08 Apr Easter Story: Freetown, Sierra Leone

From Francis George, layperson from the Wellington UB church in Freetown, Sierra Leone

We started celebrating Easter by organizing a passion week service which lasted four days.

On Palm Sunday, the young adult group, which consists of about 24 persons,  presented their program which they called “Africana Sunday.” They gave prizes to the best Africana dress, both to men and women.

To raise fun, a competition was organized. We divided everyone into two groups, and each group selected a candidate to be the Africana Star. One group chose sister Mariatu Lengor, and the other group chose Brother Francis Alie Simbo. Brother Simbo finally won the competition as Africana Star.

The young adults decided to give 60% of the funds raised to the church (since the church is under construction) and 40% to the group.

For Easter Sunday, the men and women competed to raise the highest offering for that day. It is rather unfortunate that the women defeated the men.