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Table of Contents

The National Coordinator’s Address .............................................. 3

You know you’re a UCAMer if  ........................................................ 4

Year in Review September 2014-December 2015 ........................ 5

 Where are They Now?... Joan Russell ............................................ 7

Testimonial of Chantelle Walker ................................................. 10

The National Executive Body 2015-2016 ..................................... 13

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The National Coordinator’s Address

Greetings to all the Saints of our Lord Jesus Christ whose return we

earnestly wait. It is indeed an honour and privilege to express the

tremendous task that has been to committed in my trust this UCAM year

2015/2016. However, with God all things are possible because he has

given us His grace and strength, not to mention the astounding executive

team I am currently working with. Our

vision for this year revolves around the

theme: ‘ Rebuilding the walls of prayer’ .

We are looking forward to rebuilding the

weaker campuses by uniting to:

strengthen the national UCAM body and

more importantly winning souls for

Christ on the local campuses. 

I would also like to acknowledge the support we have received over the

years from our alumni members. However, we know there are many

others who have been a part of the ministry but have not yet lent their

support. Simply put, we need your help. We welcome all guidance in

administration accompanied by proper demeanour, monetary and

labour contributions in our events and prayers for God’s divine

providence. We know that with the full support of our alumni members,

UCAM will become an even greater force to be reckoned with far

reaching effects in Jamaica.

Finally, the national executive body of 2015/2016 and I are looking

forward, by the grace of God, to ensure that the ministry continues to be

effective on each campus. We crave your support and prayers as we seek

to continue to fulfil the tasks that are set before us to be accomplished.

God bless you.

National Coordinator (2015-2016)

Shane Brown

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 You know you’re a UCAMer if… 

What is it that really makes a UCAMer? Baptism in Jesus name? Oh

yes! Infilling of the Holy Spirit and living a Godly life? No doubt

about it. Yet there are some experiences that only a UCAMer will

have and for those of you have passed through, I’m sure you’ll be

nodding your head at quite a few. You know you’re a UCAMer if…… 

1.  You return to your home church you are so zealous in your worship

that everyone is wondering if it’s the same person who left three

months earlier.

2. 

You find yourself running the aisles when they raise ‘Forward Still Tis

 Jehovah’s Will’, ‘Death Hath No Terror’ or ‘Blessed Jesus Hold My

Hand’.

3.  When your bus breaks down on the way to retreat and in the interim

you end up having a Testimony Service.

4.  When you haven’t paid your tuition but find yourself miraculously

registered.

5.  When lecturers know you because you miss their classes for prayer

meetings.

6.  When you head off to weekend retreat knowing you have ten exams

the following week and when you tell your classmates they looking at

you like you lost your mind.

7. When your grade is miraculously changed form an ‘F’ to a ‘P’. 

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 Year in Review September 2014-December 2015

In an age where many, especially our youth are seeking to identify

themselves with particular groups or organizations for whatever reason

beneficial to them, a unique set of radical and unorthodox Christians have

redefined and repurposed this thinking. What started out as the Pentecostal

Students Fellowship with just a handful of members, later became the Tri-

Campus ministry and has now evolved into the Universities and Colleges

Apostolic Ministry with ministries on 17 campuses across Jamaica and over

650 members. Our mission is to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ within our

respective campuses and to provide an avenue where young persons of the

Apostolic faith can not only fellowship together, but provide a support

system for each other and is one of the driving forces that helps persons not

to lose sight of their Christianity as they pursue a tertiary education.

The academic year September 2014 began with our Leadership

Retreat which was held at Refuge Temple Apostolic, Manchester. Executive

members from each campus gathered for a day fellowship that left us

empowered and ready to face the challenges ahead.

Roll Call was held on October 18th at the Bethel Tabernacle United

Pentecostal Church, St. Ann. This saw members from campuses across the

island gather for one mighty service and one person was reclaimed. 

Weekend Retreat is a weekend where hundreds of UCAMers gather at an

assembly from Friday to Sunday and engage in Evangelistic activities within

the community inclusive of a street service; this helps to strengthen

especially those assemblies that are struggling.

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It was held from Nov. 14-16 at the First United Pentecostal Church

in Manchester and saw fourteen persons baptized, six persons receiving

the Holy Ghost and one person reclaimed.

We began the Year 2015 with our National Day of Prayer and

Fasting which was held at the Gordon Pen Apostolic Church on January 24,

where the people of God gathered together to pray and to seek the face of

God.

March 1 ushered in UCAFEST, our annual Praise and Worship Fest

and this was held at the University of the West Indies Assembly Hall. Up to

1000 persons attend each year to lift up the name of Jesus through songs,

spoken word and music.

Our penultimate event for the academic year is our End of Year

Retreat, which was held in Clydesdale St. Ann on April 17-19. This saw 

fifteen persons baptized,

five filled with the Holy

Ghost and one person

reclaimed.

We must give all

the honour and glory to

 Jesus Christ for doing such

a mighty work in us and

through us. To those who have gone before and set such an awesome

platform for us, keep us in your prayers that our strength fail not and that

we may continue to do the work of Him that has sent us. God bless.

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 Where are They Now?... Joan Russell

The year was 1976, Joan Russell, a nursing student at the

University Hospital of the West Indies had heard about other apostolic

ministries at UWI and CAST (UTECH) and decided that there was a need

for a similar ministry within the nursing school. She started having prayer

meetings in her room with just a hand full of persons which was inclusive

of Apostolics and members from other denominations. At the first meeting,

the presence of the Lord came down in such a mighty way that a backslider

was reclaimed. There was also a member of a Trinitarian assembly whom

she believes God was convicting about baptism in Jesus name as she began

repeating ‘In My Name you must, you must!’ This was just the beginning of

the revival that was to take the nursing school by storm.

Subsequent to this meeting, there was a movie night where the

film ‘Hell Fire’ was shown. Many nurses were in attendance including those

who were at the prayer meeting. Some persons left the film in tears and

other persons claiming to be prophets caused chaos within the nursing

community, as they began delivering false prophecies to other students.

“Oh, it was just crazy… the school was in a mess.” she exclaimed. This

troubled Sis. Russell and she began to seek the Lord earnestly in prayer. It

was then that the Lord gave her a passage of scripture which said “Woe be

unto the prophets who prophecy in my name saying I have fed and I have

not; making the righteous sad.” 

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It was then that she decided that having the ministry was no

longer an option it was a necessity. After receiving permission from the

house mother, they began having services on Thursday nights. Services

were dynamic and nothing like the nursing school had ever experienced.

Members of the Apostolic ministry at CAST and UWI supported the

fellowship and within a short space of time, quite a number of persons were

baptized in Jesus name and received the Holy Spirit. “And I must say as

well that quite a number of marriages came out of the ministry,” she said

with a smile in her voice.

However, they faced some challenges at the time as some of the

nurses were against Apostolics and didn’t like their way of worship

claiming that they were too

noisy. Some persons gave

them the cold shoulder and

began passing certain

remarks, even going as far as

to say that they were

preaching false doctrine.

However, they remained

steadfast and pressed on. In

total 17 persons were

converted through the ministry within a short period of time and it was

pure joy for Sis. Russell and the other Apostolics on campus. God had

allowed a revival to take place.

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After 4 years in nursing Sis. Russell went into life insurance and

held various managerial positions within the sector. After working there

for 14 years she responded to the leading of the Lord and decided to go into

full time ministry, serving as Assistant Pastor to Pastor Stewart (then

pastor of Pentecostal Tabernacle, Wildman Street). She served in this

position up until a few months ago and now assists her husband, Pastor

Clebert Russell in pasturing Pentecostal Tabernacle, Hellshire. Together,

they also operate a nursing home under the name TLC Services Limited. A

brilliant author, she has written the book ‘The Great Provider’, a book of

miracles that shares her personal experience of God’s miraculous power.

Her second book is soon to be published and she is currently working on a

third. She has been married to her husband for 36 years and they have four

children: Junior, Andre’, Marce’l and Renee’. 

Her encouragement to the present generation of UCAMers is to

give it your best. To remember that you interact with many unsaved

students who after graduation you may never have the opportunity to

minister to again. UCAMers you are not here by chance but God has sent

you into the various campuses for a purpose.

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Testimonial of Chantelle Walker

Blessings everyone! I grew up in church…I mean I was raised in

church and I would go to Pentab (Wildman Street) or Pentecostal Gospel

Temple with my grandmother on a Sunday or I would go to Shiloh by myself

or with my mother because it was right next door. In church, I was the

troublemaker, running all over, from upstairs to downstairs, sliding on the

benches, taking off my stocking or people’s hats, pinching or teasing other

kids. Deep down there was a desire to become a Christian but at the time I

was more focused on becoming “the hot girl”. I remember when I was seven

and I was in downtown Kingston with my mother who was a vendor there.

We got into a fight which ended with her beating me and shouting, “Go home

to your father!” I was adamant that I wasn’t going home. Ten to twenty

minutes later I received the devastating news that my father was shot and

killed. I was broken and confused and I wanted God to explain why he had

taken my father. But little did I know that God had a plan for my life.

When I was in sixth form, the desire to become a Christian was

still in my heart, but pshh…parties were on my mind. I would go to parties

most Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. I loved to party. I remember one

day I was to go out but I just had the urge not to leave my home. I began

wondering why I was feeling so down and I started praying and reading my

favourite scripture from Psalm 91. I didn’t understand what it was but I left

my home nonetheless. When I got into the taxi I told the driver not to speed

because I hate speeding. However, he completely disregarded what I said

and began driving as though he was on a race course. While he was speeding,

all I found myself saying was “Jesus! Jesus!” and “I shall not die but live and

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declare the works of the Lord.” I don’t know where that came from because

I don’t even remember ever seeing or hearing that before. I kept shouting

“Mighty God! Jesus!” He refused to slow down so myself and the other

passengers decided to jump out of the taxi. A couple seconds later we heard

a loud commotion further down the road, only to realize that the same taxi

ran into a light post and the post fell on the front seat of the car where I was

sitting. That day I should have been dead but by God’s grace I walked away

with just a bruised knee. I began giving God thanks!

I later became a student of UTECH and I continued with the same

lifestyle. One night while at school in the summer, I was passing the chapel

and some UCAMers were there praying. So I stopped to listen. One of my

friends came and he invited me to go upstairs with him to eat, drink and

play dominoes and chill. Immediately a voice said to me, “That’s the devil,

don’t go.” So I told my friend no, and I stayed. I wanted to go in but I was

thinking I didn’t

want to bombard

anybody’s service so

I stood outside in my

pants, merino and

earrings and before I

knew what was

happening, I found

myself crying. They

were still praying

when I walked off. I

found myself crying

and calling out to

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 Jesus. I began visiting the UCAM services on Thursdays and I met the

UCAMers who became sisters and brothers to me.

September came and one Thursday a friend of mine asked me

if I was going to get baptized. I sat down and started thinking about my life

and all the times when God had given me a second chance. I said yes and it

has been the best decision I have ever made. UCAM has impacted my life so

much. It is not like the ordinary church. I tell myself that once college days

are over I’ll miss UCAM because the teachings, the word, praise and worship

are just so different. I can say UCAM has been a big blessing in my life. I

have friends now that will share with me when I don’t have groceries. I have

never experienced the stereo type of Apostolics who they say will look down

on you if you wear pants and jewellery. I wore my pants and jewellery till I

felt convicted and decided to stop wearing them. I just want to pray God’s

continuous mercies upon this ministry and that He will bless it in

abundance. Even though they are Christians, there are persons you can

worship and fellowship with and will show you the right path. There can be

clean and holy fun. I’m just grateful for UCAM! 

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The National Executive Body 2015-2016

National Coordinator

Shane Brown

Assistant National Coordinator

of Events and Planning

Ruchelle Vincent

Assistant National Coordinator

of Zonal Affairs

Laronne Spence

Zonal Coordinator for Zone 1

Trudi-Ann Guthrie

Zonal Coordinator for Zone 2

 Joslyn Williams

Zonal Coordinator for Zone 3

Kitson Shermon

Zonal Coordinator for Zone 4

Kacia Mason

Prayer Coordinator

Crystal Chambers

National Public Relations Officer

Kevin Sampson

National Assistant Public

Relations Officer

Richard Sampson

National Treasurer

Kerry-Ann Heywood

National Assistant Treasurer

Ebony Gordon

National Secretary

Michelle-Ann Johnson

National Assistant Secretary

Kimone McCauley

National Music Director

Leighton Ramsay

Contributions from: Michelle-Ann Johnson &

Kimone McCauley.

Designed by: Richard Sampson

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