1 Women’s Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church 2023 Connectional Promotion and Missionary Education Dialogue Institute The Westin Crystal City Hotel Reagan National Airport 1800 Richmond Hwy, Arlington, VA 22202 December 8 – 9, 2023 Mission Study 2025 General Theme: “Champions for our Youth: Meet them where they are!” Geographical Theme: “Jamaica” Episcopal Hosts Bishop James Levert Davis, Presiding Prelate Mother Arelis Beevers Davis, Episcopal Supervisor Ms. Selerya O. Moore, Episcopal WMS President Bishop Michael Leon Mitchell Chair, Commission on Global Witness and Ministry Dr. Deborah Taylor-King International President, WMS Rev. Dr. John Frank Green Executive Director Mrs. Alisha R. Marriott Connectional PME Director
2 Women’s Missionary Society African Methodist Episcopal Church PROMOTION AND MISSIONARY EDUCATION Dialogue Institute 2023 The Westin Crystal City Reagan National Airport 1800 Richmond Highway Arlington, VA 22202 General Theme - “Champions For Our Youth: Meet Them Where They Are!” Geographical Theme - “Jamaica” Agenda Friday, December 8th 9:30 am – 12 pm Episcopal PME Meeting Only (Zoom Meeting ID will be provided for 14-20) 12:00 am – 12:45pm Welcome Lunch 1:00 pm – 1:15 pm Welcome Sheila McDonald, 2nd District Devotion Rosemary Range, 9th District Dorothy Manning, 10th District Marrie McQueen, 11th District Greetings Sanjena V. Clay Connectional 3 rd Vice President, WMS Lenette Wiliams-King Connectional 2 nd Vice President, WMS Commission of Mission Education & Interpretation, Chair Selerya O. Moore Episcopal President, 2nd District 1:15 pm – 1:30 pm Dialogue Overview Alisha R. Marriott Connectional PME Director, WMS 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm 2024 Mission Study Episcopal PME Directors & Contributing Writers 2024 General Theme: Truth and Lies 101: Impact of Misinformation, Disinformation, Mal-information 2024 Geographical Theme: Canada 2024 Mission Education Support Resources Book Reviews - Do Facts Matter? Information and Misinformation in American Politics by Jennifer L. Hochschild and Katherine Levine Einstein; Post-Truth by Lee McIntyre; The Misinformation Age: How False Beliefs Spread by Cailin O’Connor and James Owen Weatherall
3 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm “Fishing Differently” Rev. Lisa Williamson, MD - Pastor Calvary Fellowship A.M.E. Church Brooklyn, NY | 1st District 3:00 pm – 3:10pm Health Break 3:10 pm – 3:30 pm “A Fishbowl Perspective” Alisha Marriott Connectional PME Director 3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Fulfilling Our Roles & Responsibilities Margaret Maske Immediate Past Connectional PME Director 4:00 pm – 4:10 pm Proposal Submissions 4:10 pm – 5:15pm 2026 Theme Selections Episcopal PME Directors Group Process / Task Team Review of the Day’s Session Group Dinner “Busboys and Poets” Meet in the lobby at 6:15 pm Saturday, December 9th 8:00 am – 8:45 am Breakfast & “Being Fit” Elodie Killins, 3rd District 8:45 am – 9:15 am Devotion Linda Cuttino-Crawford, 1st District Debrae Lomax, 4th District Catherine Pooe, 19th District 9:15am – 10:30 am Group Process / Task Team Cont’d 2025 General Theme: “Champions For Our Youth: Meet Them Where They Are!” Geographical Theme - “Jamaica” 10:30 am – 11:00 am Theme Information Sharing Episcopal PME Directors 11:00 am – 12: 00 pm “How Shall We Write?” Alisha Marriott Connectional PME Director 12:00 pm – 12:30 pm Lunch
4 12:30 pm – 1: 30 pm “How Shall We Write?” Cont’d Alisha Marriott Connectional PME Director 1:30 pm – 2:00 pm Re-Commitment / Going Forth Closing Partnerships for the Goals Richelle Fry Skinner Connectional YDP President Our President Speaks Dr. Deborah Taylor King International WMS President We are called to strengthen our faith and sent to continue the ministry of Jesus Christ by service and witness in the world. PME Director Duties and Responsibilities The Connectional PME Director in cooperation with the committee, distributes missionary literature and pageants, promotes mission studies; plans mission institutes and selects audio visual materials to aid in the interpretation of the work. The committee consists of the Episcopal District PME Directors. Promote the use and circulation of The Mission Education Curriculum Study Guide (PME Book) Seek talented writers and coordinate submissions with a spiritual emphasis to the theme’s topic Compile, edit, and forward submissions to meet publication timelines Encourage orders, ensure accurate and on-time deliveries, and review invoices Attend the Annual Connectional Mission Education and Interpretation Dialogue for 3 years of study discussion 1. Review the recent publication 2. Discuss topics for the new theme for the next publication 3. Recommend themes for approval for the year after’s publication Be inspired to study, write, and declare The Word of God! Seek divine inspiration that transcends year of publication Let’s Rediscover Yesterday’s Themes and Educate, Equip, and Enrich For Today!
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6 2014 General Theme: Finding Peace in the Midst of Conflict: In the Home, In the Heart, and In the World Geographical Theme: Canada 2015 Our Christian Responsibility to Impact Society: Overcoming Despair and Inspiring Hope Geographical Theme: Mali 2016 Survival of the Male in an ever changing World Geographical Theme: United States 2017 The Millennium Development Goals Post 2015; the Road Traveled the Journey Ahead Geographical Theme: Middle East 2018 Invisible Oppression: A Global Awareness Geographical Theme: Cuba 2019 The Church Universal Tackling Injustices through Education & Empowerment Geographical Theme: Haiti 2020 Planet Alert: The Impact of Climate Change Geographical Theme: United States 2021 A Silicon World: Effects of Technology Geographical Theme: Malawi 2022 A Global Crisis the Lack of Humanity and Civility Geographical Theme: The World 2023 Embracing Wholeness in a Pandemic World Geographical Theme: Africa 2024 Truth and Lies: The Impact of Misinformation, Disinformation, and Malinformation Geographical Theme: Canada 2025 Champions For Our Youth: Meet Them Where They Are! Geographical Theme: Canada Jesus Christ is the Same Yesterday Today and Forever! Hebrews 13:8
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8 2023 Connectional Promotion and Missionary Education Committee Episcopal District First Name Last Name Conferences In what capacity will you be attending the PME Dialogue? E-mail Phone Number Total 1 Linda Cuttino-Crawford Bermuda, Delaware, New England, New Jersey, New York, Western New York, and Philadelphia District PME Director [email protected] (908) 230-0670 1 2 Sheila VanHook McDonald Baltimore, Washington, Virginia, North Carolina and Western North Carolina District PME Director [email protected] (919) 920-9390 1 3 Elodie Killins Ohio, Pittsburgh, North Ohio, South Ohio and West Virginia District PME Director [email protected] (513) 885-5994 1 4 Debrae Lomax Indiana, Chicago, Illinois, Michigan, Canada and a mission extension in India District PME Director [email protected] (217) 419-0081 1 5 California, Southern California, Desert Mountain, Midwest, Missouri, and Pacific Northwest 6 Deborah Clarke Georgia, Southwest Georgia, Atlanta-North, Macon, South Georgia and Augusta District PME Director [email protected] (912) 631-3894 1 7 Kiara Simmons Palmetto, South Carolina, Columbia, Piedmont, Northeast South Carolina and Central South Carolina District PME Director [email protected] (843) 345-5292 1 8 Regenia Leonard South Mississippi, North Mississippi, Central North Louisiana, and Louisiana District PME Director [email protected] (985) 518-7431 1 9 Arthenia Lewis Alabama River Region, Southeast Alabama, Northeast Alabama, Southwest Alabama, Northwest Alabama District PME Director [email protected] (205) 454-2481 1 10 Dorothy Manning Texas, Southwest Texas, North Texas and Northwest Texas District PME Director [email protected] (214) 450-8454 1 11 Marrie McQueen Florida, Central, South, West Coast, East, Bahamas District PME Director [email protected] (850) 597-0917 1 12 Sharon Fletcher Oklahoma, Arkansas, East Arkansas, and West Arkansas District PME Director [email protected] (870) 718-1096 1 13 Amanda Johnson Tennessee, East Tennessee, West Tennessee, Kentucky and West Kentucky District PME Director [email protected] (502) 380-7606 1 14 Pauline Kwabo Liberia, Central Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Côte d'Ivoire and TogoBenin District PME Director [email protected] (401) 471-8806 1 15 Angola, Cape, Boland, Eastern Cape, Kalahari, Namibia, and Queenstown 16 Krystel Compton Guyana/Suriname, Virgin Islands, European, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Windward Islands and Brazil, London, Amsterdam, France District PME Director [email protected] (340)332-4456 1 17 Gladys Sichangwa Southeast Zambia, Southwest Zambia, Northeast Zambia, Northwest Zambia, Zambezi, Congo Brazzaville, Katanga, Kananga, Kinshasa, Mbuji-mayi, Rwanda, Burundi and Tshikapa District PME Director [email protected] 1 18 Malimakatatso "Elizabeth" Maphotsa Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, and Swaziland District PME Director [email protected] (266) 5884 7839 1 19 Catherine Pooe Orangia, Natal, M.M. Mokone Memorial Conference, East, West District PME Director [email protected] (072) 320-9505 1 20 Nonkululeko "Noe" Siwela Malawi North, Malawi South, Malawi Central, Northeast Zimbabwe, Southwest Zimbabwe, Central Zimbabwe Episcopal WMS President [email protected] (263)777939596 1 Connectional Alisha Marriott Connectional PME Director [email protected] (917) 882-1489 18
9 2023 PME Dialogue Institute Attendees Episcopal District First Name Last Name In what capacity will you be attending the PME Dialogue? E-mail Phone Number 1 Deborah Washington Conference PME Director [email protected] (856) 669-7240 1 Linda Cuttino-Crawford District PME Director [email protected] (908) 230-0670 1 Nancy Guy Local/Area PME Director [email protected] (302) 379-3336 2 Ada Nelson Local/Area PME Director [email protected] (919) 724-0201 2 Aline Rogers Conference PME Director [email protected] (757) 375-2610 2 Cecelia Melvin-Scott Yearbook Contributor/Supporter [email protected] (301) 679-9485 2 Corinne Thomas Former Connectional PME Director [email protected] (301) 237-8206 2 Deborah Sewell Yearbook Contributor/Supporter [email protected] (202) 758-7801 2 Latonia Ford Local/Area PME Director [email protected] (202) 302-3076 2 Margaret Maske Former Connectional PME Director [email protected] (202) 529-2617 2 Regina Watkins-Cousin Local/Area PME Director [email protected] (443) 794-3211 2 Sandra Carver Conference PME Director [email protected] (571) 288-8704 2 Sandra Vincent Conference PME Director [email protected] (336) 263-6451 2 Selerya Moore 2nd Episcopal District President [email protected] (202) 277-9220 2 Shawn Ross Yearbook Contributor/Supporter [email protected] (919) 451-9271 2 Sheila VanHook McDonald District PME Director [email protected] (919) 920-9390 3 Elodie Killins District PME Director [email protected] (513) 885-5994 3 Pamela Fair Local/Area PME Director [email protected] (937) 371-5235 3 Ruby Kilpatrick Yearbook Contributor/Supporter [email protected] (740) 607-5507 3 Inez Edmondson Conference PME Director [email protected] (740)607-5507 4 Debrae Lomax District PME Director [email protected] (217) 419-0081 4 Lenette Williams-King Connectional 2nd Vice President [email protected] (317) 432-2686 4 Shawne Henry Yearbook Contributor/Supporter [email protected] (313) 268-4533 5 Geraldine L Hayes Conference PME Director [email protected] (323) 823-0766 5 Richelle Fry Skinner Connectional YPD Director [email protected] (303) 246-8882 6 Deborah Clarke District PME Director [email protected] (912) 631-3894 6 Subrena Johnson Local/Area PME Director [email protected] (478) 396-5401 7 Kiara Simmons District PME Director [email protected] (843) 345-5292 8 Regenia Leonard District PME Director [email protected] (985) 518-7431 9 Arthenia Lewis District PME Director [email protected] (205) 454-2481 9 Rosemary Range Former Connectional PME Director [email protected] (205) 910-2292 10 Dorothy Manning District PME Director [email protected] (214) 450-8454 11 Marrie McQueen District PME Director [email protected] (850) 597-0917 11 Sandra Mitchell Yearbook Contributor/Supporter [email protected] (813) 458-7106 11 Sanjena Clay Connectional 3rd Vice President [email protected] (561) 310-2625 12 Sharon Fletcher District PME Director [email protected] (870) 718-1096 13 Amanda Johnson District PME Director [email protected] (502) 380-7606 14 Pauline Kwabo District PME Director [email protected] (401) 471-8806 16 Krystel Compton District PME Director [email protected] (340)332-4456 17 Gladys Sichangwa District PME Director [email protected] 18 Taylor West Yearbook Contributor/Supporter [email protected] (918) 600-4721 18 Malimakatatso "Elizabeth" Maphotsa District PME Director [email protected] (266) 5884 7839 19 Catherine Pooe District PME Director [email protected] (072) 320-9505 20 Nonkululeko "Noe" Siwela 20th Episcopal District President [email protected] (263)777939596
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11 Yearbook Lesson Components Lesson Title Picture Name Episcopal/Conference / Local PME Director or Other Supporter 1st – 20th Episcopal District Hymn/Song “My Faith Looks Up to Thee” AMEC Hymnal #415 or Artist Name Prayer Father, we thank You that we have been delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the Kingdom of Your dear Son. We cast the whole of our cares, all of our anxieties, all of our worries, all of our concerns, once and for all looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith. Lord, we look into the perfect law of liberty and continue therein, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the Word and thus blessed in our doing. Thank You, Father. We are carefree; we walk in that peace which passes all understanding in Jesus’ Name! Amen. Scripture References Romans 8:2 1 Peter 5: 6-7 Lesson Focus Identify, define, and clarify the purpose of the lesson and expectations from the study. 1. What is Diabetes? 2. What are the types of Diabetes? 3. Complications of the disease 4. Tips on self-care Lesson Development Introduction is an overview and its relevance in today’s society. Major Points should compel the individual or the group to action. Lesson Summary Reflect and Discuss Discuss activities that you as a Missionary can do to heighten awareness of Diabetes. Name and discuss three complications of Diabetes. Are you a diabetic? Do you have family or friends who are diabetics? As a result of this lesson today, list the things learned that you will do differently or share with family or a friend. Mission Thrust What difference or impact can now be made as a result of this study? Missionary Benediction In the name of the Triune God, may the spirit of Christian mission enter every heart; this we ask in Jesus’ name. Amen. Resources List your reference materials to provide access to others wanting more information. Activities Provide an activity for your lesson.
12 GUIDELINES FOR LESSON WRITERS Length A good length for a lesson might be 3 to 4 pages which covers the attached components. Format The attached lesson components typically provide a comprehensive study outline. The lesson title, author’s name, Episcopal District, and Conference should be included on the first page. Do not use footnotes. Also include a recent photograph. Include e-mail address and phone number with lesson. (With lesson; not in lesson) What to Send All lessons and photos should be sent via e-mail as attachments. Lessons should be sent as a word document attached as .doc file. Photos should be sent with high resolution and preferably plain backgrounds as .jpg or .png file attachments. Writing the Lesson It is important for mission study lessons to be timely, practical, and informative. The lessons should be biblically based, with at least 2 supporting scriptures, and be designed to move our readers to missionfocused activities in their locales. Remember, we touch WMS members all over the globe. Therefore, lessons must be written from a global perspective so that readers can identify with lesson content no matter where they live. Where possible, lessons should be informal, conversational, teach key points, and use practical examples. WORSHIP / DEVOTION SUBMISSIONS General Theme Based or Geographical Theme Based Prayers ~ Litanies ~ Devotions ~ Reflections ~ Poems YPD Speaks The only restrictions for YPD speaks are that each submission must be theme specific, either general or geographic, should include biblical references and adhere to pronoun capitalization of “He, His, You & Yours”. Please refer back to the specifications listed above under guidelines for lesson writers.
13 SEND ALL COMPLETED & DISTRICT PME APPROVED SUBMISSIONS TO Alisha Marriott Connectional PME Director E-mail: [email protected] (917) 882-1489 WhatsApp Contact QR Code by April 30th 2024
14 General Theme: Champions for our Youth: Meet Them Where They Are!
15 Worship Resource “No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse. Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved” (Matthew 9:16-17). New wine and old wineskins Because we’re unfamiliar with ancient practices, sometimes it’s difficult for modern readers to understand Jesus’s parables. In Jesus’s day, people used animal skins like goatskin for storing liquids. Fermented drinks like wine expanded, and since an old wineskin would already be stretched to its limit, the new wine would burst. This is why new wine needed to be preserved in new wineskins. As the wine expanded, the new skins would stretch to accommodate it. Jesus was making a very specific point to John the Baptist. He was here to do something completely new. If John (or anyone else) tried to make sense of it through a lens of old expectations and regulations, they’d miss the amazing thing that was happening. In a similar way, if anyone tried to understand what Jesus was doing through the new lens of an emerging culture, like youth today, they too would miss the amazing thing that was happening. Through Jesus, God is redeeming the world to Himself. And if people expect this to look familiar or to change what they think it should be based on their expectation, they will miss Jesus. This is not about old tradition and new ways. This is about the good news that only Jesus brings. We need new wine (the message that Jesus Brings) into new wineskins with both generations embracing His truth: only Jesus saves. Prayer Lord, it is in You that we live, move, and have our being. You are the source that guides us, changes us, and energizes us. Guide our thoughts with transformed and renewed minds. Give us the wisdom and the understanding of the parable of new wine and old wineskin. May the limited patterns of thought and traditions in our old wineskin-minds not close us from embracing the new wine that You are preparing with new wineskin. You are calling each of us to strengthen our faith to be sent to continue the ministry of Jesus Christ by service and witness to the world. Your calling doesn’t change and it doesn’t stop. Your message of love and salvation remains the same and requires our witness of growth and transformation as examples for our Youth. Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.” May we set aside judgement! Start conversations; Nurture and cultivate new expressions and interpretations of The Message of the Gospel, that is the infallible and unchanging Word of God, to affect and transform the lives of those who will not hear it or understand it the way that we do or we did. May we hold to Your Unchanging Hand and be strengthened to continue the ministry of Jesus Christ by this service and PME witness to the world, even to a world that no longer exists as we once knew it but You know it well and You sent us, In Jesus Name, Amen.
16 Be a Champion First for God and then Champion our Youth! “Let no man despise your youth; but be an example to the believers in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” 1 Tim. 4:12 Be a torch bearer, useful in His kingdom work, to point others to the Kingdom of God. Someone is counting on us to be the divine champion to their torch bearer in these last days.
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18 The island of Jamaica is a country of the West Indies. It is the third largest island in the Caribbean Sea, after Cuba and Hispaniola. The national capital is Kingston. Jamaica is about 146 miles (235 km) long and varies from 22 to 51 miles (35 to 82 km) wide. Christopher Columbus, who first sighted the island in 1494, called it Santiago, but the original indigenous name of Jamaica, or Xaymaca, has persisted. Columbus considered it to be “the fairest isle that eyes have beheld,” and many travelers still regard it as one of the most beautiful islands in the Caribbean. The island’s various Spanish, French, and English place-names are remnants of its colonial history. The great majority of its people are of African ancestry, the descendants of slaves brought by European colonists. Jamaica became independent from the United Kingdom in 1962 but remains a member of the Commonwealth. Jamaica has few indigenous mammals. More than 200 bird species have been recorded, including migratory birds and some two dozen endemic species, such as the streamer tail hummingbird, which is the national bird. People of Jamaica Ethnic Groups and Languages Spanish colonists had virtually exterminated the aboriginal Taino people by the time the English invaded the island in 1655. The Spaniards themselves escaped the island or were expelled shortly afterward. The population of English settlers remained small, but they brought in vast numbers of African slaves to work the sugar estates. Today the population consists predominantly of the descendants of those slaves, with a small proportion of people of mixed African and European descent. Even fewer in number are people who trace their ancestry to the United Kingdom, India, China, the Middle East, Portugal, and Germany. English, the official language, is commonly used in towns and among the more-privileged social classes. Jamaican Creole is also widely spoken. Its vocabulary and grammar are based in English, but its various dialects derive vocabulary and phrasing from West African languages, Spanish, and, to a lesser degree, French. The grammatical structure, lyrical cadences, intonations, and pronunciations of Creole make it a distinct language, referred to as patois. Religion of Jamaica Freedom of worship is guaranteed by Jamaica’s constitution. Most Jamaicans are Protestant. The largest denominations are the Seventh-day Adventist and Pentecostal churches; a smaller but still significant number of religious adherents belong to various denominations using the name Church of God. Only a small proportion of Jamaicans attend the Anglican Church, which, as the Church of England, was the island’s only established church until 1870. Smaller Protestant denominations include the Moravian church, the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands, the Society of Friends (Quakers), and the United Church of Christ. There is also a branch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church.
19 Rastafarianism has been an important religious and cultural movement in Jamaica since the 1930s and has attracted adherents from the island’s poorest communities, although it represents only a small proportion of the total population. Rastafarians believe in the divinity of Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia and in the eventual return of his exiled followers to Africa. Rastafarianism has become internationally known through its associations with reggae music and some of Jamaica’s most successful musical stars. Government and society Constitutional Framework Under the Jamaica (Constitution) Order in Council of 1962, by which the island achieved independence from the United Kingdom, Jamaica is a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government. Citizens at least 18 years of age are eligible to vote. Jamaica has had universal suffrage since 1944. The prime minister, who is head of government, is appointed by the leading political party from its parliamentary members. The British monarch, who is titular head of state, follows the prime minister’s recommendation in appointing a Jamaican governor-general who has largely ceremonial powers. The principal policy-making body is the cabinet, which consists of the prime minister and at least 11 other ministers. Political Process The two main political parties are the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People’s National Party (PNP), and between them they have dominated legislative elections since the country’s independence, to the virtual exclusion of any third party. Education Roughly nine-tenths of women and four-fifths of men are literate. Primary education is free and, in some areas, compulsory between the ages of 6 and 11. A substantial part of the country’s annual budget supports the Ministry of Education. Many schools, especially high schools, were originally established and are still governed by religious bodies, although they are now largely financed by the government. The arts and cultural institutions The poets Claude McKay and Louis Simpson were born in Jamaica, and the Nobel Prize-winning author Derek Walcott attended the University of the West Indies in Mona. Jamaican musicians developed the ska style, based in part on a Jamaican dance music called mento. Reggae, in turn, arose from ska, and from the 1970s such renowned performers as Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Lee Perry made it one of the island’s most-celebrated international exports. Dancehall music—which focuses on a rapping, or “toasting,” deejay—also became popular in the late 20th century.
20 Sports and Recreation The island has a distinguished Olympic record in track and field, beginning in 1948 with gold and two silver medals in London. In Atlanta in 1996 the hurdler Deon Hemmings won Jamaica’s first gold medal in a women’s event. At the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, sprinter Usain Bolt set new records and took the gold medal in the 100-metre and 200-metre sprints. He repeated those feats at the London 2012 Games and the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Games, becoming the first person to win both events in two, and then three, consecutive Olympics. The independent country On August 6, 1962, Jamaica became independent with full dominion status within the Commonwealth, under a constitution that retained the British monarch as head of state. Bustamante assumed the title of prime minister. The following year Jamaica joined the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Bustamante was succeeded in February 1967 by Donald Sangster, who died within about a month of leading the JLP to victory in the elections. From 1962 to 1972 there were important developments in infrastructure and in technical, vocational, and teacher education. Cultural policy promoted Jamaica’s cultural heritage. In 1964 Marcus Garvey was officially declared a national hero, followed by George William Gordon and Paul Bogle in 1965. National honors replaced British honors in 1969. https://www.britannica.com/place/Jamaica/The-independent-country PME Reminders Thanks to everyone who answered the call to serve. To God Be the Glory for all that He has done, is doing, and will do to advance the Kingdom of God.