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 …
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 …
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 …
From The Rt. Rev. Dr. Howard Gregory The resurrection of Jesus Christ which Christians celebrate at Easter has always baffled human minds. It should not surprise us then that around this time each year there is, among non-believers, some sensational publication or television presentations which have as their goal some kind of argument …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The St James Parish Church, venue for the Opening Service of this year’s 146th Diocesan Synod, is one of the most historic churches in Jamaica, dating back to May 6, 1775 when its foundation stone was laid. It apparently replaced an older church, as the Baptismal Registers include entries from …
(Article adapted from Anglican Communion News Service) The Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church in America, the Most Revd Michael Curry, has said that the replacement of Judeo-Christian values with the “idol of the self” is a “formula for human self-destruction” and said that the love of God was about …
Bishop of Kingston, Jamaica, Reverend Robert Thompson, wants Anglicans to listen more and learn from life changing experiences that have a biblical meaning, in order to become good messengers of the church. The Bishop passed this message on to Barbadians, who this morning gathered in their thousands at the Garfield …
Despite the phenomenal growth of many new churches, mostly of the Pentecostal faith, in the last 25 years, and the subsequent loss of members to these newcomers which offer a more hyped up form of worship, particularly appealing to young people, the Anglican Church remains the single largest Christian denomination …
