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Beulah Land Presents Flourish: Sensitizes The Youth to Be Assertive

By GEORGINA APPIAH

Beulah Land Ekklessia is a restful prayer center located at Dominase Kwasikwaa in the Central Region of Ghana, where Christians from all walks of life visit periodically to have an encounter with God.

Situated at the inland of Komenda Edina Eguafo Abrem municipality, Beulah, recognizes the need to embrace all in its quest to spread the gospel, hence, bringing onboard the young and old from adjoining communities and beyond to have a feel of God’s presence through a series of eventful programmes.

At one of such programmes for young people between the ages of thirteen and twenty-five, dubbed “Flourish 2025”, the Vision Bearer of Beulah Land Ekklesia, Dr Priscilla Commey Mintah admonished the youth to stay positive and shun vices such as; sexual promiscuity amongst other behaviors frowned upon by society.

Dr Commey Mintah indicated that happenings in the world in recent times require swift response, hence, drawing young people closer to God.

”As the Bible puts it; ‘Come awhile with Me’, there is therefore the need to have some quiet time with God to be able to restrategize”, the Vision Bearer of Beulah Land Ekklesia stated.

Held under the theme: “Purge Yourself”, participants were taken through topics including; AI and the Youth, 21st century Skills, Pushing for Success, Career Paths, The Youth and the Police and Handling Emotions among others.

Dr Commey Mintah called on individuals and benevolent organizations that wish to support the work of God to assist Beulah to reach out to many people in the society.

She further called on all to visit the place for an exceptional experience.

The Guest Speaker, Professor Roselyne Okech from Memorial University, Canada, stressed on demands of the world which is taking parents attention from their children and called on parents not to shirk their responsibilities in their adventure to put food on the table.

She emphasized that “there’s a lot of pressure on the Youth, including; societal pressures, academic pressures and as such this programme is very good because we include many dimensions. We expose the youth to many aspects of life so that they are well prepared to engage the world”.

“They will have the tools that can help them navigate this pressurized world”.

She urged parents to take time to find out what their children do at any given moment to limit vices among children and the time they spend on social media.

“What we do is to buy children gadgets to manipulate so their relationship is not with human anymore but with those gadgets”.

Dr Okech hoped parents and guardians would embrace their children and communicate with them frequently to understand their (children) needs and to resolve some of the storms they face as young people.

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