SERMON text: Luke 24: 46-49 “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day, and that repentance and forgiveness of sins is to be proclaimed in his name to all nations beginning from Jerusalem. You are witnesses of these things. And see, I am sending upon you what my Father promised;…
Synod Theme: “Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land” Acts 10:39 – “We are witness to all that [Jesus] did both in Judea and Jerusalem.” These words of the Apostle Peter are part of a longer speech, spoken in what was at the time for him an unusual, strange, context. They were spoken in…
Theme: Singing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land Jeremiah 29:1, 4-14 (Other readings: Psalm 62:1-9; Luke 22- Jesus predicts Simon’s denial or Luke 24:36-49, Acts 1:1-5 – waiting for the baptism with the Holy Spirit) These are the words of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the remaining elders among…
Miss Judith Thompson, Manager of the National Housing Trust’s May Pen Branch, presents the keys to the Longville Park house to Bishop Howard Gregory, while a thankful Bishop Thompson observes. The Jamaica Church Missionary Society (JCMS) has purchased a two-bedroom house in Phase 3 of the Longville Park community in Clarendon to serve as a…
The Rt. Rev. Libby Lane was consecrated as the first female bishop in the Church of England in a packed service at York Minster today (January 26) attended by more than 100 bishops from the Church of England and women bishops from across the Anglican Communion. In a statement shortly after being consecrated, Bishop Libby said she was…
The first meeting of the Design Group charged with developing plans for the 39th Triennial Synod of the Church in the Province of the West Indies (CPWI) will take place in Kingston this week under the Chairmanship of the Rt. Rev. Robert Thompson, Suffragan Bishop of Kingston. The two-day meeting (January 8-9) at Church House…
Bishop Gregory admits Rev. Graham as Rector The Rev. Mary Graham became the first priest from the Cayman Islands and the first woman to be installed as Rector of St. George’s Church, in Grand Cayman at a special service held on Sunday, December 14. Rev. Graham, who served as Priest-in-Charge for one and a half…
In his first Christmas message to his Diocese, Province and the wider Anglican Communion in 2013, Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Rev Justin Welby, said the Church is to focus on the good news that Jesus “rescues us from our brokenness and makes us carriers of life and light.” Here the Archbishop echoes words from…
A new feature of the Diocesan website will be the production and publication of Messages and/or studies which are appropriate to the Liturgical Season. The first of these is for Advent. It is designed to be used individually or in small groups for study, discussion and reflection over the four weeks of Advent. Please click…
Archbishop Holder (second right) and Diocesan Bishop, Howard Gregory cut the special Anniversary cakes to the delight of Miss Rhena Williams (left) People’s Warden and Miss Valda Ormsby, Treasurer The St Andrew Parish Church, whose first Rector, the Rev. John Sellers, was appointed in June 1664, launched a year of activities on November…
The historical importance of the Cathedral of St Jago de la Vega not only to the Anglican Diocese but to the country as whole, was emphasized by the Rt. Rev. Robert Thompson, Suffragan Bishop of Kingston as he opened an exhibition on the Cathedral at the St. Catherine Parish Library, Spanish Town on Tuesday, November…
Glenmuir High School Choir singing in Emancipation Square The annual Cathedral Sunday Service held on November 23 at the Cathedral of St. Jago de la Vega, Spanish Town was a special celebration in music and the spoken word, as representatives of congregations and Diocesan educational institutions commemorated the 350th Anniversary of Anglican Ministry in Jamaica.…