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CONTENTS
WELCOME............................... 3 WEEK AT A GLANCE.............. 4 PLENARY SCHEDULE............ 5 CONVENTION MAP................. 8 ALAMODOME MAP................. 9 SPEAKERS............................... 10 HONORED GUEST................... 11 PROJECTS............................... 12 UPCOMING EVENTS............... 13 SPONSORS.............................. 14
WELCOME It is hard to believe that after more than a year of steady planning, Your Best Pathway to Health-San Antonio is finally here. The “Road to San Antonio” has not been easy and in many ways has been a living testimony of the Great Controversy between Christ and Satan lived out in each of our lives. This battle has not been fought by human strength but by dependence upon God through much fasting and prayer, perseverance, and in pressing together. The “Road to San Antonio” began with the miraculous free usage of the Alamodome and the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center as generously donated by San Antonio government’s, MetroHealth. This amazing miracle was followed by many unexpected difficulties and trials. During these difficulties many of you earnestly prayed, and true to His Word, the Lord’s mighty arm was moved and He answered your prayers in the most astounding ways. Some of these miracles included placing various individuals within the Your Best Pathway to Health (YbPTH) administration’s path just at the right time, to accomplish His will, similar to the story of Esther and Joseph. Although, the “Road to San Antonio” has been, in many ways, very difficult, it has been a blessing, as the Lord has used it to teach all of us how to have the “Faith of Jesus.” Each of you has sacrificed greatly of your resources, time and effort in using “Christ’s Method Alone” for those who are hurting. For this, the YbPTH leadership is eternally grateful. Of much more importance than our gratitude is that of Jesus Himself. Jesus has promised an eternal reward for your sacrifice for Him: “Verily I say unto you, there is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father,
3 or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel’s, But he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time…and in…eternal life” (Mark 10:28-30). Following Christ’s method of self-sacrificing medical missionary work, along with pressing together as one unified unbroken army, each of you has chosen to “store up treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.” Just imagine the joy of hearing “our treasure” on the streets of gold say, “Thank you for sharing Christ with me in San Antonio, you are the reason that I am here!” What a reward, and truly, “what a glorious day that will be!” Collectively, as we continue to reach humanity’s physical, mental, and spiritual needs using “Christ’s Method Alone” we can expect further challenges. But, it is my prayer that as we face these difficulties we will, by God’s grace, “Remember the Alamodome” miracles. By so doing, our faith will be strengthened to withstand any trial, and soon we can stand together on the Sea of Glass alongside those for whom we have labored this week. Truly, it will be “a day of rejoicing” and I am sure, that “when we all see Jesus we will sing and shout the victory!”
Lela Lewis, MD, MPH
President Your Best Pathway to Health
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WEEK AT A GLANCE
WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY, APRIL 8-10 6:00 - 6:15 am 6:00 - 6:15 am 6:30 - 7:00 am 7:00 - 8:00 am 12:00 - 1:00pm 5:00 - 5:15 pm 5:30 - 6:30 pm 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Sack breakfast (Hilton) Health volunteers leave Hilton Palacio Del Rio to Alamodome Prepare for patient arrival First patients through the doors Lunch (Alamodome) Arrive back at Hilton Palacio Del Rio Dinner (Hilton) Evening plenary (Gallery)
FRIDAY, APRIL 10 6:00am - 6:30 pm 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Same as Wednesday-Thursday Evening plenary (Hall A)
SABBATH, APRIL 11 8:30 - 9:15 am 9:30 - 10:30 am 10:45 - 12:30 pm 12:30 - 1:30 pm 1:30 - 3:00 pm 3:00 - 4:00 pm 4:00 - 5:30 pm 5:30 - 6:30 pm 7:00 - 8:30 pm 8:30 - 10:00 pm
Breakfast (Gallery) Sabbath School (Hall A) Divine service (Hall A) Lunch (Gallery) Exhibits open (Gallery) Tribute session (Hall A) Personal time Dinner (Gallery) Evening plenary (Hall A) Exhibits open (Gallery)
SUNDAY, APRIL 12 7:30 - 8:30 am 8:30 - 2:00 pm
Breakfast (Hilton)
Worldwide YbPTH training session
PLENARY SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8 (7 PM, GALLERY) Song service Welcome Prayer Mission minutes Special music Speaker intro Sermon Special music Closing prayer
Ouchita Hills Academy, Josiah Hill, piano Lela Lewis Floyd Courtney Kyle Allen, Roger Gallant, interviewers OHA Bell Choir Benny Moore Frank Fournier Stephanie Dawn, Dann Thornton, piano Frank Fournier
THURSDAY, APRIL 9 (7 PM, GALLERY) Song service Welcome Prayer Mission minutes Offering Special music Speaker intro Sermon Appeal song
Oklahoma Academy Carlos Craig Jeff Hardesty Costin Jordache, Debbie Young, interviewers Steve Dickman Day Star Academy Choir Chris Lewis Don Mackintosh Naomi Jackson, Dann Thornton, piano
FRIDAY, APRIL 10 (7 PM, HALL A) Song service Welcome Special music Prayer Mission minutes Offering Special music
Weimar Academy Ken Denslow Weimar Academy Jim Gilley Roscoe Howard, Steve Dickman, and Jeff Harper, interviewers Don Mackintosh Weimar Academy
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Sam Green Mark Finley Alessandra Sorace, Dann Thornton, pianist Mark Finley
SABBATH, APRIL 11 (HALL A) Sabbath School (9:30 am) Welcome Prayer Speaker intro Special music Sabbath school Closing prayer
Roscoe Howard George Gilbert Justin McNeilus Oklahoma Academy Natasha Nebblett Debra Dehning
Divine Service (10:45 am) Song service Welcome Prayer Call to worship YbPTH video Opening hymn Offering appeal Mission minutes Offering and prayer Scripture reading Special music Speaker introduction Sermon Song of appeal Closing prayer
Southern Adventist University Ladies’ Vocal Ensemble Larry Moore Roger Gallant Southwestern Adventist University Choir Southern Adventist University Ladies’ Vocal Ensemble Debbie Young, Steve Dickman Kyle Allen, Lela Lewis, interviewers Debbie Young, Steve Dickman Eric Louw Southwestern Adventist University Duane McKey Ted Wilson Southwestern Adventist University Ted Wilson
PLENARY SCHEDULE SABBATH, APRIL 11 (CONTINUED)
Tribute Session (3:00 pm) Welcome Prayer Introduction of Mayor Mayor’s address Response YbPTH tributes YbPTH video Special music Closing prayer
Duane McKey Mark Finley Rebeca Baquero Mayor Ivy Taylor Lela Lewis, Mark Finley, Ken Denslow, Roscoe Howard Duane McKey
Song service Welcome Prayer Mission minutes Week’s report Volunteer gratitude Upcoming events Offering Sermon Closing song Closing prayer
Don Mackintosh, Dann Thornton, piano Jonathan Zirkle Todd Guthrie Chris Lewis, Taylor Hinkle, interviewers YbPTH Executive Committee Lela Lewis, Ann Burnett, and George Gilbert Lela Lewis, Ann Burnett Offering team Mark Finley Julie Penner, Dann Thornton, piano Mark Finley
Alessandra Sorace Duane McKey
Evening Plenary (7:00 pm)
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CONVENTION CENTER MAP
WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY:
FRIDAY-SABBATH:
Hilton La Vista Room - Meals
Hilton La Vista Room - Meals
Gallery - Plenary Sessions 006A-B - Kids Program (Ages 2-6) 006C-D - Kids Program (Ages 7-15) Hilton La Vista Room - Exhibits
(In the Gallery from Sabbath onward)
Hall A - Plenary Sessions 006A-B - Kids Program (Ages 2-6)* 006C-D - Kids Program (Ages 7-15)* Gallery - Exhibits *Closed during Divine Service
ALAMODOME MAP
Admitting A Audiology 23 Barber/Beauty 10 Patient Childcare 3 Cardiology 40 Central Supply 57 Chaplain 18, 19, 26 Children - Earliteen/Juniors 4 Children - Nursery 5 Children - Primary/Kindergarten 6 Colorectal Surgery 49 Dental Triage 43 Dentistry 44 Dermatology 51
Director 13 Event Staff 8 Exit Manage 25 Gastroenterology 37 Hospitality 30 Infectious Diseases 34 Laboratory 46 Lifestyle 27 Media 13A Mental Health 11, 15 Music Risers 28 Neurology 39 Occupational Therapy 21 Optical RV 12
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Orthopedics 48 Pediatrics 41 Pharmacy 45 Physical Therapy 24 Plastic Surgery 50 Podiatry 53, 54 Primary Care 31, 32, 33, 42 Pulmonology 35 Radiology 7 Registration Input 17 Relaxation/Hydrotherapy 14, 20 Respiratory Therapy 22 Rheumatology 36 Screening 1
Surgery 52 Surgery, Pre-Op 2 Triage 29 Urology 38 Venue Services 9 Vision Care 16 Women’s Health 47, 55, 56
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PLENARY SPEAKERS
Frank Fournier, born and raised in a French Canadian home, gave his heart to Jesus at
age 25. He served as president of Woodland Park Foundation in Northern Ontario, taught Bible at Fountainview Academy, and served for ten years in Zambia, Africa, as director for Riverside Farm Institute. He also served as executive vice president for Outpost Centers International, and is currently president of Eden Valley Institute and ASI.
Don Mackintosh has worked as a registered nurse, pastor/evangelist, director of an evangelism school, and served as a host of the popular “Health for a Lifetime” on 3ABN. He currently is the director of HEALTH, a four-month health evangelism school on the campus of Weimar College. Mark Finley is a former speaker/director for It Is Written and a retired General Conference
vice president. He is still active as an evangelist, and has presented more than 150 evangelistic series in more than 80 countries. He presents regularly at conventions, field schools, and evangelism institutes, and appears on the Hope Channel’s series Experience Hope. He has written more than 70 books, writes Bible studies for Adventist World magazine, and is the author of Revival and Reformation, the lesson quarterly for the third quarter of 2013. He and his wife, Ernestine “Teenie,” have three grown children: Deborah, Rebecca, and Mark, Jr.
Natasha Nebblett travels and speaks with her family’s ministry, Pathway of Promise,
and serves as president of GYC. She is passionate about ministry to young people, with a special emphasis on young women having a vision for the beauty and potential of their ministry in the home and abroad as presented in the Scriptures. She also has a heart for orphans and victims of sex trafficking. Natasha lives in New Mexico with her family and is pursuing a degree in biblical counseling. She delights in making a house a home, and is very happily engaged to her fiancé, Paul Dysinger.
Ted Wilson is the president of the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. Prior to his appointment as president, Wilson served as a general vice president of the Adventist Church for 10 years. His 36 years of denominational service include administrative and executive posts in the Mid-Atlantic United States, Africa, and Russia. An ordained minister, Wilson holds a doctorate degree in religious education from New York University, a master of divinity degree from Andrews University and a master of science degree in public health from Loma Linda University’s School of Public Health. Elder Wilson is married to Nancy, and the couple has three daughters.
HONORED GUEST
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Ivy R. Taylor
was appointed to serve as Mayor of San Antonio on July 22, 2014. Mayor Taylor was appointed by the San Antonio City Council to fulfill Julian Castro’s unexpired term as mayor. Prior to her appointment, Mayor Taylor served as the District 2 City Council Representative. Ivy R. Taylor was elected to serve as the District 2 Representative on June 13, 2009 and served two and a half terms for a total of five years. Mayor Taylor began her career working for the City of San Antonio in the Housing and Community Development Department and the Neighborhood Action Department. While at the city, she worked with a variety of neighborhood associations, developers, and nonprofit organizations in order to facilitate inner city redevelopment. After six years, she left employment with the City of San Antonio to become vice president at Merced Housing Texas. At Merced, she worked to create and implement programs to improve family stability for apartment community residents. Mayor Taylor is currently a lecturer at UTSA in the Public Administration Department. During her tenure on the City Council and as mayor, she has remained focused on balanced growth throughout our city and targeted investment in areas where opportunities have been limited. She led the effort to bring over $50 million in federal funding for revitalization of San Antonio’s Eastside. As mayor, she and the City Council worked with San Antonio Water Systems to achieve unanimous approval for the Vista Ridge Water Supply Project, which will help ensure water supply for our growing city. Mayor Taylor currently serves on the board for Healthy Futures of Texas and Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas. She has served on the City’s Planning Commission and as a Commissioner for the City’s Urban Renewal Agency (SADA) and on the advisory board for Our Lady of the Lake’s Center for Women in Church and Society. Mayor Taylor completed the Leadership San Antonio class sponsored by the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, and in 2004 was acknowledged by the San Antonio Business Journal as a “Rising Star” in their “40 under 40” class. In 2008, she completed Bank of America’s Neighborhood Excellence Leadership Training Program. Mayor Taylor obtained a master’s degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1998. In 1992, she received a bachelor’s degree from Yale University. Mayor Taylor is a loving wife and a mother.
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PROJECTS
YOUR BEST PATHWAY TO HEALTH – SAN ANTONIO PROJECTS Your Best Pathway to Health (YbPTH) could not offer the complexity of services we provide without the generosity and sacrificial donations of its partners, supporters, and volunteers. The acquisition of specific diagnostic equipment will enhance our ability to provide the medical management and treatment needed by many whose health would be at risk without intervention. Thank you in advance for your sacrificial gift/ commitment that will help meet some of YbPTH’s needs.*
Eye equipment
In addition to providing general sight evaluation, the desired equipment will allow clinicians to check the eyes of diabetics, who are at risk for nerve damage that could lead to blindness.
Dental equipment
For many, not having the option for simple crown repair means they may lose a tooth. The ability to repair crowns with a cerec machine, or know the treatment options that can only be revealed with dental xrays, will truly bring a smile to the faces of those we serve.
Radiology (X-ray) equipment
Symptoms such as joint pain, swelling, chronic coughs, difficulty breathing and chest pain can be indicative of multiple conditions. Only proper evaluation can identify the problem and if it can be treated in an outpatient setting. Radiology equipment can mean the difference between a referral and on-the-spot treatment.
Cystoscopy (bladder evaluation) and hysteroscopy (uterus evaluation) equipment
This specialized equipment has diagnostic features that could determine if a procedure is needed to remove a benign mass or a more complex intervention and follow-up for suspected malignancies.
Storage and transport trailer
With ever-expanding inventory, another trailer to house sensitive medical equipment and supplies is a critical need.
PROJECT GOAL: $350,000
Give online at: www.PathwayToHealthVolunteer.org or give by check or credit card.
* In the event that any portion of the listed project goals are met via other means, YbPTH will redirect funds to other approved project/organizational needs.
UPCOMING EVENTS Advertisement for next ASI? Join us for our next Your best Pathway to Health mission trip in Spokane August 2-4 Registration now open: www.pathwaytohealthvolunteer.org And then plan to stay for ASI international convention August 5-8
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