The journey

Vessels of Honor was formed in 2011 by a group of boys and girls as an accountability group for Christian Students in High School. We had attended a KSCF Camp at Chianda High School. The theme for the camp was from 2nd Timothy 2:20-22. The call and charge to live distinctive Christian lives as youths was too loud to ignore. In response to this noble call, I (Timothy) asked my friends and sister with whom we had attended the convention to consider joining me for prayers every morning and evening for the few days we would be in the camp. During these prayer sessions, we would share reflections from the teachings of the day and take time to pray for one another. We would also sing together and request for a chance to minister to the rest of the students by presenting a song or two during the night sessions. Other students took notice of our singing and prayer fellowships and requested to join us and be part of our team. After several sessions of encouraging one another to be Vessels of Honor as taught during the camp, one of us suggested that we call our group Vessels of Honor and that became our new identity. 

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Since most of us lived around Kisumu, we agreed to hold our first meeting at our family house in Kisumu to appoint leaders and set structures for our newly formed youth group. We came up with discipleship and accountability programs and agreed to be meeting regularly for fellowship. 

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Our local church, Life Celebration Ministries under the leadership of Rev. Sylas Ochieng’ and Pst. Ben Odhiambo (the then Senior pastor and youth pastor respectively) contributed greatly to the growth of Vessels of Honor and the discipleship of the members. We held most of our meetings and fellowships at LifeCM and invited members of VOH to the Youth programs in church. We are eternally grateful for the partnership and the support we have received from the LifeCM family over the years.

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The members of VOH were encouraged to start similar accountability groups in their respective high schools to keep them grounded during their academic terms. Some of the schools included; Ramba High  School, Kisumu Girls High School, Ng’iya Girls High School, Chianda Boys High School,  Nyamira Girls High School and Chemilil Academy.

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In 2015 most of the founding members of VOH joined different Universities and Colleges in Kenya Majority of the active members of VOH were now university students in different Christian Unions under the umbrella of the Fellowship Of Christian Unions (FOCUS). With this, VOH grew into 4 regions in Kenya namely Nairobi, Western region, North rift and Nakuru. 

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Since then VOH has grown and widened its scope of ministry. The founding members have since graduated from collage and are serving in different fields in the market place. The growth and expansion in the ministry has led to the establishment of the Young Professionals Fellowship and the Couples Fellowship as additional platforms for discipleship, mentorship and accountability for the VOH members. We have also come up with new programs, structures and partnerships to ensure relevance, sustainability and transformational impact in our ministry.  

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Ebenezer. Thus far the Lord has helped us. In Him we will continue live and move and have our being.