CIRMC Weekly Update February 13, 2019
Wednesday Feb 13, 2019
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![]() As I reflect on the focus of worship for the first quarter of 2019, I am inclined to re-imagine worship as defined at a recently held Council for World Mission (CWM) Workshop on liturgy. The workshop was held in Kingston, Jamaica from November 30 to December 6, 2018. I had the privilege along with Rev. Dr. Ralph Hoyte and RDGS Mrs. Mauleen Henry to represent the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands (UCJCI). The Workshop was led by Cláudio Carvalhaes and has really served as a precursor for what we are now exploring in worship in the UCJCI. The theme of the workshop, “Reimagining Worship as Acts of Defiance and Alternatives in the Context of Empire” enabled the important aspect of redefining liturgy that meets needs. The word liturgy from the original Greek word leitourgia means "service," "ministry," or "work of the people" and was used for any public work of the people, not only religious services. please click here for more information (PDF file) |
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CIRMC Weekly Update February 6 2019
Wednesday Feb 06, 2019
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![]() As we journey through the first three months of 2019, our focus has been on ‘ The Disciples in Worship’. We are reminded that the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands believes that truly ‘renewed Congregations’ are energized and empowered for development and growth; have members committed to pursuing personal relationships with God through prayer ,study and worship , presenting themselves as ‘light of the world and salt of the earth’ , displaying high standards of personal and professional integrity and discipline in their ministry, as we seek to live out our vision’ Last Sunday, February 2, 2019, at the East End United Church, Rev. Alice Blair did two powerful presentations on Guidelines for Meaningful Corporate Worship and Guidelines for Personal Worship. please click here for more information (PDF file) |
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CIRMC Weekly Update January 30 2019
Thursday Jan 31, 2019
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CIRMC Weekly Update January 23 2019
Wednesday Jan 23, 2019
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CIRMC Weekly Update January 18 2019
Friday Jan 18, 2019
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CIRMC Weekly Update January 11 2019
Friday Jan 11, 2019
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![]() Peace in the Congregation should be assumed as a ‘given’. After all, are we not called to be ‘peacemakers’ and do we not possess the ‘spirit of peace’? Yet not only in today’s Church but in the New Testament Church, Paul found it necessary to encourage believers to maintain the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace. please click here for more information (PDF file) |
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CIRMC Weekly Update January 4 2019
Friday Jan 11, 2019
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CIRMC Weekly Update December 20, 2018
Thursday Dec 20, 2018
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CIRMC Weekly Update December 14, 2018
Monday Dec 17, 2018
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CIRMC Weekly Update December 5, 2018
Thursday Dec 06, 2018
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