The Christian Science Society of Kampala recently organized a youth summit at Pope Paul Memorial Hotel dubbed the Kampala International Youth Summit under the theme: Building Bridges of Love, Peace and Unity.
The summit brought together over two hundred youths from Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania and Rwanda and was facilitated by Christian Science practitioners, Linda stocks from South Africa and Christine Driessen from the United States. During the summit Mrs. Stocks urged the youths to be humble and respectful to their parents. She also advised them to change their way of thinking. “You can’t be an achiever unless you shift the way you think. Think positive, think like Jesus Christ” she advised. Love one another, work towards achieving peace and unity in society. Loving takes a lot of will power. Jesus taught love it only comes when one is willing” she continues.
However, it is quite surprising that the organization which operates mainly in universities and college campuses around the world does not believe in using medicine as a way of treating oneself. Speaking to journalists on Saturday, maker ere university CSO chairperson Esau Tumwine put it quite clear. “ we believe God is perfect and he created us in his image, so he’s the healer. We only pray and believe in him alone. We do not go to hospitals. We in a perfect healing God.” He said.
This summit was the first CSO summit in Uganda and 10th in Africa following the previous which was held in Nairobi, Kenya a year ago. It is held annually in different countries around the continent and they sponsored by the Albert Baker Fund and TMC-Youth of the United States of America.
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