August 23, 2011- Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Jamaica…Nigel Coke/IAD
Eight series covering the areas of gender issues, family life, youth, children, music, preaching, health and the church in the community, which were produced and recorded in Jamaica, were presented to Hope Channel.
The presentation took place on Aug. 20, 2011, during the 11th staging of the Inter-American Division’s Adventist Lay-persons Services and Industries (ASi-IAD) International Convention at the Sunset Jamaica Grande Hotel in Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Jamaica.
Pastor Derris Krause, development director at Hope Channel was delighted to receive the set of 118 programs that involved individuals and scenes from across the islands of Jamaica, the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands and the Cayman Islands.
“What the Northern Caribbean University media team has done is amazing,” said Krause. “The entire Hope Channel team looks forward to integrating these new programs which you have created into Hope Channel’s broadcast lineup as quickly as possible. Hope Channel is honored to be your partner in ministry to advance the kingdom of God.”
Pastor Leon Wellington, vice president and communication director of IAD presented the series to Krause and thanked the various teams for making the completion of the project possible.
“I am very delighted to see the completion of this historic project,” said Pastor Wellington. “My hope is that the various messages encoded in each presentation will inspire the viewers, and lead to a greater commitment to Christ.”
The project which cost approximately US$163,000 was a joint effort of Hope Channel; the Inter-American Division (IAD); the Jamaica Union and the Atlantic Caribbean Union Mission of Seventh-day Adventists which represents Adventists in the Islands of the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and Cayman.
“It was our pleasure to be involved in this international project,” said Everett Wiles, acting managing director of NCU Media Group. “In spite of the challenges that we faced technically, it was a great learning experience for the team many of whom are students majoring in communication studies. We look forward to more projects of this nature and we look forward to the broadcast of these series.”
Project Hope is a creative, cost-effective production done on a short-term basis, using many volunteers to assist in the production of more than 100 television programs in less than one month. So far more than 2,000 programs have been produced in places such as Africa, Australia, India, the Philippines, Europe, North America and the Caribbean.
