The funeral service for the late Rev Canon Abner Powell, who died on November 23, 2023, will be held at St Luke\u2019s Church, Cross Roads on Thursday, December 14 at 10 a.m. The viewing of the body will take place at All Saints Church, West Road on Wednesday, December 13 from 11 to 1 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tributes have been pouring in for the late Canon who served as Rector of All Saints Church for some 46 years. As Archbishop Gregory said, \u201chis passing leaves a void that the Church will find difficult to fill\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cCanon Abner Powell\u2019s Ministry in the Trenches\u201d, was the title of a feature article by Beverley Newell in The Anglican in the \u00a0September 2021 issue (vol 19 # 3).\u00a0 As it said \u201cIt takes a special calling to minister for 44 years in one of the most volatile areas of Jamaica. But, the Rev. Canon Abner Powell, whose mantra is Psalm 91, affirms that \u201cGod is always calling and you must listen, respond to the call and he will be with you always.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n The article continued,<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThree years after he was ordained to the priesthood in 1974, the young Abner Powell was appointed Rector of All Saints Church, in Western Kingston in September 1977. Under his fearless leadership, and undergirded by prayer, All Saints and the St. Alban\u2019s Mission in Denham Town became havens for many citizens in this part of the City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An advocate for vulnerable youth, Canon Abner has extended fatherly care to many, including students at Kingston College where he taught for nearly 40 years, and also served as Chaplain. \u201cMy Rectory became a safe retreat for youth in the Church who would frequently meet for a home-cooked meal, movie nights and Bible Study,\u201d he explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The outreach programmes spearheaded by All Saints under the guidance of \u201cFather P,\u201d as he is fondly called, reflect his commitment to human development. These include the computer lab, the weekly feeding programme which caters to more than 100 persons, the others\u2019 Union\u2019s flagship Parents\u2019 Place and the Marching Band which has become a staple across the Diocese.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Canon Powell served for years as chaplain at Kingston College, Powell and The Gleaner noted that there he \u201cinfluenced a lot of the boys, many having stories to tell of his positive impact on their upbringing and where they are in life\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Diocese mourns the passing of this compassionate and caring priest who so faithfully served the community of Western Kingston for so many decades<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The funeral service for the late Rev Canon Abner Powell, who died on November 23, 2023, will be held at St Luke\u2019s Church, Cross Roads on Thursday, December 14 at 10 a.m. The viewing of the body will take place at All Saints Church, West Road on Wednesday, December 13 from 11 to 1 pm.…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":610,"featured_media":29006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","ctfw-has-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29005"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29007,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29005\/revisions\/29007"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.anglicandioceseja.org\/copy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}