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| Middle: Ihechi, flanked by the Priests left and right |
The Bishop of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Jos Diocese, Most Rev. Dr. Benjamin Argak Kwashi had led other Priests of Anglican Communion in a confirmation ceremony involving little Ihechiluru Nnabugwu and many other teenagers, comprised of both boys and girls.
Nnabugwu Ihechukwuluru Nakachikodi, daughter to Mr. Nnabugwu Chizoba and his Wife, Mrs. Nnabugwu Ngozi who was led recently by Barr. Ohaja Sunday, the former People's Warden of the Church of St. Piran on the Plateau, his wife Mrs. Ohaja Rose and Mrs. Okpata Joy to be baptized by the Vicar, The Church of St. Piran on the Plateau, Ven. Dr. Austin Eboh, was also among those that took part in the confirmation conducted recently in St. Michael's Anglican Church, Jos, by the Jos Diocese of the Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion. Equally baptized at The Church of St. Piran on the Plateau was Chinaza Oguejiofor the daughter of Mr. Emmanuel and Mrs. Helen Oguejiofor.
Ihechi was led to the confirmation by her Mother, Mrs. Nnabugwu Ngozi, the Elder Sister, Nnabugwu Chinazaekpere and Mrs. Okpata Joy, the God mother whose Son Emmanuel Okpata also took part at the confirmation event organized by the Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, Jos Diocese where the confirmation of Oguejiofor Chinaza also took place. The event held in Jos the Plateau State capital on Wednesday 23rd August, 2023 while the baptism took place on Saturday 19th August, 2023.
Barr Ohaja Sunday, and his wife Mrs. Ohaja Rose who double as Ihechi’s God father and God mother respectively, though present at her baptism in the week before the confirmation exercise could not make it to the confirmation ceremony due to a sudden change in time for the event, but Mrs. Okpata Joy, also Ihechi's God mother who was at the baptism was also present and active at the confirmation.
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| L-R: Mrs Joy Okpata, EmmanuelOkpata, Ihechi Nnabugwu, Mrs Ngozi Nnabugwu and Chinazaekpere Nnabugwu |
The Bishop of Jos Diocese, Church of Nigeria Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Dr. Benjamin Argak Kwashi, supported by Ven. Rinji Kwashi, the Vicar St. Bartholomew Anglican Church, also in Jos, conducted the memorable confirmation exercise, which to the Glory of God serves as the last of such outing to be conducted by the retiring Bishop of Jos: Most Rev Dr. Benjamin Argak Kwashi.
Conductor of the confirmation activities, a celebrated Priest and lover of Teens and Kids, Ven. Rinji Kwashi, took time to educate the teenage boys and girls, who before filing out on the day of the confirmation exercise, had taken part in a very rigorous and strictly monitored confirmation preparatory classes that lasted weeks, and was organized by the Vicars of the various Churches in the Jos Diocese of the Anglican Communion to ensure that the teens were properly trained before they were presented for the confirmation examination, considered a difference maker, because only those that passed the examination are recognized and therefore eligible to appear before the Priest for confirmation.
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| Ihechi and the God Mother Mrs Joy Okpata |
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| L-R:Celebrant: Chinaza Oguejiofor, Mrs Kate Ehimuan, Barr Ohaja and Mrs Helen Oguejiofor |
The Church of St. Piran on the Plateau is reputed for her strictness with regard to the handling of rules. The church demands obedience and respect of rules at all times, thus no child of the church would go for confirmation without actively participating at the confirmation classes, and passing the confirmation examination. It remains a thing of joy for both parents and their children, and the Church even, whenever the children of the Church qualify for confirmation. The joy of Ihechi, Emma, Chinaza and the other children had no bounds when they made the list and the Nnabugwu’s and the church were equally happy and rejoiced with the children and the various families.
Conducting the Christian religious mandate the Bishop, Most Rev. Benjamin Argak Kwashi, assisted by Ven. Rinji Kwashi took time to admonish the children on the need to remain very faithful and obedient in carrying out the lessons of the training conducted to prepare the teenagers for a Christ centered life, and on the strength of which enjoined them to always emulate the worthy steps of the Son of God, Jesus Christ in other for them to enjoy a glorious life with God.
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| Ihechi and Emmanuel |
He equally encouraged them to always lead a lifestyle of inculcating the values of discipline, respect to their parents, and love for the scripture and to develop the interest of reading the Bible regularly. He reminded them of the need to see strengthening of their faith in the Lord as well alienating themselves from negative tendencies that can jeopardize their future and dent their relationship with the creator and His only begotten Son Jesus Christ as a must do activity of their life.
One of the celebrants Nnabugwu Ihechiluru Nakachikodi, in her highly elated mode as a teenage Girl, while speaking to our reporter at the event noted that the two barrel events: baptism and confirmation, especially the preparatory classes and the examination that came with it, served as a panacea for improving the quality of her (Ihechi) life as a Teenager, and has equally contributed in different ways towards shaping her relationship with fellow teenagers; now and in the future.
Mrs. Okpata Joy, Ihechi's God mother who
was on ground to witness the Christian event encouraged her teenage girl Ihechi,
her Son Okpata Emmanuel and Oguejiofor Chinaza, and other girls and boys that shared
from the blessings of the event through their participation in the confirmation,
to pay serious attention to the teachings they received during the confirmation
classes. She urged them to do the needful always and to embrace the Holy Book,
the Bible as inseparable and indispensable resource base in every of their life
endeavours.
Barr Ohaja Sunday, the God father of Ihechi
and the former People's Warden of The Church of St. Piran on the Plateau, noted
in a telephone conversation that the two events: the baptism and confirmation have
provided them with space and opportunities that a necessary for the Teenage boys
and girls to interact deeper with the scripture and discover the realities of
the Christian Faith; and to also understand the challenges surrounding their
growth as Christians, to gain knowledge and understanding of their
responsibilities at building their life now and in the future.
The second God Mother to Ihechi, Mrs. Ohaja Rose in her discussion with Ihechi's mother during Ihechi's baptism noted that the event offers a useful guide for the teenagers to continue to their destination in life, and urged them as teenagers both the boys and girls to commit to their personal improvement of quality of life using the Bible and the scriptures as their standard.
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