Dearly beloved Leaders and Councilors, Patrons and Patroness, Current and Past PLC Chairmen and Secretaries, Current and Past Deanery Coordinators and Secretaries, and the  entire Body of the Laity,  we appreciate your participation today at our Inaugural AGM 2025. Your robust, articulated and constructive thoughts,  contributions, criticisms, and engagement have really helped to shape and drive the AGM to a sterling success. May God bless and grant you those positive desires of your heart through Christ our Lord Amen 🙏 

My dearly beloved  Executives, you all are awesome. Thanks for your purposeful leadership. Let us keep this solid  collaboration going, to finish STRONG! God would definitely bless your service and grant your nagging petitions in Jesus Name Amen.

Thanks so very much our highly esteemed  Patrons and Patroness for always standing by us and supporting us in every way. You all are so dear to our hearts and we would keep working with you to increase God's Kingdom through Christ our Lord Amen 🙏. Thanks so much, we appreciate you and all your financial support.

I want to thank our Daddy Monsignor Gabriel Amolegbe, the Dean of the Deanery for his dedicated and consistent support to us and our programs. Thanks for staying with us throughout the meeting. We owe you our continuous  prayers and love. God bless you Baba.

Our one and only Chaplain, Very Rev. Fr.   Michael Kendra Etegene, you are such a loving Priest who understands our needs. Your support and spiritual guidance have helped to get us this far. You remained in our hearts always. Thanks for trusting and believing in me and my team of Executives. God bless you and preserve you for us and the Church.

I want to thank the Lay Apostolate Centre Director, my friend and the friend of the Epe Deanery for accepting to deliver our Inaugural AGM Lecture. It was so detailed and comprehensive. We were filled. May God continue to endow you with His wisdom for more exploit in His vineyard through Christ our Lord Amen 🙏. Thank you for coming.

And to each and everyone of you, thanks so very much for coming. I am sure you were blessed and you have learned many new things that would elevate your life and leadership. 

I can not end without thanking in a very special way the planning committee Chairperson Mrs. Moweta Fidelia and Team for such a wonderful organization and delivery. Everything was on point even the cosy environment you created for us. May God bless your service of love through Christ our Lord Amen 🙏 

I want to therefore call on you all to support the newly launched website and YouTube Channel for Epe Deanery Laity Council, like and share our videos and programs so that we can keep improving on our service delivery. 

If you want to advertise your business, we are ready to do that on our website, provided it is a genuine business. We would always censor it before loading to our website. 

Please let us look forward to another exciting program coming up in August 2025. With your support as usual we would succeed through Christ our Lord Amen 🙏

Please do have a beautiful week, and Happy Mother's Day to all our Mothers in the house and in the Deanery.

Salt of the Earth Light of the World!

One Church One Laity!

Epe Deanery, Driving Growth and Fostering Unity!

God bless you All. 

Patrick Ekpat, Chairman Deanery Laity Council.