Tag: National Leadership Prayer Breakfast

Children Demand Urgent Attention, Says Samuels

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Women and children will, for the first time, be the focus of the 37th National Leadership Prayer Breakfast, which takes place at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in St Andrew on Thursday, according to the Reverend Dr Stevenson Samuels, chair of the committee that plans this annual event.

“For the first time this year, we have also felt the need to include prayers for children. We feel that these are vulnerable groups with regards to crime and violence plaguing our society. Children demand urgent attention,” he declared.

Samuels bemoaned that children were abused by adults and also experienced high levels of poverty, neglect by parents, little moral and spiritual training, in addition to insufficient access to other things.

His comments came yesterday at the Church of the Open Bible Church in St Andrew.

Chief Justice Zaila McCalla, Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Rocky Meade, Courtney Campbell, president and chief executive officer of the Victoria Mutual Group, along with members of the National Leadership Prayer Breakfast Committee, were among the special guests of the church.

Samuels used the occasion to remind the congregation that allegations of impropriety against members of the clergy were symptomatic of a wider societal rot.

“The recent alleged sexual abuse case against the pastor, in addition to other similar allegations reported in the media, is an indication that this scourge is present in all sectors of our society,” he added.

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http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20170116/children-demand-urgent-attention-says-samuels

Jamaica’s 2017 National Leadership Prayer Breakfast Launched

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Courtney Campbell (left), president and CEO Victoria Mutual Building Society (VMBS) Group, engages in an animated discussion with (from second left) Claudette Pious, executive director Children First; Viviene Bailey Hay, chief corporate affairs and communications at VMBS Group; and Rev Dr Stevenson Samuels, chairman National Leadership Prayer Breakfast. Occasion was yesterday’s launch of the annual Prayer Breakfast at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in New Kingston.

Campbell, in his sponsor’s remarks, said people should not underestimate the importance of praying for our leaders and praying with them.

“The reality is, leadership can be a stressful responsibility and it can be a difficult and lonely journey,” Campbell said. “It can only redound to our benefit when all leaders are able to unite in prayer, recognising that there is a natural partnership that needs to be fostered for the common good.”

The prayer breakfast, now in its 37th year, is scheduled for January 19. It is being held under the theme ‘God-empowered intervention for transformation — Praying for our leaders, praying with our leaders’.

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/Prayer-Breakfast_86445

Transformational Leadership Through God Can Bring About Vision 2030

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Transformation among leadership ranks is the primary focus of the 37th National Leadership Prayer Breakfast (NLPB) to be staged at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel on Thursday, January 19.

The purpose of the NLPB is to foster greater unity in the nation, particularly among the nation’s leaders at all levels.

In keeping with national protocol, the list of invited guests is headed by Governor General Sir Patrick Allen and includes Prime Minister Andrew Holness and Leader of the Opposition Portia Simpson Miller.

God-Empowered Intervention

At a press briefing yesterday at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel to officially launch the event and commence prayer week the Rev Stevenson Samuels, chairman of the NLPB Committee, spoke of transformation brought about by God-empowered intervention.

“In the process of the NLPB, we trust that we will contribute to our leaders experiencing transformation, a transformation that will impact core values for the betterment of all,” Samuels said.

He added: “We feel that for Jamaica to grow, for Jamaica to progress and experience true prosperity, there has to be transformation. That transformation must begin at the top, at the head of the stream, at the helm of our society. Transformational leadership is what is required to take us to the next level. Jamaica, as it is, cannot experience the growth and development that we all long for. If we are going to see this nation rise to new altitudes, we must change and challenge both Church and State to do that change.”

syranno.baines@gleanerjm.com

Source: http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20170113/transformational-leadership-through-god-can-bring-about-vision-2030