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The Season of Advent Advent begins on the nearest Sunday to St Andrew’s Day (November 30) and lasts until Christmas. Advent is a time for preparation – and specifically a time when we examine our readiness for the advent, or coming, of Christ. It is a time when we prepare to celebrate the coming of…
Kingston Region Launch “The gospel can only be transmitted on the basis of ‘being’ with Jesus.” This was the heart of the message delivered by The Rt. Rev. Robert Thompson, Suffragan Bishop of Kingston at the launch of the Kingston Region’s Period of Intentional Discipleship on Advent Sunday, December 3 at the historic St.…
HOPE: (Read Isaiah 9:2; Eph. 2:12,13 cf. 1Peter1:3-5). On this first Sunday of Advent, one of three purple candles on the Advent wreath, is lit as a symbol of hope. Some years ago, I encountered words that have stayed with me…”Hope is Faith standing on tiptoe” – go figure! The lunacy that parades as leadership…
Have you ever wondered how our ancestors worshipped God even amidst what we are told in history as trying? They worshipped, they communicated through song. We have come to know these songs as Negro Spirituals or just Spirituals. During Advent, the season of preparation for the coming of the Christ, Rev. Luke Powery, Professor…
Youth Division upcoming events 1. Election of Members to the AYF Executive: Article IIX of the Constitution of the Anglican Youth Fellowship regarding the ‘Election of Members to the Executive’ states: ‘Elections shall be held annually before or during the month of November for A.Y.F.’s and December for Area Councils. The names and addresses of…
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 world. Amen. It is 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 Minister of Health that the subject of abortion needs to be re-visited…
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 civil society will meet at 1:00…
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 group or a denominational entity, but the historic Christian community of constitutive…
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. We must take the Jesus-shaped life seriously,” Diocesan Bishop, Howard Gregory, told…
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 as soprano; Peter Ashbourne on…
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.” – Romans 12:2a. The Rector is…