INTRODUCTION

We are grateful to God for taking us successfully through the year under review.

OFFICERS IN THE CONGREGATION
Rev. Felix Asante / Rev. Raymond Baah Abeka - Minister in Charge
Mr. E. F. Sampson - Catechist
Mr. L. A. Oware - Session Clerk / Secretary
Mr. L. A. Bampoe - Treasurer
Mr. E. A. Abboah- Offei - Senior Presbyter

STAFF CHANGES
Rev. Felix Asante On Transfer
Rev. Felix Asante was transferred to the Suhum District in September 2004. He was replaced by Rev. Raymond Baah Abeka who doubles as the Chaplain of Okuapemman School and the Minister in Charge of the Grace Presby Church.

AGENTS:
Minister in Charge (1) Rev. Raymond Baah Abeka
Catechist (1) Mr. E. A. Sampson

INSTITUTIONAL HEADS:
Mr. Daniel Akoto Brown - Headmaster Presby, J.S.S.

MEMBERSHIP STATISTICS.

The Church was faced with the actual membership as many had left on transfer and further studies. Many others has also joined the church so we had a recount of members. The outcome is as per the table in 7.1.

COMMUNICANTS:
Many more people became communicants during the year. J.Y’s who graduated into YPG joined the communicants and others who hitherto were not communicants also become communicants.

Communicants were as follows:
M F T
95 198 293

There is the need to encourage non-communicants to be become communicants.

DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS
Mr. K. Darko Saakwa - Director of Administration and
Human Resource Management
Ms. Korklu Laryea - Director of Evangelism and
Missions
Mr. L. A. Bampoe - Director of Finance
Mr. W. Afari Amoako - Director of Development and
Social Services
Mr. Charles Fosu-Ayakwa Director of Church Life and
Nurture
Mr. Opare Ayebeng - Director of Ecumenical and
Social Relations.

DEPARTMENT AND COMMITTEES
Children’s Ministry
Activities
The children met their Teachers on Sunday mornings at 9:00am.m to listen to the Word of God, Pray and memorize passages from the scripture. They also leant children’s hymns and songs.

Meetings : They attend all committee meetings.

Conference
A delegate attended the Presbytery Annual Conference held at Asuboi Presby Church.

Presbytery Training Course.
Two teachers attended a five-day training course held at Suhum Ebenezer Church.

Environmental and Flower Week
The children celebrated the Environmental and Flower Week.
The teachers used the week to educate and raise the environmental consciousness of the children and the entire church.

Presbytery Camping
The children took part in the Presbytery Camping held at Okuapemman School in August 2004.

Finance
The mother church supported all the activities of the children that involved money.

Projections
• Train and equip all teachers.
• Organize prayer retreats for all teachers for their spiritual upliftment.

YOUTH MINISTRY
Activities
The activities of the Youth Ministry continued to go on well. However, active membership of the Youth continued to suffer as more left for further studies. The youth from the J.Y. and the YPG engaged in a number of football and volley ball matches (both males and females) with their counterparts from other Presbyterian Churches in and outside the Presbytery. It is worthly to note that our youth won almost all their matches.

Membership
It is difficult to know the exact membership of the youth. Apart from the J.Y. and the Y.P.G. whose numbers are known from their roll book, there are many others who by age fall within the Youth group but are not in the roll book of the Y.P.G.
Such people are not listed in Y.P.G. books but are strictly not adults by age. (ie not above 35 years)

WOMEN’S MINISTRY
Membership
The Women’s Fellowship Group within the Women’s ministry has a member ship of 40. Membership in quite small compared to women in the church.

Conferences
The group participated in the annual Presbytery Women’s Fellowship Conference held this year at Adeiso. The group also attended the Annual National Delegates Conference held at Akosomo.

Activities
The group met once a week on Thursdays between 5:30p.m. and 7:00p.m.
The Book of Ruth was studied. The group invited resource person to give them talks on a number of health and other issues including skin breeching, HIV/AIDS-Causes, effects and prevention, headaches and self medication.
The Women’s Fellowship led the Women’s Ministry to celebrate the World Day of Prayer (March 5, 2004) and the Women’s Week (26/4- 2/5/2004).

MEN’S MINISTRY
Membership
This ministry also suffers the problem of knowing their exact membership. The Men’s Fellowship a group within the Men’s Ministry has a membership of 35; twenty of them are listed as active members.

Activities.
The group met once every fortnight. Members of the group attended both the District and Presbytery meetings.
Members also attended Presbytery and National Delegates Conference. The group celebrated the Men’s Week (24/5 – 3/5/2004).

MINISTRY OF THE AGED
The church continued to care for the aged. They were visited and given the Holy Communion and presents.
They were feted during the celebrations of the Senior Citizen’s Day.
A similar celebrations is in store for them this December 12, 2004.

MISSION AND EVANGELISM
Evangelism and Christian Home Weeks
The Bible Study and Prayer Group continues to be the leaders in the area of evangelism.

The church observed the Evangelism and Christian Home Weeks.
During the Evangelism Week, the church joined Christ and Peace Church for a 3-day grand retreat at Mpeniase. That was a huge success.

Ecumenical and Social Relations.
During the Christian Home Week, the Church joined all other churches in town to observe the week.
The church invited preachers from outside the congregation to come and bring the Word of God to its members. Some members of the Church went elsewhere to preach.

HEALING AND DELLIVERANCE
Grace healing and deliverance team that met twice a week (Wednesday and Saturday afternoons) continue to sell the Grace Church far and wide.
This year Mr. E. A. Abboah-Offei and Mr. S. A. Asare undertook a two month outreach tour of the U.S.A.

PRESBYTERS
Election of Presbyters
The mandate of the first set of Presbyters came to an end at the end of December 2003.
The Church elected thirteen (13) Presbyters (6 men and 7 women) and two co-opted members to oversee the activities of the church for the next four years.
Out of the number, 9 were re-elected from the first set.

Seminar for Newly Elected Presbyters.
Thirteen newly elected Presbyters underwent a 5-day seminar.

INTEREST GROUPS

Church Choir
Membership
The church Choir has a membership of 35 (15males and 20 females). Out of the number only one female is a non-communicant.

Conferences
The group attended Church Choir Conferences in Apirede (March 2004) Nsawam (June 2004) and Oda (September, 2004)

Activities
The group met on Mondays, Thursday and Saturdays to rehearse and learn new songs.

Bible Study and Prayer Group
Membership
The group has a membership of 31 (8 males and 23 females). All of them were communicants.

The group has a problem with members attendance at meetings. It was not encouraging.

Singing Band
The Singing Band has a membership of 35 (31 women and 4 men) out of the number 25 are communicants; the other ten are non-communicant.

Activities
During the year under review the group attended four union meetings at Dawu (16/3/04) Mamfe (2/5/000) Larteh (23/10/02) and Aburi (6/11/04.
They also attended the Unions Presbytery Conference at Koforidua.

NOTABLE EVENTS:
Covenant Service
As has become the practice with the church, the church used the first Sunday of the year (4/1/04) to have a covenant service during which members rededicated themselves to the service of the lord. It was, as usual, a solemn soul-inspiring ceremony.

Grace Church’s Partnership with First United Presbyterian Church of Alliance, U.S.A.
Rev. Kwaku Nunoo of the First United Presbyterian Church of Alliance U.S.A. paid a three-day visit to the Grace Church. He brought greetings from First United. He also brought presents from his Church to Grace Church.

PRESBYTERY CONFERENCE
Rev. Felix Asante and Mr. L. A. Oware attended the Presbytery Conference held at Suhum between 20/3/04 and 25/3/04.

Induction of Presbyters
Thirteen (13) Presbyters (6 men and 7 women) who had earlier in he year been elected were inducted into service on Sunday, March 28, 2004 for a four-year service.

EASTER REVIVAL
13.5.1 The church organized a week-long Pre-Easter revival from Monday, April 5 to Friday, April 9, 2004.

FAITH GOALS
Continuation of work on the Grace Cathedral