PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF GHANA

AKYEM ABUAKWA PRESBYTERY YOUTH MINISTRY

YOUTH COORDINATOR ADDRESS TO THE 35^TH PRESBYTERY YPG DELEGATE CONFERENCE HELT AT

GRACE CONGREGATION-ASUOM FROM 25^TH -27^TH OCTOBER, 2013,

PREAMBLE: Rejoice in the Lord always. I say it again, rejoice [Phil. 4:4]

INTRODUCTION: Grace and mercy from our lord Jesus Christ be with you all. We thank God for another opportunity to gather and take stock of the past year and to plan for the ensuing year. I must than all guilders for their support which has brought the guild so far. I know that for the past two years the guild has suffered interms of finances but people were still working so effectively to sustain the guild. God richly bless you all.

THEME OF THE YEAR: beloved in the Lord as you all aware, the Presbyterian Church of Ghana for the past three years has been considering the personhood and the activities of the Holy Spirit as their ecclesiastical themes. And this ecclesiastical year theme is: the fruit of the spirit and the believer (GA 5:22-23) Beloved in the Lord fruit bearing is very essential to God. Right from the beginning of creation we learnt that God blessed the man and the woman and told them to be fruitful. (Gen. 1:28) dearly beloved, before one can bear fruit the following prerequites are needed.

Ø  We must be a born again Christian (John 3:3)

Ø  One must die to the world (Gal. 5:24)

Ø  One must abide in the saviour (John 15:5-6)

Ø  We must be student of the bible

It is important to observe that the fruit here described is not produced by a believer, but by the Holy spirit working through a Christian who is in vital union with Christ (Jn. 15:1-8). The word FRUIT is singular indicating that the qualities constitute a unity, all of which should be found in a believer who lives under the control of the spirit. Paul mentioned the fruit of the spirit: Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness, Faithfulness, Gentleness, Self-control and said there are no prohibited against such virtues.

ELECTION: Elections in our church for the past years has not been nothing good to write home about especially in YPG. I would want to appeal to the conscience of all delegates to behave well during and after the elections. I would also encourage those who are going to be elected to continue the good work of the out-going executive.

YOUTH AND STUDENT WEEK CELEBRATION

We must be grateful to God for listening to our prayer. We prayed for the return of the youth anD student week celebration and God willing it is back in the system and i learnt by March we will be celebrating youth and Students week. I would want to appeal to all guilders at various levels of the guild to utilize the opportunity to raise funds to support the union because we have complained a lot for lack of funds. Again, i will encourage all guiders to prepare and participate well in the week celebration as never before.

PROJECT: with regards to project the presbytery cannot boast of any. I would like to encourage the incoming executives to have a project in mind to help the presbytery and also to look for funds to support the rabbit project.

LEADERSHIP: Leadership has been a problem for the presbytery but i want to say that, this problem will continue since job opportunities are in the cities. I would like Dos and president at this conference to initiate leadership programmes for their guilders.

APPRECIATION: I must thank the Lord for seeing us through the thick and thin during the year under review. My next appreciation goes to the out-gone chairperson and clerk Rev. P. K. Dekyem and Rev. E. K. Adjpong respectively for their support for youth work in the presbytery. I must also congratulate the new chairperson and clerk Rev. Ansah Peasa and Rev. George Andam respectively for their new office. May the good Lord be with them. I cannot forget my team whom i worked with fir three year; the superintendent, and co. God richly bless you for the sacrifices you made to lift YPG so high. I am also grateful to all district ministers, ministers, catechists and presbyters for their support for youth work. God richly bless you all.

Long live PCG

Long live Abuakwa Presbytery

And long live YPG.