Following the Executive Committee retreat, on Sunday 22/06/2025, the CPR Executive Committee led by its President Bishop Kayinamura Samuel together with branch leaders visited one of the CPR member churches, EAR Diocese of Gahini as part of a program to visit CPR members and to explain CPR and its activities to Christians.
The visit to the EAR Diocese of Gahini was preceded by a three-day retreat of the CPR Executive Committee together with senior staff representing branches in CPR. It was discussed how the new CPR Executive Committee could promote CPR activities through CPR branches.
At the conclusion of the retreat, on the morning of June 22, 2025, the retreatants visited the Member, EAR Church of the Diocese of Gahini, where they met for Sunday services with the Christians of St. John’s Cathedral in Gahini. They were warmly welcomed and had a wonderful time. The Word of God was delivered by Bishop Samuel Kayinamura, President of CPR, reading from Proverbs 29:11-13, Acts 20:31-34, Ecclesiastes 9:10. The Bishop focused on doing good work because it brings honor to the one who does it, and it benefits him especially in the work we are called to do to serve God. Good work also blesses God more. Moreover, if you have nothing to do, the devil will find it for you.
At the end of the Word of God, His Excellency Bishop Gahima of the Diocese of Gahini gave the floor to the Secretary General of the CPR to explain to the Christians what CPR is, how it works and what it does. The Secretary General said that CPR is a union of 19 Protestant Churches and 6 Christian organizations. CPR has different administrative structures. Their Bishop, Gahima Manasseh is the Vice President of the CPR in the Executive Committee. He said that CPR has activities that focus on education, health, family development, youth, evangelism and Diaconia. The Secretary General thanked the Diocese of Gahini for welcoming them and making them feel welcome. He took the opportunity to ask Madame Nirere Jael, who represents the project that deals with counseling and trauma and has a center in Kayonza near Gahini, to explain how it works and the benefits it has for those who have experienced trauma, especially those resulting from the consequences of the genocide against the Tutsi in 1994 and elsewhere.
