Highlights
In partnership with the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) three seminars on Disaster Preparedness have been held around the Connexional Area. Read more about these seminars.
We are pleased to bring to you the first volume of The Servants' Notes. This is an online newsletter for ministers of the MCCA. Click on the link below and you will be taken to the newsletter.
Greetings from the officers of the Connexional Conference for the Festival of the Resurrection are now online. Please take the time read them. Click on the link below and you will be taken to the messages.
The Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas mourns the passing of Sis. Barbara Elaine Young of the Belize/Honduras District. Sis. Young who died on March 29th, four days short of her 42nd birthday after a time of illness.
An e-tribute page has been opened to receive your tributes for the late Rev'd. (Uncle) Denis Magnus. You may post your e-tribute by going to the link below.
The Continuation Committee of the Caribbean Conference of Churches has assembled in Trinidad (March 1 - 3, 2012) at the Seminary of St John Vianney and the Uganda Martyrs, Mount Saint Benedict, Tunapuna. The Connexional President, Rev. Dr. George MacD. Mulrain, is attending this meeting as the representative from the MCCA.
Rev. Dr George Mulrain, Connexional President, is attending a meeting of the Steering Committee of the World Methodist Council (WMC). The meeting is taking place at Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, USA between February 20 - 24, 2012. At Lake Junaluska are located the headquarters of the WMC and the World Methodist Museum.
You can now view some of the information sent to District Conferences for discussion and action. Click on the link below to view these documents.
The Connexional President, Rev'd. Dr. George MacD. Mulrain, has sent New Year greetings to the members of the MCCA. Click on the link below to read the message from the Connexional President.
Volume 4 / Issue 1 (December 2011 - February 2012) of the e-magazine "MCCA in Focus" is now available on this website. This issue focuses on the work of the Church with children. Go to the 'Our Church' tab above or click on the link below to go to the latest edition and past issues of the e-magazine. Please let us know your feedback on this publication by completing the online comment form.
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An e-tribute page has been opened to receive your tributes for the late Rev'd. (Sister) Therenia Nicholls. You may post your e-tribute by going to the link below.
You can now be part of the seminar as it occurs in Jamaica. Click on the link below and you can be part of this important event in the life of the MCCA.
About one hundred persons drawn from seven of the eight MCCA Districts assembled in Ocho Rios, Jamaica for the Caribbean Evangelism Seminar which is part of the 250th Anniversary Celebrations of Methodist Witness in the region. Dr Winston Worrell, Director of the World Methodism Evangelism Institute welcomed participants to what promises to be a meaningful experience of lectures, workshops on evangelism and evangelistic services to be held in local communities. The Seminar runs from November 5 - 15, 2011.
Share in the travels of the Connexional President as he journeys around the MCCA and represents the MCCA around the world.
The Methodist family throughout the Caribbean and the Americas gives thanks to God for the life, witness and ministry of Dr. Grace Allen-Young. Dr. Allen-Young died recently in Jamaica. She was the wife of Rev'd. Dr. Rupert Young, Supernumerary residing in the Coke Circuit of the Jamaica District.
We celebrate her life! Join us to celebrate her life by making an e-tribute to the late Dr. Allen-Young on this website.
The James Street Methodist Chapel was packed to capacity on the evening of Sunday 23rd October 2011 for the ordination of two Barbadian presbyters, the Rev. Anthony Sobers and the Rev. Roslyn Harper-Johnson.
Members of the Wesley Diaconal Community of the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas met in Convocation from October 3rd to 10th in St Maarten, Netherlands Antilles. Sessions took place at the Philipsburg Methodist Church, with accommodation at the nearby Sea View Hotel. Under a theme taken from Exodus 4, verse 2 "what is that in your hand?" various aspects of the deacons' call to spheres of service were explored.
The month of October is observed in the MCCA as Ministries Month. As part of this observance all Congregations and Circuits during this Ministries' Month are encouraged to receive an offering that should be given to the Ministerial Training Fund.
October is Ministries Month
Each year during the month of October the MCCA observes "Ministries Month." It is a time in which we remind ourselves that all baptised members of the Church are called into ministry and that God also calls persons to be set apart in the ordained ministry. It is a time to affirm the call that God has placed on all God's people to continue the work of Jesus. It is also a time to pray for those who are contemplating the ordained ministry and to encourage them to offer themselves.
Go to the "Serving" section of this website to learn more about the various ways you can respond to the call of God on your life.
The Connexional President, Rev'd. Dr. George MacD. Mulrain, ordained Rev'd. Jacki Sincere to the Ministry of Word and Sacrament on Sunday, September 4, 2011, at the Port au Prince Methodist Church in Haiti. Officiating at the Ordination serve were the Connexional President, Rev'd. Dr George Mulrain, the District President, Rev'd. Gesner Paul and the Secretary of the District Conference, Rev'd. Marco Dépestre, Jr. Assisting them in the laying-on of hands ceremony were Rev'd. Fede Jean-Pierre, Rev'd. Jean Ablamy Lataillade, Rev'd. Jean-Lesly Dorcely and Rev'd. Chrisnel Lelièvre.
It is with sadness that we announce the passing of Mrs Cislyn Chambers, wife of the Rev. Dr Byron K. Chambers, Supernumerary Minister, former President of the Jamaica Methodist District. Mrs Chambers suffered a stroke following a period of illness and went to her eternal rest on the first day of September, 2011. Apart from her supportive role in the ministry of her husband and her duties as mother of two children, she will be remembered for the leadership given especially to MCCA women.
Volume 3 / Issue 3 (July - September 2011) of the e-magazine "MCCA in Focus" is now available on this website. Go to the 'Our Church' tab above or click on the link below to go to the latest edition and past issues of the e-magazine. Please let us know your feedback on this publication by completing the online comment form.
Two Presbyters to be Ordained
The Connexional President, Rev'd. Dr. George MacD. Mulrain, will ordain the Rev'd Jessie Murdock as an Itinerant Presbyter and the Rev'd Franklyn Smith as a Local Presbyter at 4:00 pm on Sunday, July 17, 2011, at the Portmore Methodist Church, Jamaica. The prayers of the entire Connexion is being requested for the Reverends Murdock and Smith as they prepare to make their ordination vows and to take their part and place in the ordained ministry of the Church universal.
The Methodist family throughout the Caribbean and the Americas gives thanks to God for the life, witness and ministry of Mrs. Esme C. Swapp. She was the wife of Rev'd. Bruce B. Swapp, Superitendent of the Coke Circuit in the Jamaica District, Secretary of the Commission on Ministry and immediate past Connexional President. Mrs. Swapp died today, Sunday, July 3, 2011, in Jamaica.
We celebrate her life! Join us to celebrate her life by making an e-tribute to Mrs. Swapp on this website.
The Connexional Council, at its meeting in May 2011, agreed that ministerial stoles should only be worn by ordained ministers. The Council also agreed that the document produced by Rev'd. Dr. George Mulrain on liturgical colours and ministerial garb should be made available for the guidance of the Church. This document is now available on this website. Please follow the link below to access the document.
The executive of MCCA Women has published the latest edition of the MCCA Women Newsletter. You can view this publication by clicking on the link below.
The triennial gathering or Convocation of the Wesley Diaconal Community-MCCA will be held in the St. Maarten Circuit, Leeward Islands District from October 3-10, 2011. The Diaconal Commuinity is a community of the Deacons of the Methodist Church in the Caribbean and the Americas. The Convocation will be held under the theme, "What do You Have in Your Hand?"
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