The Government Pensioners’ Association Berbice Branch (BPA) celebrated its 18th Anniversary on Sunday. The anniversary began with a church service at the Roman Catholic Church of the Ascension in New Amsterdam and a special anniversary programme at its Vryman’s Erven office in the afternoon.Members of the BPA in church yesterday during a special service to kick- start its 18th birthday celebrations.Delivering the guest speaker’s address was President of St. Francis Community Developers, Mr. Alex Foster,Wholesale NFL Jerseys, who charged the group to do some introspection and pave their way forward.He also asked them to dig deep to ascertain whether their group is of any relevance to today’s society and to the group’s own purpose. If it is not, then it has much work to do, Foster said.“When one celebrates an anniversary, one does so for different reasons,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping,” he stated.Foster noted that at a time of celebration and reflection,Cheap Jerseys From China, “it’s a good time to remember the things that made us who we are because if we forget, we are bound to commit the same mistakes all over again.” “Reflection,Jerseys NFL China, therefore, is not a time to examine all the challenges that we have been able to overcome.”“We must remain relevant…and must also ask ourselves,Cheap Jerseys, are we still representing the cause that we identified 18 years ago?”He charged the pensioners’ association not to lose its way and its mandate. He also questioned whether the organization has the best [visionary] leadership to take it where the organization wants to go.L to R: Ms. Marrianne Tinnie; BPA President, Mr. Johnson; Mr. Norman Semple; Mr. Alex Foster delivering his speech.During the special ceremony, there was the cutting of the 18th birthday cake after which President of the BPA,Cheap NFL Jerseys, Mr. Clement Johnson, read a brief history of the BPA.