Nana Ansu Ofosuhemaa ( left) acknowledging cheers from the congregation.

Standing beside her is Nama Sassa ll, Chairperson of the Funds Raising Committee.

Behind them is Rev Fr Bernard Kyei

The Priest-in-charge of the St John of God Catholic Church, at Amrahia in the Adentan Municipality in Accra, Very Rev Fr Bernard Kyei has called on Chris¬tians to be merciful and patient in life just as God is.
In his sermon on Sunday, he called on the faithful to emulate God in all aspects of life to draw others to serve God.

“God who is patient and merci¬ful, waits patiently for the sinner to turn away from sin and come to him for salvation,” he said.
He encouraged the faithful not to give up in life when confront¬ed with a myriad of challenges, including problems they encoun¬tered in raising their children because with God nothing was impossible.
He asked them to make sacri¬fices in contributing their quota to the development of the church and give generously in support of the less- privileged, because such acts pleased God and would attract blessings from the creator.
Very Rev Fr Kyei asked parents to lead godly lives and teach their children to worship God in faith¬fulness and in reverence.
He advised them not to become stumbling blocks for others in preaching Christ since that would be scandalous and not pleashing to God.
Very Rev Fr Kyei asked the faithful to be full of gratitude to God in all circumstances because without the grace of God, there was no way they could attain progress and success in life.
“ You must always yearn for things which pleased God and do good to others,” he advised.
For a successful enstoolment was Nana Ansu Ofosuhemaa, the Ankobea Hemaa of Chiraa in the Bono Region who was in church to give thanks to God. She was known in private life as Mrs Re¬joice Adomako.
By Raymond Kyekye