By Patrick Ochei
The Heroes Aglow Gospel Ministry a.k.a Heroes Family International Church, Okpanam, has honoured the Majority Leader of Delta State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Engr. Emeka Nwaobi with its maiden Life of Impact Award during the 2023 Men’s Fellowship Day in the church.
The Award was also presented to the Senior Pastor of Heroes Family Church, Pastor (Engr.) Elvis Peters Uto, the Chairman of Obakpor Engineering Limited, Chief John Oguma, the Permanent Secretary of Delta State Government House and Protocol, Sir Edwin Ogidi-Gbegbaje, the CEO of Fidelity Fortune and Management Company Limited, Prince Ibe Ozoma and of course, the Branch Pastor of the Church of God Mission (Church Aglow Asaba), Rev. Eric Nwachukwu .
The above awardees were superlatively celebrated for their sincere services to God and humanity, to the effect that many lives had been positively impacted by virtue of their good works.
According to the Men’s Leader, Deacon Patrick Ochei while delivering his address of welcome and introducing the awardees; he affirmed that the awardees were thoroughly screened before being approved for the award, adding that they well deserved the honour done them.
His words, “When we decided to celebrate our Men’s Week for this year, we saw this 2023 edition as an opportunity to celebrate our Fathers’ Day. We initiated the award segment as part of our programme, in order to honour certain individuals within and without, who have contributed immensely to the advancement of the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ and humanity.
“It was on this note that several personalities were nominated, and we eventually pruned down to these distinguished awardees that are here to be honoured today.
“I congratulate you on behalf of the Heroes Men’s Fellowship, while urging you to continue to support the spreading of the Gospel of Jesus Christ and advancement of humanitarian services in your various spheres of influence”, Ochei posited.
Meanwhile, the Guest Speaker and General Overseer of the House of Gladtidings Missions International, Okpanam, Bishop Prince Edugbo did justice to the theme of the Men’s Programme, “Impact”.
The preacher said there is nothing as honourable as living an impactful and evidence based life, thereby praying God to give the men the grace and fortitude to live an impactful life going forward.
It was indeed an awesome time in the presence of God, as the programme which was anchored by an On Air Personality, Comrade Onome Tanno was spiced up with lots of creative activities by the men of Heroes Family, including a worship and praise ministrations by Minister Joshua and Kayode Judah the Saxophonist.
