The Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Ghana Good News Choir Union, has climaxed its 15th annual rally with a thanksgiving service at Gbi Wegbe in the Hohoe Municipality of the Volta Region.
The week-long rally, organised by the Central Presbytery of the Church, which attracted congregations from Have through Kwamikrom to Nkwanta was on the theme: “Rejoice over One Repentant Sinner”.
Preaching the sermon, Reverend W.R. Sakoe, Moderator of the Central Presbytery Synod, said as God was still searching for lost souls, it behoves leaders at all levels to change their attitude towards wrong doers by assisting them to reform.
Rev. Sakoe reminded the congregation that God wanted us to repent from our sins, since he was prepared to take us back.
“We should pray ceaselessly and obey the commandments of the Lord since God will never shower his favour upon a proud nation”.
He said society needed the contribution of all for it to succeed and that we should all join hands for its development, adding that since God did not cast anybody away from Himself, everybody should see him/herself as beneficial to society.
The Guest Speaker, Mr Prince Jacob Hayibor, Member of Parliament for the Hohoe North Constituency, called on the people to unite and eschew partisanship for progress and development.
“We need humility and modesty in all our endeavours in order to receive the blessing of God, “ Mr Hayibor said.
He called on the people to put up attitudes of righteousness, modesty and utmost commitment to ensure that the country moved along the right path for the achievement of its desired goals.
“You should pray for peace at all levels and also for the leadership of the country, ” Mr Hayibor said.
He said the country belonged to all of us, no matter our political position, so we should seek the progress of Ghana first in all that we did.
Mr Hayibor explained government policies and programmes to the congregation and urged those who had not as yet registered with the National Health Insurance Scheme to do so in order to access quality health care.
Mr Victor Herman Condobery, the Hohoe Municipal Chief Executive, called on the clergy to use the pulpit to preach to the youth to desist from negative attitudes.
He mentioned some of these attitudes as armed robbery, sakawa and ritual murders, which had assumed alarming dimensions.
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