Bulamu SDA Church 2020
Achievements
- There has been an increase in the membership to the current 50 members, including 35 adults and 30 children. This has been through preaching and baptizing new members, men marrying women from other congregations, families producing children, and membership transfers.
- Upgrading of the church building from the papyrus walls to iron sheets, fixing doors and windows, cemented floor, having access to the church compound, and construction of a toilet.
- The church now has more space in addition to the initial donation of 120 ft by 50 ft. The church now sits on a 200 ft by 50 ft, courtesy of the members and well-wishers who contributed money to purchase the additional piece of land.
- Formation of the church choir that performs on a regular basis during worship services and on special occasions. The music is directed by Elaine Busuulwa assisted by Sylvia Naluggwa, membership stands at 30 with 20 ladies and 10 gentlemen, and they have 10 composed songs.
- Starting small church projects aimed at generating income for the institution. These projects are organized under member groups of about six people. Currently we have soya drink, pancakes, and __. The projects have not yet reached break-even though we still hope and pray that they will.
- Boosting our presentations with a public address system, a standby generator, and a music keyboard. These are personal property though they are readily available for use by the church. These have been taken care of by David Lwere, Isaac Mwotassubi, Wycliffe Kalyango, and Ronald Mwesigwa.
- Church has attracted members from different professions to be part of the regular congregation and therefore benefiting from their expertise through presentations mainly on Sabbath afternoons.
Medical - Paul Kalogo, Christine Kawalya
Education - Ronald Wasswa, Faith Wasswa, Jamila Kubulwa, Juliet Mbatudde, Ronald Mwesigwa, ...
ICT - Wycliffe Kalyango, Isaac Mwotassubi, David Lwere, Daniel Kyewalabye, ...
Development - Joshua Busuulwa
Business Administration - Elaine Busuulwa
Entrepreneurship - Yiga Matovu, Daniel Kagumba, Joyce Kivumbi, Betty Yiga, Sylvia Lwere, Proscovia Nakatudde
- Designing a database for this congregation, where every church member is required to complete a form giving information on biodata, and personal programmes that need to be prayed for. This is manual and we hope to design an electronic one in the near future, courtesy of Isaac Mwotassubi.
- Drawing a strategic plan for the development of this church and encouraging church members to be part of the plan. This includes construction of a storeyed building to house the church and children's center, a kitchen, a parking area and toilets. The building plan is already approved and construction is due to begin in July 2014.
Planned Activities
This is a list of physical development activities we wish to undertake during the year 2014. Some are in progress while others will be started, some are planned to be complete by the end of year while others will continue even at the end of year.
- Construction of a toilet, Sh 800,000
- Landscaping the site for the permanent church building, Sh 1,200,000
- Securing an architectural plan for the church building on payment of balance, Sh 300,000
- Payment of balance on purchased land, Sh 500,000
- Raising funds for the construction of a church building beginning with organizing a fundraising event, Sh 300 million
- Designing an Information System and a website to cater for the information needs of the church (by Isaac Mwotassubi, Ronald Mwesigwa, and Wycliffe Kalyango)
- Connection to a national water supply, Sh 200,000
- Connection to an electricity supply, Sh 450,000
- Purchase of a desktop computer and accessories, Sh 700,000
- Purchase of amplifier, Sh 800,000
Future Plans
- Promote and encourage members to fully participate in the planned activities for this year. The opportunity will be availed to a member of the department every Sabbath or appropriate time to promote these activities.
- Identifying job opportunities for members willing to be employed but may not find what to do despite having qualifications. Personal advice will be given through presentations, sometimes searches through places of work or the Internet, or providing capital for small-scale enterprises.
- Encouraging participation of members in evangelism activities, the common ones being personal bible study, code-named "Zuula", open-air preaching, and support for Prime Radio.
