REPORT ON A MEETING WITH OBUASI MINISTERS FELLOWSHIP:MONDAY, 11TH MARCH, 2019
OPENING:
The meeting commenced with an opening prayer by the Chairman of the Pastors Fellowship Rev. Kwabena Ennin at about 4:00pm. Word of Encouragement and devotion was led by a member Pastor who led the meeting through a series of intercessory prayers.
EXHORTATION:
The Secretary and some member Pastors of the association shares with those members present what they also learnt at the just ended Pastors Conference. He started by saying that a well known medical Professor addressing the Pastors Conference talk about the “Pastor and His health” said the following, “if we don’t give the body a rest it needed, medications will gives that rest”.
- He went further to explain that ministers of the gospel do not sleep well, they don’t rest well, they don’t eat well and also they don’t take good care of their health and hence get diseases like diabetes, hypertension and the rest and when these diseases sets in, we seek medical attention and they will be put on medications; its these medications that will compel them to rest since they become weak to performing everyday tasks like they used to.
- Again he said men of God stays away from food for far too long though they won’t be fasting, they get diseases like ulcer and when they get ulcer, he or she will rely solely on medications.
- Once again he said, good sleep is very essential for the body; research says when one sleeps for 5 hrs and above, naturally the body relaxes some hormones into the blood stream to repair some worn out tissues in the body.
- He also said that late night eating is very dangerous so we should eat early for the body to fully digest the food.
- Moreover, he also talked about stress where he defined stress as a pressure and tension or everything related to a problem. He said stress is good as it helps us to perform some reflex actions; for instance when you are driving and a car crosses you, its stress that helps you apply the brakes immediately.
- He said that but when the stress on the body is excessive it leads to health diseases like hypertension, heart diseases, mental illness, and miscarriage in women and so on.
- He concluded by saying that we have to take very good care of ourselves, we should get enough rest for the body and shouldn’t stress it that much in the name of the ministry because if we don’t give the body the rest it needs, medications will give the body that rest in the future.
Rev. Kwabena Ennin then told the secretary to read the minutes for their last meeting. The secretary read to the house the minutes of their previous meeting and the minutes was accepted and seconded by members of the house.
Other matters were discussed and afterwards the chairman for the meeting invited Coach Ben Annor to address the meeting and share more highlight on Sports Evangelism.
Coach Benjamin started by saying that, football has become a global game that we play for fun and as a source of income, and both the youth in our Churches and community loves it.
They love it to the extent that on Sundays they go out to play football, they called it (Sunday special) and do not attend Church, so how do we win such souls for Christ?
Rescue Sports Foundation is an organization that uses Sports as ministry reaching out to win souls for Christ through the vehicle of Sports. Sports, today has now become the passion of many youths globally.
Coach Ben then said, Pastor Awuah and himself are organizing a Church league for the local churches in Obuasi Township this will be broadcast on Sikapa FM Radio Station very soon, primarily to win more souls for the Christ.
He concluded by inviting all the churches, as many as are willing to have the youths in their various Churches trained in sports evangelism ministry, he is ready and his doors are widely open to welcome them. He added and said all equipment needed for training is available begins training now.
In the absence of any other matters to be discussed, the Chairman of the meeting called for the motion for the meeting to come to an end and was seconded by members of the house.
Prayers were said for the house and intercessory were made for sick and those with poor health. The meeting came to a closed at exactly 6: 15 pm
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