YPMA

The Young Peoples Missionary Association was established in 1957, this being the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Moravian Church.

The aims of the Y.P.M.A. are:-
1 To encourage children and young people to learn more about overseas missionary work.
2 To try and put children and young people in direct contact with many aspects of the overseas missionary work through the media of Y.P.M.A.
3 To encourage them to share the knowledge they acquire about the overseas work with other people, both young and old.
4 To support this work, where ever possible, by their own personal giving and prayer and encourage others who may not necessary be members of the Moravian Church to do the same.

Each Y.P.M.A member is given a Y.P.M.A collecting card.
At the end of the year each child receives a Y.P.M.A certificate and depending on how much they have collected during the year receives one of the following awards:-
£5 and over - SILVER BAR
£10 and over - GOLD BAR
£25 and over - PURPLE BAR
£50 and over - BLUE BAR
£75 and over - GREEN BAR
£100 and over - RED BAR
£150 and over - TRANS BLUE BAR
£200 and over - FLUX BAR (PINK)
The bars are designed to fix to the Y.P.M.A badge.

We also have a Y.P.M.A. hymn:-
Jesus our King Thou art,
Our Saviour strong and true;
In Thy dear love we all are joined,
In Thee we live anew.
Bless us Thy reign to spread,
Thy great salvation tell,
Till all the world Thy name adore
And shout “Emmanuel”
(Rev. A. J. Lewis, M.A.)

Every year one or more projects are undertaken to which money collected is allocated.

Last year's project was a great success!

Elim Wish List
The Elim Home Wish List project closed at the end of 2005. I am pleased to announce the amount of money donated enabled every item on the list to be provided. The total donated was £6837.71. The money in excess, after providing all items requested, was also sent to the Elim Home. Thank you to all who contributed. Your generosity was overwhelming.

This year's project is...

Y.P.M.A. Project for Tanzania

I am pleased to announce that Y.P.M.A. will be contributing to the building of a new Library and Dormitory at the Lusangi Moravian Junior Seminary in the Sikonge district, Tabora, Western Tanzania.

Lusangi Moravian Junior Seminary is one of the Institutes working under the Moravian church in Western Tanzania. The institute provides both secular and Bible studies.

There are three departments:
Bible School: This section prepares material for those preparing for ministry in congregations within the province. It also gives a chance to other Moravian provinces for their evangelists to learn. The course on evangelism takes 2 years.
Theological college: This department provides theological education to people preparing for pastoral work. It provides a certificate in theology. It is planned to start a Diploma course in Theology for ordained pastors. This will start this year, 2006.
High school: This branch of the institute deals with secondary education at an advanced level and after 2 years’ study students receive the advanced secondary level certificate.

Since the seminary was established in 1989 it has been using old buildings which are now unsatisfactory and out of date. The population of students has been increasing, this being due to the good performance of the school. The school has never been able to build a modern library due to lack of money. A small room where approximately 6 – 10 students can sit to read books is being used as a library.

There is also a problem of suitable dormitory accommodation for the girl students. The dormitory building accommodates only 20 students. To meet the goal of having at least 60 girl students a new building is required. The number of girl students joining the school is increasing each year.

The project is to build a library to accommodate at least 50 – 60 people at once. The building will have a store for the books and an office for the librarian. The building will have two toilets for males and females
The project also includes a dormitory for at least 40 girls.

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