NEWS– The Bishop of Diocese of Kinkizi Rt Rev Dan Zoreka has hailed the organisers of the recently concluded Diocese of Kinkiizi Annual Youth and Students’ Convention which took place at Kinkizi High School in Kanungu Town Council which attracted more than 2,000 participants.
The Bishops remarks were contained remarks made yesterday while speaking at the start of the Archdeacon’s Retreat in the Diocese of Kinkiizi which held at Holy Cross Guest House tgat started with a Holy Communion Service.
The Bishop said that he was impressed by the big turn up of the youth in the recently concluded Youth Convention commonly known as the DOKAYSCO and also disclosed that the Kinkiizi -Kampala Chapter fellowship that took place at All Saints Cathedral in Kampala last Sunday which was massively and successfully attended by a cross section of Christian’s from the Diocese of Kinkizi.
The Bishop noted that such Youth Conventions stimulate spiritual development among them because they get understand their challenges and together look for home made and generational solutions.
The Archdeacon Retreat Facilitator is the Very Rev Obed Turihohabwe who hails from the Kigezi Diocese and is the current Dean of St. Peter’s Cathedral – Rugarama in Kabale District who expounded his teachings on a theme drawn from Romans 12:1-2 which touched on “Conforming to the truth of God’s Word, not the patterns of the world” and called upon called upon the Archdeacons to trust Jusus Christ who called them into this ministry.
The retreat will lead to the installation of the two new Archdeacons that include Ven Johnson Turyagyenda of All Saints Kanungu which will be held tomorrow Sunday 28th January 2024 and then followed by Ven Caleb Turyabagyenyi Bitindi of Rutenga who will be installed on the Sunday 4th February 2024.
All the 11 Archdeacons of the Diocese of Kinkiizi and their spouses attended the retreat, together with the Diocesan Head of Laity, Canon Ben Kuriigamba and all the Diocesan Secretariat Heads of Departments led by the the Diocesan Secretary Rev Canon Gad Tibeijuka Ngyemura.
While addressing the participants, Rev Ngyemura reminded the Archdeacons to take stock of the encounters they went through in the previous years and be able to meet the coming challenges with focus aiming at transforming their communities.
