Seventh-day Adventist Church Guyana Conference : Community Services

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Community Services

Director: Richard Avert James

Contact Info:
Tel: 592-226-3313 (Office) 592-619-8823 (Mobile)
Fax: 592-223-8142
Email: personalmin@guyanaconference.org

The Department of Community Services of the Guyana Conference sets out to accomplish its mission by setting certain goals and objectives. Listed hereunder are such goals and objectives:

Goals of the Community Services Department:

To establish greater community acceptance and confidence in our church.
To obtain a larger membership involvement in Community Services work.
To acquire more finance and a larger stock of food, clothing, etc, for welfare work.
To obtain a closer relationship with other agencies/organizations which have an objective similar to ours.
To organize and maintain a functioning welfare society in each church/company and federation in each pastoral district.
To have a minimum of six hundred (600) uniformed welfare workers by the end of the quadrennium.
To create a Seventh-day Adventists presence in every community by having a more positive influence for good.
To produce well-trained and organized Community Services personnel for disaster preparedness.
To increase the quantity and quality of service offered to the needy in our church and the community.
To begin the construction of a Community Service Centre by the end of the Quadrennium.
To secure a bond to store welfare supplies and equipment.

Objectives of the Community Services Department

To:

Establish one active Community Services unit in every church and company.
Hold training programs in every district annually, teaching the Essentials / fundamentals required for protecting and preserving human life.
Stimulate church participation in community exhibits and public events with a view to building relational bridges.
Increase church involvement in community activities and needy people.
Increase classes in art and craft, and other learning programs.
Provide a prompt response to all disasters around Guyana.