Ranger Class. From 2006 to 2010 I have had a lot of fun with the Lighthouse Pathfinders. Through the bad and the good; we have stuck together throughout the years. Companions we are and will remain!
Written By: Cedryanne Winter
In the year of 2006 I willingly joined pathfinders. At that time the reason I pretty much joined pathfinders because I saw the older teens of the church doing drills, marching, commands, drumming and so on. So basically I was thinking they were having fun, and I was pretty much getting kind of old for adventurers. Mainly at that time was pretty much just thinking “Oh, this looks like fun how bout I join the fun “. But as time went by I noticed that we weren`t really doing the things I would usually see them doing; WE WERE DOING WORK.!! … I expected to do work and all but I thought we would’ve been drilling and marching most of the time. Actually that’s all I thought pathfinders was about.
I was inducted into the Lighthouse Flames Pathfinder Club with Rachel Brown, Deneek Leon, Deneeka Leon, and Nasha Bazemore. I successfully passed boards in the Spring of 2007. During my 1st year of pathfinders, I completed my Friends folder, learned all my memory texts, went to camp and most definitely had fun. Since it was my first year going to camp with the pathfinder group, I wasn’t really sure what I was supposed to do. We`d get up at around 7 o` clock in the morning when it is brick cold outside and we made a shower out of tarp, wire and a bucket of COLD water. We took basically hours to set up tents; we arrived at about 1 or 2 o` clock in the afternoon and didn’t finish putting up tents until about 10 o` clock and the next day we still had a tent to put up. When we got all finished with working on tents it was time for FUN! We the new comers now hearing about mushing was like the best thing we`d heard for camp, which was putting together and mixing up a bunch of cosmetics such as toothpaste, lotion, ointment, powder, etc. . Then in the middle of the night a few of us would get up and put it on the other few pathfinders that were snug and sleeping in their tent. And if you were lucky you might just get your picture taken. Our funniest moment was the 1st Time I ever experienced mushing. Nasha, Deneek, Deneeka and I had went out at about 2 o` clock in the morning and went over to the other girls’ tent and put mush on Rachel’s hand and face and she wiped her hands on her face and woke up a little and we were like “Oh Rachel they got u too, they came in our tent and mushed us too, Man we just came in here to check on yall.” Good Times =]
But please don`t think that just because I’m talking about fun, that’s what pathfinders is about. Pathfinders is also about learning more about God, Teamwork, Integrity, commitment, and being able to work independently. Over the years I have been in the drum core ; I have been a color guard ; I have done community service ; I have been to the official fun days ; I have gone on neighborhood and community walks,etc. I have completed 4 folders and I am currently in the Ranger Class. From 2006 to 2010 I have had a lot of fun with the Lighthouse Pathfinders. Through the bad and the good; we have stuck together throughout the years. Companions we are and will remain!
Written By: Cedryanne Winter
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