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Upcoming Overseas Mission Trips – opportunities to share or participate

There are a number of mission trip opportunities in the pipeline this year by our local congregations: Elmslie Minister and members have plans for: Visit to Southeast Asia in May to visit both two Cayman missionaries currently based there and a local mission leader in one of the countries, who ...

Posted by: Administrator Thursday Mar 26, 2015 15:01
Categories: Elmslie, Savannah | Tags: Haiti, helping others

 

Because 'Love Came Down' - even in the face of domestic abuse

“Merry Christmas – God loves you”. With those words, young Chrissie McLean of Gun Bay United Church captured an enduring truth that she wanted some other children, both younger and older than herself, to be reminded and reassured of. In all circumstances, even in times of ...

Posted by: Administrator Wednesday Dec 24, 2014 07:54
Categories: Christmas, Encouragement, Prayer, relief, Youth | Tags: adversity, back to God, Boys, children, encouragement, Girls, helping others, Jesus, Justice, Prayer, Renewal & Transformation, starting over, strengthening, Women

 

“Quite simply, it is the right thing to do.”

Chelsea Football Club, on 11th December 2014, became the first English professional football club to be accredited as a Living Wage Employer. Not only will their workers all now receive at least the established Living Wage, but the Club will be working with their contractors and agencies to ensure ...

Posted by: Administrator Tuesday Dec 23, 2014 10:05
Categories: Cayman Islands, relief | Tags: encouragement, helping others, Justice, Prayer, Renewal & Transformation, strengthening

 

You Can Help Save the Christians in Iraq

The attacks on and slaughter of Christians and others by ISIS in Iraq and Syria horrifies all right-thinking people. You can provide needed help: Christian Aid is a trustworthy way to make your contribution fast, online. (See website link on our LINKS page.) They are helping but need our support. ...

Posted by: Administrator Friday Aug 15, 2014 13:35
Categories: | Tags: adversity, helping others, Justice, Prayer, strengthening

 

Inclusive Community –- Affirmation and Advocacy with and for people with disabilities

Representatives, from both Cayman and Jamaica, of the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands recently participated in a seminar in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, under the theme of  “Building an Inclusive Community – moving beyond accommodation to affirmation and advocacy with ...

Posted by: Administrator Thursday Aug 07, 2014 13:54
Categories: | Tags: helping others, Jesus, Justice, Renewal & Transformation, strengthening

 

Graduations, Medals, Records Broken and Other Accomplishments by Cayman Prep & High Students!

The 25th and 26th June were the evenings for the Year 11 and Year 13 students, respectively, to shine, as Cayman Prep and High School held its impressive Graduation and Leaving Ceremonies for those who have now completed their I/GCSE and A-Level examinations, respectively. Both sets of students ...

Posted by: Administrator Tuesday Jul 01, 2014 15:28
Categories: Cayman Islands, Cayman Prep, National Awards, students, Youth | Tags: children, encouragement, Environment, exam results, helping others, National Awards, strengthening, students

 

“WOMEN GATHERED FOR L I F E” (Loved, Inspired & Fulfilled for Eternity)

The United Church’s Women’s Retreat, to be held at the Reef Resort, East End, on the weekend of June 13th – 15th, will feature a wide range of activities, seminars and fellowship opportunities. These include Exercise/Wellness/Meditation, Sunrise Breakfast Buffet and other special ...

Posted by: Administrator Wednesday May 07, 2014 07:52
Categories: Encouragement, Robert Young | Tags: adversity, emotional burdens, encouragement, helping others, new life, Prayer, Renewal & Transformation, starting over, strengthening, Women

 

Visit of General Secretary of World Communion of Reformed Churches

The Rev. Dr. Setri Nyomi, General Secretary of the World Communion of Reformed Churches (“WCRC”), paid a brief visit to Cayman from 22nd to 24th March, taking two days out from a round of meetings in Jamaica to do so. The Rev. Dr. Nyomi is from the Evangelical Presbyterian Church in ...

Posted by: Administrator Thursday Apr 03, 2014 12:40
Categories: | Tags: helping others, Worship

 

Paying the Price

“… we found that you can provide all manner of goods and services to the poor, as good people have been doing for decades, but if you are not restraining the bullies in the community from violence and theft—as we have been failing to do for decades— that critical assistance ...

Posted by: Administrator Thursday Mar 06, 2014 14:33
Categories: | Tags: adversity, back to God, children, helping others, Justice

 

Human Trafficking: Advocacy and Justice in respect of Children and Young People

Beginning 13 March through 16 March 2014, the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands (UCJCI) will host the Council for World Mission’s (CWM), Caribbean Region, Regional Assembly. Some seventy persons will meet at the Four Seasons Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica to focus issues relating to ...

Posted by: Administrator Tuesday Mar 04, 2014 09:00
Categories: relief | Tags: adversity, children, helping others, Justice, new life, Prayer, starting over, strengthening, Women

 


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