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On Saturday, November 11, 2011, the Moravian Church Eastern West Indies Province hosted a banquet at the Grand Royal Antiguan Beach Resort in Antigua.
At the event, dubbed ‘A Black Tie Affair,’ educators who are also active in the life of our church were honoured; three from the host conference, Antigua and two from each of the other five Conferences of the Province.
Those selected by the Conferences and honoured were:
Barbados – Sis. Gloria Skeete, Bro. Lisle Map
Tobago – Sis. Roslyn Moore-Alleyne, Bro. Philbrick Smith
Virgin Islands – Sis. Carmen Moorehead Mills, Sis. Jeanette Smith-Barry
St. Kitts – Bro. Sidney Osborne, Sis. Sandra Morton
Trinidad – Sis. Jasmine Jacob, Sis. Trudy Kerr
Antigua – Sis. Ruth Limerick, Sis. Genevieve Smith, Bro. Clarence Edwards
The banquet was also an effort to “kick-start” the fund-raising for a multi-discipline college in Antigua. The Moravian Church has long recognized the importance of education for the growth and development of any people, and from its advent in the Caribbean sought to meet that need of the people. The College would be a renewal of the church’s educational trust at the secondary and tertiary level.
Although it will be located in Antigua, the College will be a Provincial project. This means that all Moravians in the Province are invited to support it prayerfully and financially.
We congratulate the honourees.
Read more in the Information Newsletter
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God’s Plumbline & His Amazing Grace |
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“By grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.” Eph. 2:8
In biblical times God often spoke of judgment on His people. He did so because of their waywardness and unrighteous living. Consistently He used the prophets to forecast His judgment and call the people back to righteousness. Through Hosea, He spoke to their idolatry and unfaithfulness. Through Amos, He addressed insincere worship and oppression of the poor. He used Micah to speak to injustice and Joel to deal with self-centredness. Zephaniah dealt with idolatry and Jonah was sent to preach against the wickedness of Nineveh. Of course, Isaiah and Jeremiah spoke to many of these issues.
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Moravian Moment #143 — The Confession of the Unity of the Bohemian Brethren of 1662 |
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December 06, 2009
The Confession of the Unity of the Bohemian Brethren states that the Church can realize her mission in the world only when she continues by faith in her Head - Jesus Christ, who is her foundation and who preserves her and leads her through unto the end. Today we examine the final six articles of the Confession of the Unity of the Bohemian Brethren of 1662. They are: Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, Justification, the Church, Mission and the Second Coming.
Jesus Christ
We believe that Jesus Christ, God's Son, became true man at His birth (John 1:14; Heb. 2:14). By His substitutionary death on the cross He took upon Himself our sins and so reconciled us to God (Col. 1:20-22). By His resurrection and Ascension he conquered over all forces of evil and became Lord of the whole world and Head of the Church (Eph. 1:20, 22; Mark 16:19; Phil. 2:9-11).
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Equipped and Engaged, a Church That Will Never Die |
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The Moravian Church on March 1, 2011, celebrates 554 years of Christian witness worldwide. In describing the Moravian Church one can testify like St. Paul: we are hard pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed. Always carrying about in the body, the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body (2 Cor.4:8- 10).
The “Unity of the Brethren”, is a Protestant religious group inspired by Hussite spiritual ideals in Bohemia in the mid-15th century, on March 1, 1457 to be exact. They followed a simple, humble life of nonviolence, using the Bible as their sole rule of faith. They denied transubstantiation but received the Eucharist and deemed religious hymns of great importance.
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Moravian Moment #137 - Singstunde: A Moravian song service |
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October 18, 2009
It is said that singing is a part of the Moravian psyche. The Church flourishes as it sings the songs of Zion. It is probably one of the few Churches that can organize an entire service on singing only. It is said that Zinzendorf was a prolific hymn writer/composer. Legend has it that Zinzendorf composer a hymn of (67) sixty seven verses one evening. As the congregation was singing verse (1) one, he was composing verse (2) two and at the same time writing so that they were able to see to sing until he stopped at verse (67) sixty seven. This was a tremendous feat. It is easy to conclude that Zinzendorf impacted the community in such a way that they all grew to love worship and more so singing.
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