Pathway to Health will soon begin in Indianapolis at Lucas Oil Stadium. What a wonderful opportunity for all of us to unite in reaching the city of Indianapolis with the good news about Jesus’ desire to heal – physically and spiritually.
An event of this scale requires hundreds of volunteers, both medical and non-medical in nature. There is an opportunity for everyone! Some volunteers are choosing to participate in the entire event, while others are choosing a single day or more.
The schedule is as follows:
April 14-15: Set-up for the event
April 16: Sabbath service
Lucas Oil Stadium
April 17-20: Pathway to Health
Mega-Clinic
April 21: Tear-down of the event
Our conference has committed to providing 600 volunteers; to date we have over 250 volunteers registered. As you can see, there’s still room for many more to participate.
If you have any questions or would like to arrange a specific drop-off time, please contact Mary Ann Smith M-Th at 317.844.6201 or masmith@indysda.org.
Pastor Edgar Rosas
We welcome Pastor Edgar Rosas and his family to the Indiana Conference family. They will be serving the Hispanic district of South Bend, Elkhart, Fort Wayne, Maranatha, and Mishawaka. We pray for God's richest blessings on their family and ministry.
Pastor Justo Morales
On February 1, Pastor Justo Morales and his wife, Marcella, began serving the Richmond, Muncie, and Connersville district. They recently arrived in Indiana from Turkey where for seven years Pastor Justo pastored a church and Marcella served as co-director of two centers of influence in a large city. We happily welcome them to our Indiana Conference family.
On February 18-20, 2022 the Lake Union Conference will be having another Youth Evangelism Congress, for those who want to become UNSTOPPABLE in the mission to spread the gospel (Matthew 28:18-20). The Blue Gate Garden Inn in Shipshewana, Indiana will be the location for this exciting event.
Pastors, youth directors, and others in leadership positions want to be part of this event to support you and listen to your ideas. We are stronger together!
“With such an army of workers as our youth, rightly trained, might furnish, how soon the message of a crucified, risen, and soon-coming Saviour might be carried to the whole world!” (Ellen White, Education, pg. 271)
Plan to join us via Zoom for another Church Ministries Training Seminar. The six breakout leaders and their topics are:
John Leis College Campus
Ministries
Paulette Taylor Prayer Ministry
in the Local Church
Betsy Sajdak Greeters/
Hospitality Ministry
Robb Long Winning Souls with
Bible Studies
Patty Dmytriyev Beginners Sabbath
School
Tammy Begley Women’s Ministries
in the Local Church
To participate in one of these seminars, register by emailingmasmith@indysda.org. Include the break-out session you would like to attend. Remember that only one break-out session can be accessed on a single device. In other words, if two people in the same household wish to attend different break-out sessions, each must log onto the Zoom link on separate devices. The Zoom link for the seminar will be sent to your email address during the week of March 21-24.
Fall Report
Pastor Andre' Trofort
During the week of October 23-30, our Indianapolis Haitian congregations each held a week of spiritual emphasis. Both the Maranatha Haitian Group on the west side and the Indianapolis Haitian Group on the east side had approximately 30 people in attendance, with over 90 attending each congregation on both Sabbath mornings! The revivals resulted in five baptisms, and 22 new members are expected to join the congregations soon through profession of faith.
Each Sabbath visitors are welcomed, as the Haitian population in Indianapolis continues to grow.
Two deacons and two elders were ordained by Pastor Vic Van Schaik and Pastor Andre Trofort on November 20, 2021. During the same Sabbath service, the Maranatha Haitian Group was officially welcomed into the Indiana Conference.
Praise God for His blessing upon these new congregations.
The Haitian Groups fall revivals ended with 5 baptisms - 3 members for Maranatha on the Westside, and 2 baptisms from the Indianapolis Eastside Group.
Pastor Andre' Trofort
Pastor Ervin Ochoa reports that he had 2 wonderful baptisms at Hammond Hispanic SDA Church on January 8, 2022.
1 John 3: 1-2 (NKJV)
The Command to Love
Behold what manner of love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God!
Therefore the world does not know us, because it did not know Him.
Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
Father,
Because of your love, I am your child.
No, the world does not know you or me.
But now that we are yours, no one knows what we will be,
but, when you are revealed, oh my Lord, we will be like you,
and we will see you as you truly are – God of us all!
