PHILIPSBURG:--- In observance of their 52nd Anniversary of service to this community, members of the Sint Maarten Lions Club attended a Thanksgiving Mass last Sunday at the SS. Simon & Jude Anglican Church, Back Street. They were joined by members of the Sint Maarten Alpha Leo Club and Sint Maarten Omega South Leo Club.
At the beginning of the Service, Lions Club President Lion John Schaminee was invited by the Venerable Archdeacon Terrence Rawlins, Parish Priest of the Anglican Church St. Maarten/St. Martin, to light the pink candle on the Advent wreath.
Archdeacon Rawlins explained: “The pink candle we light this third Sunday of the Advent Season is the Candle of Joy. It reminds all Christians of the joy that Mary felt when she was told by the angel of the birth of the Christ Child. God wants us all to have joy. This candle is also a reminder that Christ brings the promise of new life. He is the Bringer of true and everlasting joy.”
In his welcome greetings to the members at the end of the Mass, Archdeacon Rawlins reassured the Service Organizations of the Church’s prayerful support in their future endeavors.
Lion President John Schaminee thanked the congregation for allowing the Clubs to share in the fellowship and reaffirmed “our commitment to continue to serve the community as well as we can.”
