Rev. Dr. Hope McCormack to be laid to rest, October 16, 2010

Rev. Dr. Hope McCormack to be laid to rest, October 16, 2010



By Michael Schurton and Trevesa DaSilva-Ashman


October 5, 2010

Rev. Dr. Hope Juliet McCormack J.P., former Executive Director and Treasurer of Word Time Ministries of Jamaica will be laid to rest on Saturday, October 16, 2010.

The Thanksgiving Service celebrating the for the life of the late Dr. Hope “Sister Mack” will be held on Saturday, October 16, 2010 commencing at 10:00 am at the Pentecostal Gospel Temple, 111 Windward Road, Kingston, 2, Jamaica. Interment follows at Dovecot Memorial Park.

Rev. Dr. Hope Juliet McCormack died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, September 25, 2010 in St. Andrew, Jamaica after a period of illness. Dr. Hope would have celebrated her 66 birthday on Tuesday, October 5, 2010.

Hundreds of persons from all walks of life, including persons from the Jamaican Diaspora will be in attendance.

Heading the list of persons attending the Thanksgiving service is Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Gospel Temple Family of Churches, and former Custos of St. Andrew Bishop Dr. the Honourable Carmen Lois Stewart O.J., O.D., J.P. Bishop Stewart was pastor to the late Dr. Hope since November 1963. Bishop Stewart has also been a close friend of Dr. Hope since childhood. Bishop Carmen Stewart is also Patron of Word Time Ministries of Jamaica of which the late Dr. Hope was stalwart and Board member.

Other persons attending include: Senior Pastor of the Pentecostal Gospel Temple, Rev. Robert Stewart J.P, Elder Fredrick Thompson, Dr. Paul Brown, Pastor Albert Bailey, Rev. Yvonne G. Dixon, Bishop Harold Dixon and Rev. Paul D. Gallimore.

Several organizations which the late Dr. Hope McCormack served will also be represented. These include: Word Time Ministries of Jamaica, Jamaica Pentecostal Union Apostolic (JPUA) National Religious Media Corporation (NRMC) - LOVE FM, and Optimist International.

Rev. Dr. Hope Juliet McCormack J.P has been a member of Word Time Ministries of Jamaica since October 15, 2004. Dr. Hope McCormack was the ministry’s first Executive Director and was appointed to that position on January 31, 2009. Dr. Hope previously served as special advisor to the Chairman and Treasurer.

From November 1963 Dr. Hope McCormack became a foundation member of the Pentecostal Gospel Temple 111, Windward Road, Kingston 2, having given her life to the Lord at the tender age of nine. She has remained dedicated to the work of the Lord and has laboured assiduously in several areas of service to the Lord and mankind, not only in her own church and has remained faithful by God’s help. Rev. Dr. Hope Juliet McCormack J.P. was an exceptional God-fearing, God-conscious and God-propelled individual. Born on the 5th of October 1944 she realized that her goal in life was to be of service to others in what ever way she could.

The Word Time family is being asked to remember Chaplain, Rev. Ascott Keith McCormack, partners for forty-three years, two children Lisa-Gaye Anderson and Dionne-Sheree Alicia Smith and grand children Alex Anderson, Dominick and Deidre-Kay Smith and the rest of the family as well as the members of the Pentecostal Gospel Temple family in your prayers during this hour of need.