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Written by Anneth Munga
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Monday, 05 December 2005 22:45 |
 Mrs Munga explains to pastors about Campus A | Director of SEKUCO project, Anneth Munga, writes about recent and upcoming events for the Sebastian Kolowa
University College. She can tell us how pastors from the NED, gathered
for studies contributed to the new project.
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| | Fellow Pastors, I have a word to say. In my
opinion, it is impossible for us to go back to our congregation members after
finishing this meeting and ask them to contribute to the SEKUCO Project if we
don’t start to show the way. How can you teach your children to work on the
farm without yourself holding the hoe and showing how to dig? If you want your
children to know what farming is about, you must take the hoe, start to remove
the grass and dig properly. Your children will follow you and they will do it well
because you showed them through action what to do. This applies even for this University College Project. We ourselves have to begin
acting today – here and now. We need to start giving our contributions at this
very moment. Only then will we be able to go back to our congregations and tell
our people to contribute to the project!
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Pastor
Mahonge from Muheza had spoken, and before finishing, Pastor Mwinuka from
Lwandai was already heading towards the front table with a 10,000 Tanzanian
Shillings note (around 10 US dollars). Pastor Kanju from Bangala stood up and
joined Mwinuka, followed by Pastor Hoza from Malibwi, … and thereafter I lost
the record.
| Pastors Mbilu from Mlalo and Ngugi from Lushoto volunteered to
record the money that was being contributed and at the end of the exercise they
could report that the pastors had contributed (cash and pledges) more than
Tshs. 1,500.000/=, i.e., over 1,500 US dollars!!
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pastors’ salaries in a country like Tanzania will understand that these pastors
did not contribute out of their surplus. They had indeed been digging deep into
their pockets but also into their reserves. |  The Pastors meeting took place in the Rainbow hall at Irente Rainbow School from 29 November to 2 December | |
All pastors
in the NED had been meeting at Irente Rainbow School for 5 days in order to study the
Bible together and discuss different issues. As Director of SEKUCO project, I
was given an opportunity to talk to the pastors. On the last day of our
meeting, all pastors went to Magamba so as to see both Campuses A and B. They
wanted to get the “feel” of the place where SEKUCO is going to start in less
than two years. Truly, the visit had a positive impact on the pastors and they
really became “fires and flames”. When we returned to Rainbow, we had the
Closing Service, after which the pastors started to brainstorm on how the NED
members should contribute and raise funds for the project. All suggestions (17
altogether) were written down and a committee was given the task to work on
them and come up with a good plan. After the suggestions had been collected,
Pastor Mahonge stood up. With the example of a parent who teaches children how
to dig, he admonished us all to express our determination concretely before
departing. That evening’s contribution shows that the commitment of the NED
pastors to the SEKUCO project is very strong!
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support the SEKUCO project!
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The
calendar for December looks as follows:
- 7/12 The
engineer will visit Magamba Campuses A and B again.
- 9/12 The
SEKUCO project committee meets in Lushoto.
- 11/12
Director of SEKUCO project visits Korogwe congregation.
- 12/12
Tendering process begins.
- 18/12
Director of SEKUCO project visits Bumbuli congregation
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Ascribe to the LORD, O heavenly beings,
Ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.
Ascribe to the LORD the glory of his name;
Worship the LORD in holy array.
(Psalm 29: 1-2).
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