Bishop Mwita giving inaugural address during inauguration of church soccer teams
Group photo of church and village youth teams
Players and the crowd listening to Bishop Mwita at Kenyamanyori Village
Bishop Mwita giving inaugural address during inauguration of church soccer teams
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On March 5, 2011, the Bishop of Tarime, the Right Rev Dr Mwita Akiri inaugurated Church Youth Soccer teams at Kenyamanyori Village, some 7 km east of Tarime. The youth soccer teams are being formed in all parishes and congregations throughout the Diocese. The aims are to extend youth activities in the church, and to enable young people in the church to make contact with their peers in the villages where they live.

Speaking to the church youth groups from Kenyamanyori and Mogabiri parishes and the villages that attended the inaugural ceremony, Bishop Mwita said, "The Church in the Diocese of Tarime will always care for young people in and outside the Church. We want young people in Church to engage in as many activities as possible. We regard young people in our churches as ambassadors of Christ who must reach out to their fellow young people in the villages where live and share God's love and peace".

The soccer balls have been donated by Sam Sumner-Hodgkins and his young school friends in Canada to whom the Diocese is so grateful. Sam is the teenage son of Professor George Sumner and Stephanie Hodgkins of Wycliffe College, Toronto Canada. Sam and his parents were present at the inauguration of the Diocese of Tarime in July 2010”.