Accra Ridge Church | Accra's Local Church

1. Introduction
Accra Ridge Church Women's Fellowship is a Christian, non-profit-making group, open to women of all ages of the Accra Ridge Church. It is one of the oldest groups in the church, which was started at the end of 1953, metamorphosed through the 'Ladies Group' in 1969, and finally changed over to the name, Women's Fellowship, in 1980. Our objectives are to:

• Promote sisterly love and Christian fellowship among members;
• Help members to know His word more;
• See to the welfare of the Accra Ridge Church and its members;
• Help care for the needy in society.
We recite our pledge at meetings to remind and help us commit ourselves to the objec¬tives.

2. Membership and Attendance at Meetings
Our membership stands at 200, and average attendance at meetings is 60. Six members have gone to glory over the period. We meet on the second Monday of the month for Bible studies, prayer meetings, demonstrations and talks on issues that benefit us, e.g., Flower Arrangements, Diet and Health, Graceful Ageing, etc.
The last Wednesdays of the month are our general meetings when issues affecting the Fellowship and our services to the church and society are planned and executed. There are three committees that are in charge of prayer programmes, welfare of members and fund-raising activities.

3. Activities
Our activities over the ten years have been geared towards the fulfillment of our objec¬tives. This includes:-
i. Church's Adopted Ward
We made monthly visits to the Church's adopted ward, the male convalescent ward of the Psychiatric Hospital, where we fellowship and share a word from the Bible, sing hymns and choruses and dine together with the patients. At Christmas, we have a party for them and present them with needed items. Donations made during this ten-year period, under the auspices of the church, includes: a television set, a refrigerator, a water tank, tables & benches, plates, saucepans, beddings and curtains. The ward was also painted.
«. The Church's Agape Supper
This yearly Love Feast, organized by the Fellowship, has progressed from the supper lovingly cooked by the Area Group members of the Fellowship, to a real formal dinner under decorated canopies with live band and professionally-prepared dishes. The Agape Supper unifies all church members, who eat and dance together in a relaxed atmosphere, thus break¬ing the barriers of age, status, sex or polii ical and denominational affiliations.

Hi. Fellowship Week
A programme was selected for each day of our Fellowship Week. These included E based talks, discussions, and film shows. Members joined in the Prayer Meetia Wednesdays. Over these past years, members have donated used clothing, toys, foo other items to the Osu Industrial Home, the Dzorwulu Special School, WAJLJ Chili Center, Women's cell at the Usher Fort Prison, Teshie Orphanage and the Geria' Physically-Challenged Children's Wards of the Accra Psychiatric Hospital.
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For our Retreats, we organized excursions to Krokrobitc, Aburi Gardens. We ha\ used the Accra Ridge Church School for our Bible Studies on Saturdays led by our Min and Church members. On Sundays, we led and officiated at the three Services. The folio sketches, performed during our Fellowship Week, sent important messages to the cong tion:
a. The Ten Virgins
b. The Woman at the Well
c. Let your light shine
d. Vision and Mission (Compassion for HIV/AIDS Patients).

4.   Interaction with Other Groups
 
Members actively supported other church activities like sponsored walks, picnii Bible quizzes. Members donated food items for sale to Church members after the 7.: 10:00 a.m. services to raise funds to supplement Fellowship dues. We also organized re ments for church activities like the Annual and Special General meetings.

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We also joined other groups of the church in their activities, and held Inter-Fellowship meetings with the Men's Fellowship and the Youth Fellowship.

5. Way Forward
By the grace of God, we plan to continue doing all that we have reported on: our visits to the church's adopted ward at the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, organizing the Agape Supper, etc. At this juncture, we invite all church members to join us to visit the Psychiatric Hospital and encourage the patients to gel well early.

6. Milestones
1995: Church painted adopted Ward at Psychiatric Hospital.
1995/96/97:     The Women's Fellowship raised 10 Million Cedis for the Manse Fund.
New Fellowship cloths were outdoored. Donation of saucepans and plates to adopted ward.
1998: The Fellowship song was introduced. We donated a wooden screen to shield
coffins during funeral services
1999: Paid a visit to Dzorwulu Special School with gifts.
Fellowship badge replaced rosette.
2000: Church presented bedding, curtains & television sets to the Psychiatric ward.
Organized Bazaar.
Paid visit to Teshie Orphanage with gifts.
Donated 5 million cedis towards Bus Fund.
2001: Church provided a 2000-gallon water tank for the adopted ward.
Revised the Fellowship bye-laws.
2002: Visited Women's Ward/Usher Fort Prisons with gifts.
2003: Visited WAJU Children's Center with toys, used clothing, etc.
Won Bible quiz.
2004: Assisted in the formation of Manet Women's Fellowship.