Story: Moses Dotsey Aklorbortu, Takoradi
THE Vicar-General of the Orthodox Anglican Church of Ghana, the Very Reverend Dr Jacob A. Welbourne, has called on all to begin the year 2008 devoid of problems.
He said the year 2007 was a tragic one for many in the country and in other parts of the world as many were caught up in the misery of war, assassination, flood and poverty.
Here in Ghana, the Vicar-General said there was a devastating flood in the northern parts of the country, which affected crops and also claimed many lives, an incident that is still fresh in the minds of victims and Ghanaians.
This was contained in his New Year message to the country.
The Vicar-General said those occurrences called for a new beginning, peaceful co-existence, tolerance and brotherliness to ensure the development of the country and the world at large.
“We can start the new year, 2008 by following St Paul’s two principles of new life of forgetting the past and reaching forth unto those things which are before us,” he said.
The Very Rev. Welboune reminded Christians that “as each day of the New Year unfolds, we must also be people of peace in our thoughts, words, and deeds, beginning with the family and continuing in the workplace, school, our neighbourhoods, the church and country as a whole.
As human beings, we might not be the same, some human beings could indeed be illogical, unrealistic, and self-centred, but you must show them love all the same,” he said.
He used the opportunity to urge Ghanaians to mark the new year with an inner urge to pursue the truth till it was captured and made to work.
He also urged all to concern themselves deeply with the needs of all men, communicate and share each other’s affection and to be tolerant.
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