VI lies about being a 'Christian community' - Mrs Dana Lewis-Ambrose
These were words uttered by Mrs Dana Lewis-Ambrose, Lecturer at H. Lavity Stoutt Community College, during the funeral service of Clevaughn M. Sweeney and his father Jerome N. L. Chiddickat the St George’s Episcopal Anglican Church located on Main Street, Tortola on March 10, 2018.
Mr Sweeney was one of two persons gunned down on February 10, 2018 on Tortola.
She suggested that persons often lie and say that the Virgin Islands is a “Christian community” but pointed out that persons live under the “pursuit of riches, under the false pretense” that God wants persons to live as such and that this has become a norm.
“We lie before God and say this is a Christian community and the enemy loves us the more for it. For he is the father of all lies. We say this is a Christian community, yet even in the church and I’m going to say this on behalf of Rev [Dr Ian E.] Rock, the pursuit of riches onto the false pretense that Jesus wants us to live like that have taken over,” explained Mrs Lewis-Ambrose.
“We have become a secular society”
Meanwhile, she pointed out that the territory has become a “secular society” where the church and religion are separate entities.
She emphasised, “Until we accept the truth that we have become a secular society with places that we can go most of the time for entertainment during the week and on Sundays, regrettably we will continue to see more; until we recognise who we are as a people in ourselves and not with respect to the Almighty God.”
She continued, “Not with respect to the Gross Domestic Product, not with respect to how much land we have, not with respect to our nationality, not with respect if we are belongers or non-belongers, not with respect to the fact that status differentiates in the territory...”
Governor & Commissioner of Police applauded
While lamenting on the death of 11-year-old Trinity A. Thomas, Mrs Lewis-Ambrose commended Governor Augustus J. U. Jaspert aka 'Gus' and Commissioner of Police (CoP), Michael B. Matthews for the work that they have been doing to improve the security within the territory.
“In November I had the unpleasant task of doing the last rights for a young 11 year old girl of St Georges Primary school who was cut down in senseless gun violence. I confess that I must applauded the Governor and Commissioner of Police for acting swiftly to change the landscape by bringing much necessary resources to law enforcement. We pray for their safety and success in their efforts, while adding that the community should do their part in assisting the police.
“If we too do our bit, we in this room, we outside in the community, there will be many more [killings] unless we come to the knowledge of who we are. Live our lives as intelligent, functionally literate, embodied with emotional intelligence and the temple of God's Holy Spirit,” said Mrs Lewis-Ambrose.
20 Responses to “VI lies about being a 'Christian community' - Mrs Dana Lewis-Ambrose”
But when election times comes around we see pastors endorsing candidates who are not even Christians or formal members of their churches. We even see a certain pastors making comments about the Government but does he say where the young people fit in or how they are been affected.
The young people are seeing through the veil of deception and as a result they cant handle what they are seeing. They were told they came from a race that was useless in the past and present but are now finding out differently. A subject that not even the church wants to discuss. Do not blame the BVI society who you say, say they are a christian society but doing different for they are merely doing what they see, the hypocrisy.
" She suggested that persons often lie and say that the Virgin Islands is a “Christian community” but pointed out that persons live under the “pursuit of riches, under the false pretense” that God wants persons to live as such and that this has become a norm."
We need to do better our world has changed so drastically and it is not for the better. We need to do something about it now... because ten years down the line we will not be able to have the peace that we used to pride ourselves upon. And in twenty years from now the people who will be leading our country will be so broken that our country will be far worst than it is right now