{"id":13239,"date":"2018-05-27T13:16:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T18:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/?p=13239"},"modified":"2018-08-27T10:10:42","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T15:10:42","slug":"st-monicas-celebrate-65-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/st-monicas-celebrate-65-years\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Monica&#8217;s Celebrate 65 years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>And Sister Myrel Moss Retires&#8230;<\/h3>\n<p>She speaks to us about the Institution on&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/user-434152103\/p9-ttju03-2018\">THINK ON THESE THINGS<\/a>&nbsp; &lt;Click the link to listen<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p class=\"p1\">The exciting ministry of the Church Army (CA) which attracted Sister Myrel Moss at an outdoor Mission Service in the 1950\u2019s continues to influence her work today as Superintendent of<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">St. Monica\u2019s Home in Chapelton, Clarendon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Service is second nature to this \u201cmother\u201d of the Home\u2019s 24 residents. A former member of the Anglican Young People\u2019s Association (AYPA) and Daughters of the King (DOK) at St. Stephen\u2019s Church in St. Margaret\u2019s Bay, Portland, she took up Church work at an early age. She also recalls accompanying her mother on her frequent visits to the indigent; and, on weekends, taking food prepared by her mother for needy members of the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">On graduating from Titchfield High School, she relocated to Kingston and assisted the pioneers who were establishing the Church of the Resurrection in Duhaney Park, before leaving in 1969 for the Church Army College in England. She returned home in 1972 and was commissioned at a Service at St. Luke\u2019s Church, Cross Roads. That same year, she took up duties at St. Monica\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cThe Church Army prepares us to find solutions to problems, trusting that with God\u2019s help all things are possible; and he has made a way indeed,\u201d she notes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Sister Myrel says the turnaround in the life of her young charges because of the Gospel is one of the greatest achievements of St. Monica\u2019s Home.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">\u201cI have been manager, mother, teacher, counsellor, doctor, nurse, judge and jury in the effort to restore shattered lives and bring wholeness and purpose to these youngsters so they can feel God\u2019s love. Just to see what becomes of each child at the end of the programme makes it all worthwhile,\u201d she notes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">Still energetic after 46 years on the job, Myrel Moss also serves as Chalice Bearer at St. Paul\u2019s Church, Chapelton and does preaching duties at St. Mark\u2019s Church, Beckford Kraal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">For relaxation, she enjoys sewing linen for church, playing the ukulele, cooking and writing poems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">She is married to Wesley, a retired civil servant, teacher and social worker; and they have two grown children, Kerry-Anne and Hugh.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And Sister Myrel Moss Retires&#8230; She speaks to us about the Institution on&nbsp;&nbsp;THINK ON THESE THINGS&nbsp; &lt;Click the link to listen The exciting ministry of the Church Army (CA) which attracted Sister Myrel Moss at an outdoor Mission Service in the 1950\u2019s continues to influence her work today as Superintendent of St. Monica\u2019s Home in Chapelton, Clarendon. 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