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UCJCI Update

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MINISTRY EMPHASIS MONTH...Introducing Yashi Williams Friday Jun 21, 2024
	"General Christian understanding is that a minister, being essentially a servant, is anyone who engages in action that seeks to fulfil the mission of Jesus Christ in the world. Within the UCJCI, a Commissioned or Ordained Minister is one for whom this engagement is her or his primary vocation. Commissioned Ministers work primarily in or through church affiliated institutions in largely administrative capacities." - UCJCI Congregational Recruitment Brochure 2020 please click here for more information (PDF file)

UCJCI PARTICIPATES IN COUNCIL FOR WORLD MISSION ASSEMBLY IN SOUTH AFRICA Thursday Jun 13, 2024
	Council for World Mission (CWM), a global family of churches in mission of which UCJCI is a part, holds its General Assembly in Durban South Africa 12-19 June 2024. This is the first such gathering since 2016. General Secretary of CWM, Rev. Dr Jooseop Keum said, “The 2024 Assembly is scheduled to take place in Africa. As such, it is important for the assembly to address the current issues and opportunities facing African churches and communities, including both potential threats and promising opportunities. please click here for more information (PDF file)

THE POST-SYNOD ‘TO DO’ LIST - FOOD SECURITY Thursday Jun 06, 2024
	Synod 2021 gave birth to a focus on Food Security for our nations. According to the 1996 World Food Summit, food security is defined as “...when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life”. please click here for more information (PDF file)

CHILD MONTH FEATURE - Jazmine Samuels Thursday May 30, 2024
	My fellow children, can I ask you this question – What do you understand by this topic: Reignited by the Spirit “We ready fi di road”? Let me explain the meaning of two words: 1. Reignited means: to catch fire or cause to catch fire again 2. Spirit: The word ‘spirit’ has a lot of meanings, but I am using this meaning – A special attitude or frame of mind. Now that we understand the meaning of these two words, we can now move on. Let us catch fire for God with some attitude today in this place. Every fire, when left alone, will eventually diminish and fades to ashes. For a fire to remain alive and blazing, it demands new fuel to be added to it, as well as someone attending to it, for example, stirring it and fanning it to flame. So it is with our life in Christ, especially as children serving Christ. While you may have been fervently devoted to the Lord in the past, unless you have been tending to the flame and nurturing your spiritual walk, it will diminish into ashes. please click here for more information (PDF file)

KIDS' QUAKE MESSAGE AT CONVOCATION - Jayana Hill Thursday May 23, 2024
	Children, as we look at the theme ‘Children Re-ignited by the Spirit….Wi Reddi fi di Road‘, it suggests that there is something within us which has gone cold but has found new life and therefore causes a desire for us to want to do something new or different. For most of us, the Word of God would have been planted within us whether by our parents, Sunday School teachers or from an experience on radio, television, a community service, or even Tik Tok. please click here for more information (PDF file)

YOUTH CONVENTION Thursday May 16, 2024
	The atmosphere was electric. Over five hundred youth piled into Block C at the Montego Bay Convention Centre for the UCJCI Youth Convention. Voices were raised in worship, bodies moved to the infectious rhythms of the music and the young people rejoiced in their gathering...at last. In the words of a young daughter of the United Church, the Youth Convention and Convocation were good experiences. Asked why she felt that way she said simply, ‘ The praise, the Word and the fellowship’’ please click here for more information (PDF file)

CONVOCATION NEWS Friday May 10, 2024
	REIGNITE TO REPLENISH “The church receives her life and power from her Lord. Hence she must constantly be renewed in him. This is why an occasional change, revival, or reform will not suffice. The church must be constantly renewed and reformed by the Word and the Spirit of Jesus Christ, her head”. These are among powerful words of challenge delivered by the preacher, Rev. Glenroy Clarke, Minister of Lucea United Church in Hanover. please click here for more information (PDF file)

CALLING ALL UNITED CHURCH YOUNG PEOPLE! Friday May 03, 2024
	Youth Convention 2024 promises to be a day of worship, fellowship and spiritual upliftment for our young people. It has been five years since the last Youth Convention and our youths are hungry for their time of worship and fellowship. Convocation and Youth Convention will be happening simultaneously. The youths will gather in our own space for worship and fellowship. please click here for more information (PDF file)

COUNT DOWN TO CONVOCATION Thursday Apr 25, 2024
	Prayers, preparation and plans are in high gear for Sunday May 5 when the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands gathers for a grand celebration and worship of Almighty God. Among the activities planned for the day is the launch of a Peace Initiative. The Moderator outlines plans for this venture of public witness. please click here for more information (PDF file)

UNITED KINGDOM CHURCH APOLOGISES FOR ROLE IN SLAVERY Thursday Apr 18, 2024
	On Sunday April 14, 2024 history was made. The United Reformed Church (URC) which includes congregations in England, Scotland and Wales tendered a public apology to Jamaica for its role in the Transatlantic Slave Trade and chattel slavery. The apology was made at an Ecumenical Church Service planned by the Churches Reparations Action Forum (CRAF) held at Webster Memorial United Church. The statement of acknowledgement was presented initially at the General Assembly of the United Reformed Church in 2022 as “an expression of its commitment to write the wrongs of a hostile history.” In presenting the apology, Rev. Dr. Tessa Henry Robinson, Moderator of the General Assembly of the URC spoke on behalf of a body representing 37,000 members. please click here for more information (PDF file)