A TWO-WEEK long spiritual campaign by Pr Alwin Wako of the Seventh Day Adventist Church at the Honiara Central market will end tonight. The campaign also ends with a baptism of 30 plus new SDA Church members expected to be held at around 7:30pm. The campaign, which focuses on the theme “Basics of salvation” is…
THOUSANDS of Christians congregate to witness the Passion of Christ drama performed in Honiara on Friday. The crucifixion story was dramatized by youths and parishioners of Tuvaruhu Anglican church. Tens of thousands of people processed from All Saints church at Point Cruz to St Barnabas Cathedral where the Passion of Christ drama was performed. Men…
SEVENTH Day Adventist church at White River, West Honiara, received $40,000 from the constituency’s church funds on Tuesday. The funding will help the church to complete unfinished jobs with their building, according to chairman of the church Henry Waitua. “This funding will help us to complete the unfinished jobs inside our church building, which were…
We all enjoy Easter holidays. Time off from work for a few extra days. Did you know the word ‘holiday’ comes from ‘holy day?’ The word ‘holy’ means to set apart, so a holiday is a day (or days) set apart for us to be able to do something different than what we usually do.…
The Diocese of Auki Saint Augustine Cathedral celebrated the Palm Sunday with dedication prayer to the flood victims of Honiara and Guadalcanal. The Sunday service also saw Sunday school students of Rade and Oibla communities celebrating their first Holy Communion. In his pray of dedication, Bishop Chris Cardon asked diocesans to pray and remember the…
Mt Horeb SDA church Dorcas on Sunday visited flood victims at the Honiara city Multipurpose hall to feed them. About 15 members of Mt Horeb Dorcas lead by elder John Maetia visited the flood victims. The recent flash flood had destroyed many homes and left thousands homeless. Mr Maetia and his group were part of…
Pope Francis, marking Palm Sunday in a packed St. Peter’s Square, ignored his prepared homily and spoke entirely off-the-cuff in a remarkable departure from practice. Later, he continued to stray from the script by hopping off his popemobile to pose for “selfies” with young people and also sipping tea passed to him from the crowd.…
Church tourism has a big potential for Solomon Islands says chief executive officer (CEO) of Solomon Island Visitors Bureau (SIVB) Josefa Tuamoto. He was speaking during Palm Sunday at Tasia Anglican Wandraltol College in Isabel. Minister of culture and tourism Samuel Manetoali, Mr Tuamoto and members of their delegation were invited for the church service.…
The well know Lilisiana Dram group will be dramatizing the Good Fridays station of the cross about the suffering Jesus hours before his death some 2,000 years ago. The drama will start in front the Auki store in the morning and will be processing up to Saint Augustine Cathedral where Jesus will be crucified. This…
Visale Catholic parish celebrated Palm Sunday despite the 7.6 earth quake and tsunami that struck the coastal villages of mainland Makira on Sunday morning. West Guadalcanal Solomon Star stringer John Toki said the congregation were preparing for worship when the earthquake hits. “But we have no intention to run for higher ground and continue with…