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From Farm to Table at Mount Olivet Boys’ Home -Sheree O'connor Programme Secretary, SRMC Wednesday May 11, 2022
	Since 2018, the Mount Olivet Boys’ Home in Manchester has been on a mission to provide quality tea leaves. The project began with conversation with the leadership of Jamaica Information Service, Mr Norman Wright, CEO of Perishables Jamaica Limited and Mr. Patrick Newman, Director of the Mount Olivet Boys Home (MOBH). A demand for tea was noted and created an income generating opportunity for the home. One hundred (100) tea plants were donated to start the project. These included Peppermint, Neem and Rosemary. Additional Peppermint plants have since been added to the project. The home received assistance and training in caring for the plants and the proper way to reap in order to provide leaves of optimal quality. After harvesting the leaves, they are dried and sold to Perishables Jamaica Limited, manufacturers of Tops and Sipacupa tea brands. The harvest a few months ago generated $59,000 in revenue, with another harvest to take place in the next couple of months. please click here for more information (PDF file)

Blessed with many Mothers -by a member from the SRMC Wednesday May 04, 2022
	Last week I read that article about “What’s on the menu- Feed my Sheep”, and nodded my head in agreement with the points that were made. However, my nodding came to a contemplative halt when somehow, I recognized that a woman’s role was silently pronounced in that piece, at least to my understanding. I saw woman as mother, homemaker, nurturer, teacher, Sunday school teacher, and church aunts. It made me consider what my relationship with women is like. The thing is, my mother was not there to feed me. This is always a delicate topic because people tend to get riled up when we mention fathers on Mother’s Day, but that is just some people’s reality. It’s mine, he is the parent that has been present. please click here for more information (PDF file)

What’s on the menu? -Feed My Sheep Wednesday Apr 27, 2022
	Do you remember learning that song by the name of “Watch Your Eyes” in Sunday school? It tells us to watch our eyes, ears, lips, hands, feet “for there is a Father up above looking down in tender love.” The duty of the adult child does not stop when the little ones memorize the lyrics of this song, for the same instruments that they will remember to watch are fixed on the teacher, even before then. The home is the first place of socialization and parents are the first teachers whether they choose to be or not. With that we consider what’s on the menu. What are you serving? The early stages of development are of utmost importance. Ever stopped to wonder how a child is so compelled to try to learn how to walk or even how they know what to do in their attempt to? What about talking, or using a fork, or a phone? They saw or heard someone and they eventually got it and remembered with practice. That is, them repeatedly attempting and you repeatedly doing, saying, going etc. please click here for more information (PDF file)

A Safe Place to Explore your Faith: Connect to everything God has for your life Wednesday Apr 20, 2022
	Covid-19 caused "church" as we know it to be disrupted on one hand and transformed on the other. When curfews were imposed, we had to discover new methods to engage ourselves as Christian youths. Prior to Covid-19, youth attendance at various events was strong, but the pandemic allowed formation to a virtual youth fellowship. This was fantastic for inter-fellowshipping, but it also meant that our youths with restricted internet connection were left out. Early in the pandemic, the church suspended in-person worship, but it wasn't long before members began to miss their church family, particularly youth meetings and, most importantly, the annual Sports Day, which we usually plan months in advance. However, despite the physical closure of churches during the time allotted, the need for spiritual care persisted; we thank God that the time has come for us to return to the physical church as physical limitations harmed not just our teens but also our children. please click here for more information (PDF file)

An Excerpt from The HOLY WEEK of DRAMA’ by Rev. Paul DaCosta-Pinto Wednesday Apr 13, 2022
	Dem tek im way. From Annas, to Caiaphas to Herod to Pilate. An a so dem a run up an down. An Jesus calm, like Him in charge, as if everything wa happen a him set it so. You can imagine me after all my big talk. Me fraid an pride a kill me. I was following. I stay far. Everything keeps turning over in my head. (Voices) “Father if it is possible, let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless, not my will…” Pilate: Are you a King Jesus: You say so “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter and as lamb…he opened not his mouth” “You have no power over me… know this, if I wanted I could have called ten thousand angels” “They parted my garments among them, and for my vesture did they gambled.” (Matthew 27:35) “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” (Luke 23:34) “Today shalt thou be with me in paradise.” (Luke 23:43) “Woman, behold thy Son.” (John 19:26) “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” (Mark 15:34) “I thirst.” (John 19:28) “It is finished.” (John 19:30) “Father, into Thy hands I commend my spirit.” (Luke 23:46) please click here for more information (PDF file)

“Obedience, Discipline and Trust” -A testimony of Yashi Williams of Davyton United Church Wednesday Apr 06, 2022
	I received the call to change my life in May 2020 in a way in which I could not ignore! God reached down from heaven and pulled me out of the enemy’s camp and set me in His courts. He spoke, I heard and I HAD to respond. When the Lord said to me that He would have me resign, I heard also it will be when He provided the financial resources to do so. As a result, I started checking my bank account every day, sometimes 3 times per day waiting. So, imagine my surprise when I received the command to resign and I had two hundred and mash dollars in my account... That did not sit well with me at all. However, that word discipline, which I got to understand really meant doing what needs to be done, how it is supposed to be done, EVEN when I do not want to do it. please click here for more information (PDF file)

The Girls’ Brigade in the UCJCI A vehicle for children’s ministry-By Vanessa Blissett, President of UCYPF Wednesday Mar 30, 2022
	I can recall myself at age three, hiding during drills. Today, in those and other moments, I can humbly say a sense of pride has been instilled in me. This is a long term effect of the Girls’ Brigade (GB). In the UCJCI the GG companies have served as a vehicle for Children's Ministry. However, GB is one of our Ministries that offer a life-long enrolment starting mostly from the age of three. The aim of the Girls’ Brigade is “to help girls become followers of the Lord Jesus Christ through self-control, reverence, and a sense of responsibility, to find true enrichment of life” as Christ wants us to be in control, reverent, and responsible. please click here for more information (PDF file)

Working Together- News from the Southern Regional Mission Council Wednesday Mar 23, 2022
	For this 2022-2023 period, it has been agreed on by our ordained and lay pastors that the Southern Regional Mission Council will be focused on growth. We will deliberately engage contextually relevant evangelism and discipleship strategies in our strategic plans to grow the church spiritually, numerically, and financially to support ministry and mission. please click here for more information (PDF file)

TIME MARCHES ON Wednesday Mar 16, 2022
	Worry is a waste of time. To worry and to harbour illusions are of the same value. They produce nothing. Illusions can be pleasant and may be called fantasy, a fantastic flight of fancy. please click here for more information (PDF file)

International Women’s Day March 8 “Break the Bias” Wednesday Mar 09, 2022
	International Women’s Day, reminds us as Christians to actively choose to encourage and enable our women, without allowing our men to feel insignificant. This year, the Council for World Mission (CWM) hosted a virtual Worship, Table Talk and Poetry surrounding Gender Justice via Zoom, themed, “Women – Breaking Chains, Nurturing Communities, Planting Seeds of Hope”. In this challenging Covid-19 time we struggle with injustices due to disabilities, race, socioeconomic status, climate and gender but we have been gifted with opportunities for education and avenues to speak up and out on these issues. As a young Christian, I agree that women are the “backbone” of our ‘churches and societies’. Women are “agents of healing - providing food, shelter, hospitality, health care, comfort and avenues for peace and reconciliation. Despite the arduous work of women in contributing to the essentials to life, including building up the community of believers, they are often denied full humanity in church and society.” On the one hand, we are cultured to perceive women and girls as weaker, subordinate, and incapable of matching up with men whilst, on the other, we encourage women to be themselves, affirm they are loved and should express challenges, but, do we really consider the conditions being experienced and the ways we ourselves hinder this goal? please click here for more information (PDF file)