Churches, including the OLA Cathedral and other parishes of the Catholic Church, Assemblies of God Church at Choggu, among others, were filled to capacity with members of the church to usher in the new year
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They held prayers for the nation and her leaders, and for peace in the Northern Region.
Some of the churches also used the occasion to take stock of their past activities in 2009 and also strategise for the new year.
In a New Year Message, the Archbishop in charge of the Northern Ecclesiastical Province of the Catholic Church, His Grace Philip Naameh, urged Ghanaians, including Christians in the north, to honour their civic responsibilities and surrender themselves totally to God as required by the biblical teachings.
According to him, “many people enjoyed God’s mercies in the past year and needed to be grateful to him by serving him better in the new year”.
The Archbishop equally entreated residents to turn a new leaf in the new year, saying “what is new about the new year when you are still doing the old things you were doing in the past year?”
He appealed to residents, particularly Christians, to be committed to societal and Church growth as a way of reciprocating the mercies that God had showered on his children.
“You must, therefore, avoid procrastination, lateness to all manner of gatherings, absenteeism, apathy towards community development and church growth in order to receive the blessings of our Creator,” Archbishop Naameh added.
Meanwhile, event organisers have outlined a number of entertainment programmes in the metropolis for the new year, during which some accomplished Ghanaian musicians are expected to perform a variety of songs from their respective repertoires to entertain patrons.
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