{"id":6045,"date":"2021-01-19T09:28:26","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T09:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/?p=6045"},"modified":"2021-06-07T08:38:14","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T08:38:14","slug":"a-memory-of-love-celebrating-the-life-of-samuel-matheri-njoroge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/archives\/6045","title":{"rendered":"A Memory of Love: Celebrating the Life of Samuel Matheri Njoroge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC_1516-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC_1516-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC_1516-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC_1516-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC_1516-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC_1516-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As many were the lives that were touched by the Late Samuel <em>Matheri Njoroge<\/em>, so were the people who came to mourn him on his last journey, in a service held at ACK St. faith, Ongata Rongai Church on 15<sup>th<\/sup> January 2021. Drawn from different parts of the country (and from all walks of life), they came to mourn a man whose life was dedicated to service. For nearly Decades, Njoroge served as the National Coordinator of the Kenya Anglican Men\u2019s Association, <em>(KAMA).<\/em> This was after having served as <em>KAMA<\/em> leader in his local church in Rongai. He passed on -on the 9<sup>th<\/sup> of January, 2021 at a Nairobi Hospital, leaving behind a widow Rev. Susan Njoroge and 3 Children. Testimony to his life, the words \u2018served to the end\u2019 were written on the green KAMA flag that draped his coffin.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC_1283-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"299\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC_1283-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC_1283-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC_1283-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC_1283-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/DSC_1283-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Service was presided over by His Grace, The Most Rev. Dr. Jackson Ole Sapit. Also, in attendance were Bishops Rt. Rev. Gaddiel Lenini (Kajiado) and Rt. Rev. John Okude (Katakwa), Clergy among many other people.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker after speaker, the story of Njoroge\u2019s life was retold to as a man who had compassion for others, gentle and considerate in actions; and dedicated to unifying the men within the Church. Family members led by His wife, mourned a \u2018loving father, devoted and committed to the unity of his family.\u201d His Colleagues in the KAMA Fraternity observed \u201chis distinguished service in strengthening the KAMA department in Anglican Churches across the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Provincial Secretary, Rev. Canon Dr. Rosemary Mbogo, spoke on behalf of the Provincial Staff. She celebrated Njoroge\u2019s observance of Church structure and professionalism to ensure \u2018harmony in the course of his engagements.\u2019 The KAMA Chairperson, Rt. Rev. John Okude (Katakwa Diocese) eulogized him as a man &#8216;who dedicated his time and resources to serve the KAMA Department.\u2019 He commended his family for allowing and supporting his service to the Church.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Archbishop delivered the sermon. He particularly noted Njoroge\u2019s love for family; who together with his wife- who also served in the Children\u2019s department, cherished harmony among families in the church. The primate encouraged family and friends that life \u2018is a Gift from God, regardless of the Suffering we may go through.\u2019 This, he explained, required that we made maximum use of the time we had in serving God and society. Relating to the pain of loss, he encouraged that \u2018we should not lament as a people without hope.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>As the KAMA flag was rolled off the coffin bearing his remains, KAMA members loudly recited their anthem. Each covering their sorrow with hope and prayer reminisced Njoroge\u2019s life with admiration and reflection: <strong><em>here lies a man who taught us; and walked the way of Faith.<\/em><\/strong> As final rites were performed at the graveside, the tens in attendance honored his life of love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As many were the lives that were touched by the Late Samuel Matheri Njoroge, so were the people who came to mourn him on his last journey, in a service held at ACK St. faith, Ongata Rongai Church on 15th January 2021. Drawn from different parts of the country (and from all walks of life), &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/archives\/6045\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A Memory of Love: Celebrating the Life of Samuel Matheri Njoroge<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6326,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,175],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6045"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6045"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6055,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6045\/revisions\/6055"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ackenya.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}