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16. When demands are made on an awardee’s time and/or resources, the
statement “Ha, ha! am I the only one?” must not be uttered by him/her.
Such a statement is ungracious, ingratitude to God, the giver of all good
things and a negation of the promise made before God and all
witnesses of the awardees’ investiture that he/she would continue to
lead and serve God’s people with his/her life talents, time and
resources to the end of his/her life.
17. Permit me to use this opportunity and my position as the National
Secretary of the Council of Knights of John Wesley and Charles Wesley
to address a touchy issue on segregation and discriminatory attitude
to the Orders of the Wesleys. I make bold to say that all awardees are
the same. What we have is precedence and not superiority and/or
class distinction. If this is true, then “why the Council of Knights and
not Council of CA?” This question must have been at the back of the
mind of the Prelate, when in an address to the 10 th Annual Conference
of the Council which was held at MTI Umuahia 22 nd -24 th October, 2010
wrote as follows: “Wait a minute, what are you doing to interact in
your Diocese with other awardees of the Church i.e. Officers of the
Order of the Wesleys (OOW) and Members of the Order of the Wesleys
(MOW)? Your interaction with them on Diocesan level will promote
love, harmony and sense of belonging”. The Council unanimously
accepted the suggestion and decided that an Association of Conference
Awardees must be established at all Dioceses. The beauty of this
occurred at the burial ceremony of an OOW at Ago-Iwoye on Saturday
12 th February 2011. All Conference Awardees present (Knights and
Order) at the burial service came out, surrounded the casket, sang
MHB 913 and read an oration. It is expected that the various Chapters
of the Council would report on the progress made on the
establishment of the Associations which must hold regular meetings
after her inauguration by the various Bishops.
18. Thank you and God bless the Association of Conference Awardees at
all the 59 Dioceses in the Conference Area and Trinity Church Council.
Sir Col. Bola Ogunsanwo, KJW
National Secretary, Methodist Council of Knights
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