Faith and music shared with community by Gleaner award winner
Thu, 16 May 2013 22:08:14 -0700

A certified lay speaker for the United Methodist Church , Hendricks speaks at several area churches and is a regular speaker at Lowell's First United Methodist Church services. In addition to serving as a Stephen Minister as needed, she is also involved ...

The exorcism series (pt1)
Sat, 27 Apr 2013 22:11:24 -0700

"You ask God or the saints to intercede and help the afflicted during deliverance. In exorcisms, the priest, infused with the Spirit of Christ , and backed by the spiritual power of the entire Church ," wages an assault on the Devil, "who is compelled to ...

Frances Monson, wife of LDS prophet, passes away
Fri, 17 May 2013 07:09:28 -0700

During a talk in the April 2008 General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Monson considered a prophet by more than 14 million Mormons who believe families sealed in LDS temples can live together forever ...

Using the Church as convenience
Wed, 08 May 2013 02:18:58 -0700

In response to the Gleaner /Power 106 online story 'Thwaites pleads for Church to take back schools' (May 6, 2013), it's ironic that Deacon Ronald Thwaites is asking the Church to take control of schools when the education ministry is firmly opposed to ...

Union County hopes to play in district softball tournament
Tue, 14 May 2013 20:36:46 -0700

They had regular season games scheduled with Daviess County on Thursday and at Christian County on Friday. Twenty-eight people, including four adults, were on the bus that crashed on U.S. 60 Friday en route to a game at Livingston Central. Officials ...

Divine intervention is the Church promoting peace in society
Wed, 24 Apr 2013 23:34:03 -0700

Mr Bunting, remember, came, first and foremost, to worship with us, a Seventh-day Adventist congregation, in a church service on the campus of Northern Caribbean University, on that eventful Saturday/Sabbath morning. In other ... "I don't mind telling ...

Citizen column: Atheists not to blame for nation's moral decay
Fri, 17 May 2013 22:02:37 -0700

Nobody is born Christian . Although both my parents are Christians , I was not born believing that there is a god who impregnated a virgin to give birth to a man who was somehow himself, who turned water into wine and walked on the sea, and then let his ...

Proud passion for teaching!
Sun, 05 May 2013 01:25:04 -0700

The soft-spoken Blackstock told The Sunday Gleaner that he is a standout in his class simply because of his gender. The Economic and Social ... Blackstock would babysit children in the church's nursery while church is in session. "Most men don't have ...

Catholic schools a credit to Ja
Tue, 14 May 2013 02:41:28 -0700

The good Catholics around the world who supported St Peter Clavers Primary School might have paid for my school fees, although it was widely known at the time that through my family, I attended Sunday school and evening prayers at a Pentecostal church .

Schools are not romping shops : Jamaican Ed. Minister says no to condoms in ...
Fri, 17 May 2013 16:04:20 -0700

By distributing condoms in schools, "we are saying that it is fine for children to be having sex, Esther Tyson, a teacher, wrote to the Jamaica Gleaner . ... Thwaites, who is also a Roman Catholic deacon at St. Martin de Porres Catholic Church in ...

My children ... an absolute blessing
Sun, 05 May 2013 22:59:14 -0700

"I am the mother of two wonderful children, Christobelle and Christobal Jr and the wife of the incredible and God -fearing husband Christobal Sr. We are a Christian family and I could not have done anything without God . My husband is a deacon and we all ...

Mothers must rescue society
Sun, 12 May 2013 21:51:14 -0700

The mother is the first one to teach their children to honour God with their finances (Proverbs 3:9-10). A good mother teaches her children about the principles and the goodness of God and how to pray, and to honour their (earthly) fathers - even if ...

Israel takes sides
Sat, 11 May 2013 02:44:55 -0700

Those two Sunni-Shia wars might then coalesce and spread to Lebanon, where the Shias of Hezbollah are at odds with the Sunni Muslim and Christian communities. Weapons, money, and maybe direct military aid would come from Shia Iran to one side and ...

Hundreds mourn a 'fallen soldier'
Sun, 05 May 2013 01:25:18 -0700

Scores of persons gathered at the Boulevard Baptist Church for the funeral of Simpson, the former bodyguard of Julian Robinson, the junior minister in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining. Simpson was a 20-year veteran of the force ...

Israel takes sides
Sat, 11 May 2013 02:44:55 -0700

Those two Sunni-Shia wars might then coalesce and spread to Lebanon, where the Shias of Hezbollah are at odds with the Sunni Muslim and Christian communities. Weapons, money, and maybe direct military aid would come from Shia Iran to one side and ...

Rescued from the streets - Part 2
Wed, 15 May 2013 22:58:02 -0700

His moment of redemption came sometime later through the Young Men Christian Association (YMCA) centre which was located a just a stone's throw away from where he made his hustling cleaning cars. He was attracted by the youth programme as that was ...

Mount Alvernia signals its intent - Produces special dance season ahead of ...
Sat, 11 May 2013 02:43:59 -0700

Mt Alvernia High School students perform the dance 'Save Us Lord' during their annual Season of Dance at the Holy Trinity Church in Montego Bay Sunday night. Requesting content... The Charlie's Angels crew dances up a storm at the Mt Alvernia High ...

Light in the marketplace
Sun, 28 Apr 2013 22:57:36 -0700

Every believer's ethical duty and diligence in the marketplace is to perform as though serving Christ even as their counterparts/co-workers may not be Christian . Many times, Christians are the most difficult people to work within an organisation; which ...

'Straight' spouses at risk
Sat, 11 May 2013 23:55:22 -0700

Even if, as in the case of Rev Chisholm, your cause is proving the rationality of Christianity ! ... On the subject of homosexuality and the Bible , the good reverend seemed unwilling to concede that the laws of Leviticus which sentence to death ...

I'm inspired by my daughter
Sun, 05 May 2013 22:59:14 -0700

"I think children are a blessing from God . They are in our lives for us as adults to learn many of Christ's teachings of meekness, kindness, compassion and patience." Love and encourage. Here's her advice to other mothers who are trying to balance ...