KALONDOOZI EXTENDS TO KAMPALA ZONE

Writes: Babi Kimera Godfrey

A Delegation of Seventh-day Adventist Church leaders from the Central Uganda Conference [CUC] has arrived in Kampala Zone for the monitoring and inspection exercise code-named “Kalondoozi”.

Led by the Bishop of the Central Uganda Conference Pastor James Kaggya, the delegation will hold meetings with respective local church boards, and inspect both church and individual income generating projects.

While in Kampala zone, the delegation will cover districts of Maganjo, Najjanankumbi, Luzira, Kireka, Makerere, Bugema, Busega, Entebbe, Kampala A, Kanyanya, Kyanja, and Kikajjo.

Speaking to Prime fm, Bishop James Kaggya said that the monitoring exercise is geared at assessing church performance right from the grassroots.

Writes Godfrey Babi Kimera

The recently launched monitoring and evaluation exercise called “Kalondoozi” has been welcomed by Christians in the Central Uganda Conference [CUC] of the SDA church.

The exercise that was adopted by the CUC during the five year strategic planning workshop in Mityana in 2010 seems to be yielding more returns than expected.

The monitoring exercise which has moved to areas of Mityana, Katikamu, Masaka and Mukono Zones has enabled top church leadership to interface with Christians at grassroots, sharing with them social and economic challenges and designing a better way forward.

According to the Stewardship and Development Director at the CUC, Pastor Kazooba Fred, the Kalondoozi program has enabled Christians to realize their ultimate role in returning tithe and offertory.

He says that in areas where Christians can not give cash as tithe, they have resorted to collecting items like cereals, matooke, chickens and cattle among other produce, which are sold off to get the exact monitory value.

CUC EMBARKS ON TRAINING SPIRITUAL CARE GIVERS IN SDA CHURCH DISTRICTS

The Central Uganda Conference [CUC] of the Seventh-day Adventist Church has embarked on training Spiritual Care Givers for all the facets of Chaplaincy.

In the CUC Strategic Plan, there is a Strategic scheme which stipulates: CUC will have strengthened Chaplaincy services [Hospital, prison, military, institutional, business chaplaincies] by the end of 2012.

From the 240 church boards in CUC, there is one recurring Action Step under this scheme and that is: Training of lay leaders in Chaplaincy Ministry.

Writes:Godfrey Babi Kimera

A team of Seventh-day Adventist Pastors' wives have excited the residents of Wattuba village in Wakiso district following their aggressive participation in evangelism.

The team comprising over 100 pastors' wives headed by Mrs. Mary Oligye stormed the village on the 31^st December 2011 and held a three weeks crusade in the area.

The humble and gentle ladies have also participated in several community activity work including clearing and digging up dug wells, building and repairing houses for the elderly and donating household and food items to the needy.