On December 15, the Church of God in Washington D.C. hosted an elegant commemoration at the historic Church building on Capital Hill. The interior, elegantly decorated in royal purple, let the guests enter in high esteem to celebrate the winning of the U.K. Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service—the United Kingdom’s most prestigious volunteer group award. The Church of God held this special gathering to share this milestone with District of Columbia community leaders.
The interior décor of the Church was reminiscent of a British tea party scene. Moreover, the stage was dressed with white ceiling-to-floor drapes and the foot of the stage was aligned with purple, satin covered tables and golden chairs for the distinguished guests.
U.S. representatives, ambassadors and community leaders were present to congratulate the Church of God on receiving this prestigious award. While enjoying each other’s company, guests were given miniature versions of the flag of Washington D.C., which they waved proudly. Throughout the night, they enjoyed a suite of entertainment, all performed by talented Church members. Performances included a men’s quartet, a solo accompanied with piano, an African dance number and a ballet solo.
They also learned more about the volunteer activities the Church has done through a presentation. Furthermore, the guests were able to understand more about the Church’s world wide volunteer activities and how the Church of God won the Queen’s Award through such undertakings.
Additionally, they learned about the driving force behind the Church of God’s good deeds—that is, God the Mother. Church volunteers strive to follow Heavenly Mother’s example of servitude and humility. As a result, they were awarded with the U.K.’s most honorable volunteer service award. Finally, after the presentation, guest moved to the reception area where they enjoyed a variety of handmade hors d’oeuvres and mingled with other guests.
Honorary guests included Agostinho Tavares, Angolan Ambassador; Carlos Viega, Cape Verde Ambassador; Ana Maria Raquel, Commercial Counselor of the Mozambique Embassy; Lana Grey, Counselor of the Namibian Embassy; Franklin Garcia, US Representative of D.C.; Dr. Willie McElroy, CERT Trainer & Manager at Serve D.C. of the Mayor’s Office of Volunteerism; Peggy Kelly, Director of Community Preparedness & Resilience at the Department of Health; and Darryl Stephens, Financial Manager at Howard University.
Wow! Congratulations WMS Church of God 👍🏽 You earned it after the many volunteer activities you’ve led in DC this year!
Wow! I am so happy to be a part of the World Mission Society Church of God! So many good deeds displaying God’s glory.
What an elegant event fit for a royal occasion. The Queen of England has recognized the volunteer efforts of the Church of God inspired by God the Mother. This is truly an honor of biblical proportion…Nations will come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your dawn.(Isa 60:3) Amazing Church of God!
Sharing the love of God is so amazing. This truly shows that one act of kindness can change the world. Let’s work hard in our communities. Congrats World Mission Society Church of God!
The Church of God is the only Church to receive this Award! How Amazing! I am so glad they held an event to celebrate this prestigious achievement! Truly the living and active God is at work in this Church!
Wow! Church of God is amazing! They’re always going out of their way with their acts of kindness and showing so much love for the community.
God Almighty is truly amazing! Only through the glory of God can this world truly change and receive Gods blessings of eternal life! What an amazing church the Church of God is, it definitely has the love of God there!
It brings me happiness and joy to see such an amazing church being recognized by their hard efforts by serving their community around the world, and be greatly rewarded for it from the queen of England. Congrats Church of God!!!
This event was so touching! Truely the Church of God sets the example and standards many organizations should follow! Not only was this the first award presented to a church, the Queen also gave the highest ranking! Way to go! Church of God! Keep up the awesome work!
Amazing and beautiful event. Sharing with the community such a prestigious award. Church of God brings all nations together by sharing the love of God.
By far, the World Mission Society Church of God has been remarkable. They’ve continually made endless sacrifices, put countless hours into volunteering for different things to better not only our community, but the world. If there’s any organization worthy of such prestigious award, it’s definitely the World Mission Society Church of God.
Congratulations World Mission Society Church of God! Your continued efforts to share love with the world from God the Mother has been recognized! Being the only church to receive such a prestigious award shows how remarkable your deeds are. Thank you and congrats again!
This is just wonderful!! I can only imagine what kind of work had to be done to put this event together! Good job Church of God for receiving an award from the Queen herself! Your work is praiseworthy
I had the opportunity to attend the Queen’S Award Celebration hosted by The World Mission Society Church of God, and it was breathtaking!!
The work they carry out is truly Godsent.
Wow, I’ve never heard of a church recieving such a prestigious award! In a time where the daily news only gets more tragic, the great news of disaster relief and countless community efforts is shown through the Church of God. Congradulations to the World Mission Society Church of God for their wonderful example of Mother’s love needed in our society!
This is really amazing! It’s hard to find a good church nowadays, but it’s easy to see that the World Mission Society Church of God is really following God’s example of love. Even world leaders are recognizing this church!
The Church of God continues to make efforts to make this world a much better place for all of us. They chose to think of others before themselves and in this way we can accomplish the change we desperately need to see. Thank you Church of God and congratulations for the win! It is much deserved!
It was really an honor participating in this event. All the high officials and leaders seemed beyond happy to be in attendance and enjoyed learning more about the World Mission Society Church of God. The entire room was lit up with smiles throughout the whole event. Wonderful job in continuing to shine God’s glory to the ends of the earth.