By YSP Ghana
A Community Service Day, supervised and organized by YSP-Ghana coordinator, Ms. Emmanuela Akesse was held to end the month of October 2023. This event brought the entire church community living in Accra together to build better relationships and make the youth play active roles in the church service. Seventy-one members attended the event, and the service was held in two phases.
The first phase was held in the morning starting with an opening remark given by the National leader of Family Federation-Ghana, Rev James Aido. He gave some advice for the spiritual development of the youth in his address. After, members viewed the HJ Global news and the HDH passage was read by Ms. Andrea Whyte, one of the MCs of the program.
The youth read once more the message given by True Mother to the youth in America. Then two youths shared their reflections on the passage. This was followed by performances by two younger children who played holy songs on the piano and trumpet.
The highlight of the first phase was the sharing of testimony by Mr. Malick Teze, a young, blessed couple. He shared with the audience how he was witnessed from a Muslim background to become a member of the Family Federation. His testimony was touching.
To conclude the first phase of the youth service, the National Leader and Vice National Leader presented Ghanaian souvenirs to a team of seven Japanese sisters from WFWP Japan who had been in Ghana for a week to support some projects of WFWP Ghana.
The second phase of the community service started in the early afternoon. Most of the members seated in the compound of our Training center located in Ofankor in Accra, younger children, youth, and parents were involved in games like the tag of peace, musical chairs, lime on a spoon, and bottle flipping challenges. Prizes were given to the winners. All these activities were done with background gospel music.
In addition, families came along with food and drink, and it was shared among everyone present. The youth also shared some of the food with some children in the neighborhood.
The winners of the games received more gifts from the Japanese visitors, and they were cheered by everyone.
At the end of the event, Mrs. Emmanuella Akesse gave the closing remarks, and family pictures were taken to bring the service to a close.
Our time at this gathering was a real moment of family reunion, and we hope to repeat this experience quite often.