I’M INDEED GRATEFUL TO GOD – SIS AGATHA ENNIN OSEI AS SHE BOWS OUT AS LAY CHAIRMAN
Posted on Wednesday September 28, 2022Story: Emmanuel Ashong, Kaneshie
The
out-going Lay Chairman of the Accra Diocese, Sis Agatha Nana Ama Ennin Osei has
expressed profound gratitude to God and the Church as she brings her three-year
tenure of office to an end.
Joined
by her family and other well-wishers at a Thanksgiving Service organised in her
honour at the Rev Joseph Thomas Clegg Memorial Methodist Chapel, Kaneshie, on
September 25, 2022, Madam Ennin Osei was thankful to past and present hierarchy
of the Church at the Connexional, Diocesan, Circuit and Society levels for
their diverse contributions to her work throughout her tenure of office.
“I’m
indeed grateful to God and I said this three years ago. In His own time, He
made this happen”, Madam Ennin Osei remarked, adding, “In His own time, the
Synod nominated me and to the glory of God Conference confirmed a three-year
mandate for me to serve the people of God as the Lay Chairman of this Diocese”.
While
thanking the various Diocesan Organisations and Circuit Lay Movement Councils
for supporting her work and that of the Lay in general over the period, Madam
Ennin Osei encouraged them to extend similar support to her successor, Bro
Joseph Eduam who takes office from October 01, 2022.
Madam
Ennin Osei was elected at the 58th Annual Synod of the Accra Diocese held at
the Wesley Cathedral, Accra in May 2019 and took office as the 7th Lay Chairman
of the Diocese in October 2019.
Her
period of office saw her contribute immensely towards the growth of the Diocese
including successfully overseeing the hosting of the 2020 Methodist Conference
in Accra, organisation of Synods amidst the Covid-19 pandemic, shepherding the
Diocesan Organisations to victory in various competitions among others.
Presenting
a citation to the out-going Lay Chairman on behalf of the Accra Diocese, the
Methodist Bishop of Accra, the Rt Rev Emmanuel Borlabi Bortey expressed the
Diocese’s appreciation in “acknowledgement of your contribution to the work in
the Diocese”.
The
Administrative Bishop of The Methodist Church Ghana, the Rt Rev Michael Agyakwa
Bossman led a prayer session for Madam Ennin Osei and her family.