It is true...she's gone...Ms Jayne

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A memorial mass for Actress and Journalist, Jayne Buckman-Owoo at the St Theresa's Parish of the Roman Catholic Church, Kaneshie in Accra on Friday, August 25, 2023, put away any doubt that she had indeed departed this world to the next.

Family members, friends and staff members of the Graphic Communications Group Limited (GCGL) were present in their numbers to remember Ms Buckman-Owoo, who until her death was a Staff Writer of the GCGL with the Graphic Showbiz, for all she stood for and how she affected all those around her positively.

Hmm! Difficult to believe but Ms Jayne as she was affectionately called by many is no more with the living and the sombre gathering last Friday of friends and family confirmed that.

We as mere mortals can only say, may the soul of the departed rest in perfect peace. Dayie Jayne Cordelia Araba Ntsifuaa Buckman-Owoo.

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Squad @ 82

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On Sunday, August 20, 2023, the Smith-Asante family celebrated the 82nd birthday of the head of family, Squadron Leader (retd) Alexander Smith-Asante, affectionately called Squad by his peers, with a family lunch at the Noble House Restaurant, Spintex.

Squad attained the blessed age of 82 on August 16, 2023. To God be the glory, great things he has done and thanks to all who made it possible. Below are some pictures from the birthday lunch.

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Rest well Jayne Buckman Owoo

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What a shocker you have given us this morning Jayne. We were so unprepared for this news this wet morning. Wow! How? Why?

Well I guess we cannot undo what has already happened. We give glory to God for your life and the fact that we got to know and associate ourselves with you. 

Ms Jayne who would mention my name in full like you did anytime you saw me? This cuts deep.

We will console ourselves with the memories we made and shared together Jayne. Rest well till we meet again.

#restinpeace #jaynebuckmanowoo #Edmages #gcgl @graphicshowbiz 

Greater Works 2023 Day 1

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Greater Works 2023, a spiritual convocation of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) worldwide, took off on a blistering note on Monday, July 31. 

Find below some off camera and behind the scenes shots captured by Yours Truly #Edmages on the first day. Keep it locked here every day for updates.

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Wey Gey Hey prays to God

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It was nothing short of beautiful and proper to see parents and final year students of Wesley Girls' High School in Cape Coast pray together as one entity last Saturday to God.

The spiritually charged and emotional atmosphere of thanksgiving to the Almighty for taking the girls through three years of studies on the Kakum Hill (Kakumdo) and supplication to see them through the remaining days and especially in their final exams, the WASSCE, makes it certain that God was there too and heard every fervent prayer from the parents and their wards.

All thanks to the Parent Teachers Association and the school authorities led my Headmistress, Mrs Jeannette Ruby Siameh, it was a very successful programme which was commended by all parents.

Indeed, as Mrs Siameh put it succinctly, at Wesley Girls' they believe in working very hard but also seek God's strength and support.

For the rest of the story, see some moments captured by #Edmages. #canonshots

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Rainy day at the Summer Palace

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One of the ironies of life happened to a group of African journalists on a 10-month fellowship who were visiting the Summer Palace in China in 2017.

Destroyed during the Second Opium War of the 1850s, the palace was reconstructed by Emperor Guangxu for use by Empress Dowager Cixi and renamed the Summer Palace.

The Summer Palace is a vast ensemble of lakes, gardens and palaces in Beijing in the Haidian District, 15km from downtown Beijing.

It was an imperial garden in the Qing dynasty. Inside includes Longevity Hill Kunming Lake and Seventeen Hole Bridge. It covers an expanse of 2.9 square kilometres, three-quarters of which is water. 

Although the journalists were expecting some sunshine to reflect its name, the rains came down, thus forcing everyone to seek refuge under an umbrella or from a raincoat. 

Despite the rain the journalists had fun touring the old museum located at 19 Xinjiangongmen Rd, Hai Dian Qu, North West of Beijing, China, on June 6, 2017.

Below are some pictures captured by #Edmages during the umbrella moments.

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Greater Works 2023...Yellow Sundays

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This year’s GREATER WORKS conference of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), comes off from Monday, July 31 to Friday, August 4, 2023 at the ICGC’s Christ Temple East auditorium at Teshie in Accra.

The church institutionalised “Greater Works” from the words of Jesus Christ in the Biblical text in John 14:12 when He said: "Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do".

The conference is, therefore, a call on participants to go out after the five-day encounter and do greater works in all aspects of their lives.

The Greater Works Conference can be traced back to the various camp meetings organised by the church right from the mid-1980s when the church was growing and getting established.

The annual flagship event of ICGC was officially instituted in 1987 at the Baden Powell Hall, Accra, with an attendance of about 2,000 congregants.

Ministering this year alongside the General Overseer, Ps Dr Mensa Otabil will be Ps Matthew Ashimolowo of Kingsway International Christian Centre in the United Kingdom, Bishop Tudor Bismark of Jabula New Life Covenant Church Harare, Zimbabwe and Dr Mike Okonkwo, the Presiding Bishop of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Nigeria.

As a prelude to the great gathering of God’s children and also to publicise it, the churches belonging to the ICGC fold have declared all Sundays before the event a ‘Yellow Sunday’ meaning all congregants wear a ‘T’ shirt of the ICGC that is yellow, to church.

#Edmages has captured some of the congregants in their beautiful yellow and shares them with you. #greaterworks2023 #weareicgc #icgcholyghosttemple #40daysofpower #icgcinternational #yearofgathering