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The Dominica Christian Union Church commemorates 84 years of ministry this year and held its 62nd<\/sup> Annual District Council on April 1 and 2, 2021 at the Goodwill Christian Union Church.<\/p>\n The District Council which is the Church\u2019s highest decision-making body was attended by delegates from its 15 member-churches across the island.<\/p>\n This year\u2019s Council focused on the theme \u201cLooking Back at 2020, A Year Like No other: But may we say, \u2018If it had not been for the Lord on our side\u2019\u201d, Psalm 124:1-2.\u00a0 Over the two days delegates received reports from the various District boards and committees, focused on the ways God had been a reliable help over the past year, examined the challenges and opportunities for the Church\u2019s ministry in the current Covid-19 era, and elected officials to carry out the Church\u2019s mandate on the District Board and various other boards and committees.<\/p>\n Rev. Lennox A. Timothy was re-elected as the Island District Bishop and Rev. John Lambert as the new Assistant Bishop.\u00a0 They along with following persons will make up the District Board: Mr. Mc Donald Thomas, District Secretary; Mrs. Lydia Capitolin Toussaint, District Treasurer; and Rev. Hilroy Alfred, Rev. Arlington Wilson, Pastor Bennette Thomas, Pastor Alex Lewis, Mr. Derrick Common and Ms. Weeferly Jules as Trustees.<\/p>\n On the District Evangelical Christian Youth Board, Mrs. Angelina St. Jean was re-elected President with Ms. Kelly Ann Coipel as Vice President; Ms. Shireen Bellot, Secretary; Ms. Anisa Lawrence, Treasurer, and Pastor Bennette Thomas as Advisory Pastor.<\/p>\n Elected on the Christian Union Primary School Board were Mrs. Charmaine Thomas, Mrs. Esther Thomas, Mrs. Dahlila Lee, Dr. Kimone Joseph and Mr. Fred Esprit.<\/p>\n The two-day meeting culminated with a Grand Worship Celebration at 3 pm on Friday April 1, Good Friday, at the Goodwill Christian Union Church.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dominica Christian Union Church commemorates 84 years of ministry this year and held its 62nd Annual District Council on April 1 and 2, 2021 at the Goodwill Christian Union Church. The District Council which is the Church\u2019s highest decision-making…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":265866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[11,235,9,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265865","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-homepage-carousel","category-news","category-religion"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n