Abeka Methodist Circuit marks 10th milestone

The Abeka Circuit of the Methodist Church, Ghana has climaxed its 10th anniversary celebration with a thanksgiving service at the Redemption Methodist Church at Abeka in Accra.

The occasion, which also coincided with the 50th anniversary celebration of the Redemption Methodist Church and dedication of the chapel and the manse, had the theme: “Celebrating God’s Glory: Abeka Circuit at 10, Redemption Society at 50’’.

The celebration brought together members of the church and dignitaries from the Methodist fraternity.  All dressed in their beautiful anniversary clothes, they danced their hearts out, to the glory of God.

Among the dignitaries who graced the occasion were the Rt. Rev. Titus Awotwe Pratt, the Bishop of Accra, who dedicated the chapel and Manse to God; the Rt. Rev. Abraham Tagoe, the immediate past Bishop of Accra, Bro. Solomon Quaye Lartey, the Diocesan Lay Chairman and Mrs Christiana Aku Odoi, the immediate past Lay Chairman.

Preaching the sermon, the Rt. Rev. Abraham Tagoe said the Almighty God, who had shown His abundant mercies on the church for all these years, would continue to shower His blessing on the church and the nation as a whole.

He said God’s goodness was unmeasurable and it was up to the children of God to lead a godly life so that they could experience God’s favour anytime.

The Superin-tendent Minister of the Abeka Circuit, the Very Rev. Eugene Amartei Armaah, said the celebration of 10 and 50 years as a circuit and a church would urge them on as the body of Christ to build a spiritually vibrant and economically viable circuit which was also socially inclusive.

He said the holistic evangelism of Methodism which involved proclamation , social action and catechism were necessary to ensure the total growth of the church.

The Abeka Circuit of the Methodist Church, Ghana, was inaugurated on March 22, 2003 with three societies namely: the Redemption Society, St Paul Society and the King of Glory Society, with the Very Rev. George Mensah as the first Superintendent  Minister.

The Redemption Methodist Church, which also marked its 50th anniversary, was founded in February 1963 by Sister Lydia Adams, who started it as a prayer fellowship with the Clottey and Boye families.

The church currently runs a school which caters for children from the pre-school level to Kindergarten. It also has a 33-seater TATA bus, which serves all the societies in the Abeka Circuit.