By A. Barning
The Ghanaian Presbyterian Church in Toronto, Canada, went agog when it celebrated the cultural day on Sunday, August 1, 2010. Most of the congregants dressed in the traditional multi coloured “kente” cloth with gold neck lace, gold chains and gold earrings and native sandals to match while others dressed in velvet, “adinkra” and Dumas.
For the first time since the church was built and commissioned, the sanctuary was filled to capacity. The honorary Traditional Rulers in Toronto, who are members of the church, were in their regalia to give pomp and pageantry to the occasion.
The Resident Pastor, Rev. Frank Adu, officiated a wedding, offered communion to about 500 communicants and delivered a sermon which was themed “Set Your Heart On Things Above”.
In the Sermon, Rev. Adu appealed to Christians to desist from aiming at worldly things but to set their minds and hearts at things that would enable them to go to heaven after their death.
“As Christians, we must lead life that is exemplary and worthy of emulation by non-Christians,” he emphasized.
After these ceremonies, Rev. Adu nicodamously left the sanctuary to his office while the day’s offering was being prayed over. He returned later wearing a rich kente cloth with native sandals on to match to be greeted by tremendous ovation. He told the congregation that Ghana has a rich culture and requested that group pictures must be taken for the Church’s 2011 calendar. The assigned photographers had a tough time to deal with the situation.
The cultural day was preceded by the Ghanaian Presbyterian Church’s annual Summer Picnic on Saturday, July 31, 2010. Rev. Adu took advantage of the attendance to capture every attendee with his own camera.
There were many games including oware, ludo, ampe by the women, and volleyball which the young women marched the young men equally. The volleyball game was full of action and interesting to watch.
There was plenty of food to eat and music to dance for the digestion of food. The Young Adult Fellowship (YAF) hosted the occasion and Rev. Adu, on behalf of the Session and the entire congregation, was full of praise for YAF. END
