Abuja: First Baptist Church, Gwagwalada, celebrates Children’s Day Service

The Minister in charge of First Baptist Church, Gwagwalada Abuja, Reverend Deji Oyelami has advised Christian children to always be good ambassadors of Christ and their families.

Reverend Deji Oyelami gave the advice in his sermon titled “Discipline  Lifestyle In Fasting and Prayer”, during the Church’s Annual Children Day Special Service in Gwagwalada Abuja.

The Baptist Cleric who described children as the hope and future of any country also enjoined them to be committed to their studies towards securing a better tomorrow.

He equally stressed the need for the children to shun immoral act and bad peer group to enable the promises of God to come to pass in their lives.

While equally calling on them to be obedient to the commandments of God, Reverend Deji Oyelami emphasized the need for parents to always live a life worthy of emulation by their children.

He added that the Church would continue to embark on programmes that would make the children to be committed to the service of God and humanity.

Also speaking, the Adviser of the Church’s Children Church Wing, Mrs Naomi Adelabu said the Children’s Day Special Service was to keep them abreast in the service of God through sound doctrine in line with the teachings of Jesus Christ.

Mrs Naomi Adelabu stated that the Annual Children’s Day Special Service was in accordance with the directive of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, NBC.

She therefore advised the Children not to deviate from various lessons of Baptist injunction towards ensuring better christians that would enable them contribute their quota to the betterment of the society and the country at large.

Some of the Children, Wuraola Ayoola and Philemon Mobolaji expressed gratitude to God for giving them the grace to witness the day.

While felicitating with their peers on the day, they prayed God for divine wisdom, knowledge and understanding to succeed in their studies and all endeavour in life.

Highpoints of the Church’s Special Service Day were talk show, songs of thanksgiving, bible memory verse and special prsyers for the children.