The Tribune

ROUNDING off a month filled with youth-focused activities, the Youth Department of Christ the King Anglican Church closed out last Sunday with a message reminding the congregation that no matter our special gifts of tongues, sacrifices, special knowledge or extraordinary faith, love is greater than anything else and there are no limitations to love.

The guest speaker was Minister John R Darville from Pilgrim Baptist Church, and using the famous words of Paul in 1 Corinthians 13, he delivered a sermon entitled “Love Knows No Limits”.

“Love is not about personal feelings,” Minister Darville said. “It is action, not emotion. The kind of love that Paul writes about is seen, experienced and demonstrated. This is contrary to our culture that honours personal feelings above almost everything. We do what we want when we want because we feel like it. And if we don’t feel like it, we don’t do it. But as I study this passage, I am struck by the complete absence of any stress on personal feelings. Hence, if love is an action, not an emotion, we need to study what God has to say about love. We need to know what love is and what it looks like when it is lived out in the church.”

Emphasising Paul’s definition of love, he encouraged people to be patient, kind, not jealous, not braggadocios, without arrogance, well-behaved, unselfish, slow to anger, to be willing to forget wrongs suffered, to refuse to rejoice in the misfortune of others, and to be truth-loving.

Minister Darville challenged church members to seek a more vibrant relationship with God as a means to becoming more loving towards others.

“God has called us to love people. Jesus said that all people will know we are His disciples by the love that we have for one another,” he concluded.

The entire month of February was designated as Youth Month at Christ the King. The overall theme was “The Greatest of These is Love”.

Events included a Community Service Day, where some young people assisted in working in the Thrift Store and serving meals at the Salvation Army while others made visits and delivered gifts to sick and shut-in church members. There were also bake sales, a banner construction and short ministry minutes, where youngsters gave their interpretation of the theme, and a ‘Wall of Fame’ highlighting the achievements of the church’s young members.