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Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen says the Christian education he received up to the tertiary level, has made an indelible impact on his life and helped to shape his morals and value-system.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sir Patrick Allen, who was the keynote speaker at a fund-raising gala at the University of the Southern Caribbean (USC) in Trinidad and Tobago on November 27, also praised his parents and others for the values and lessons which they taught him, as well as for the positive examples that were part of his lived experience. \u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0\u201cI am who I am because of Christian education. \u00a0The values and lessons taught by my parents who were my first Christian educators, and later at Andrews University, have indelibly impacted my life,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
The Governor-General asserted that in the Christian classroom, students learn to search for truths which are necessary for living balanced Christian lives. \u201cYoung people have to be undergirded by strong words, and faith-based institutions are suited for that,\u201d he noted. \u00a0He said the USC must prepare students to compete on a global scale and come to terms with the explosion of knowledge and the new world of high tech culture. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Sir Patrick Allen applauded the USC faculty for their work in developing students and modeling the principles of faith, authenticity, sincerity as well as academic, spiritual and personal development. \u00a0\u201cYou have successfully integrated a Christian understanding of life into every academic discipline, and indeed into every heart, while still allowing for independent thought,\u201d he said. \u00a0\u201cThankfully we still have religious freedom in the Caribbean and this is a right we must vigorously protect,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
The Governor-General and Lady Allen were special guests of USC President, Dr Clinton Valley, and Mrs. Martha Valley. \u00a0The Gala event was held in aid of the University\u2019s Auditorium Rebuilding Fund. \u00a0The building which was gutted by fire in 2006, is to be replaced by a multipurpose facility to serve the University community. \u00a0<\/p>\n
Sir Patrick Allen urged support for the USC\u2019s rebuilding project in order to allow the institution to \u201crise like the phoenix and rebuild bigger and better.\u201d<\/p>\n
While in Trinidad and Tobago, The Governor-General and Lady Allen paid a courtesy call on President Carmona and Mrs. Reema Carmona. \u00a0The Governor General shared his \u201cI Believe\u201d Initiative with President Carmona and addressed a group of students who were in attendance at the courtesy call. \u00a0 \u00a0<\/p>\n
Other activities during the visit included a brief address by The Governor-General at the USC\u2019s General Assembly, as well as the Divine Hour Service of the University\u2019s Sabbath Education Convention. \u00a0Their Excellencies were also guests at a Jamaican Breakfast hosted by USC President, Dr. Clinton Valley, and Mrs. Valley, which afforded them an opportunity to meet and greet members of the Jamaican community and other invited guests. \u00a0The Jamaican High Commissioner also hosted Their Excellences at lunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Their Excellencies the Governor General Sir Patrick Allen (left) and Lady Allen (2nd right), His Excellency David Prendergast, High Commission for Jamaica to Trinidad and Tobago(right) and Mrs. Prendergast (2nd left) at the University of Southern Caribbean’s (USC) Gala Fundraising Event on November 28, 2015. Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen says the Christian education he received…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":2986,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-social","category-75","description-off"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8825,"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2987\/revisions\/8825"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kingshouse.gov.jm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}