Amelia Posted March 3, 2009 Posted March 3, 2009 From Adventist Pastor to Chief of State Patrick Allen, Jamaican of humble origins, now is Governor-General BY MARK A. KELLNER, news editor Adventist Review, reporting from Kingston, Jamaica Change came softly on a Caribbean breeze February 26 as the nation of Jamaica installed a Seventh-day Adventist pastor as its Governor-General, or head of state, in a solemn ceremony attended by thousands and broadcast nationally. Patrick Linton Allen, until recently president of the West Indies Union became the sixth Governor-General as a band from the Jamaica Defense Forces played the national song and a choir from Adventist-owned Northern Caribbean University sang. Allen was named to the position on January 13, under recommendation of Jamaican Prime Minister Bruce Golding and the approval of Queen Elizabeth II, whom Allen will represent on the island. He replaces Sir Kenneth Hall, a professor and educational administrator, who is retiring for health reasons. http://www.adventistreview.org/article.php?id=2428 Quote <p><span style="color:#0000FF;"><span style="font-weight:bold;"><span style="font-style:italic;">"Do not use harmful words, but only helpful words, the kind that build up and provide what is needed, so that what you say will do good to those who hear you."</span></span> Eph 4:29</span><br><br><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/gizmotimetemp_both/US/OR/Fairview.gif" alt="Fairview.gif"> Fairview Or</p>
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