BALANCING FOOTBALL AND HUSTLES: HOW HARAMBEE STARTLETS' MIDFIELDER LUCY NJERI IS VENTURING INTO THE BAKING INDUSTRY

Kayole Starlets’ midfielder Lucy Njeri is a perfect example of a footballer who has found success beyond the field.

Her football journey dates back to Kariobangi Sports, before moving to Old is Gold, Makolanders, Soccer Sisters, and is currently a valuable member of the Kayole Starlets team.

Her entrepreneurial spirit is what led her to think of life beyond football, and she applied for a scholarship with the help of the Kenya Footballers Welfare Association (KEFWA).

Njeri completed her pastry coursework, thereafter venturing into the baking industry.

"I ventured into the business with the help of KEFWA and I was able to complete my coursework, starting my own shop. Work has been good since now I can pay for my bills," she notes.

In yet another powerful testament to the importance of diversifying income streams and planning for life beyond football, she has managed to balance her football and business effectively.

"Most of my customers are my fellow players, and I usually engage in business at the stadium and after matches, making it easier for me to balance football and business," she added.

As Njeri rightly notes, football is a short career, and it's important to plan for life beyond it. She encourages other footballers to engage in coaching, start a business, invest in Saccos, or gain skills and experiences by furthering their education.

She recently graduated with a FIFA/FKF CAF D coaching course license, which will enable her to coach both senior and junior teams.

“I really appreciate organizations like KEFWA for consistently being at the forefront of providing support to players. Their commitment to members' well-being has allowed many of us footballers to thrive in our careers both on and off the pitch."

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SUYA FAILS TO JOIN MANGANYA, OTHERS IN FUNDRAISING DRAMA PERFORMANCE

Renowned film actress Flora Suya has announced that she is not going to participate in a fundraising drama for she is not feeling well.

The award winning actress who co-writer of the play has made the announcement on Sunday evening via her Facebook page.

The drama that is aimed at fundraising money for the construction of houses of people affected with Cyclone Freddy is slated for BICC in Lilongwe on Monday evening, 10th April.

The drama show is titled Mwanayu ndi Wanu? Some of the actors to entertain audience at the event include Manganya (Michael Usi), Make Sikono (Ruth Simika), Winiko (Bon Kalindo) and Mulelemba (Mafumu Matiki).

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HISTORY OF THE EASTER DATE

If you are an ardent follower of this page, then you have come across my posts on the Council of Nicea, convened by Emperor Constantine in 325AD. It is at this council that the divinity of Christ was confirmed and Doctrine of the Trinity established.

But the council failed to establish a couple of things, the most important one being a uniform date for Easter.

(Source)The early church celebrated the anniversary of Jesus' resurrection every year and they often called it the Christian Passover. (Paschal in Greek). Christians of the day also moved their day of worship to Sunday because Christ had risen from the grave on the first day of the week.

In the second century a debate arose over when to celebrate the resurrection. Most churches held the festival on the Sunday closest to the Jewish Passover. Sometimes there was doubt as to which of the two nearest Sundays should be observed. The churches in Asia Minor frequently observed the resurrection on the date of the Jewish Passover, even when it was not on a Sunday.

When Constantine became emperor and Christianity was no longer illegal in the empire, the church considered it important to settle the Easter date, and this was one of the agendas of the Council of Nicea.

Constantine did not want Easter to be celebrated on the Jewish Passover. He said it was a Christian "duty to have nothing in common with the murderers of our Lord".

The Council accordingly required the feast of the resurrection to be celebrated on a Sunday and never on the day of the Jewish Passover. Easter was to be on the Sunday after the first full moon following the Spring equinox. This meant the date of Easter would always fall between March 22nd and April 25th. Today, March 22, is the earliest date on which Easter can fall. Since there is seldom a full moon on March 21st, Easter does not often fall on the 22nd. The last time it did was in 1818. In the twentieth century, it never fell on this day.

The ruling of the Council was not immediately accepted everywhere. It did not sit well with those who had been celebrating the resurrection on Passover to suddenly learn they were being called heretics. Confusion was also caused because Rome and Alexandria fixed the Spring equinox (the day in the Spring when day and night are equal) by different methods. Eventually however, the ruling of the Council of Nicea was accepted by all of the western church following the Synod of Whitby in 664.

After the Gregorian reform of the calendar by promulgation in 1582, the Roman Catholic Church continued to follow the same method for computing the date of Easter but the resulting date differed from that computed using the Julian Calendar due to the difference in time regarding when the vernal equinox was deemed to occur and when the relevant full moon fell. The Protestant churches of the Christian West all eventually adopted the Gregorian Calendar at various later stages. The Eastern Orthodox Church and the majority of the Christian East continue the older practice aligned to the Julian calendar.

Several attempts have sought to achieve a common method for computing the date of Easter.

In 1997 the World Council of Churches proposed a reform of the method of determining the date of Easter at a summit in Aleppo, Syria: Easter would be defined as the first Sunday following the first astronomical full moon following the astronomical vernal equinox, as determined from the meridian of Jerusalem. The reform would have been implemented starting in 2001, since in that year the Eastern and Western dates of Easter would coincide. But this reform was never implemented.

I am certain most of you did not know that the moon plays a role in Church practice and traditions 😃

🍁The Significance of Each Holy Days of the Holy Week🍁

Holy Week is the most important week in the Church year! It is a time when we celebrate in a special way the life, death and resurrection of Jesus. We remember his actions, reflect on his messages, and recommit to living as his disciples in the world today.

The final week of Lent, Holy Week, begins with Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord and concludes with the Triduum.

"Triduum” comes from two Latin words - tres and dies - that mean "a space of three days," But since we have four days with special names - Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday - the "three" may be confusing to some. They are however, one liturgical celebration.

Triduum consists of three twenty-four periods that stretch over four calendar days. Therefore, the Easter Triduum begins at sundown on Holy Thursday with the Mass of the Lord's Supper, continues with Good Friday and concludes with Easter evening prayer at sundown on Easter Sunday: its high point is the celebration of the Easter Vigil.

The Triduum concludes with the Easter Sunday celebrations of the Resurrection.
We continue this celebration for the next seven weeks of the Easter Season
concluding with Pentecost.

As we celebrate the mystery of Jesus' passing, we actually celebrate the same passing over in our own lives. Jesus' self-sacrifice opened the way for us to share in new life. But this does require our own cooperation in God's divine plan of salvation. We must pass over our lives into God's hands and imitate the self-giving of God's Son. This is the way to life. "It is the Passover of the lord". Amen.

✝️PALM SUNDAY Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem.

✝️HOLY MONDAY Mary anoints Jesus with perfume, Judas reproaches her.

✝️HOLY TUESDAY Jesus announces the betrayal of one of the 12 and the denial of Peter.

✝️HOLY WEDNESDAY Judas Iscariot betrays Jesus to the Sanhedrin.

✝️HOLY THURSDAY Jesus institutes the Eucharist and the Priestly Order.

✝️GOOD FRIDAY Passion and death of our Lord Jesus Christ.

✝️HOLY SATURDAY Jesus descends into hell and triumphs over death. We celebrate the Easter Vigil.

✝️EASTER SUNDAY Jesus has triumphed over death. Truly, He is risen! Alleluia, alleluia!

*** Passover is a springtime Jewish festival celebrating the early Israelites’ exodus from Egypt and freedom from slavery. While Easter is a springtime Christian holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ and freedom from sin and death. ***