WOMEN’S MINISTRIES REPORT
FOR THE PERIOD JANUARY – DECEMBER 2019
Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which are to us-ward: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered. Psalm 40:5
The department has accomplished some success for the Lord and the ensuing pages tell it all
Pastor chair, the department is committed to;
• A. NURTURE (REACH UP WITH GOD)
Revive women to have an intimate relationship with God
• B. EMPOWER (REACH IN WITH GOD)
To provide leadership training, seminars and resource materials to further develop women ministry leaders.
• C. SUPPORT EVANGELISM (REACH OUT WITH GOD)
To involve women/ young women using their individual gifts to reach out to friends and neighbors so as to bring them to Christ.
EVANGELISM
As one of our objectives explains, women are empowered to reach out with God, thus women are always encouraged to actively get involved in bringing souls to Christ. In this regard, women within the conference organized three major campaigns.
1.WAD/NGUM SUPPORTED THE WOMEN DURING THE PRE-WAD CONGRESS 2019.
SITES
i. Bremang –East Church Of The Nkontwima District Won 15 Souls.
ii. Achiase District opened a new church at Ntiri Buoho won 15 Souls.
iii. ADASS: Temple Crusade Were Organized.
- SOME CHURCHES ORGANIZED TEMPLE CRUSADED AND IN ALL WE WON 95 SOULS TO THE GLORY OF GOD.
SPECIAL DAYS CELEBRATION
| Date | Theme | Author |
| March | ||
| June | The call to arise and shine | |
| August | Love changes all things | |
| November | Lord save my family | Mrs. Veronica Sarpong |
WAD CONGRESS
To the glory of God MICGC presented 92 delegates during the WAD Women Ministry Congress.
List of Delegates for WAD Women’s Ministries Congress
MID-CENTRAL GHANA CONFERENCE
| NO | DISTRICT | NUMBER OF DELEGATES |
| 1 | Shepherdess | 5 |
| 2 | Director | 1 |
| 3 | Abofour | 0 |
| 4 | Achiase | 5 |
| 5 | Akomadan | 2 |
| 6 | Bantama | 14 |
| 7 | Barkese | 0 |
| 8 | Boamang | 6 |
| 9 | Bohyen | 13 |
| 10 | Bremang | 3 |
| 11 | Kodie | 2 |
| 12 | Maakro | 5 |
| 13 | Kronum | 4 |
| 14 | Namong | 1 |
| 15 | Nkenkaasu | 0 |
| 16 | Nkontwima | 10 |
| 17 | Ohwim | 7 |
| 18 | Offinsso | 3 |
| 19 | Old Tafo Mile 3 | 10 |
| 20 | Suame | 4 |
| Total | 95 |
SPECIAL ACTIVITIES OF THE CONGRESS
Community Service
The conference benefited from the WAD Congress in three different ways.
• As Part Of The Congress ADASS Received A Construction Of Modern Wash Room For Both Students And Staff At Cost About 8000
• Kwaman Basic SDA School also had washroom for both pupils and staff.
• The Department also donated items such as Industrial Machine, Shoe Grinding Machine, Last etc. at a cost of GH?4,500 to an orphanage and a home for the physically challenged- Action Foundation-Offinsso.
TOPICS DISCUSSED AMONG OTHERS.
i. Serving after Jesus model
ii. Lovingly praying for the prodigal son
iii. Serving Christ as queen of hope
iv. Effecting parenting in the 21st century
v. Aging gracefully
vi. Women and legal issues
vii. Loving him for Christ
viii. How to handle hurts and frustration.
ix. Choosing life partners.
x. Workshops on victims of domestic abuse
CAMPUS MINISTRIES
• A YOUNG LADIES DAY WAS AT WESLEY SHS ON MARCH 23, 2019.
RETREATS
• Nkontwima district young ladies organized young ladies day at Bremang East on13th April 2019.
• Namong district organized a weekend retreat at Sakam. About 50 women attended. The guest of honor was Nana Afransor the queen mother of the town.
COMMUNITY SERVICES
• Offinso district donated foodstuffs and toiletries worth GH?3000 at Action Foundation
• Old- Tafo Mile 3 also visited Kumasi Central Prisons and made donations worth GHS 1500.00
• Kronum district also made some donation to Denase Orphanage
HEALTH
Nkontwima District climbed the Nsuta Kwaman Hills as a way of de-stressing the body and also admiring God’s wonderful designs
END IT NOW
Offinsso and Suame District organized Abuse Prevention Day. They marched through the principal streets with ply-cards.
They had on these cards expressions among others as
i. stop child trafficking
ii. respect the right of the child
iii. children are also created in the image of God
WIM DEVOTION BOOK 2020
WOMEN FROM OUR CONFERENCE CONTRIBUTED TO THE 2020 WIM DEVOTIONAL BOOK.
THESE ARE:
- Mrs. Dorcas Osei Afriyie
- Mrs. Regina Oduro Baafi
- Mrs. Mary Amponsah Boateng
- Mrs. Abigail Asante Djin
- Mrs. Veronica Sarpong
- Mrs. Ophelia Nkansah Tonto
- Mrs. Grace Owusu Amoako
These books are sold and the profits are used to sponsor our needy but brilliant young ladies.
SCHOLARSHIPING OUR SISTERS
Mid-Central Ghana Conference received an amount of 2000 cedis from the SOS fund from the Northern Ghana Union . This was used to support four of our young women, they are ;
i. Sandra Owusu Acheaw-Offinso District
ii. Wendy Lartey-Bohyen District
iii. Lauren Dian-Ohwim District
iv. Pat – Kronum District
WORKSHOP
1.Ohwim district organized a day’s retreat at Ohwim church.
2.Boamang district organized wealth creation workshop. They learnt how to make different soaps like bf, geisha, guardian, sunlight key soap and detergents like omo, parazol and dettol.
FELLOWSHIPS
Offinsso district at Obuasi
Abofour , Nkenkaasu and Akomadan zone(ANAZONAL) at Abofour Central Church in February.
Amakye Bare in the Barekese district inaugurated the Women Ministries on August 10, 2019.
Kronum District made a donation of 10 bags of cement and clothings to Denase orphanage
SPECIAL DAYS
PASTORS AND ELDERS APPRECIATION DAY
Most of the women leadership led the churches to appreciate our spiritual leaders.
Maakro church did it in a grand style, the organized dinner for the elders and the spouses and donated other gifts as appreciation for their selfless support to god’s work.
Suame church organized a night with our mothers ‘, to celebrate the mothers in the church. The mothers in turn also shared their experiences with the church and admonished the upcoming ones to be dedicated to the call to motherhood by god.
VULNERABLE DAY
Some churches organized a special day for the orphans and the vulnerable.
They made donations in kind to the orphans, widows and the aged in the church. They commended the aged for holding onto the call from their maker and handing over the baton to the younger generation.
A special dedicatory prayer was made for all the groups. Districts that organized this program include Ohwim, Bremang and Achiase.
Challenges
a) Poor attendance to meetings, workshops and programs.
b) Church leadership should take keen in interest in the spiritual growth and development of our women who are the majority in the church.
c) Little or no sponsorship from the church to support women’s program.
d) To acquire a land for Ntiribuoho Church.
RECOMMENDATIONS
a) Church leadership should take keen in interest in the spiritual growth and development of our women.
b) Women leadership within the conference has decided to support the newly opened Ntiribuoho Church with GHS 20,000.00 through solicitation. I plead with church leadership to give them room to solicit from the members to support such a worthy course.
Appreciation
I am indebted to God for his spiritual leading and guidance.
I am grateful to the leadership of the conference, pastors and all workers and local church leaders who in their diverse ways made this report a success.
I will be ingrate if I fail to recognized the selfless service of our Women’s Ministries Leaders who have remained dedicated to work God’s vineyard in spite of the challenges.
God bless you all.
Humbly submitted by
Children Ministries Director MICG
Mrs. Veronica Nkansah Sarpong
