chapelchoir1@gmail.com...............................worshippers after God’s own Heart. UGANDA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY CHAPEL CHOIR MINISTRIES September semester 2011 report It is a great honor and privilege to bless the Lord almighty for this great ministry and the divine call of being worshippers after God’s own heart. The ministry is greatly credited for the passion it exhibits as it reaches out to God’s people to the Uganda Christian University and neighboring community, many hearts have been greatly blessed. 1. The first committee meeting held was on 6th September 2011 and the theme of the semester was agreed upon to be theTime has come and it is now to worship the Lord in spirit and truth from John 4:24, this was discussed to be our motivation for the semester in our activities such as worship sessions, praise and worship, lunch hour OV1 at 1pm, gift day among others. 2. Since as worshippers, prayer is indispensable, it was suggested that we derive subthemes which shall direct us in our prayer time every Wednesday at Ov1 at 1pm which our prayer secretary Simon Peter and the associate coordinated excellently and we were really blessed to seek and call out to God as worshippers. 3. Our papa love was also tasked to work with the prayer secretary to distribute the members into circles of friends which were responsible for chapelchoir1@gmail.com...............................worshippers after God’s own Heart. leading in the prayer times on Wednesday prayer day and also to help members build a great sense of belonging. 4. The team leadership also requested that we hold our meetings more often and agreed to meet on weekly basis to carry out efficient and timely planning to enable increased performance of the ministry for the glory of God. 5. It was recommended that new members need to be oriented through the circle of friends and giving them a warm welcome to enable them fit into the choir and find belonging. 6. It was also suggested that we compile a list of the vocalists and their different voices to build the ability of the members to grow into great worshippers by helping them identify the potential within them and to lead in worship at the university and away. 7. Also suggestions were drawn about the dressing code, through the librarian’s office to enable smartness and decency to manifest God’s glory as worshippers through living as models because it is the time to worship God in spirit and truth. 8. It was brilliantly thought to always hold the general assembly as early as possible to allow an opportunity to boost the team’s capacity to perform better through early planning. 9. Lock –in, an evening of family get together for holistic sharpening was also recommended that it is organized early enough and Simon Peter was chapelchoir1@gmail.com...............................worshippers after God’s own Heart. proposing to host it though we succeeded to have it done at Sandra, a choir member’s hostel. 10. The team chairperson, papa Nathan, greatly appreciated the team members for the commitment and the sacrifice offered to minister to God with chapel choir. 11. Great emphasis was drawn on the regular meetings of the members to enable the team to evaluate performance and plan for better performance. Successes for the team through the semester  The team succeeded to meet for fellowships ever Wednesday which greatly helped to build team unity and love.  Circles of friends participated in the fellowship and prayer time and blessed the family through leading, worship and sharing the word.  Succeeded to meet regularly for practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays which helped the team prepare for ministry well and took worship to a greater height.  The committee succeeded to meet for meetings regularly which attracted brilliant thoughts, thanks particularly to our host Simon peter.  The team succeeded to organize two general assemblies, one at the beginning of the semester and the evaluation one.  Succeeded to carry out lock in and this time blessed the members a great deal as people opened up and we prayed together for each other as a family. chapelchoir1@gmail.com...............................worshippers after God’s own Heart.  The team also succeeded to minister together with sister teams in Umoja concert and many people were blessed.  Many members succeeded to join the team and serve together in this ministry which caused a great difference into their lives  The semester was summarized with the gift day at Ankrah which attracted many members and sister teams like Mustard seed, TLM were invited to be part of the gift day which blessed the team a great deal.  The team also joined sister teams to bless the community of UCU through the Christmas carols were many people turned up and were blessed by the great time of praise and worship of the Lord almighty. Challenges 1. The treasurer expressed gratitude to the members for their continued commitment to the ministry which is greatly boosting the team progress but expressed concern over the failure of the members to pay the choir subscription fees and the membership fee for the new members. He concluded challenging the members to honor their pledges so soon rather the treasury was running short of money yet many activities were demanding money to be done. 2. The chairperson also appreciated the team and the members for being greatly involved in the ministry activities for example prayer, love day and lock in but expressed concern over those who were unable to make it chapelchoir1@gmail.com...............................worshippers after God’s own Heart. there and they rarely surface for the practice that it would greatly the team’s progress. 3. We were challenged to be our brothers and sister’s keepers by taking care of our circle of friends,lockin and the gift day and also choir practice. 4. Simon peter the prayer secretary rebuked the members in love and warned us against familiarity to ministry which results into inefficiency,he greatly appreciated the music drills and encouraged their continuity but also recommended a thorough scrutiny of the songs led in sadoration,worship and praise, he further appreciated the instrumentalists but expressed grievances over their commitment which limited their duty performance. 5. Need for time management 6. Updates about the progress with the fender system that was being fundraised for, clarity in communication and control of leadership monotony was also hinted on and Denis requested that communication needs to be clear and timely. Recommendations i) The general secretary suggests that stationery can be provided through the treasurer’s office to help make documentation more efficient. ii) Electronic documentation is a good way to go to enable improve and skillful record keeping for future reference. chapelchoir1@gmail.com...............................worshippers after God’s own Heart. iii) Regular communication and early mobilization for subscription payment and membership needs to be carried out. iv) Members were requested to present wallet photos and passport size photos for the choir’s album, these needs to be embarked on. 2) We greatly bless God for such a wonderful semester, we succeeded to do much for God’s glory, we are looking forward to a steady advancement as stewards and worshippers after God’s own heart to progress to a greater height. Committee members on Semester  Nathan Emiu 0783413540 naeblessed@gmail.com  Ranja Emmanuel 0782518112 emmanuelranja@gmail.com  Mayamba Johnson 0774517994 johnsonmayamba@gmail.com  Ruth Komuntale 0712209141 rutherfordakiiki@yahoo.com  Nakayaga Gorrett 0771824405 gnakayaga@yahoo.com  Mukwatanise Denis 0779603667 dmukwatanise@yahoo.com  Walugembe Sebastian 0779059853 waluseba@gmail.com  Ddamba Simon Peter, The general secretary is in the process iof developing a register to track important details about every member which include Names, Birthdays, status, home place, contact, residence, course, year of study among others. chapelchoir1@gmail.com...............................worshippers after God’s own Heart. JANUARY SEMESTER 2012 1. It’s really a wonderful semester and God has already amazed the team with his beauty, many successes have been so far realized and to this, we ascribe the glory and honor to the Lord almighty who has granted us grace to rise to greater horizons serving him and doing his purpose. 2. Many innovations are on board and these so far include, 3. Members being allocated vocal groups so that they can lead as back ups during the sessions in the semester 4. The team has absorbed the blessing of International friends from USP who are part and parcel of the ministry. 5. The team is continuing to identify opportunities to carry out ministry; there is an opportunity to minister at Buddo secondary school. 6. The team has succeeded to open up the choir email address which is chapelchoir1@gmail.com, password worshippers to boost communication and record keeping. 7. The team has succeeded readily to carryout diverse ministries in the university community especially during community worship and Sunday worship, with a new touch; we greatly bless God for this. 8. The team has succeeded to hold the general assembly and Lock in timely which is allowing enough time for carrying out other planned activities in time. Compiled by Walugembe Sebastian-Associate general secretary