Biography of reverend madge saunders
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Madge Saunders
Marjorie Prentice "Madge" Saunders (25 February – 2 March ) was a Jamaican Christian minister and community worker. She was the first woman in the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands to serve as a parish minister.
Saunders grew up in Galina, Saint Mary Parish, the sixth of seven children born to Ida (née Myers) and Walter E. Saunders. Her mother died when she was young, while her father worked as a wharfinger. Saunders attended Free Hill School in Port Maria, and began working as pupil-teacher in Galina at the age of She went on to study teaching at Bethlehem Moravian College, and then worked as a primary school teacher.[1] Saunders was a member of the Presbyterian Church of Jamaica, and eventually decided to pursue the ministry. From to she studied at St Colm's College in Edinburgh, Scotland, and on her return to Jamaica was made a deaconess and employed as the church's first full-time youth organiser. In that capacity she travelled a
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Saunders
The Reverend Madge Saunders, pioneer, motivational force, missionär and a true servant of God, passed away peacefully on March 2.
A service of thanksgiving for her life will be held at the Hope United Church today.
Saunders passed away just four days after she was recognised for her contribution to the founding of the Meadowbrook United Church during a special United Church Surrey Council Ash onsdag på engelska service held at Meadowbrook.
She was 96 years old.
Reverend Dr Collin Cowan, general secretary of the United Church in Jamaica and the Cayman Islands (UCJCI), commenting on Saunders' passing, said: "The Reverend Madge is regarded by the UCJCI as an icon of unselfish service, unqualified commitment and unstinting devotion."
The history of the the UCJCI speaks highly of the contributions of the Reverend Marjorie Prentice Saunders. Her unswerving commitment to God, marked by justice, excellence and integrity in service to her community, won her a place among the outstan
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Madge Saunders
Janet Lees is a minister of the United Reformed Church. She served at St James Sheffield from , where she first heard about the ministry of Madge Saunders. Janet led the group that visited her in Jamaica in and wrote about her life in in the book &#;Daughters of Dissent&#;.
To be the first woman doing anything is often dangerous enough. Marjorie Prentice Saunders (), forgotten woman, Jamaican pioneer, had many firsts, and to my mind this makes her dangerous enough for inclusion in the Dangerous Women Project.
‘You will find the vast majority of people in this country are friendly and willing to assist you’ are amongst the opening lines of the booklet ‘Living in Britain’, published by the British Council of Churches to help those arriving in Britain in the s and 70s to find themselves at home. The manuscript was by Marjorie Saunders, or Madge as she was known. In the language of its day the booklet tells you about employment, housing, healt