General Report
Students’
Representative Council
Valley View University
Chaplaincy Office
2011 - 2012
By the grace of God
on May 2011, I was elected as the Chaplain of the Students’ Representative
Council (SRC) of Valley View University, for a one year term, which started
from August 2011 to May 2012.
As stipulated by the
SRC Constitution at page 15, my major work as Chaplain was as follow:
a)
Shall be in charge of all religious and devotional activities
of the Council.
b)
Shall be the Council’s representative in religious life and chaplaincy
committee(s) and meetings of the University.
c) Shall be responsible for the
spiritual upliftment of the members of the Council.
d) Shall
be responsible for any duty specified in the Bye-laws of this constitution.
It was a challenge for
me, for as I took my office, I had to lift higher the role of the Students’
Chaplain on Campus. Because, firstly for the past years the council had never
organised any spiritual activity; secondly, the role of the chaplain was
thought to be met only for opening and closing prayer during meetings; finally,
the chaplaincy office of the SRC did not have any committee with a structure to
enable it to be more efficient on campus and off campus.
Therefore, my major
focus during my term was to give practical answers to the various remarks made
on the previous lines. That is to say:
(1)
Organization of a Spiritual Activity by the SRC
(2) Enlarging the work of
the Chaplain in the SRC
(3) Organized and structured the SRC Chaplaincy Committee
Before I go ahead, I would like to
mention the various programs that I planned to organize when I was standing for
the position of SRC Chaplain. On my manifesto, here are the programs that I
mentioned:
(1)
An Outreach Program
(2) A Bible Conference
(3) A Chaplaincy
Committee
(4) A Structure for the
SRC Chaplaincy Committee
After being elected, all the above programs were accepted by
the Executive Committee of the Students’ Representative Council (of which I am
part), and later by a majority vote by the Senate.
At the end of my term, by the grace of God, here is the
summary of what I have been able to fulfil:
(1)
A Lead Bible Conference
was organized by SRC ( 1st Semester )
(2) A “All Nations Day was organized by SRC ( 2nd
Semester)
(3) The Chaplaincy Office of SRC has now a Chaplaincy Committee
with a Structure
(4) A period of Bible Studies and Prayer Session for the
Executive Committee was put in place (Saturday afternoon from 2:00pm to 3:00pm,
with the support of the SRC President). Note that for many Sabbaths we met as
planned.
(5) At the end of the term 2 students from the Executive
Committee were baptized to the faith (The Vice – President and the Sergeant at
arms)
I was not able to organize the Outreach program which was
supposed to take place one week before the Week of Spiritual Emphasis of the
second semester, simply because at that time the Valley View University
Chaplaincy had also planned to have a pre – Week of Spiritual Emphasis before
to the Week of Spiritual Emphasis. Since we (SRC) aimed for the same purpose
the SRC Cabinet decided to drop its outreach program for the pre – Week of
Spiritual Emphasis.
Finally, without any mistake I can say that, by the grace of
God I have been able to achieve all that I promised to do in my manifesto. With
humility, I do recognize that I might have done certain things in a wrong way
during my term of office, but thanks be to God for I have learnt so many things
in terms of administration, leadership and spirituality. My prayer is that as I
handover, the Lord will prosper the SRC Chaplaincy office, the Students’
Representative, and Valley View University.
I would like to thank the Chaplaincy Office of Valley View
University, especially the Chaplain, Pastor Juvenal Balisasa; All the SRC
Executive members, especially the president; and all those who might have
contributed to a successful term of office.
May God bless you,
Long live Valley View University
O.T
Former Students’ Chaplain
Valley View University
Ghana - Accra
