Thanksgiving service held for Street Academy children
The Revival Outreach Church has organised a thanksgiving and anointing service for children of Street Academy, a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), which caters for the well-being of homeless and child labourers.
The annual thanksgiving service was held to draw the children closer to God, and also seek His protection and assistance in all their endeavours.
Speaking at the service, Mr Peter Akorful, an Elder of the church, urged the children to believe that they were created for a purpose.
He told them to believe in God and trust in Him alone for the supply of their needs since He was the creator of all things.
“Always believe in yourselves and also confess positive things since life and death lie in the power of the tongue,” he added.
Mr Akorful appealed to Christians to cultivate the habit of giving and paying attention to the needs of the less privileged.
Ataa Lartey, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Street Academy, said God had been faithful to the school as well as the students throughout the academic year, hence the thanksgiving service.
According to him, the objective of the Academy was to empower the less privileged and vulnerable within the communities to be able to live normal lives.
He indicated that the Academy was faced with financial challenges and called on the government and stakeholders to come to their aid to enable the children to leave better lives in the future.
Ataa Lartey thanked the church for hosting this year’s thanksgiving service for the Academy.
The Street Academy was established in 1986 by Ataa Lartey, a sports enthusiast and social worker, as a youth programme to tap talents in sports and cultural activities.
The Academy offers inclusive refuge for under-resourced and underprivileged children by providing an alternative school curriculum rooted in informal academic teachings, sports, music, art, and culture.
BY TIMES SPORTS REPORTER