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A worship space that teaches…

After shoveling snow for most of the 2008 winter in Racine Wisconsin, we finally got Pastor Nathan Pope and his wife Pattie to join us in 85 degree weather for a month.  Pastor Pope has the unique talent to construct and design altars, pulpits, and baptismal fonts.  They not only look beautiful, but that also [...]


Weddings in paradise

Take a look at a Sandals Resort brochure and you will see St Lucia advertised as the honeymoon vacation spot of the world.  Every year, thousands of couples flock to St Lucia to get married.  St Lucian weddings in our church also present an opportunity to share the gospel.  Christmas time is a popular time [...]


Going big time with an electronic billboard

St. Lucia is a simple island, but technology has definitely arrived.  Along the one main highway on the island, you will see billboards advertising for various products on the island.  One enterprising company has installed 7 giant video screen billboards from the north end of the island to the south.  One of our challenges has [...]


Local Caribbean Holidays

Every culture has their own ways of celebrating and relaxing including St. Lucia.  Since St. Lucia was settled in the 1600’s, competing cultures that have left their mark on the island.  The French, the British, and even India and China have all left remnants of their past.
La Rose and La Margurite Festival …
One of [...]