The first in a series of weekend spiritual and revival services organized by the Methodist Church in St. Lucia during the Lenten season, gets underway this weekend at the Castries Methodist Church on Chisel Street.

Before that, however, a special “Ash Wednesday Service” will be held at the church this Wednesday, which is also Independence Day at 6.30 p.m. under the theme « Come Holy Spirit: Transform  Your Church « .

The first in a series of four weekend revivals, under the same theme, will start in Castries this Friday, February 24th. at 6.30 p.m. and will continue on Saturday and Sunday at the same time.

Then other weekend services will take place at the Hugh Carson Brown Memorial Church from March 16th. to 18th., at the Forestiere Methodist Church from March 23rd. to 25th. at 7 p,.m. nightly and the Gros Islet Church at Beausejour from March 30th. to April 1st. at 6.30 p.m. nightly.

Secondly, a series of evangelizing seminars under the theme « Revisioning for mission in the Caribbean, that the world may know Jesus Christ » will begin at the Ciceron Methodist Church on March 4th. at 6.30 p.m. It will deal with the subject « Indiginizing the Gospel »

The second seminar on the subject « Evangelizism in the Caribbean » will be held at the Castries Methodist Church on March 11th. at 6.30 p.m.

« Starting new House Churches » will be the theme for the third seminar which will be held at the new Gros Islet Methodist Church at Beausejour on April 15th. at 6.30 p.m.

The series ends with an “Invitational Preaching session” at the Forestiere Methodist Church on Sunday April 22nd. at 7 p.m.

Submitted by Guy Ellis