Haitian Heritage
Who was the leader of the Haitian Revolution?
Who is Toussaint Louverture?
This type of youth group, often active in Haitian SDA churches, includes marching, honors, and spiritual training?
What are Pathfinders
This joyful and spiritual style of music, often sung in Haitian Creole, combines African rhythms, Christian messages, and Caribbean flavor to praise God.
What is Creole gospel music?
What is fried food called in the Haitian community
What is fritay
SDA Haitian youth often take part in this week-long annual event that includes sermons, skits, and outreach.
What is Youth Week of Prayer
Haiti declared independence on this date, becoming the first Black republic in the Western Hemisphere.
What is January 1, 1804?
Many Haitian youth speak these two official languages?
What is Creole and English
This instrument is most commonly used for the lead melody in Creole gospel songs.
What is the keyboard or organ?
This practice is a common Sabbath tradition among Haitian SDA families, especially after worship services.
What is sharing a communal meal?
Haitian SDA worship services are often conducted in these two languages.
What are Creole and French
This European country lost control of its richest colony after the Haitian Revolution.
What is France?
How many times is FEJAH held?
What is once a year.
Haitian gospel music is known for mixing these two musical traditions during services.
What are African and Caribbean rhythms?
Adventist Sabbath School lessons are tailored to this specific group in Haiti, emphasizing early Bible teachings.
Who are the children?
In 1803, this French leader sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States because he needed money for war, lost control of land in the Caribbean
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This brutal system of forced labor fueled the economy of Saint-Domingue before the revolution.
What is slavery?
FEJAH stands for?
What is Federation de la Jeunesse Adventiste Haitienne
Creole gospel music is especially popular in this Caribbean country, where people sing about faith in churches, on the radio, and at big outdoor gatherings.
What is Haiti?
The primary Sabbath message in Haiti often includes this part of the worship service.
What is a sermon or Bible study session?
This month is celebrated as Haitian Heritage Month in the United States, giving youth a chance to honor their culture.
What is May?
This brave leader of the Haitian Revolution was tricked by a French general sent by Napoleon. He was captured during a peace meeting, sent to France, and later died in a cold mountain prison in 1803.
Who is Toussaint Louverture?
While specific numbers are not readily available, the Seventh-day Adventist Church in this Caribbean country has over 500,000 members, and many of them are active youth engaged in ministries like Pathfinders and Adventurers.
What is Haiti?
This large annual event in Haiti and among Haitian communities abroad gathers gospel choirs, worship bands, and believers for all-night singing, prayer, and praise, often lasting until sunrise.
What is a "nuit de louange" (night of praise)?
The Haitian Adventist youth group meets regularly for this program focused on service.
What is Adventist Youth (AY)?
This international gathering of Pathfinders, held every five years, brings together thousands of young people from around the world for camping, worship, and fellowship.
What is the International Pathfinder Camporee?