Did you Know? (Sunday, August 22, 2021)
The Church Army, of which our Sis. Andrea Taylor-Smith is an Officer, began 139 years ago in Kensington, England. Ten years after it began, it was introduced to Jamaica under […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, August 15, 2021)
All communicant members of our Diocese are members of the Jamaica Church Missionary Society. The JCMS was founded in 1861. It is the recognised missionary agency of the Diocese. Its […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, August 8, 2021)
Anglicans summarise mission in the contemporary world in what is known as the “Five Marks of Mission.” These were developed by the Anglican Consultative Council over several years, beginning in […]
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Did you Know? (Sunday, August 1, 2021)
The meaning of words evolves over time. This is true of the word “mission.” Today, the word has several meanings. One such meaning is “a congregation that is dependent on […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, July 25, 2021)
Before the mid-17th century, Jamaica, like the rest of the Caribbean, had a perfect ecosystem. In order to make room for cane fields, to construct buildings and to fuel sugar […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, July 18, 2021)
One of the topics covered in the catechism found in our Book of Common Prayer, is that of Christian Stewardship (pp 404-405). It defines stewardship as “the Christian’s response of […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, July 11, 2021)
The word “steward” was created around the 1700s. Originally, it was a domestic term that referred to someone who was responsible for bringing food or drink into the dining room. […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, July 4, 2021)
“God has made each of us his steward and has given us abilities and talents that are unique to accomplish the purposes of God. As steward who has received God’s […]
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Did you know? (Sunday, June 20, 2021)
So how were Christians made? By a process of formation that, as time progressed, was increasingly self-conscious. It was rooted in the habitus of the communities – their reflexive behavior. […]
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Did You Know? (Sunday, June 13, 2021)
Prayer is responding to God, by thought, by feeling and by deeds, with or without words. In prayer we relate to God the Father, through Jesus Christ, in the power […]