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Ann Gill Memorial Methodist church

Thanks to the children of the Ann Gill Memorial Methodist church in Barbados that beautifully wrapped and packed these boxes for the Methodist children in Haiti.

Seen here at their Harvest Festival bearing their Make Jesus Smile shoebox gifts as they brought them to the alter to 'Sow a seed of Love' for Haiti.

The Ann Gill Memorial Church is named for the national heroine of Barbados, Sarah Ann Gill. A free woman of color, she was born in 1795 and joined the Methodist Church in 1820.

Ann Gill Memorial Methodist church in Barbados

Seen here Stacey who travelled to Haiti to assist with the clearing of the container and to lead us in worship every morning. Thank you Stacey

Seen here Greta St Hill who travelled to Haiti with the team and assisted us with the distribution of the gifts to the Methodist church in Petit Gouve and the Methodist school in De Carrinage

The church was considered very controversial as it advocated for the end to slavery, and in 1823, rioters burned down the Methodist chapel. Sarah Ann Gill, then a young widow, was one of the leaders of the church who opened her homes to allow members of the church to meet and worship.

For this action, she was regularly threatened and persecuted. The original Ann Gill Memorial Church was built in 1893 in Eagle Hall in St. Michael. It was replaced by a newer church in the 1980s in Black Rock, also in St. Michael. -Marsilyn Browne

Thank you Annie for making this a day these children will never forget for the rest of their lives.

May we now through the child sponsorship programme give them a life changing experience.

Seen here receiving the gift from Ann Gill Memorial Methodist church in Barbados.

Click to see Annie the clown pictures!

Thank you Annie for making this a day these children will never forget for the rest of their lives.

Thanks to the children of the Ann Gill Memorial Methodist church in Barbados that beautifully wrapped and packed these boxes for the Methodist children in Haiti.