19th RLU annual meet accentuates unity for progress
Source: Hueiyen News Service / R Lester Makang
Ukhrul, November 14 2015 :
Signifying the importance of unity among its members, Ringui Longnao Ukhrul (RLU) organized its 19th Kumpei Kazip-annual meet under the thematic topic "Progress in Unity" at Ukhrul Town Hall on Saturday.
Attending as speaker of the event, Rev Sl Arei, pastor Ringui Baptist Church (RBC) underscored that unity is a key factor in attaining growth and progress.
"But it takes God's guidance to have integrity among us" he explained while adding that for which we all need to develop the principle of humbleness and submission.
Rev Arei also lauded the RLU for sustaining an exemplary fellowship away from native village through the years though its members are drawn from different walks of life.
Speaking at the event, Ringui village chieftain Atem A Shimray opined that time has come for Ringui fellows to strive for higher goals by promoting potential human resources through modern education.
He then lamented that Ringui once used to be a rich village with vast natural resources but the same have drastically declined nowadays.
Ringui Longnao Ukhrul (RLU) is an association officially formed in 1995 for the welfare of all Ringui village fellows living in Ukhrul district headquarters, said Chairman Ng Ngareophung adding that it began as a small fellowship among a few members back in the early 1980s."We are holding this get together every second Saturday of November annually to get to know better among our members whose number is fast growing by the year," Ngareophung said.
As part of the event, a passel of school going children recited memory verses from the Holy Bible apart from presenting special numbers.
Over two hundred members attended the annual gathering.