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1. COPPERBELT ZAMBIA CONFERENCE ADVENTIST YOUTH MINISTRIES SECRETARIAT ACTIVITY BASED REPORT 2024 JANUARY - MAY

2. CONTENT OF THE REPORT PREAMBLE INDUCTION CEREMONIES G LOBAL YOUTH DAY PROJECTS EDUCATION AND STANDARDS

3. CONTENT CONTI… 7. SEMINARS 8. DIRECTOR IAL TOURS 9. THE FUNERAL 10. COMMUNICATION 11. ADMI NISTRATIVE PURCH ASES

4. PREAMBLE Copperbelt Zambia Conference stretches from Chambishi district on the Copperbelt Province to Chitambo district in Central Province of Zambia. This is the Territory which is described as Copperbelt Zambia Conference of the Seventh – Day Adventist Church. The conference has Fifty two (52) organised Mission Districts with several churches, companies and Branches

5. The conference is administratively Sub- divided into Four Regions Central Region A Central Region B Copper belt Region A Copper belt Region B

6. SUPERVISION OF THE REGIONS These Regions are supervised by the Region Coordinators who work and report the activities of the Regions to the Conference Adventist Youth Ministries Executive Committee wh ich reports to the Youth Director, who is the Overall supervisor of all the activities of the Youth Ministries in the conference.

7. INDUCTION CEREMONIES The conference was able to conduct induction ceremonies in all the 52 mission districts. These were supervised by the District Youth Leaders (Presidents) and monitored by the Conference Officials. Worth noting is the availability of capable master guides in the conference who made this work easier

8. STATISTICS OF INDUCTED/ENROLLED MEMBERS S/N CLUB MALE FEMALE TOTAL 1 ADVENTURERS 5218 5724 10942 2 PATHFINDERS 6495 7404 13899 3 AMBASSADORS 7334 4415 11749 4 YOUNG ADULTS 5011 4729 9740

9. GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION

10. CHALLENGES FACED DURING THE INDUCTIONS The biggest challenge recorded during and after the whole period of the Induction Ceremonies in all the respective mission Districts was late submission of statistical data to the conference

11. RECOMMENDATIONS Leaders are therefore urged to be submitting data to the conference secretariat immediately after the induction ceremonies Leaders are further encouraged to do this task even before they are reminded as this is part of their duties.

12. GLOBAL YOUTH DAY Global youth day is a special day set aside by the General conference of the seventh – Day Adventist church were the ambassadors and the Young Adults take the centre stage in showing the acts of kindness in their communities . This Year’s GYD was commemorated under the Theme: SHOW UP IN THE CITIES . Due to the nature of the theme , the conference Adventist Youth Ministries formulated FIVE Clusters for easy administration and supervision of all GYD Activities in districts not forgetting district centers

13. GYD CLUSTERS The Five (05) GYD clusters were Mufulira cluster for all the Mufulira based mission districts. Kitwe cluster for all the kitwe based mission districts. Kapiri Cluster for all the Kapiri based mission districts . Luanshya cluster for luanshya based mission districts Ndola cluster for all ndola based districts Besides these five clusters , many other clusters were in full swing and conducted activities such as Cleaning of the public places i.e markets , police and Health facilities among others. Over K 108,000 was spent cumulatively across the conference during GYD celebrations

14. GYD ACTIVITIES INCLUDED; BLOOD DRIVES

15. GYD ACTIVITIES CLEANING THE CITIES

16. Photo Focus: Mpongwe Central youth s sp ott ed cleaning the city

17. GYD ACTIVITIES DONATION OF CLEANING MATERIALS

18. GYD SABBATH On this day, celebratory worship services were held all around the conference, these services were graced by various civic leaders and senior government officials who appreciated the great gesture that was exhibited by the youths of the Seventh –Day Adventist Church especially that it came in the wake of cholera Glad to report that many Church leaders took leading roles to ensure the success of these events .

19. PHOTO FOCUS NDOLA MAYOR ARRIVNG FOR GYD SABBATH WORSHIP IN NDOLA

20. PHOTO FOCUS: EXCOM MEMBERS LEADING IN THE MATCH PAST

21. PHOTO FOCUS MATCH PAST IN NDOLA DURING GYD SABBATH

22. YOUTH WEEK OF PRAYER After the celebration, the youths turned their focus to inviting their friends in the community for the week of prayer. The week of prayers took place in all the churches across the conference and at the end , 5136 Souls were won to Jesus Christ through baptism

23. BAPTISM STATISTICS The following is the break down of baptism statistics per region COPPERBELT REGION B – 1,112 COPPERBELT REGION A - 1,407 CENTRAL REGION A - 1,088 CENTRAL REGION B - 1,529 TOTAL: 5,136

24. BREAKDOWN PER REGION CENTRAL REGION A S/N MISSION DISTRICT SOULS 1 KAPIRI SOUTH 100 2 KAPIRI NORTH 121 3 KAPIRI WEST 136 4 LUKANGA 153 5 LUKOMBA WEST 144 6 LUKOMBA EAST 113 7 LUNCHU 117 8 NKOLE 204 TOTAL 1088

25. CENTRAL REGION B S/N MISSION DISTRICTS SOULS 1 CHALATA 86 2 CHITAMBO 89 3 LUANO 414 4 MASANSA 445 5 MUSOFU 132 6 NEW MKUSHI 130 7 NKUMBI 96 8 SERENJE 137 TOTAL 1529

26. COPPEERBELT REGION A S/N MISSION DISTRICTS SOULS 1 BWANAMUKUBWA 77 2 KANSENSHI 46 3 LUANSHYA WEST 53 4 LUANSHYA EAST 53 5 LUBUTO 85 6 MASAITI 58 7 MPONGWE SOUTH 530 8 MPONGWE CENTRAL 149 9 MUPAPA 172

27. CONT… 10 MUSHILI 21 11 MUTABA 27 12 NDOLA CENTRAL 5 13 NDOLA EAST 17 14 NDOLA NORTH 10 15 NORTHRISE 15 16 NYENYESHI 95 17 NDOLA WEST 11 TOTAL 1407

28. COPPERBELT REGION B S/N MISSION DISTRICT SOULS 1 CHAMBISHI 37 2 CHIMWEMWE 30 3 FREEDOM PARK 09 4 KAFUE 73 5 KALULUSHI 158 6 KITWE EAST 85 7 KITWE CENTRAL 14 8 KITWE SOUTH 75 9 KWACHA 34

29. CONT… 10 LUFWANYAMA EAST 110 11 LUFWANYAMA WEST 220 12 MINDOLO 86 13 MUFULIRA EAST 43 14 MUFULIRA WEST 52 15 NKANA 15 16 RIVERVIEW 5 17 GARNETON 66 TOTAL 1112

30. PROJECTS The main project sites for the conference are; Maposa skills Musofu land These sites need title deeds and Directors office is actively working with the church officers to ensure this is done soon as time has elapsed from the time the main E xcom committed itself.

31. PROJECT CONT… INSIGINIA STOCKING The conference is currently selling insignias through Br Chilukusha M, the project secretary. This project is so far steadily progressing.

32. CZC ITERMS SOLD UNDER PROJECTS COMMITTEE Scarves – 21 Lanyards – 11 Pin – 01 N eck ties – 4 We encourage our youths to take advan tag e of these materials as they are good quality and meets the standards as prescribed in the SID UNIFORM BOOKLET and RESOURCE MANUALS

33. SAMPLE INSIGNIA

34. SAMPLE INSIGNIAS

35. CONSTITUTION A constitution in one of the most important document for every organisation. Copperbelt Zambia Conference has for some year s operated without a constitution. In view of this, we are glad to announce to this house the milestone that the constitution committee has made in the formulation of this document

36. CONSTITUTION FORMULATION PROCESS The committee had a weekend outing whose aim was solely to finalise the document. This house is being informed that the constitution is ready for adoption as the official document to be used by the Adventist youth ministries .

37. CONSTITUTION COMMITTEE Elder Stephen Kabwe – Chairperson Elder Gerald Sunkutu – Secretary Br Kunda Richard – Parliamentarian Br Makwaza Francis – Member Br King Mwewa - Member Elder Alex Cheelo – Ex official Elder Bonnie Mpelembe – Ex official

38. EDUCATION AND STANDARDS The Education and Standards committee of the CZC Adventist Y outh M inistries works on, among many other things, administering the exams, assessments and upholding of the standards and policy compliance. On 12/01/24, the education and standards held a gland investiture ceremony in Kitwe at the Copperbelt University where hundreds of Master guides and Senior youth leaders were invested. The report on this was given during the February 2024 council

39. EXAMINATIONS On May 5 th , 2024, the Education and Standards committee administered Pathfinder progressive classes and master guide exams. On the same day, Bible Truth and Church Heritage Re-sit exams were administered.

40. BREAK DOWN OF EXAM CANDIDATES COPPERBELT REGION A S/N EXAMINATION CANDIDATES 1 LEADERSHIP 1 171 2 LEADERSHIP 2 149 3 BIBLE TRUTH 43 4 CHURCH HERITAGE 38 5 SYL 1&2 102 6 SYL 3 3 7 COMBO 10 8 PATHFINDER 409

41. COPPERBELT REGION B S/N EXAMINATION CANDIDATES 1 LEADERSHIP 1 332 2 LEADERSHIP 2 316 3 BIBLE TRUTH 45 4 CHURCH HERITAGE 37 5 SYL 1&2 111 6 SYL 3 15 7 COMBO 10 8 PATHFINDER 909

42. CENTRAL REGION A S/N EXAMINATION CANDIDATES 1 LEADERSHIP 1 140 2 LEADERSHIP 2 132 3 BIBLE TRUTH 12 4 CHURCH HERITAGE 8 5 SYL 1&2 30 6 SYL 3 - 7 COMBO 5 8 PATHFINDER 106

43. CENTRAL REGION B S/N EXAMINATION CANDIDATES 1 LEADERSHIP 2 93 2 LEADERSHIP 2 75 3 BIBLE TRUTH 34 4 CHURCH HERITAGE 24 5 SYL 1&2 21 6 SYL 3 11 7 COMBO 16 8 PATHFINDER 111

44. LEADERSHIP SEMIN ARS We must also report that during the period under review the conference conducted several leadership seminars which were under the supervision of the regional coordinators. The main aim of these seminars was to build capacity in leaders to enable them preside over the affairs of the young people across the conference.

45. Among the places where the leadership seminars took place includes Kalulushi leadership seminar under Kalulushi Youth Federation - The Director’s Designees graced the event Pemeka Leadership under Kapiri South - The Director graced the event Sungula Leadership Seminar organised by Kapiri West Chambishi Leadership Seminar by Chambishi Missions District AYM - Graced by the Director Chimwemwe Mission District Leadership Seminar - Graced by the director

46. REGIONAL LEADERSHIP SEMINAR Copper belt region A organised a regional leadership seminar, which attracted many young people across the region, this gathering saw a proper selection of instructors Among the instructors were Elder Alex Cheelo, Elder Martin Musonda , Elder Jope Himweete , Pastor Dexter Njuka etc.

47. PHOTO FOCUS A fully packed room with all the delegates during the leadership seminar

48. PHOTO FOCUS YOUTHS FOLLOWING THE LESSONS

49. DIRECTORIAL TOURS During the period under review, the youth director made a number of visits with in the C opperbelt Zambia conference. In his visits, the director took time to explain to the youths around the conference the vision of the Adventist Youth Ministries of Copperbelt Zambia Conference for this three years tenure of office.

50. PHOTO FOCUS The director addressing a guard of honour by the New Mkushi pathfinder club under Central Region B

51. The director proceeded to invest 25 candidates in central region B.

52. PHOTO FOCUS Elder Alex Cheelo , the Youth Director and other officials in Mpongwe South during the big Sabbath

53. PHOTO FOCUS Pastor NYAMBE of Mpongwe South mission district with his team making sure following the big Sabbath programs with the youth director

54. FUNERAL SUPPORT It is with great sadness that I report to this house the tragedy which be fall us in the month of April; the untimely demise of our two brothers and a sister who would have been part of us toda y Br K irren Chisanga – until his demise served as the Communication C hairperson for CZC AYM Br C hoongo Sakala – until his demise served as the adventurer specialist under education and standards dept. Sr Mercy Ngalande – A youth leader from Kapiri North

55. CONTI… We further wish to report that as a conference we received overwhelming material and spiritual support from within and outside the conference. T he conference main Excom purchased the three caskets at a cost of K16,500 and our brothers and sister were put to rest on 4 th April 2024 at Chibwelelo cemetery in Kapiri Mposhi while the young people and other supporters of youth Ministries raised over K 37,000 towards funeral support. See treasury report for details.

56. CONTI… On the day of bur ial scores of youth s travel ed from within and outside the conference to pay their last respect to the departed brethren. Elder Brian Kambole and Pastor Richard Chanzingwa - Youth Director, are among the leaders who represented Northwestern Zambia Conference and Midlands East Zambia Conference respectively on the material day

57. CONTI.. When called upon to speak, Elder Cheelo, on behalf of the Executive and all CZC Youths , reflectively reminded the mourners of the great work that the late colleagues had done for the church and for the Adventist Youth Ministries in Copperbelt Zambia Conference and beyond. He encouraged the youths present to emulate the passion of the late leaders even as he tendered in his commiserative speech.

58. PHOTO FOCUS Excom members in somber mood at the funeral procession

59. PHOTO FOCUS ELDER CHEELO GIVIVG HIS REFLECTIONS

60. PHOTO FOCUS The three caskets right before being taken to Chibwelelo Cemetery where they were the trio was put to rest

61. COMMUNICATION Communication plays a critical role in disseminating information across our conference. In order to enhance good and quality communication, the conference is currently working on purchasing equipment for communication, the recent procurement of a camera stand is a testament to this commitment. The public relations team who only depend on personal gadgets to do the work will soon have these conference equipments .

62. The recently procured camera stand

63. ADMINISTRATION I n the w ake of trying to reduce costs and atleast save some resources, the Adventist Youth administration decided to purchase a printer to be used mainly under the Education and Standards office of course working together with secretariat. This was thought after analysing the printing costs incurred during the meetings of this nature through secretariat and exam printing

64. PHOTO FOCUS PRINTER TYPE: CANON

65. CONCLUSION W e would like to thank you for your usual support and positive reactions towards the work of God. We can do a lot as a conference as long as we remain united, guide us when we error as we are ready to learn from your experience .

66. END PREPARED BY: CZC AYM SECRETARIAT BONNIE MPELEMBE MR AUDREY MWABA MUMBA SR APPROVED BY: CZC AYM CHAIRPERON ALEX CHEELO