As the global COVID-19 disease continues, churches in Anguilla, as everywhere, are avoiding large congregations at services and ensuring that members stand up to six feet apart. Some churches have even been temporarily closed.
In Anguilla, the Christian Fellowship Church on the Blowing Point Road, has announced a temporary closure.
At the Pro-Cathedral of St. Mary’s there has been a rescheduling of Sunday services with the times being 6.15, 9.00 and 10.30 am.
The 9 am service on Sunday, March 22, was presided over by the Rt. Rev. Errol Brooks, who was alone in the pulpit. He initially stood a little down in the congregation where there were 14 members.
“We are few in number. Come up closer, but keep your space, “he told them and that the set times for the services was to give persons an opportunity to decide which they wanted to attend. He advised that if the government and the health authorities decided that churches should be closed at any given time, the Pro-Cathedral of St. Mary’s and other churches would have to conform. In such a situation, he said he was looking into the possibility of using a website for the broadcast of services.
In the course of his sermon, on the blind man, Bishop Brooks stated that a lot of progress was made in medical technology, medical advancement, and vaccines for various diseases. “We must never think that if whatever treatment is found, it would come only from man’s power. In fact, it would only be through God’s Holy Spirit, inspiring human beings, to look in various areas of providing treatment,” he said.
Rt. Rev. Errol Brooks
He stressed that there was a need for prayer at this time that “researchers and scientists would find the vaccine that would help to stem the tide of this coronavirus.” He prayed that God would help them to understand that they must look to Him rather than themselves to find a cure.
Bishop Brooks’ sermon was in line with a Day of Prayer on Sunday, March 22, arranged by the Government of Anguilla with the Christian Council and the Evangelical Association.
