Cancer Awareness Workshop
New Jerusalem Gospel Church, in partnership with Sheffield City Council (Park and Arbourthorne Ward), and African Caribbean Cancer Support (ACCS: https://accancersupport.org.uk/), organised a one-day workshop with women members of the church. 35 women members of the church and from communities around participated in the workshop.
The workshop intends to raise awareness of the different forms of cancer and how they affect black women in the United Kingdom. It also analysed cultural and informational challenges and possible ways to diagnose cancer symptoms and learn from women participants.
The workshop stood as an opportunity to learn from participants about what can be done to increase awareness schemes among Black women in Sheffield and within communities. During the workshop breast and cervical cancers were touched upon as they tend to affect wpmen.
Mothers’ day celebration at NJGC on 30/03/2025
Women’s department
Besides preaching the gospel of Jesus the Redeemer, New Jerusalem Gospel Church (NJGC) undertakes social activities to share individual experiences, provide support to members of our community, including visits to family and members of our community.
Women’s department works closely with the church leadership to welcome new members who have decided to join our community. The visit becomes an opportunity to create bondage among members of teh community. Women’s department joins families to welcome newborn babies.
In the last three weeks, Women’s department has visited three new members who have decided to join New Jerusalem Gospel Church. The visists aimed at welcoming them in the NJGC family. Women’s department committee was delighted for the warm welcome they received from the new members.
