Civic leaders in Manchester praised Northern Caribbean University (NCU) for its sterling contribution to the community and the wider Jamaica during a recent thanksgiving service to mark the institution’s 100th year in the parish.
The church service is the first of several events to take place in 2019 to mark the institution’s contribution to the development of the parish and central Jamaica. The yearlong celebration is being held under the theme: “Serving Community for 100 Years, Changing Lives for Eternity.”
Among celebrants at the thanksgiving service held January 19, on NCU’s main campus were Custos Rotulorum and Justice of the Peace of Manchester Sally Porteous, Mayor of Mandeville Donovan Mitchell, Member of Parliament Mikael Phillips and Councillor Omar Oliphant.
Porteous noted that “NCU has played a pivotal role in shaping the lives of so many, and all those persons who worked to make [the institution] the success that it is, are to be commended for their efforts.” She added that at a time when the country needed strong leadership NCU has come forward and has given of its best, for which the country is grateful.
From left: Mayor of Mandeville Donovan Mitchell, Councillor Omar Oliphant, Member of Parliament Mikael Phillips and Custos Rotulorum of Manchester Sally Porteous participating in the NCU-in-Manchester centennial church service held on the university’s main campus in Mandeville January 19, 2019. Photo by Jon-Mark Myrie
In congratulating NCU, Phillips said “not only have you given of yourselves to those of the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) faith, but you have given yourselves to everyone around this parish and this nation. You have shown us that nothing is wrong in putting God at the centre of everything that we do.”
