Otu Obi na Otu Mmụọ / One Heart & One Spirit

We have Advisory, Finance, Social and Choir Committees. Members of these committees make up the General Council. The Chaplain currently chairs the Advisory Committee and General Council. Meetings are held monthly, and a general meeting bi-annually. Our funds accrue from offertory, annual harvest and bazaar, and pledges. Proposed budgets are discussed in the council, approved and expenses authorized by the Chaplain.

One of our goals is to teach the Igbo language to our children and to adults who are interested. We have a committee working on this. The committee has achieved a remarkable level of progress. They have obtained a syllabus from State School Management Board in Nigeria. Their next step is to push the program to become a part of school curricula in North Carolina so that it can be taught at school and children graded on it as elective subject. Teaching catechesis in Igbo language will wait until the program of Igbo language succeeds, or has taken off.

The choir members are few but very zealous and active. With increased numbers and encouragements, the sky will become their limit. Anniversaries are the Mothering Sunday, the Fathers’ Day and the Youths’ Day. These days are preceded with Night Vigils, Recollections, workshops or Retreats.