BISHOP ORDAINED DECONS AND PRIEST

On 17/8/2008 There was a big mass service at Christ Church Cathedral in Arusha. On that day Bishop Simon Ordained ten Deacon and four Priest. He also ordained on Lay leader for Christ Church, called Mr. Kabudi.

The names of the Priests who were ordained is Rev. Baraka Kabudi, Rev. Richard Lipscomb,Rev. Simon Irunde and Rev. Peter Cherra. And the names for the Deacons is Edward Lukemay, Allen Mbiso, Andrew Meshack, Adam Bernard, Ishmael Meurisho, Patrick Muhae, Daniel Hiiti, Joseph Beah and Peter Yatosh.

Lets pray for all the Priest and Decon's so that God can give them wisdom and strength to work for him. They cannot make it without our prayers. We also thanks all those who attend the service and accompany our Priest and Deacon.

PRAY FOR .........
We lost our Pastor Yona Mwaluko on 04 July 2008 at KCMC Hospital. Rev. Mwaluko was a Pastor at Namanga Parish. Please pray for the family and Namanga Parish, for them to hold on with the faith which Rev. Mwaluko left for us.

We lost our Pastor Mayengo on 19 August 2008 at Kibaya. Pastor Mayengo was on his way to Arusha for the Diocesan council Meeting. Suddenly he got an accident on his motorbike which cause his death. Please Pray for the family he left and the Dongo Parish and all Kiteto Parishes.

Christ Church Cathedral lost one of his Church Elder called Dr. Julius on 24th August 2008.
Please pray for the family and Christ Church Cathedral.

We all HOPE WE WILL SEE OUR BELOVED ONE WHEN THE TRUMPHET CALL. Let prepare ourheart for the enternal life through Jesus Christ our lord.

ENDUPOTO PRIMARY SCHOOL - KERERE

Endupoto Primary school started this year on 10th March 2008. It has only one class and a rainwater harvesting tank. This school is located at Kerere in Losinyai village in an area called Endupoto. Endupoto is a maasai name means fruits. This is Maasai area which is outside Arusha region. Its along Simanjiro. The area is very dry and nothing grows there. There is no school around so many maasai boys and girls doesn't go to school. The nearby school is very far so children fail to walk up to there. During rain season there is a lot of floods and temporary rivers so children stop from going to school for some month till rain stops.

Since we started the school there we received 131 children from the village. We just build One classroom so the student has got two session to attend. One from 8:00a.m - 12:00 p.m and from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00p.m. We have two teachers. One rainwater harvesting tank. There is no water nearby the area. The school also have four holes of Toilet. The student take porridge when they attend classes. We have one cooker for making their meal.

We have a lot to do for the school. Teacher stays far away from the school so we need to have at list a teachers house. School office, more classes, more toilet holes, well for water, dispensary the area is full of malaria and a lot of school material and equipments. Please we need you to join hands with us to make it work and make our dream come true so that we can do this together. We have faith one day we will have a university there.

We also need your prayers so much, so please pray for us and the work the Lord presented to us.

We thank St. Wilfrid's Episcopal Church - Calfonia for their support in starting this project and also thanks to Christ Church Greenwich for their support. We thank Cheryl and Karen and Pam individually for their support in starting this project.

Please let join our hearts together and we can make it possible. Thanks for you donation and God bless you.
Please for more instruction please email dmk@habari.co.tz

ST. PAUL'S OLGILAI ENGLISH MEDIUM SCHOOL

This also is one of the Diocese of Mount Kilimanjaro school. This is called St. Paul's English Medium School. It is within St. Paul Olgilai Parish at Olgilai area in Arusha.
The pastor of the Parish is Rev. Hotay. St. Paul's English medium school now has class one to four. The school is very new and it need a lot of your prayers and support to help us build other classes because classes are very few. We really invite you to donate and God bless you so much. Contact us through dmk@habari.co.tz

PASUA SECONDARY

PASUA SECONDARY SCHOOL

We Diocese of Mount Kilimanjaro has got a secondary school at Kilimanjaro called Pasua. The school has got Form one up to Form four. We have good teachers and the student are doing well on their studies. Currently we have started form five and six. We are inviting you all to bring your children at Pasua Sec school so that they can have quality education. All children from every denomination are welcomed. We would like expand our school by having more classes and building for school purposes please donate so that we can reach our target.

MUNGUISHI BIBLE COLLEGE

Munguishi Bible College

Munguishi Bible College (MBC) is a bible college supported by the Diocese of Mount Kilimanjaro. It is the aim of MBC to educate men and women for Christian ministry as pastors, evangelists, teachers and lay-workers, ultimately, to inspire students to devote their lives to Jesus Christ in discipleship and to equip students for mission. MBC welcomes the opportunity of assisting students from other denominations who are seeking preparation for a fruitful Christian life and ministry.

Location

MBC is located in northern Tanzania, 13km southeast of Arusha. At an altitude of about 1200m, it is situated in a farming area that provides the necessary environment for refreshing the mind and body.

Facilities

MBC may accommodate up to 60 students living on campus. It has an assembly hall, which holds up to 120 persons, a library containing about 1000 volumes of books in both English and Kiswahili, and a lecture hall with 5 classrooms. MBC also has facilities for animal farming, vegetable gardening, fish farming, carpentry and a mechanic’s workshop.

Courses

All courses are divided into two semesters.

1. Diploma in Church Ministry: English Course (This is a 3 year course)

Entrance requirement for prospective students:

· Must be at least 20 years old

· Have completed Form 4 or more

· Have some experience in church work

· Must be recommended by their local pastor

2. Diploma in Church Ministry: Kiswahili Course (This is a 1 year course, except for preliminary period)

Entrance requirement for prospective students:

· Must be at least 20 years old

· Have completed the 3 year course of Bible College

· Must be a pastor

· Must be recommended by their senior pastor

3. Certificate (Hati) in Theology: Kiswahili course (This is a 3 year course)

Entrance requirement for prospective students:

· Must be at least 20 years old

· Have completed the Evangelist Course

· Have some experience in church work

· Must be recommended by their local pastor

4. Evangelist course (This is a 1 year course)

Entrance requirement for prospective students:

· Must be at least 20 years old

· Have completed primary school

· Have some experience in church work

· Must be recommended by their local pastor

Munguishi Administrative Staff:

Rev. Chon Dal, Park MA Th.

Principal

Rev. Kay Clark, MA Th.

Registration

Lecturers:

Rev. Patrick Maanda

Rev. Peter Chiyeyewu

Rev. David Mnankali

Rev. Joseph Bea

Donations

Donations are welcomed to support students and the facility in expanding studies. We invite volunteers from every country who are interested in working with us and have a desire to serve Christ by serving others. If you are unable to make the trip, you may sponsor individual students or contribute to a scholarship fund. Also, funds to support school ground maintenance and future additions are appreciated.

We also need your prayers all the time so that we can grow bigger and healthier in communion with Jesus Christ.

MOTHERS UNION

KARIBU MOTHERS UNION

Background: This is a union of church women in the Anglican communion. In other parts of the world the name May be Womens Fellowship, Episcopal Church Women and the like. All in all it means women of the church. The Union was started by a Pastors wife called Mary Sumner 1876 in the U.K. since then adopted by all Dioceses constitutions where a Diocese is formed or started, then Mothers Union like other groups of the church also starts. Our MU started June 20th 1982 when our Diocese started. Leadership of the Union include the Bishops wife as adviser or called the President. Diocesan Bishop as "Mlezi". Chairperson chosen after every three years during the big conference where each Parish is presented by six members. We have up to date 56 branches. Our first Bishops wife was Mrs. Mariam Mohamed from 1982 - 1991. From 1991 August up to date is Mrs. Matha Makundi wife of Simon Makundi the Diocesan Bishop. Apart from chosen Leaders during the conference, there is a percent employed MU Secretary whose salary is supported by Mary Sumner house office in the U.K. named after the pioneer work carried out based on five objectives:

1. To uphold Christ's teaching on the nature of man and to promote its wider understanding.

Activities carried out of each objective differ due to culture and taboo of the women around but we can say in general that seminars meetings are carried out to help reach to the targeted. As Aids become a threat now care for orphans, widows and the HIV/AIDS affected families. Projects to keep women busy and boost their economical status items, tea and bites, selling of crops depending on the availability of what can be bought. At the head office, efforts to have permanent projects like house for rent. Helping the community and at present building a hostel for the Maasai Girls which will take us long as local contribution isn't much. We host 40 girls now at the hostel.

2. To encourage parents Bring up their children in the faith and life of the Church.

3. To maintain a worldwide fellowship of Christians United in prayer, worship and service.

4. To promote conditions in society which are favorable to stable family life and the protection of children.

5. To help those whose family life has met with adversity.

Other activities include making a difference in other peoples lives as we share our blessing with the needy. 2Corth. 1:3-4.

Nursery schools: We link with Parishes encourage them to mature children from the age of 3-6 before they join primary education. We have 33nursery schools and we hope to start more and more as we can.

MAASAI GIRLS HOSTEL - AT MKONOO - KINANA SECONDARY.

Mothers union of Diocese of Mount Kilimanjaro has doing a lot to help the Maasai girls who stays far away from the school to have hostel near the school. The Hostel now accommodate 50 girls.

The name of the Hostel is Called AMANI(PEACE) GIRLS HOSTEL.

We thanks friends from inside and outside the country who help us to reach the stage we are now. We manage to have Solar power for the girls to study at night and for Lighting as we understand electricity is very far away from the place. Also we fence the whole hostel for the safety of the environment. There is also a very big Rainwater haversting tank for the use of the hostel.

We are now building a kitchen for the purpose of having good and quality food for the girls. Please and now the kitchen is on process we thank God if you can donate so that this project may grow and we can expand and manage to keep more girls at the hostel.

PROFILE

The Diocese of Mount Kilimanjaro is one of the 21 Diocese of the Anglican Church of Tanzania in the Wordwide Anglican Communion. The Diocese stretches over three regions of mainland Tanzania - namely Kilimanjaro, Arusha and Manyara regions. Currently the Diocese has 50 parishes and 61 ordained pastors.

The Diocese has its headquaters in Arusha, a city situated at the center of Africa (Cape to Cairo) - A city that has come to be known as the "Geneva of Africa" Arusha hosts the East African community and it houses the International Criminal Tribunal of Rwanda. Arusha is the "hub" of Tanzania's tourist industry, thus giving the Diocese convenient position and link to all the important tourist attractions not only Tanzania but also the whole of the Eastern Africa region.

Like most Anglican dioceses in the developing world, the biggest challenge has lately been how to take the gospel to the un-reached without external assistance. DMK is going through the same hardships. Alomost 80% of the diocesan budget depends on donor support - a situation we want to reverse