As the Assistant Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Bondo CONSECRATION OF THE REV’D. CANON DR. EMILY AWINO ONYANGO On behalf of the Anglican Diocese of Bondo, we wish to invite you to attend the Consecration of The Rev’d. Canon Dr. Emily Awino Onyango as the first female Bishop in the Anglican Church of Kenya for the office of Assistant Bishop on 27 March 2021 at St. Michaels and All Angels Cathedral New Ground at 9.30 am. The occasion will be presided over by His Grace The Most Rev. Dr. Jackson Ole Sapit, Archbishop of The Anglican Church of Kenya Yours in His service RSVP The Rt. Rev’d. Prof. David H Kodia, PhD DIOCESAN BISHOP RSVP The Rev’d. Fredrick Oduor Okoth DIOCESAN ADMINISTRATIVE SECRETARY

21st- 24th January 2021 – The Archbishop’s Pastoral visit. Sunday 24th January, 2021  – New Year Thanks giving Service at St. Michael and All Angels Cathedral, Bondo

The Anglican Diocese of Bondo Special Synod held on 12 January, 2021 unanimously endorsed the appointment of the Rev’d Canon Dr. Emily Awino Onyango as an Assistant Bishop. Members during the Special Synod The Synod was preceded by Holy Communion service led by the Bishop the Rt. Rev’d Prof. David H. Kodia. In attendance were Mama Janepher Kodia Mother’s Union President, Bondo Diocese and Mama Jenipher Wasonga. Holy Communion service preceding the Special Synod, led by the Bishop the Rt. Rev’d Prof. David H. Kodia The Rev’d. Canon Dr. Emily Awino Onyango The sermon was delivered by the Rt. Rev’d Dr. Joseph Otieno Wasonga, Bishop Emeritus Diocese of  Maseno West drawn from Matthew 9: 35-37. He urged Christians to pray to the Lord of Harvest for more workers with the right skills, resources and spirit to fulfill his purposes as the harvest is plentiful but with few workers. The Rt. Rev’d Dr. Joseph Otieno Wasonga delivering the sermon The Assistant Bishop shall assist the Bishop in: Training of Clergy Women ministry in the Church Gender issues including but not limited to: Boy and Girl Child empowerment Gender based Violence

The Diocese of Bondo held the 8 Ordinary session of Synod on 14 August, 2020 at St. Michaels and All Angels Cathedral Bondo. In the midst of the Corona Virus pandemic the Synod Session was well attended with about 20 members participating through zoom and over 150 physically present. The 8th Ordinary session of Synod The Bishop’s charge drawn from Acts 3:1-10 bringing forth the story of the beggar who had lost hope in life. A man who lost a sense of worth and did not believe in his own potential to do his own things. The Synod in one accord resolved to be the voice of the hopeless in the society in the midst of the Covid 19 pandemic. The Rt. Rev. Prof. David H. Kodia The Diocese of Bondo at this time has chosen to rise up and walk, offering messages of hope to the weak. We have the potential to build a viable Diocese that will forever remain a beacon of Hope to our children and great grand children. SUPPORT DURING THE COVID 19 The Synod acknowledges the support offered by various institutions who offered support and heeded to the call to make donations both in cash and kind. Some of the partners included: ·       Trinity Wall street ·       Diocese of Sheffield ·       Brookside Dairies ·       The Kenya Pipeline ·       Lions Club ·       ADS Nyanza ·       Individual Christians from the Diocese of Bondo   MAJOR STRIDES The synod also acknowledges the major strides the diocese has made by the grace of God for the last three years. ·       The acquisition of title deeds for most of our churches and diocesan properties. This is a very important ·       stewardship role to which we have been called to exercise. ·       Purchase of land for the construction of new cathedral at a cost of Ksh. 4.8 m ·       The mobilization of funds for the completion of the synod plaza to the tune of about 70 million ·       Formation of diocesan relief services that has helped in resource mobilization for relief services in the diocese ·       Networking with global partners including the diocese of Sheffield in the UK, Episcopal church ·       Revamping the ministry of MOTHERS UNION, KAMA, KAYO and Children departments.   SYNOD PLAZA FUNDRAISING Mobilization for the Plaza fundraising is ongoing. To this end we are making a passionate appeal to raise at least KSH. 30M to enable us purchase two lifts by November this year and to start a donation of Cement Project Initiative (CPI) that is open to all members to participate in raising the required 3580 bags of cement and 782 tons of sand for interior and exterior plaster works. We thank God for those who have already pledged to give cement for so far, we have received pledges of 1,128 bags and 100 tons of sand. We appeal to well-wishers and friends to continue participating in the cement project initiative.