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Most churches in the Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region were full to capacity as people thronged there for the watch-night services.
As usual, churches were very colourful as the believers were clothed in white apparel amidst singing and dancing to signify their joy as they await to be ushered into the New Year.
Some of the churches visited by our correspondent observed the COVID-19 safety protocols to avoid the spread of the disease.
Delivering a sermon to usher in the New Year under the theme, ‘’behold, I am about to do something new’’ in Isaiah 43:19, the General Superintendent of Assemblies of God, Ghana, Prof Paul Frimpong Manso called on Christians to anticipate great new things from God and put their trust in Him only, as this is the only way by which they could experience His blessings in the New Year.
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Most churches in the Kumasi Metropolis in the Ashanti Region were full to capacity as people thronged there for the watch-night services.
As usual, churches were very colourful as the believers were clothed in white apparel amidst singing and dancing to signify their joy as they await to be ushered into the New Year.
Some of the churches visited by our correspondent observed the COVID-19 safety protocols to avoid the spread of the disease.
Delivering a sermon to usher in the New Year under the theme, ‘’behold, I am about to do something new’’ in Isaiah 43:19, the General Superintendent of Assemblies of God, Ghana, Prof Paul Frimpong Manso called on Christians to anticipate great new things from God and put their trust in Him only, as this is the only way by which they could experience His blessings in the New Year.
Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia has called on all Ghanaians, irrespective of religious or political beliefs, to cherish the peace Ghana enjoys and work together for the collective good.
Dr Bawumia, who gave the admonition when he joined the congregation of the Power Chapel Worldwide Church, Kumasi, for their 31st December Watch Night Service, said God has been good and faithful to Ghana, and we can only show our appreciation by working together in peace and harmony to develop the nation.
“The year 2020 like many others came with its own fortunes and misfortunes but as the Apostle Paul reminds us in 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18: We should rejoice always, pray continually, and give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for us in Christ Jesus . The deadly coronavirus could not kill us and neither the snares nor arrows of the devil targeted at us in 2021 shall locate us or hurt us,” he indicated.