Assistant Curate, St. Mark’s Church (2017) Let us pray: O holy God as we gather, we pray that your spirit may be with us, light the way O Lord and show us where we are to follow, open our hearts and pour your wisdom in and through us to the …
A Discussion by Bishop Howard Gregory In recent weeks, the subject of abortion has come to the fore once more with the lead story of a daily newspaper indicating the scores of botched abortions that lead women to seek medical attention at government facilities, and the cautious comment by the …
The International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women – IDEVAW – will be November 25. This year the Brotherhood of St. Andrew & the Mothers’ Union have been invited to show public support for women and girls in the march against violence. Persons from various arms of …
Appendix A – Bsp Gregory’s Submission to Parliament Rationale In making this presentation, the question may be asked, how does the church engage the issue before us and other issues of national import and to what end? Here, the reference to the church is not just to an advocacy interest …
The Diocese of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands launched a Season of Intentional Discipleship on Sunday, November 12 with a strong call for members to deliberately pattern Jesus in all areas of their life; and, in turn, become disciple-makers. “We can no longer sit and compare ourselves to other churches. …
Music Unites Jamaica Foundation (MUJF), in collaboration with the German Embassy of Kingston is presenting a series of three free concerts with the highlight once again on the work of Jamaica’s first documented composer, Samuel Felsted (1743 – 1802). These concerts will feature the German Organist Gabriele Schenkel with Kimiela Isaacs …
Anglican Men’s Cursillo (AMWC) #9 will be held on the weekend of November 16-19, 2017 at the Hillcrest Diocesan Retreat Centre. The weekend theme is “Rediscover Christ: Renew your Life” and the Scripture verse is “Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your minds.” – …
At The Annual Convention Brotherhood of St. Andrew – St. Thomas Ye Vale Church, Bog Walk Theme: Rising to the Challenges of Today Deuteronomy 30:11-18 Matt 4: 18-22 Romans 10: 8b-18 I am very encouraged by the choice of your theme for this convention and I must commend you …
Rev. Natalie Blake St. Andrew Parish Church Hall November 11, 2017 A Reading of Daniel Chapter 6 Characters – The king – the boss Worker – Daniel Co-workers – other presidents and satraps Situation – Daniel was given a promotion: 6:1 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred …
Next year’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, which traditionally takes place in the northern hemisphere each January, has been prepared by the churches of the Caribbean. The annual event traditionally takes place between the feast of St Peter on 18 January, and the feast of St Paul on 25 …
In keeping with a unanimous call by the Anglican Consultative Council (ACC) “for every province, diocese and parish in the Anglican Communion to adopt a clear focus on intentional discipleship,” the Diocese of Jamaica and The Cayman Islands will be hosting two two-day seminars for clergy, church workers and selected …
A Presentation by Bishop Howard Gregory In July 2017, I made a submission to a Sub-Committee of Parliament which was charged with a review of the Sexual Offences Act. There were several religious entities that claimed to be making their submission on behalf of the Church. Not only were they …
