Youth Summer Camp ..BOOK NOW !

Its Summer time again in Harare and the year is drawing closer and closer to the End.
Activities to expect this Summer in Harare include

The Zambezi Holidays Summer Youth Camp

HOSTS : HARARE NORTH YOUTH FELLOWSHIP
VENUE : ZAMBEZI HOLIDAYS , 15km from MARONDERA by B grade road
BOOKING FEE : US$ 10 or ZAR 100 and US$ 10 equivalent in Z$
TRANSPORT : TO BE ADVISED (Local groups are encouraged to make own arrangements)
ACCOMODATION : DORMITORY BASED
PLACES AVAILABLE : 100 ONLY.FIRST COME FIRST SERVED.

WHAT TO EXPECT :
STUDY AND SHARING OF SCRIPTURE
INSPIRATIONAL TALKS
LIFE SKILLS
LEADERSHIP SKILLS
STRATEGIC PLANNING SEMINAR
OUTDOOR GAMES
INDOOR GAMES
EXCITING DISCUSSIONS
NETWORKING
BUSINESS AND ENTREPRENEURIAL SEMINAR
SWIMMING
BRAAI
PHOTO AND VIDEO SHOOTS
SITE SEEING AND NATURE WALKS

WHAT TO BRING :

YOUR BIBLE , NOTEBOOK AND PEN
MEDICATION
BEDDING
CUTLERY AND CROCKERY (CUPS ,PLATES,SPOONS etc)
TOILETTERIES (SOAP, TOWELS,TISSU etc)
OUTDOOR GEAR / CLOTHING
SWIMMING GEAR
SPORTS GEAR
HATS AND RAIN JACKETS

FOR BOOKINGS AND ENQUIRIES CALL :

BATSI : + 263 912 877 280
TAPS : + 263 23 431 251
TAWANDA : + 263 912 211 672
MARY :+263 912 383 426

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HISTORY OF THE U.B.C.C (HARARE) CHURCH

HISTORY OF THE U.B.C.C (HARARE) CHURCH

“THE ROAD TO 18833 STL, BELVEDERE TOWNSHIP, HARARE”



1. Mbare- City Congregation(as it was called at first) meets for its first Sunday Service at the Catholic Centre Cnr Livingstone Avenue and Fourth Street, Harare) on the 9th of February 1992.The service was led by Reverend Quickson Ndlovu who was the then Resident Pastor at Glen Norah which was the “mother church” to this new church. This congregation was originally a group which was born out of Glen Norah Church. It consisted of those members who had earlier traveled long distances to attend service at Glen Norah Church. In a way the setting up of the Mbare -City Church was meant to alleviate transport problems that some members faced in trying to attend service at Glen Norah each Sunday. Secondly the setting up of this church was also a church expansion drive. The United Baptist needed to penetrate into the heart of the City of Harare.


2. On the 16 February 1992 Bishop J. Dhube led the second church service and immediately started a Study Class on EVANGELISM during the Sunday School Hour aimed at equipping the congregation with knowledge and skills in Soul Winning. This exercise was to be targeted firstly at the Harare City Centre and Avenues Area by organized groups of two people each.


3. The name of the church was changed from being U.B.C Mbare-City Church to United Baptist City Church (Harare) or as an acronym U.B.C.C(Harare) at a Midweek Prayer Meeting held at the then David Dhube (Son of Bishop J and Mrs. Dhube) residence in Vainona on the 1st of April 1992.


4. The congregation started in earnest praying for a church stand of their own and a Resident Pastor at the church service of 26 April 1992.


5. The U.B.C.C (Harare) was officially organized on the 14th of March 1993 with a full complement of Elders and Deacons.


6. The U.B.C.C (Harare) held their first Welcome Sunday of new members were welcomed into the congregation on the 6th of June 1993.


7. The U.B.C.C (Harare) held their first Dedication of Children Sunday on the 11th July 1993.


8. The U.B.C.C (Harare) held their first service at the Harare Polytechnic after they had been evicted from the Catholic Centre on the 5th March 1995.Apparently some of the clergymen who resided at the centre had complained of noise during services as other Denominations had also started using the centre.


9. Subsequently in November 1995, on the 12th of that month, the first group of believers from the congregation was baptized.
10. For about two weeks the congregation held their services at Domboshawa House in January 1996 after having again been evicted from the Harare Polytechnic Campus. This was only temporary as the church returned to the Harare Polytechnic Campus for their normal services.


11. The official start to the search for a church stand was led by the then Resident Pastor, Reverend Chingovo, and Bishop J Dhube who visited the City Of Harare Municipality Offices on the 17th June 1996.


12. At its first Harvest Sunday on the 6th December 1997 they managed to raise an amount of $39 175, 53.This was the highest for the combined Harare District(inclusive of what today are Harare North and South Districts) although there were no targets set.


13. On the 27th May 1997, The Ministry of Education offers (by letter) a secondary school stand that would also accommodate a church building, situated in the Belvedere Area. However this was subject to City Of Harare approval. Later that year the City Of Harare put to tender church stands in the Belvedere Area (strictly church stands).The U.B.C.C (Harare) submitted their bid for one of the stands. The highest bidder would get the stand.


14. In the month of July 2003 with $ 1,6 million (Old Currency System),$ 1600 in today’s’ currency system, the U.B.C.C (Harare) won the bid ahead of several established churches for STAND 18833 STL measuring 3000 m2. However the stand area was reduced by 131m2 to the current area of 2869 m2 after the final survey of the site was done by the Council Officials.


15. Between 2003 and September 2005 the congregation was based at the Harare Polytechnic and in that period managed to service the stand and erect a perimeter fence (Durawall) and a Temporary Functions Hall which they would use temporarily for their services when they finally moved.


16. Finally the last church service of the U.B.C.C (Harare) at the Harare Polytechnic was held on the 25th September 2005 with the local Youth Fellowship holding the service as it was the National Youth Day Sunday.


17. The first service at the new church site, STAND 18833 STL was held on Sunday 9 October 2005 and the service was led by the local Vakweyi Fellowship as it was also a National Vakweyi Sunday. The congregation was full of praise and thanksgiving to the Almighty for the stand.


18. Sunday, 16 October 2005, was the official Thanksgiving Sunday for the Stand and, like the previous Sunday, the congregation was full of thanksgiving to the Lord.


19. To date the congregation has managed to furnish the Temporary Functions Hall and are nearly completing the building of their Ablution Block and electrification of the site. The congregation has taken on board the biblical working strategy of Nehemiah of allocating specific tasks to specific groups and individuals in the building exercise. (As we read in the book of Nehemiah especially in the 3rd Chapter).

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THE NAMES OF GOD, Bishop J. Dube, 27 January 2008

Sunday 27 January 2008 saw Dr J. Dube ,Bishop of the United Baptist Church in Zimbabwe delivering the first part of his series on THE NAMES OF GOD at our beloved United Baptist City Church(Harare).
On this chilly, rainy summer Sunday the congregation at the United Baptist City Church (Harare), commonly referred to as U.B.C.C (Harare) had a chance to tap from our great source of wisdom. Firstly he elaborated why there is need for today’s’ Christian has to understand and appreciate who God is and what His various names mean and their significance at the time they were used in the Bible times and to us now.

In this first part of – THE NAMES OF GOD – Bishop Dube dwelt on explaining what are termed Gods’ Primary names.
These are the names in Hebrew;

1. Elohim El Elah
2 .Y H W H
3 .Adon Adonai (Adonay)

THE NAMES IN DETAIL...


1. Elohim El Elah

In the book of Genesis in the first chapter the first name of God is revealed, Elohim (singular) meaning THE STRONG ONE and El Elah is a pledge to say " I SWEAR IAM ELOHIM,I AM THE STRONG ONE!". This name is revealed in the first verse of the Holy Bible which says "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." In Hebrew God would be Elohim, the strong one.
Further in the same chapter it is revealed that this God, Elohim is Triune. That is to say God is in Trinity, which is God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit.In verse 26 of the first chapter of Genesis it reads "And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth."From this we also learn that God,Elohim ,is the Creator for He created all things.Below is an extract from the book of Genesis chapter one.


Book 01
Genesis
001:001
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
001:002
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
001:003
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
001:004
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness.
001:005
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
001:006
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
001:007
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
001:008
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day.
001:009
And God said, Let the waters under the heaven be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
001:010
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good.
001:011
And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
001:012
And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
001:013
And the evening and the morning were the third day.
001:014
And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days, and years:
001:015
And let them be for lights in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth: and it was so.
001:016
And God made two great lights; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night: he made the stars also.
001:017
And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth,
001:018
And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good.
001:019
And the evening and the morning were the fourth day.
001:020
And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
001:021
And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
001:022
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
001:023
And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
001:024
And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
001:025
And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
001:026
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
001:027
So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
001:028
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.
001:029
And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in the which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it shall be for meat.
001:030
And to every beast of the earth, and to every fowl of the air, and to every thing that creepeth upon the earth, wherein there is life, I have given every green herb for meat: and it was so.
001:031
And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.


2. Y H W H

This is the second name of God as revealed to us in the Bible as Lord God in Genesis 2 verse 4 "These are the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,….."
In Hebrew the worshipers would omit pronouncing this name they feared using this Holy name YHWH. Later in Biblical times it was changed to YeHoWaH (pronounced JEHOVHA)
In Genesis 2 verse 21 meaning God the Redeemer, it reads "And the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, and he slept: and he took one of his ribs, and closed up the flesh instead thereof" Here the name LORD God is Jehovah.

3.Adon Adonai

This is the third name of God and was the one merged into Y H WH into YeHoWaH or YAHOVAH which we now use as Jehovah.
The second part of the series will first dwell on this third name Adon Adonai and go on to the Secondary names.





A VIDEO TO THIS EDUCATIVE SERIES BY BISHOP J. DHUBE WILL BE AVAILABLE ON C.D AND DVD SOON.WATCH THIS SPACE!