THE CHURCH OF NIGERIA (ANGLICAN COMMUNION). AKURE DIOCESE (IJU ARCHDEACONRY YOUTH FORUM)

CHURCH OF NIGERIA ANGLICAN COMMUNION DIOCESE OF AKURE IJU ARCHDEACONRY ANGLICAN YOUTH FELLOWSHIP A SPEECH DELIVERED BY OLOWERE ADEWALE SAMUEL (IJU ARCH. YOUTH PRESIDENT) ON THE OCCASSION OF THE 21ST YOUTH ANNIVERSARY WHICH HOLDS TODAY 8TH DECEMBER, 2018 AT ST. STEPHEN'S ANGLICAN CHURCH IJU, AKURE NORTH LGA. All glory, honour and adoration be unto God, the beginning and the end, who has spared my life to witness a day like this. It was not by my power, prayer or might but by His grace alone. He has been the initiator, chief planner, supporter and organizer of this program, may His name be praised. I want to sincerely appreciate the effort of our Archdeacon (Ven. T. O. kujero), the Youth Chaplain (Rev Pual Oluwatoba) and all the Archdeaconry Priests for all their tremendous support, advice and prayers towards the success of this program. It is my prayer that your labour of love will never be in vain in Jesus' name. Amen.     My appreciation also goes to our Alumni Chairm...

We are really grateful to God Almighty for the success of our Archdeaconry youth Anniversary .  I pray may God strengthen the youth in Jesus name  (Amen). BRIEF HISTORY OF IJU ANGLICAN YOUTH FELLOWSHIP FROM 1996 TILL DATE The Iju Archdeaconry Youth Fellowship started in September 1996 with the first Fellowship that was held at St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Moferere Street, Iju. Our Fellowship day was every Thursday by 5:00pm and the Fellowship led for more than a year by the pioneer Chaplain, the Rev. Samuel Ayotola Odubena (now Venerable). There was a qualterly programme held in the Fellowship, that was targed “Victory Night” which comes up every three months. The first edition was held at St. Matthew’s Church in December 1996 with the theme “Power as of old” and the minister was the Rev. Canon F. O. Bankole (now Dean of The Cathedral of Ekiti Diocese Ado Ekiti). The Archdeacon was the Ven. A. A. Adenibuyan (now retired) the Rev. T. O. Akinboro (now Ven.) was the Vi...