ICGC Faith & Miracle Temple celebrates diversity

There is a popular saying that variety is a very spice of life; that gives it all its flavour. This William Cowper’s maxim does not only pertain to things of the world; but has also found expression even in the church, as continuity of the society. This is in fulfillment of the scripture; saying in 1 Peter 3:8, that “Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, tender heart and a humble mind.”

In another breadth, many people have lost touch with their heritage and basic ways of doing things due to the advent of modernization and much more, westernization. So it is not farfetched to see people who cannot speak their mother tongue at all or fluently, who cannot write their traditional language and the list goes on. But to cure this in a Christ-like manner, the church has over the years introduced what is called Cultural/ Heritage Sunday which is celebrated annually in the first quarter.

This special service showcased a variety of musical dances from across the country, emphasizing knowledge acquisition about our heritage; be it adages and their meanings, folklore, adinkra symbols and their meanings, various dances and their historical backgrounds, the name of various drums and the roles they play in the music.

Hillary Clinton puts it best, that “what we have to do is to find a way to celebrate our diversity and debate our differences without fracturing our communities”, and this was emphasized by a quick sketch from the Creative Arts Department.

To summarize all performances, the Head Pastor, Rev. Samuel Yaw Blessed Nyarko preached a sermon titled, “The Benefits of Having Christ”, where he stressed on the fact that we are all one in Christ Jesus. Reinforcing his point with Galatians 3:26-28, he said; it would be offensive to God and also undermine the reason for the supreme sacrifice of Jesus, if Christians discriminated against one another, on the grounds of language or cultural differentials.

He concluded that Christians should be circumspect and refined in their utterances, in order not to stir up strife and keep new convents away from Christ.