They came for violence; terror of them goes before them. They gather captives like sand. At kings they scoff and rules they make. They laugh at every fortress for they heap up earth and take it and go on. Guilty men, whose own might is their god. – Habakkuk 1: 9-11
IT WAS REPORTED in the Monday edition of the DAILY NATION that Acting Commissioner of Police Tyrone Griffith said that members of the Royal Barbados Police Force planned to walk through Brittons Hill, St Michael, this week.
The announcement was made against the backdrop of three shootings in quick succession of three young men linked to the district.
Young men from the area have since called for a ceasefire among their peers and were very quick to blame the politicians, the church, their absent fathers, other gangs and the poor economy, instead of accepting responsibility for their own actions.
People are very good at putting the blame on others rather than realising that the course of our lives will be determined by the choices we make. Our youth lack purpose. Stop blaming the church and politicians.
Why are politicians being blamed? Since when are they to provide jobs? Some of our young people (men) are out of school without any qualifications and want desk jobs. There are too many young men out there without any skills. This has nothing to do with the politicians.
What the young people need to do is to change their way of thinking in order for a change to come about and feed the police with vital information as to the sources of the guns and the people in possession of them.
Acting Commissioner, you must not give up. Keep on doing what you are doing in order to make Barbados a safe place for all of us to live in.
New appointment
We welcome back to the local Anglican diocese the Rev. Erma Ambrose, who worked in the diocese of The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos. She has assumed duties as priest-in-charge of St Paul effective June 5. I wish her God’s blessing as she begins this new phase in her ministry.
Postponed
St Matthias Anglican Church’s Wine & Cheese Evening, originally scheduled for tomorrow, has been postponed.
Tea party
The St Gabriel’s Church, Kendal, St John, will hold a tea party tomorrow at 3 p.m. at the church.
Healing services
The Methodist Church’s Ebenezer Circuit will be holding four nights of healing and deliverance services from Sunday until Wednesday at Beulah Methodist Church, St Philip. The ministering servant will be prophet Derrick Manning. On Sunday, the service will be at 6 p.m. and from Monday to Wednesday at 7:30 nightly.
Concert
The All Saints Church will be hosting a Police Band concert on Sunday at 4 p.m. at the church.
Father’s Day luncheons
The St Stephen’s Church will hold its Father’s Day luncheon on Sunday from midday at the St Leonard’s Boys’ School hall.
The Christ Church Parish Church Father’s Day luncheon will be held on Sunday from 12:30 p.m. at the Ivan Harewood Centre, Church Hill, Christ Church. There will be entertainment and door prizes.
Missionary meeting
The annual missionary meeting of the Mount Tabor Moravian Church, Mount Tabor, St John, will be held on Tuesday at 7:30 pm.
Supper
The St Clement’s Church annual supper will be held on Saturday, June 25, at 7:30 p.m. at the church centre.
Anniversary service
The Moravian Church at Clifton Hill, St Thomas, holds its 175th anniversary service on Sunday, June 26, at 4 p.m.
Fish fry
The St Joseph’s Parish Church will be holding its annual fish fry on Saturday, July 16, at 6:30 p.m. on the hard court opposite the old St Joseph Parish Church.
