GOD HAS CALLED YOU TO SERVE - LAY CHAIRMAN TO NEW OFFICERS

Story: Emmanuel Ashong, Kokomlemle

The Lay Chairman of the Accra Diocese of The Methodist Church Ghana, Bro Joseph Eduam has told newly inducted officers of the Diocesan Lay Movement Council that they have been called to serve.

“God has called you to serve. Don’t ever tell yourself that you have been called to the position of executive member because of your knowledge. It is by grace, not your own abilities”, Bro Eduam stressed.

Bro Eduam was speaking at an Induction Service for the new Diocesan Officers held at the Bethel Methodist Chapel, Kokomlemle on November 20, 2022. The Service also served as a Thanksgiving Service following his induction as Lay Chairman of the Accra Diocese on October 30, 2022 at the St Paul Cathedral, Tema.

Delivering a sermon on the theme, “A Life Marked by Humility and Level-headedness”, Bro Eduam charged the newly inducted officers to eschew pride noting, “If you decide to harden your heart and become proud, God will take the position from you”.

According to him, “As Christians, we have a mark that distinguishes us from other people” adding, “There is an enemy called pride that comes after we gain a high position”. He therefore advised Christians to learn from Jesus’ example of humility, pray and study the Word of God to guide against pride.

The newly inducted officers are Sis Henrietta Angmor, Vice Chairman; Bro Emmanuel Effah-Dennis, Secretary; Bro Samuel Nii Kpakpa Quartey Jnr, Assistant Secretary and Bro Gabriel Edzakerh, Treasurer. The rest are Bro Isaac Mensah, Organiser; Sis Monica Owusu, Assistant Organiser, Sis Deborah Naa Lamley Cobblah, Executive Member; and Bro Cephas Essiful-Ansah Esq., Executive Member.

They will be expected to support the Lay Chairman in mobilising lay members to assist in the implementation of the Church’s decisions at the Diocesan level and to coordinate the work of the various organisations within the Church.

Immediate past officers of the Diocesan Lay Movement Council were recognised for their services to the Church.

The Service was officiated by the Methodist Bishop of Accra, the Rt Rev Emmanuel Borlabi Bortey, assisted by the Very Rev Mrs Doris Saah, the Synod Secretary of the Accra Diocese. Also present were past and serving Ministers and lay officers of the Church at the Connexional, Diocesan, Circuit and Society levels.