The Friendly Church
As we continue our focus on the Family during the month of June, allow me to share with you some excerpts from a broadcast on Christ For Today on Sunday May 26.
The programme was in the form of an Interview with Rev Donovan Thomas, an Associate of the Family Life Ministries and Pastor of the Calvary Gospel Assembly, and Trevor Edwards who also serves as Chair of the JBU Family Life Commission. So here we go.
One of the things I mentioned to the Council when we met on Thursday was the fact that I would like to see us incorporate testimonies in our worship services more often, in our small groups and as we share with one another. I mean real testimonies, telling about what God is doing in our
lives. As I am sure God is acting in our lives and we need to tell others about it. It will encourage the growth of our faith and also encourage others.
Dear members,
Dear Family in Christ
The BBC over its 99 years has had a rich history of having small groups as part of its church’s ministry. These have functioned as Classes where members meet periodically, look out for each other, garner support for harvest, and participate in the worship at Golden Spring church monthly among other things. We also have the Cell groups, the Women’s Federation and the Brotherhood, Sunday School, to name a few. These have served the church well and there are persons who can testify of the impact that these groups have had on their lives.
We all know the value of family and we can in a sense say that the church is a family of families. It is a community of small families bonding together, growing together, praying together, healing together and caring for one another. These are certainly some of the marks of a healthy family. It is no wonder then, that those persons who have experienced this love in their families, desire to transfer the same principles and practices to the church.
Dear fellow Saints good day.
We often receive by reading or hearing via the media headlines of many events locally and internationally. Some of the recent ones have been, “Mother who threw baby in pit latrine in St Ann, is being sought by the police; “Man splashes water on pedestrians, killed by angry mob”, Young mother missing in Discovery Bay”.
Christmas is the most difficult time to prepare for. And yet as you reflect on this statement, it is difficult in different ways for different persons. It is marked by lavishness, loudness, lewdness and even lawlessness. Contrasted with simplicity, silence, softness and surprise. Yet advent is the time we usually use to prepare for Christmas.