Lepi Village in Bugotu Paka District under the Diocese of Ysabel and Anglican Church of Melanesia (ACOM) has unveiled its new Holy Trinity Chapel over the weekend. The $1.3million complex was consecrated on Saturday 29th May, 2021. The consecration was conducted by Bishop Ellison Quity, Diocesan Bishop of the Ysabel Anglican Church of Melanesian and…
HUNDREDS of United Church of Solomon Islands (UCSI) members have commemorated the 119th anniversary marking the arrival of the Church in 1902 to the Solomon Islands. As part of the event congregational members around the country organized and celebrated the anniversary separately in their respective regions. The celebration was filled with joy and excitement to…
Auki Parish in the Catholic Diocese of Malaita has joined Catholic communities throughout the Pacific to celebrate the year of Laity with a Paschal candle. The six weeks event successfully ended and celebrated on Pentecost Sunday at St Augustine cathedral, Auki parish. For Auki parish, its first of it’s kind to celebrate such event at…
SAINT Peters Anglican Church in Feraladoa Community was fortunate to receive financial support towards its completion from Central Honiara parliamentarian, Alfred Efona, ahead of a Saint’s Day planned for July 4th, 2021. The financial assistance from the Member of Parliament (MP) was being described by members as timely and a boost in completing what has…
The Governor General (GG) His Excellency, Right Reverend Sir David Vunagi on Sunday 2nd May visited the Kukum United Church in East Honiara. Sir David with his wife Lady Mary and their party arrived just before the service began at 10 am where he was greeted by Ministers Reverend Smith Chacha and his wife Yonna,…
HONIARA Ecumenical Youths Ministry (HEYM) fellowship service was successfully held at St. Barnabas Cathedral, Sunday. Hundreds of youths from the main the denominations in the country attended the first ever youth ecumenical fellowship for this year. It was organised by Anglican Church of Melanesian (ACOM). In his message to the youths, Archbishop Leonard Dawea said…
THE newly-elected South Sea Evangelical Church (SSEC) Bishop Eric Maefonea says there is a need to upgrade courses offered by the church’s theological colleges to bachelor degree level. In his inaugural speech during the induction service at the SSE, Central Church in Honiara on Sunday 21st, 2021, he expressed that it is very important to…
The organizing committee of the consecration of the fourth Bishop of Hanuato’o Diocese of the Anglican Church of Melanesia in the Makira Ulawa Province has set March 21 as the date for the big church event. And the consecration and installation of Father Arthur Stanley Abui as the Fourth Bishop of the Hanuato’o Diocese will…
A WEEKLONG Ministers Meeting for all Seventh Day Adventist (SDA) church pastors, ministers, and workers have ended on Saturday evening. It commenced on Monday at the Maranatha Hall, Lunga, East Honiara. The ministers’ meeting was to develop a plan for the Mission Strategic Plan for 2021-2025 (quinquennium ) Solomon Islands Mission (SIM) of the SDA…
REVEREND Benedict Loe was consecrated and installed on Sunday at Good Shepherd Diocese Cathedral in Central Guadalcanal. He becomes the second Bishop of Guadalcanal. The program commenced at 7:30 am and was attended by a large number of people. A number of government officials, church leaders and church members, expatriates, private businesses, and people in Guadalcanal and…