St. Mark’s Parish Church, Mandeville, will celebrate its Patronal Festival and 200 years of Christian Witness in Manchester with an Anniversary Re-dedication Service on Sunday, April 24 at 8:30 a.m. The Rt. Rev. Dr. Howard Gregory, Diocesan Bishop, will be Celebrant and Preacher. Clergy and other members of the Diocesan family will be joined by civic leaders including…
(Article adapted from Anglican Communion News Service) [ACNS, by Gavin Drake] The Archbishop and Primate of Hong Kong, the Most Revd Dr Paul Kwong, has been elected as the new chair of the Anglican Consultative Council – the legally constituted body that brings together Anglican churches from around the world. Dr Kwong will take on…
The Bishop of Lusaka, David Njovu, with young people outside the Cathedral of the Holy Cross (Article adapted from Anglican Communion News Service) [ACNS, by Bellah Zulu] A panel of both young and elderly representatives from the Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA), the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) and the…
Friday, April 1, 2016 St. John 21: 1 & 7 “Jesus appeared once more to his disciples at Lake Tiberias…the disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter” It is the Lord”. Introduction: In every age the scientific minds of humans have searched for logical proofs and explanations for the mysteries of life. Two thousand years…
Thursday in Holy Week – March 31, 2016 The Jamaica Church Missionary Society (JCMS) Synod Theme: The Church; called to be a holy people. 1 Peter 1:14-16 & 2:9 14Like obedient children, do not be conformed to the desires that you formerly had in ignorance. 15Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves…
Wednesday, March 30, 2016 Sermon Text: Luke 24: 30-31 “When he was at table with them, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened, and they recognized him; and he vanished from their sight”. Luke’s story of what happened on the road to Emmaus is one…
Theme: The Church: Called to be a Holy People 1 Peter 1:15-16 Instead, as he who called you is holy, be holy yourselves in all your conduct; for it is written, “You shall be holy, for I am holy.” The Church came in for some public scrutiny at the beginning of 2016, in an editorial…
Executive Body for 2016-17 President – Ms. Phillipa Williams (Church of St. George; East Street) Vice-President – Mr. Dominic Cobran (Church of St. Margaret; Liguanea) Secretary – Ms. Kedisha Clarke (Church of St. Peter; Falmouth) Treasurer – Ms. Ashleigh Johnson (St. Andrew Parish Church) Assistant Sec/Treas – Mr. Ottieno Channer (Church of St. Thomas; Lacovia) Public Relations Officer – Mr. Andrew…
Venue: The Cathedral of St. Jago de la Vega, Spanish Town, St. Catherine Celebrant: The Rt. Rev. Howard Gregory Bishop of Jamaica & The Cayman Islands Preacher:The Rt. Rev. Robert Thompson Suffragan Bishop of Kingston Note: Clergy are reminded that they should be vested in their white Stoles for concelebration
The Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, has called for South Africans to stop chanting “this must fall” and, instead, work together to “create a deafening chorus of what must rise.” Archbishop Makgoba, the primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, made his remarks at the opening of a new Socio-Economic Future of South…
More than 250 Clergy and Lay Representatives from across the Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands (Anglican) will meet in Montego Bay, for the second consecutive year, for the 146th Synod of the Church from Tuesday, March 29 to Friday, April 1. The four-day meeting under the theme “The Church: Called to be a…