Dansoman Area Church of Pentecost fetes aged members

Tuesday, December 7, 2010


THE Dansoman Area of the Church of Pentecost (COP) on Farmers’ Day, has organised a social event for about 750 aged members of the church at the Aburi Botanical Gardens.
The event, which was the first of its kind, was to show appreciation to the aged, some of whom have spent their time, energy and resources to help the church grow and develop over the years.
In an interview, Prophet James Osei Amanianpong, the Dansoman Area Head of the church, said about GH¢60,000 which was contributions from members within the area was spent on the event.
He urged the elderly to continue to assist the church with good counselling and also spend some of their time in prayers for the prosperity of the nation.
Before they could get to the gardens where they were provided with food and drinks, the elderly, whose ages ranged from 65 years and above, were driven in a convoy of 16 Yutong buses along some streets of Accra and also historical sites such as State House, Flagstaff House (Jubilee House) and Peduase Lodge to enable them refresh their memories of events of the past.
At the gardens, they went through medical screening handled by health workers who were members of the church. A medical talk on how to manage ageing processes was also given.
Present at the gathering were pastors of the various local assemblies within the Dansoman Area and their wives and some church leaders who helped to make the event comfortable for the elderly.
As gifts, each of the male senior citizens was given a shirt or a shirt material while each of the females was given a half piece of wax print distributed by the pastors’ wives.
There was a lot of fun as the elderly interacted freely with one other, sang some of the old songs of the church and danced to exercise their old bones.
Many of them whom the Daily Graphic spoke to expressed appreciation and praised the management of the Dansoman Area of the COP for having them in mind at the time that they were old and could not play active roles in the activities of the church.
They asked for God’s blessings for those who contributed for the event and expressed the hope that the initiative would be sustained for those who could not get the opportunity to attend the gathering this year to attend subsequent ones.