The Young People’s Guild of the Ashaley Botwe District have successfully held a Handover Ceremony to begin a new administration for the District Guild.

The Francis Frempong-led administration handed over the mantle to the Naa Adoley-led administration in a ceremony that was held at the Ebenezer Congregation on Sunday, 2nd February, 2020.

In the Handing Over note, Bro. Francis Frempong chronicled the journey of the four-year-old District which was was carved mainly out of Madina, La and Teshie in 2015.

He employed repetitions beautifully in his speech and remarked in his conclusion, “Let it be said….” before enumerating some positives in his administration and some expectations for the new team.

He also touched on the good works of his team in terms of general administration, finance, evangelism and social works in the Ashale Botwe community.

The new District President, Sis Sandra Naa Adoley Addo delivered her acceptance speech and promised the commitment of her colleagues to the good work in the District.

“My fellow guilders, the task ahead is enormous, and a lot is expected from us. [This] calls for hard work, diligence, faithfulness, team work, from all of us,” she said.

She continued: Henry Kaiser [once] said, “I make progress by having people around me who are smarter than I am and I listen to them. And I assume that everyone is smarter about something.” We are therefore calling on all of you: members, all past and present executives , ministers, leaders and all individuals to rally round this goal. Let’s support one another in whatever way we can. Our monies, talents, gifts, prayers, commitment, love, and our little smile will help us all accomplish what God intends to do with these newly elected executives,” the new District President remarked in her speech.

Citations were presented to the outgoing Council Members.

The District CLAN Convener, Rev. Michael Sowah-Nortey, the Chairperson of the Credentials Committee, assured the new executive to be diligent with the work of God and He will bless them.

The Superintendent asked the new executive to reflect on their call into leadership at such a time in the Guild’s life and called on them to work hard to build the Guild instead of priding themselves in the positions they have been elected or appointed to serve in.

“Leadership is not about positions… It is about working!!!” the Superintendent said.

BRIEF HISTORY
The District started with the following interim executive committee members who served for one year between 2015 and 2016:

1.Francis F.Frempong District President
2.Sandra Adoley Addo …Secretary

3.Priscilla Adomaa…Assistant Secretary
4.Godlove Ofori-Atta…Branch Presidents’ Rep.
5.Kingsley Danso Addo…Protocol Officer
6.Daniel Odame…Evangelism Secretary.
7.Frimpong Ekye Dua…Financial Secretary
8.Janet Anum…Treasurer

Elections were then held and the following were given the nod to serve as substantive members of the District Executive Committee from 2016 to 2019

1.Francis F. Frempong…District President
2.Sandra Adoley Addo… Secretary
3.Mrs Priscilla Adomaa Owusu ….Assistant Secretary
4.Harvey Akese Bedai ….Protocol Officer
5.Sammy O.Fordjour…Treasurer
6.Elias Elvis Asiedu…Evangelism Secretary
7.Mrs Harriet Debrah…Financial Secretary
8.Godlove Ofori-Atta…Branch Presidents’ Rep.

The full list of the new Executive Committee Members is below:

Sis. Sandra Naa Adoley Addo…District President
Bro. Alber Quofi…Branch Presidents’ Rep.
Sis. Linda Otoo- Secretary
Sis. Gifty Atteh Akum…Assistant Secretary
Bro. Clemant Atta Debrah…Protocol Officer
Bro. Alfred Osafo…Financial Secretary
Sis. Abigail McCarthy…Treasurer
Bro. Christopher Sedzro…Evangelism Secretary.

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Today on #FaithFriday, we share with you one of the most amazing poems ever written from our sister and poet, Abigail Okyere🔥😍💪😊

Be inspired!!!!!

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FEAR NO FALL (poem with supporting commentary by the Ear Drummer)

Fear no fall
You who have fallen
For an outstretched hand lay in wait-
For you to hold on to it,
That you may be gently drawn out of the shadowless stark dark dungeon.

Fear no fall
You who have fallen
For fear is for the weak-
And to have gotten to this state is not to show you are just meek,
But that your strength is as of a double that of a hungry lion-
A lion so fierce and dangerous.

Fear no fall
You who have fallen
For in thy fall fulfilleth the foretold words-
“For if I fall several times, I will rise again”
Falling is a way of strengthening your feet,
So though you fall, tomorrow you will stand tall.

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Commentary (Part 1)

I have always been afraid-
Afraid of falling;
Backsliding from my faith-
That I may no longer look sanctimonious
Or have regard for the things I least thought I would trivialize in my Christianity.
I have once been afraid-
Afraid of losing my dear ones;
My family and those who cater for me-
“What will I do if I hear my mom passed away?”
“How will I cope with the little ones left in my care?”
A couple of times I have been afraid-
Afraid of not making it in life;
Afraid of being ridiculed by my friends
Because I did not end up with a rich guy, live in a fine house in one of the richest neighbourhoods, with the finest of cars and having to change to the latest brand of iphones like the ticking of the second hand clock.
So I kept being afraid-
Of what people will think!
They’ll point fingers at me and say, “look, she struggled through life, hustling and bustling, working out her fingers and yet has nothing to show off”. Exactly the things that worry the youth of today-
So fear crippled every fibre of my being, paralysed every muscle of my ability and tore down the veins of hope that pumped faith into my heart and kept me at peace.
I feared to fall,
But even though I thought I was standing, everything in me had fallen.
My knees had wobbled and given way to my fragile and sickly body, which had been robbed off life- The life God had given me!
Job said, “what I fear most has come upon me”-
It is like running and running, only to realize you are running into the arms of the one you are running from.
Fear!
Simple as it sounds, but strong enough to bring mighty men down!
If only we could understand that Christ fell several miles down just to bring us up with him-
Then we would know that the power of fear in our lives is a lost battle.
Why do you fear when the triune God of power, love and self-control has given you the Father, Son and the Holy Spirit?!
Fear no fall,
Fear no mishap,
Because Christ already fell for you.
On the cross, he was deemed a failure, probably ridiculed by His mates.
They pointed fingers at him and said, ”Look he struggled to be king, and yet he has nothing to show for it but a disfigured body”
And that is why I beat chest boldly and shake myself out of every fearful stupor. Be anxious for nothing, child of God. Fear will only cause you to die, even though Christ has made you alive.

NB: The writer is a member of the Adentan District YPG in the Ga Presbytery, a poet and a playwright.

Please follow her on Instagram on @theeardrummer or on Facebook: @Abby Okyere.

God bless you child of God as you live 2020 with the full assurance and confidence that you’ve got Jesus in your boat.

THE END

THIS WAS A SPONTANEOUS WHATSAPP CHAT BETWEEN A MEMBER (SIS. ABIGAIL OKYERE) OF THE ADHOC EDITORIAL TEAM AND OUR SUPERINTENDENT ON HIS BIRTHDAY AND WE THOUGHT YOU MAY WANT TO EAVESDROP ON IT, ANAA?😂

[Interviewer’s Note: So I had the privilege of interviewing my boss on his birthday! Yeah!!! Someone needed to put him on the spot too! And I was glad to learn a few things about him.
So in short this is an upclose interview with the Ga Presbytery YPG Superintendent. I would like to call this What you did not know about Stanley Toddisson (the Stan Lee of Ga Presbytery YPG]

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Me: Happy birthday Sir
Also on this day, I want interview you small on this with your permission.

So the question I have always been meaning to ask (let me start with the bombshell)
Please are you single, attached, removed, plastered…

Stanley: Sends picture of himself and a lady [Picture has been attached]

Me: (clears my throat. Erhm okay I didn’t expect it boom like that buh let me just continue)

Another Editorial Member: Please I don’t understand.

Me: First someone told me it’s some fair Lady bi🚶🏿‍♀🚶🏿‍♀🚶🏿‍♀🚶🏿‍♀

Stanley: 🏃🏃🏃

Me: I wanted confirmation. So they were lying to me

Stanley: Yeah…
My two exes are not that fair too so….🤷🏾‍♂

Me: Do you do the YPG work full time or something because the way as3 u get tym for this onyame adwuma no edey bost my brain

Stanley: It’s my service to God onua

Me: Have you ever been angry before?!. As3 all I see be smiles. Elaborate on one instance u ever got bored.

Stanley: I bore plenty times oooo
Ermmm, once, I was running to board a trotro and the mate shouted rudely at me, “Hurry up, hurry up!!!” The way I blasted him erh🙈

The whole team: (laughing)

Me: Ei😂😂😂😂
Anyways….What is the one thing you are most proud of in your forty something years on earth😂

Stanley: Taking a decision to serve God
This is actually not a cliché… At a point, I told myself it was time to serve God in His church and since then (2008/2009), the work has been coming and I’m enjoying it

Me: Nice. What does a normal day look like for you

Stanley: So I wake up at 4 for my Quiet Time and morning readings… Work is officially from 8am to 4pm but I leave the office almost always after 9 cos I spend the alone moment after work to catch up with time spent on other non-office stuff predominantly, YPG stuff. I’m not a big fan of routines so…..

Me: Oh ok

Stanley: But I can say that social media takes an integral part of my life. I do almost everything on Social Media. I’ve built families on here and like to connect with them

Me: I see.
So what does it take to build a solid relationship with God?

Stanley: It takes grace ALONE!
Sola Gracias
Paul says, as we have received Him, we should also walk in Him
How did we receive Him?
By grace through faith!
So I believe grace ALONE can teach a man how to build a relationship with God.
I struggled in my early days to force a relationship with God but it didn’t work.
Until I told God to help me.
The building process is now about God helping me to live His life.
I don’t know but I’m now at a place where fellowship with God flows from within…
I know and experience God and His power without all the things I struggled to do in the past

Me: Definitely saw u in Mirror [the Christian Fellowship of the University of Ghana Business School] back in UGBS but I didn’t really see you as really involved in NUPS-G. Why was that? Any reasons

Stanley: I was in the Deliverance Team [back in NUPS-G] but as you rightly said, I was not very active.
In the year I entered UG, I was elected Branch Secretary of the YPG.
So every weekend and Monday I had to go home for one assignment or the other.
I was the District JY President, the anchor of my Congregation’s Prayer Tower, an integral Mission & Evangelism member…..
All these were tasks waiting for me back at home and I knew I was needed at home more than on campus. Later I was elected Branch President and the tasks doubled so NUPS-G became… errrmmm…..nvm. All my deliverance team leaders, Osofo Leonard, Osofo Lydia, etc…saw me as a Jonah running away from God’s call to Nineveh😂

Me: What are your plans and expectations in this new year of your life

Stanley: I want to grow in grace.
I want to enter into full time ministry
I want to build capacity for Christian Youth Development
I want to amass wealth by all godly means to push the kingdom of God
I want to mentor as many people into leadership in the Guild.

Me: Finally finally
On a scale of 1 to 10, how tough were my questions😂😜

Stanley: That’s a full score from me

Me: That will be all the questions for this birth day. We thank God for your life✊🏽

And once again Happy Birthday
I really learnt a lot from this, and so did the entire team

Goodnight fellas on this note it’s a wrap.
I guess next year will have it’s own set of “What You didn’t know about YPGs Stan Lee.”

Thank you😊

[Writers note: In this exhortation, please read Cristian(o) as Christian.]

Unlike Jesus and His Father who are one, I and my father are not one. Aside the facts that my old boy laboured during night duties and waisted his time (pun intended) to produce me, and that we share the same name, we are always on the opposite ends of any pole.

He supports Accra Great Olympics, I support Accra Hearts of Oak;

He is a Newcastle fan, I’m a Barça fan; and

He likes Cristiano [Ronaldo], I adore [Lionel] Messi.

We’ve had heated arguments about these rivalries but in recent times our arguments have mainly been on Messi-Ronaldo mainly because both Newcastle and Olympics have been beans in recent years leaving us with these phenomenal players and their GOAT statuses.

According to my father, if I had seen Mohammed Polo play, I would never say Messi is the GOAT and that Polo is the dribbling magician, more skillful than Messi, bla bla bla….

Well, just to satisfy my conscience, I recently watched some clips of Mohammed Polo on YouTube and I must confess that Polo is good, and so are these players: Tawric Jibril, Quincy Owusu Abeyie, and Eric Bekoe. End of argument!

He prefers C. Roo because to him, Cristian(o) has worked so hard to get where he is and that Messi is just shining on the benevolence of a merciful God.

I’ve always explained to him that it is not of our hard work that we have been chosen and that Messi makes playing this game of life effortless.

But more frankly, I think the conclusion should be that Cristian(o) must admit that he is where he is today because of Messi.

“As a Cristian(o) [fan], you must thank God for Messi every blessed day because without Messi, [a] Cristian(o) cannot survive this new life. It is because of Messi that [a] Cristian(o) is not consumed by his complacency or self righteousness,” I once told my old.

“You are right, my son,” he admitted rather surprisingly. “I can’t imagine a football era where there’s a Cristian(o) without Messi to ensure he’s always on track?” my father added.

In actual fact, we all need Messi to understand this Cristian(o) life better; that it is only Messi who makes a significant difference, together with his friend, Grace.

Without Messi, there’ll be no Cristian(o)!!!

Unfortunately for many people, they’ve tried so hard to downplay the significance of Messi in this game of life merely because Messi hasn’t moved to another club. But that’s exactly how Messi works; [God’s] Messi changeth not! I repeat, [God’s] Messi changeth not!

Once Messi changes, Cristian(o) is out of the race for the GOAT determination.

Fortunately for me, I’m enjoying the unchangeable Messi of God kind courtesy my acceptance of the proposal of my bae, Grace.

Can you confidently say same?

If you answered “no” to the above question, then this is your opportunity to accept Grace and walk unendingly with Mercy. This grace is found in no one else but Jesus.

Accept Jesus Now!!!

©Stanley Toddison (Writeous Wordsmith)
24th January, 2020

On Saturday, June 17, 1972 at a Presbytery Emergency Meeting held at the Osu Presbyterian Secondary School, the Ga Presbytery Guild was created out of the Ga-Adangbe Presbytery.

This was as a result of a Synod decision to split the Ga- Adangbe Presbytery into two for the purpose of administrative convenience to the church.

The two newly appointed Presbytery Youth Workers, Rev. E. O. Tettey (Ga) and Rev. E. V. Mate (Dangbe Tongu) were in charge of that meeting to oversee a successful split and creation.

Thus, the Ga Presbytery Guild was birthed.

The Ga Adangbe Presbytery, hitherto one of the largest Presbyteries, covered the coastal belt between Accra and Ada (72 miles) and stretched to Akuse (54 miles); compromising 35 active branch guilds – 25 in Ga, and 10 in the Dangbe, with nearly 2,000 members.

The branches that made up the Ga Presbytery also were: Accra, Adabraka, Apenkwa, Accra New Town, Chorkor, Lartebiokoshie, Kaneshie, Mamprobi, Abeka, Alajo, Adabraka Official Town, Odorkor, Weija, Osu, South Labadi Estate, La, Teshie, Nungua, Madina, Kpone, La Bawaleshie, Tema II, Tema North and Tema Manhean.

Bro. Bro. Slyvanus Lamptey became the first Superintendent of the Guild.

Within a year of the creation of the Presbytery, two dormant branches at Abokobi and Bawaleshie were actively revived; and as many as 15 off-springs were found and out-doored in succession over the years.

By 1982, the Ga Presbytery could boast of 41 branch Guilds, the highest in all the 10 Presbyteries forming the National Guild of the Presbyterian Young People’s Guild.

The branch Guilds were grouped into three districts namely Accra West, Accra East and Tema Districts under the canopy of the Presbytery Executive Committee.

It is worth mentioning that some branch Guilds built places of convenience, Church Halls, presented acoustics, pulpits, altar chairs, including tidy sums of money to their Churches, while others actively engaged in clean-up campaigns, communal labour, farming and rural development programmes.

Another decision of the General Assembly to create a Ga West Presbytery meant the Presbytery Guild was bound to have a change in structure both in number and geography.

In 2016, a new Presbytery, the Ga West Presbytery with its Presbytery Head as Kaneshie was curved out of the Ga Presbytery. This therefore further reduced the number of Districts in the Presbytery from 32 to 25.

Prior to the split, the Ga Presbytery YPG had Thirty Two (32) Districts and One (1) Mission Field spanning across the length and breadth of Accra and Tema and can boast of can now boast of 293 Branch Guilds and 18,368 Guild members.

The list is as follows: Abeka, Abokobi, Accra Central, Accra New Town, Adabraka, Adabraka Official Town, Adentan, Apenkwa, Ashaiman, Dansoman, Dzorwulu, Fafraha, Gbawe, Ga West Mission Field, Haatso, Kaajaano, Kaneshie, Kwashieman, La, Larterbiokoshie, Madina, New Achimota, Nima, North Kaneshie, Nungua, Osu, Oyibi, Sakumono, Tema 1, Tema 2, Tema Manhean, Tema North and Teshie.
That is how far the Ga Presbytery Guild has come from three (3) Districts in its formation stage.

The split necessitated a bye-election for some Executives of the Presbytery Guild who were affected by the split, namely Secretary, Assistant Secretary and Organiser. In September 2016, a by-election was held at Osu Shalom and Norbert Schall, Paa Kwasi Ansong and Philip Aye-Darko were elected into office as Secretary, Assistant Secretary and Organiser respectively.

Presbytery Executive Committee (2016 – 2018) (After Split)
Martin Nii Laryea – Superintendent
Norbert Schall – Secretary
Paa Kwasi Ansong – Assistant Secretary
Philip Aye-Darko – Organiser
Victoria Ashitey – Treasurer
Alexander Awuku – Financial Secretary
Felix Akrong/Rene Boateng – DP’s Representative
Rev. Emmanuel Adjetey Quaye – Youth & Campus Ministry Coordinator

The 25 Districts that remained after the split are as follows: Accra Newtown, Accra Central, Adabraka, Abokobi, Adentan, Ashalebotwe, Ashiaman, Dzorwulu, Ga Mission Field, Fafraha, Haatso, Kaajanor, La, Madina, Nima, Nungua, Osu, Oyibi, Sakumono, Taifa, Teshie, Tema 1, Tema 2, Tema Manhean, Tema North.

#KnowYourHistory

#ServiceAllTheWay

Our first #TerrificGuilder for 2020

MEET NANICE MARFO, THE JILL OF ALL TRADES AND THE MASTER OF ONE!

The Ga Presbytery YPG Editorial Team was privileged to interview one of the names that will soon rise and possibly end up on Forbes list of influential business women; Nanice Marfo.

Nanice is a member of the Tema community 9 Presby (Redemption Congregation) and hails from Akim Oda in the Eastern Region. She is currently the CEO of Shoes Hub & the General Manager of Dash Delivery Service. But Nanice has had her fair share of ups and downs to get to where she is now.

“My life has mostly been faced with pleasant challenges. I say pleasant because, I always see myself better at the end of any trial I have gone through. I have never been less busy in life, there is always something on my plate I’m dealing with in terms of work. And that is what has shaped my life”, she said.

Whilst in University, Nanice did an internship with a bank, something she had always dreamed of, but during that period she discovered that wasn’t what she really wanted to do. So in second year, she started a business hoping that someway somehow she will work for herself after school. She began selling Christian Literature, switched to ladies shoes during her national service then to a popcorn business after National service. She branded her trade and sold popcorn in the hearts of the Madina station. After doing it for about three months however, she had to switch back to the shoes. She decided to put all the sales and business skills she had acquired over the period to make selling shoes better and more professional than it was.

Nanice ventured the unknown and kick-started her business with about 30 pairs which is 20pairs more of than what she had started with during national service. Gradually business picked up and she started delivering shoes with her backpack, with the support of a friend and of course by means of ‘trotro’. They defied all odds, showing unwavering persistence to make the business work. Well, it did work. And after a while their rented single room couldn’t house the shoes anymore.

For another two years, she rented an extra room to solely house the shoes, put together her earnings and rented a shop. Well the story goes on and on, but the shoe business has metamorphosed into ‘Shoes Hub’, whilst Nanice has added on other businesses including the Dash Delivery Services. She currently has over five employees and as she would put it, “the business has been moving from one point to the other by the grace of God”

Nanice faced many failures, many challenges and many disappointments in charting out her vision but with God’s grace, vision and determination, her business has now grown from a paltry 10pairs of shoes to more than 800pairs.

Dear Rainbow Guilder, we present to you our TERRIFIC GUILDER for the week and BUSINESS AVATAR, Miss Nanice Marfo!

Let’s show some love and support for our sister…

Please locate #ShoesHub in North Legon, Selassie Bus Stop on the Wisconsin University Road

Kindly find time to follow the business on the following handles:
Ig: shoes_hub_gh
Facebook: Shoes Hub

Note: Do you know any guilder doing something worth celebrating?

We are just an email away: gapypgsup@gmail.com

ServiceAllTheWay

1. Pray at least one (1) hour every day.
2. Join at least one service group (if you’re NOT already in one)
3. Win and disciple at least one soul.
4. Make a monthly or quarterly financial commitment to a worthy cause.
5. Invest 10% of your total monthly income.
6. Learn a completely new skill.
7. Read at least one (1) book a month.
8. Get a passport
9. Keep a journal of your social and financial activities.

The National Executive Committee of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana Young People’s Guild has released the materials for the 2020 National Bible Quiz.

Here is the full document:

This year’s Quiz, as planned by the working committee, shall be organized in five (5) zones. The winners of each zone shall contest in the National Guild Quiz during the 82nd Annual National delegates Conference to be hosted by the Ga West Presbytery.

Below are the PROVISIONAL selected areas for the 2020 National Guild Quiz.

PCG RELATED ISUES
PCG History
PCG Polity (Governing structure of the church…ref: PCG constitution Articles 18-23 )

YPG RELATED ISSUES
YPG History
YPG Constitution (Article 6 –10)
Exposition on the 2020 YPG Theme (Ref: Youth GuideVolume 21 Chapter 1 )
Case Study of Onesimus (Ref. Youth Guide Volume 21 Chapter 10 [Study 2], Pages 46-48)
Hymnal Studies – PH 468 (Ref: Youth guide Vol 21, Pages 22-25)

BIBLE TEXTS
Philippians and Galatians

OTHERS
PCG Vision 1.5

NOTE:
1. The areas under PCG were chosen to help Guilders remain abreast with the Church’s beginnings and its structure of Governance. This continues from that of last year where we focused on the general history of PCG.

2. The areas under YPG will enable Guilders to appreciate the content of the constitution and position them to learn more about the Guild and its code of conducts and also to appreciate the year’s theme.

3. The selected bible texts were deemed fit with reason being that, the books contain vital information and message which is seen to be key in grooming the youth towards becoming more like Christ in the quest to let Christ be formed in them. The books also support this year’s YPG and PCG themes.

4. The Vision 1.5 has been added to ensure that Guilders understand the agenda and work towards it.

MODALITIES FOR QUIZ
1. Questions be set on all areas given for the quiz
2.Delivering of quiz questions must be on all areas and done in different rounds. Each round for specific area
3.Contestants should be YPG members irrespective of whether they participated last year or not. He or she must be a registered guilder and fall within the age bracket spelled out by the constitution
4. A participant shall be disqualified once it is proved beyond doubt that the person does not meet the criteria above
5. Structure of the questions should be as follows: Bible Questions, PCG Related Issues and YPG Related Issues. It should constitute separate rounds. Three rounds in all. Each round shall consist of 4 rounds of questioning for each participant. All must participate in each round to the end for real winners to immerge.
6. The quiz masters will decide the mode of delivery of questions; say either by ballot, chronological asking of questions as set, etc.

NOTE THE FOLLOWING:
Presbyteries are expected to determine appropriate dates to organize their respective District and Presbytery quizzes to select suitable candidates who will represent them during the zonal competitions.
Two Presbyteries will progress from each Zone to contest in the grand Finale National Quiz.
Quiz questions for the zonal quizzes will be set by the Zonal quiz Master appointed by the Zonal Coordinators.
The National Grand Finale quiz will be held during the national YPG Delegates Conference at the GA West Presbytery in August.
The National grand Finale Quiz questions shall be set by the National Quiz Master appointed by the National Quiz Committee in consultation with NEC.

Committee Members
Rev. Charles Kwesi Yeboah
Bro. Andrews Mari Asiedu
Bro. Clement Sam-Dadzie

HERE ARE 10 RESOLUTIONS FOR 2020 FOR ALL YPG MEMBERS IN THE GA PRESBYTERY

Dear Rainbow Guilder,

In our efforts to help you achieve something worthwhile in 2020, we have compiled these goals to help keep all members of the Rainbow Presbytery to focused.

We believe that these will ultimately help us evaluate the success of our year as young Christians.

Here are the 10 Resolutions:

1. Read the entire Bible: Two chapters each from the Old Testament and New Testament  daily will help you achieve this.

2. Pray at least one (1) hour every day.

3. Join at least one service group (if you’re NOT already in one)

4. Win and disciple at least one soul.

5. Make a monthly, bimonthly or quarterly financial commitment to a worthy cause.

6. Invest 10% of your total monthly income.

7. Learn a completely new skill.

8. Read at least one (1) book a month.

9. Get a passport, driver’s license, a degree, masters or something beneficial to your personal development.

10. Keep a journal of your social and financial activities.

We will be keeping check on you throughout 2020 to ensure that these goals are achieved.

May God bless us all and empower us to do this to the glory of His name…

#ServiceAllTheWay

Dear Rainbow Guilder,
Whether 2019 was your best or not so good year, the curtains of this dramatic year will be drawn in three days. Yes, three days.

In three days, we will be bidding 2019 goodbye with one hand while welcoming 2020 with the other

We still believe three days is too significant to be trivialized. Remember that the whole universe was framed in seven days. Our God can do far more greater things within these three days. Hallelujah!!!

But while we pray and trust God for a #MiracleInThreeDays, here are some things you can do before the year comes to an end:

1. Reconcile: In accounting, the end of the month, quarter or year is used for what we call reconciliation where we adjust our cash book with our bank account. Usually, errors and other untreated transactions are identified and rectified. So as you bring your spiritual and personal development year to an end, I urge you to reconcile your dealings. If there are errors with the process or people involved, reconcile them before the new year begins.
2. Resolution: Resolution is the next thing to do. Resolution is making declarations, especially in writing, to ensure that whatever you identified during reconciliation is affirmed in your plan. You encourage yourself to continue the good things and find the strength to avoid the faults.
3. Read: Recently, the World Economic Forum released a list of 20 traits for excellence in 2020. I bet you’ve not read. To lead your own life in 2020 requires you to first read and gather knowledge. Find something transforming to read before you step into 2020. The Bible is always the first option. Also get some books on church growth, finance, entrepreneurship, relationship, politics, etc. Build your mental and intellectual capacity within these three days and you’ll be a step ahead of your compatriots.
4. Retreat: Within these three days, find a day for yourself. A day when you will shut the world up and listen to God. A day when you will ask yourself the hard questions: What does the Lord want me to do in 2020? How do I complete this degree programme? Am I ready for this promotion that is due in 2020? Make time for yourself; it pays!
5. Record: As you do all these things, write your experiences and expectations down. Start a chronicle for 2020 now. Write the ideas that come up as you do these things and prayerfully reflect on them.

May Jesus reveal Himself to you in power and wisdom as you wrap up for the year and plan for the new year.

Selah!