Public service is a call to national duty — Rev. Twum-Baah
Ghanaians have been advised to consider public service as a call to national duty to render dedicated and selfless service for the accelerated growth and development of the country.
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Rt Rev. Dr E. G. L. Twum-Baah of the Methodist Church, Ghana, said contrary to the perception that public service was an avenue to amass wealth, it “must be seen as service to the nation and God”.
Rt Rev. Dr Twum-Baah, a past President of the Boys Brigade of the church, who was delivering the sermon at an enrolment service at the Calvary Methodist Church, Community Three, Tema, said, “Let us lead by the example of Jesus Christ in whatever positions we find ourselves – whether in the church, society or at the national level”.
The programme was on the theme: “Upholding the spirit of self-giving for the church and nation-building: The young Methodist as a catalyst.”
Rt Rev. Dr Twum-Baah expressed concern about the practice where people had to part with money before public service was provided, noting that “there is no place that you go that you don’t part with money before public service is provided. This is shameful.”
“Let us give ourselves to God and render selfless service in whatever capacity we find ourselves. It is only in such a way that we glorify God.”
He charged the youth of the church to remain dedicated to the service of God and the society and advised them to learn hard.
Rt Rev. Dr Twum-Baah reminded members of the church’s Boys and Girls Brigade Group that God had called them “to serve Him and the church in truth and it is an onerous responsibility to discharge diligently”.
Mr E. T. Mensah, a Minister of State and MP for Ningo-Prampram, who is also an evangelist of the Methodist Church, reminded the congregation of the history of the church and the role Charles and John Wesley played in helping the poor and deprived in the British society.
He made it clear that at that time, “there was no window of opportunity for the poor to even attend church service but Charles and John Wesley, supported by their father, Samuel, worked relentlessly and succeeded in liberating them spiritually and economically.”
He said by establishing orphanages and credit unions, the Wesleys managed to solve the problems of the poor and succeeded in integrating them into the larger society.
He commended parents and guardians in the church who continued to encourage their children to join the church’s Boys and Girls Brigade, and advised other parents to emulate them.
The Very Rev. Comfort Ruth Quartey-Papafio, National President, Girls’ Brigade Ghana Council, and Very Rev. Rosebud M. Adjaottor, Minister in charge of the Calvary Society, supported by R. N. Amartey (Boys Captain) and Zoroda Araba Duodu (Girls Captain), supervised the enrolment process.