Cardinal Turkson urges Ghanaians to renew minds during Jubilee celebrations

Cape Coast, March 4, GNA- The Catholic Archbishop of Cape Coast, His
Eminence Peter Cardinal Kodwo Appiah Turkson on Sunday urged Ghanaians
to renew their minds this Jubilee year and endeavour to forgive one
another, eschew greed and cheating and seek the welfare of their
fellow citizens.
He said the celebration of the 50th Jubilee celebration was
Biblical and requires that Christians particularly and Ghanaians as a
whole should have a change of heart towards each other for the
betterment
of the country.
Cardinal Turkson was delivering the sermon at an
inter-denominational thanksgiving service to mark the Golden Jubilee
anniversary celebration in the region, organized jointly by the
Central Regional Ghana @50 planning committee and CENTRAPEC, an
association of Pentecostal and charismatic churches in the region.
He, in that direction, charged all Ghanaians to cancel the debts
of their debtors as has been stated in Leviticus 28:8-28 and stressed
that life is more important than material things and also turn to God
and serve Him.
The Central Regional minister, Nana Ato Arthur, also appealed to
citizens to take the opportunity to unite and eschew any negative
tendencies that would be inimical to the development of the region.
He said no Ghanaian should exempt himself from the celebrations
but join in as "we work harder to develop our country", adding that
the region in particular needed to revive all the defunct industries
to help create wealth.
Osabarima Kwesi Atta II, Paramount chief of Oguaa traditional
area urged people of Cape Coast to take good care of the renovated
Victoria Park and also asked the RCC to ensure that it was well
maintained.
Later a team of Bishops and heads of churches dedicated the
facility which was constructed by Sammy Ray constructions limited at
the cost of four billion cedis, to God, while prayers were said for
the President, ministers of state, MPs and the nation at large.
The renovation work was completed within six weeks and the
Victoria Park now has facilities, including presidential dais, press
gallery and dressing rooms.
04 March 07