BOLGA PRESBY CHURCH ASSISTS WIDOW (PAGE 29)

Story: Benjamin Xornam Glover, Gambigo

THE Peniel Congregation of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana in the Bolgatanga Municipality in the Upper East Region has donated a GH¢3,000 house to a widow, Mrs Mary Achella, whose husband died while in the active service of the church.
The three-bedroom house, with a kitchen and a bathroom attached to it, is located at Gambigo, a suburb of Bolgatanga.
The husband of the woman, Mr Samuel Achella, who was the catchiest in charge of the Bongo congregation, died about 10 years ago while travelling to attend a church function.
At a brief ceremony to hand over the house, a Senior Presbyter of the Church, Mr Emmanuel Mensah, said the gesture was a demonstration of the church’s appreciation of the dedicated services the late Mr Achella rendered to the church.
He stated that in addition to the facility, the church had taken it upon itself to support the widow and her children with a monthly unspecified amount of money to sustain them.
 A former Presbyter of the church, Mr Vincent M. Chaitey, advised the widow to live in peace with the people in her new environment.
He also urged her not to hesitate to contact the church for any assistant.
The District Minister of the church, Rev Fei Hyeamang, also in charge of the Peniel Congregation, dedicated the facility to the Lord and prayed for the family,.
Mrs Achella was grateful to the church for the gesture and described the donation as a demonstration of God’s love .