Chuchuyimpang village gears up to host 66th AKM general conference

In view of the 66th general conference of the Ao Kaketshir Mungdang (AKM) to be held on January 14-16, 2014 at Chuchuyimpang village, a one-day ‘hospitality awareness seminar’ was successfully held at Chuchuyimpang Baptist Church (CBC) with assistant professors Akok Walling and Dr. Aotemshi of Fazl Ali College and also Aotemshi as the resource persons Saturday.

The seminar which was organized by the 66th general conference AKM planning-cum-finance committee of Chuchuyimpang village and sponsored by CBC was attended by a huge number of villagers led by the village council, the women and youth organizations and church members.

Assistant professor, Akok Walling who spoke on the topic “Inner beauty is radiated by our outward appearance” spoke at length about the importance of hospitality to guests.

Quoting a Bible verse, Akok Walling said, “Guests who come to our houses are angels and therefore we should take the opportunity to take good care of them to bring in God’s blessings on our families”.

He also said that the conference in Chuchuyimpang should make a mark and usher in some positive changes, if at all there was to be a change in the way the AKM general conferences in this 21st century.

In this regard, Akok Walling pointed out that a lot of financial and logistical resources would be spent during the forthcoming conference and urged the villagers as well as the planning committee to be prudent and to judiciously use the huge financial and logistical resources so that the villagers and the whole students community could reap the blessings and benefits of the resources spent after the conference.

Assistant professor, Dr. Aotemshi, who was assisted by his wife, while talking on the topic “Do to others what you want others to do you”, said that big gatherings like the general conference of the AKM would be a time of great blessing for the villagers and a time to showcase the hospitable nature of the villagers to the outside world. 

In this regard, he said that the Chuchuyimpang villagers, especially the host families, should take the conference as a great opportunity to impart some positive lessons to those delegates who will be staying with them.

Supplementing her husband, Dr. Aotemshi’s wife encouraged the families to maintain strict family discipline like daily routines and daily family prayer meetings.

The resource persons urged the gathering to take human relationships in a broader sense, since the relationship built while the delegates stay with the host families might last a lifetime and even beyond.

The convener of the 66th AKM general conference (planning cum finance committee) Moasangba Jamir, while delivering the keynote address, said that hospitality was a topic which was seemingly known to all, but not thoroughly with everyone. 

Therefore, he said, the seminar was being held to make each and every family and citizen of Chuchuyimpang to be hospitable during the conference so that the 66th general conference of the AKM would be a successful one.

Meanwhile, Chuchuyimpang village council representative, NI Zulu delivered the welcome address while Chuchuyimpang students’ union (CSU) president, Maongtoshi delivered the vote of thanks.

The programme was chaired by CSU advisor, Takamanen while the pastor of CBC invoked God’s blessing at the seminar.

It may be noted that Chuchuyimpang, which is located some five kilometers away from Mokokchung town, would be hosting the 66th general conference of the Ao Kaketshir Mungdang in January 2014.

The general conference of the AKM is one of the biggest student’s conferences in Mokokchung district where thousands of students from different parts of the state will be attending the three day conference.