From July 30 to August 6, 2023, the Adabraka Circuit Women’s Fellowship of the Methodist Church, Ghana marked its 70th anniversary with events like the anniversary launch, prayer time, a talk on women’s fellowship issues, a donation to the Junior Girls Correctional Home at Osu and a thanksgiving service.
The Fellowship donated food and other supplies, including 30 bags of sachet water, 6 bags of rice, 10 cartons of Yumvita cereal, 2 boxes of soy chunks, 1 big gallon of cooking oil, 4 packs of toilet paper, used clothing, 4 gallons of bine disinfectant, a box of bleach, boxes of biscuits, soft drinks, and bread rolls, worth about 8,000 Ghana cedis (GHS8000.00), and 1,000 Ghana cedis (GHS1, 000.00)
The fellowship provided a hot, delicious meal for the youngsters staying in the shelter. The Circuit Minister of the Adabraka Circuit Rev. Mary Naa Adaku Sablah gave a brief exhortation to the children at the shelter, encouraging them to obey their guardians and dedicate their lives to God. The Adabraka Boys Brigade band played uplifting music to encourage dancing and singing. The shelter’s keeper, Madam Makafui, thanked the fellowship and pleaded for further donations.
The Rev. Ernest Bruce Memorial Methodist Church in Adabraka hosted a thanksgiving service on August 6, 2023, to bring the celebrations to a close. The Bishop of Accra Diocese Right Rev. Emmanuel Borlabi Bortey and his wife Mrs. Abigail Bortey, the Superintendent Minister of the Adabraka Circuit Very Rev. Emmanuel Wellington, the Circuit Minister Rev. Mary Sablah, Rev. Daniel Ade, the supernumerary ministers Very Rev. Andrew Thompson and Very Rev Titus Glover, the Accra Diocesan executive of the fellowship, and representatives from sister circuits were all present at the thanksgiving service.
The Adabraka Circuit Chairperson, Sis. Hannah Nettey, extended a warm greeting to everyone in attendance and invited them to join the Women’s Fellowship of the Adabraka Circuit as they offered a sacrifice of thanksgiving to God in appreciation of seventy (70) years of God’s grace and mercy. In his lecture on the subject of “Give them something to eat,” the Bishop, Right Reverend Emmanuel Borlabi Bortey, exhorted the congregation to continue serving God through the Women’s Fellowship. He reassured everyone that despite the difficult economic circumstances, God will provide for our everyday needs. He further stated that the same God who nourishes the avian creatures will also feed His own people.
The Diocesan Bishop and ministers present joined the Women’s Fellowship executive to cut the anniversary cake. The members thanked God with MHB 10. . . Now thank we all our God.