THE ROYAL

SHEPHERDS
COVENANT DIVISIONAL
COMMAND

Divisional Progress
Report for the 1st
Qtr of 2023

PROGRESS REPORT 1st Quarter 2023

Table of Content

Chapter1: Introduction
1 1.1. Introduction
1.2. Companies and Battalions
1.3. Chaplains in the Division
1.4. Divisional Accomplishments
1.5. State Rally Progress Reports
1.6. Post 2022 State Rally Progress Report

Chapter 2: Financial Statements

2
2.1. Overview
2.2. Presentation

Chapter 3: Challenges
3 3.1. Challenges facing the Division
3.2. Challenges facing Each Companies
3.3. Members Attendance Record

Chapter 4: Summary
4 4.1. Overall Summary
4.2. Gallery

RS ANTHEM & PLEDGE

ROYAL SHEPHERDS ANTHEM ROYAL SHEPHERDS PLEGDE

Royal Shepherds of Christ Apostolic Church, On my honour,

Marching as to war. Stands for the Lord. I pledge to be absolutely Faithful
Let the Holy Spirit Lead us and Loyal to God Almighty
From Victory unto victory, And to the Christ Apostolic Church;
Royal Shepherds. To further the cause of Christianity al-
Put on the Garment of Love, ways,
loyalty, Honesty and of Prayer. To help people in need
Let the words of Wisdom fill our hearts; and to obey the laws of Royal Shepherds.
Give us power to be Good. So help me God.
 Introduction
Companies & Battalions

The Covenant Division is one of the top functioning divisions

inKwara State. The Division have inaugurated companies and
two battalions. The Battalions are Glad Tiding Battalion and
Salvation Battalion.

Under the Glad Tiding Battalion, we have four inaugurated

companies and they are:
The Divisional Headquarters Christ Apostolic Church, Sanctu-
ary
of Joy (Ile-Ayo), Olorunsogo, florin i.e. The 58th Kwara
Command
-CAC Authority Land, Check-in Point. i.e. 94th Kwara Command
- CAC Physical Miracle, Lao-Odota i.e. 108th Kwara Command
- CAC Sanctuary of Joy it, Lao Odota i.e. 107th Kwara Com-
mand

Under the Salvation Battalion, we have an inaugurated compa-

ny
and two infant companies and they are:
CAC Salvation Centre, Fate-Tanke. The 59th Kwara Command
The three infant companies are
- CAC Solution Gathering
- CAC Holy ghost Zone
- CAC Kingdom Embassy

N.B. These two infant companies have been stablized and they
will be getting their compnay numbers very soon.

Chaplains in the Covenant Division

The 58th Kwara Command, CAC Sanctuary of Joy which is the

Covenant Divisional Headquarter is being headed by Pastor
Abraham Olusegun Oladele
The 59th Kwara Command, CAC Salvation Centre which is the
Salvation Battalion headquarter is being headed by Pastor
Richard Taiwo Owoseni.
- The 94th Kwara Command which is CAC Authority Land is
being headed by Pastor Adetoyese.
-The 107th Kwara Command which is CAC Sanctuary of Joy
Laa-Odota is being headed by Pastor Olawuwo.
- The 108th Kwara Command which is CAC Physical Mirades
being headed by Pastor Ilesanmi

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 Accomplishments
whole of Kwara State, becoming a
two times runner up in their first
State Rally attendance.
Popularly known as the Most
Peaceful Division in the whole of
Kwara State Command

The Host of the year 2020 and the

year 2021 Kwara State WITKOG
Praise Night Consecutively.

We give God all the glory for Competitions Won The Host of the Year 2022 Kwara
the grace he has given us at State Command Refresher
Covenant Division to pick Second Best Overall at the Kwara Course.
up and be an enviable icon State Rally, in the year 2022.
to the whole of Kwara State We’re also proud to be part of the
Command. Winner of the Ropework contributors to Kwara State’s new
Competition at the National Record as the most Progressive
I recall in our Last Report making Rally in the year 2019. State in Nigeria 2022.
this statement that “Our Division
is only eight years old at the mo- Winner of the Bible Quiz Compe- Proudly recognized as one of
ment and we believe that before titions at the State Rally 2022 and the Divisions that impacted
we clock 10 years, Our also a Two Times Runner-up. our Members educationally and
Testimonies will not only shock contributed towards their
the Royal Shepherds but we shock One Time Winner of the Memo- performances in school producing
the entire CAC and the world at ry Verse Competition and Three over 20 Graduates and with lot
large. Times Runner-up at the State more currently in Universities.
Rally.
We give God the glory because We’re also one of the Top Digitally
this has already started mani- One Time Winner of the Highway Functioning Division in the whole
festing, in the recently conclud- Code Completion at the State of Kwara State Command with
ed Kwara State Rally, We were Rally. techniques such as Enlightening
crowned as the Second Best RS members about RS Courses
Division Overall after dominating One Time Runner-up in the State Digitally, Implementation of
5 out of the 9 competitions, win- Progress Report Competition. E-Meetings to keep in touch with
ning One and becoming runnerup RS Members and Executives
in the 4 others. One Time Runner-up in the faraway.
Art and Craft Competition.
We’re delighted to tell you that, We’ve also been able to have a
what happened is just a tip of an One time runner-up in the First database of our members, collati-
iceberg, we havve so much more Aid Competition nig the necessary info making use
records to break and also new of Google Forms. With this info
records to set. Other Factual we can reach out to our members
Accomplishments via different channels without
Despite being one of the large. stress.
youngest and inexperienced Owner of the Most Read Royal
Divisions, we’ve been able to Shepherds Blog Worldwide We believe that God who has
accomplish some significant i.e. The Royal Shepherds of helped us this far will still
records in the competitions and Covenant Division with the url continue to support us and help
beyond, and we thank God for www.rscovenant.wordpress.com us achieve much more greater
making this great achievements with the record of over 30,000 successes
possible for us. visit from over 13,000 visitors.

The Fastest Picking Division in the

 Summary of 2022 Report

Introduction The next weekend after the

24th of September all members
We appreciate God for His Infinite present for the rehearsal appreci-
mercy in our lives at Covenant ated God over the success of the
Divisional Command. RS Covenant enrolment service.
Division was privileged to attend
and participate actively in 2022 October 2022
Kwara State Annual camp/Rally.
Most of our members represented On the 1st of October, The 58th
the division (Covenant) in various Kwara Command held a First Aid
competitions and they all came out Training as it’s been stated in their
in good positions from the bible annual calendar with 29 members
quiz(Senior and Junior) , first aid, in attendance.
rope work, High way code, and art
and craft. Our representation made From the 8th of October to the
Covenant Divisional Command 29th of October, Sessions were
came 2nd overall in Kwara State. held and various classes and
Award as the 2nd Best in all Competitions
teachings took place including pa-
State Rally Positions rade, sport and games. Members
attended in mass population, and a
The State Rally was quite a chal- September 2022
special teaching is also ongoing for
lenging and interesting one. It was the new members in aid for their
the first ever State Rally we attend- In the month of September, The
active participation as new mem-
ed under the tenure of our new 58th Kwara Command held its 9th
bers in Royal Shepherd.
Divisional Commander in person of Enrolment Service. Which was
RS Major Adedotun Joshua and we held on the 18th of September
The Royal Shepherds of the 59th
thank God that it was a grand suc- 2022. The theme for the Enrol-
Kwara Command also celebrated
cess. Our positions in the contests ment Service was “The Called
their 9th Enrolment Service and
are highlighted below: Ones“ taken from Isaiah 42:6.
it was a memorable enrolment
service. Royal Shepherd members
1.Bible quiz senior section- 1st The Enrolment Service was a bless-
from other companies within and
position ed one in which a day rehearsal
outside Covenant Division came
2. Bible quiz junior section -3rd was held with the patrons, ma-
around to felicitate with them.
position trons and advisers present.
3. Memory verse -2nd position
4. Rope work-2nd position The company had to grace to
5. First aid- 2nd position receive the state officers for the
6. Art and craft - 4th position enrolment service in which after
7. Parade - 8th position the service inside the church there
8. Progress repost- 4th position was outside parade/display which
9. Highway Code - undecided. was a success. Newly appointed Excos at the 59th Kwara
Command Enrolment Service
We Appreciate God for a safe trip
back to Ilorin. The church of God During the course of event, New
welcomed us back with joy and Company Executives including a
thanksgiving to God. We’re able to new Captain, were appointed, as
return back to our division present- the tenure for the former execu-
ing not only trophie,, but also with tives has been exhausted.
an outstading award. 58th Kwara Command Boys posing during
Enrolment Service

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 Divisional Projects Updates
Sequel to the meeting we had con- 2. First Ever Blended Refresher
cerning our projects last year. Course in Royal Shepherds: Blend-
ed Course means the combination
Accomplished Projects of virtual and in-person learning us-
ing an highly recognized LMS plat-
To God be the glory, work has form (Talent LMS)and then physical
started concerning those projects gathering for an official round-up
and we thank God for the progress program. The Course Slide tem-
so far. plates for the courses are ready,
its the materials and availability of
1. New Record for our RS Blog: Ongoing Statistics of our RS Covenant instructors that’s still keeping us
Earlier this year, our RS Covenant Divisional Blog waiting.
Divisional Blog has gotten over
30,000 views from over 13,000 Pending Projects 3. Divisional Bank Account: We be-
viewers and the feedbacks from lieve its high time we start reciev-
audiences have been positive all 1. Royal Shepherds Executive ing payment from the bank account
through. The post with most views Advancement Program 2022: This we all recognize as the divisional
still remains “Laws of the Royal is a Leadership forum or seminar bank account and its high time we
Shepherds.” designed for all Covenant Divisional get the account ready.
Executives organized to help the
2. Resumption of activities con- executives improve on their admin- 4. Interactive Progress Report
cerning Divisional Secretariat: istration skills using various tools Presentation: We have also discuss
We’ll be resuming activities con- and also prepare them for real life about having our Progress Report
cerning the building of our Divi- expereinces which will give them to be presented in a interactive
sional Secretariat at the HQ which career advantages using their new- format (html5 or exe) in order to
is Sanctuary of Joy, the 58th Kwara ly learned skills. compliment the written report
Command. being submitted in order for the
Skills you need as a Project Officer, State and National Bodies to have
3. AI Administration in RS: The softwares you must be able to work more realistic experiences about
world we are in, is currently chang- with and how you just be able to our Divisional performances.
ing fast with the rapid invention handle the tasks ahead.
and influence of Artificial Intelli- 5. Royal Shepherds Courses on
gence. This AI Tools have dominat- We won’t only be needing this for Udemy: We’re also planning
ed the market of recent and has the sake of our Divisional Assign- on getting the Royal Shepherds
really made activities more easier. ments, but for the sake of future Courses ready to be published on
job opportunities... Udemy. As we all know, udemy is
We’ve been able to test some of one of the most recognized Virtual
these AI Tools especially, Chat GPT, E.g. Divisional Secretary can work Learning globally.
Copy AI, Tome.app, Stable Diffus- as an Admin Officer, HR and more,
sion, Mixo.io etc. and we under- in big companies. 6. Applied R.S. Conducts: This is
stand how they work and how they a new RS program we’re working
can be of a driving force to rapid Project Officer can work as a Proj- on. It’s more like a Practical Royal
development in the division and in ect Manager, Analyst etc. Shepherds course which aims at
RS as a whole. combining all the RS courses (in-
cluding Highway Code, Ropework,
We’ve successfully been able to in- P.R.O. can work as a Brand Strate- First Aid, Parade etc.) that we’ve
tegrate chat GPT’s API to Whatsapp gist, Digital Marketer, Media and been able to cover and put them
to automate responses using natu- Communication Officer, Growth into real life practical examples for
ral intelligence and make work less Hacker and lot more. all RS members to understand the
stressful for us. real life effectiveness of all we’ve
been training them so far.
 1st Quarter, 2023 Report

January 2023 March 2023

We entered into the year 2023 triumphantly and The month of March in which we’re currently in it has
wished ourselves Happy New Year with the assur been an amazing month so far and some of the prog-
ance that The Good Shepherd will make this year ress being recorded in this month are:
better than the previous ones.
Regional Patroness from our Division
We started the year with the 40 days program
titled Key of David which comes up every first 40 On the 19th of March, 2023; One of the patroness in
days of the year. We had to suspend our RS pro- Covenant Divisional command, in person of Mrs Tale
grams during this period and commit our company Victoria, Aiyelabowo, was appointed as regional patron-
ess for Babajide Regional command. The appointment
and its members into the hands of God, praying
took place at Odo-Owa and people from our division
for greater wins this year. The program came to an
went along to celebrate her.
end on the 9th of February, 2023.

February 2023

The Division participated in the annual State Praise

Night themed: Who is This King ofGlory (WITKOG
2023) which was held at CAC Gaa-Akanbi Zonal
Headquarters, Ilorin on the 3rd of February, 2022.
It wasa moment to treasure.

Our Division is opportuned to attend the event

with an aggregate of 25 boys from various compa-
nies under the division. Appointment of Mrs Tale Victoria, Aiyelabowo as Regional
Patroness

New Trumpet and Well Trained Trumpeters

On the 12th of March, 2023; The 58th Kwara command

acquired a new trumpet to strengthen the band depart-
ment of the company. As a result of this, there has been
regorous training for trumpeters, and so far so good,
the training has yielded great result. Currently, there
has been an addition of 3 new proficient trumpeters
in the company and there’s an assurance for others to
improve in no time.

Anniversaries

The 58th Kwara command celebrated their children an-

niversary on the 26th of March, 2023. The anniversary
theme was “The Child’s Heart“ inspired by Romans 8:6.
It was a wonderful occassion as most of the children
in the church also belong to the Royal Shepherds so
WITKOG 2023 Flyer the company considered the success of the program a
topmost priority and we’re grateful to God that it was
indeed a success.

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 Company Reports

Reports from Compa- God process is ongoing to officially ship and Presidential Elections
nies under Covenant Registered the 2 Companies under Upcoming Events
Salvation District.
Division
The Royal Shepherds of Covenant
Report from Sanctuary of Joy
Challenges Division are already preparing for
the State Rally with hope to per-
(Covenant Divisional HQ)
The Royal Shepherds of Covenant form much better than last year in
Division mourn the death of our both the State and National Rallies.
CAC Sanctuary of Joy (Ile-Ayo), the
one of our Patrons in person of
58th Kwara Command, had their
Pastor J.A.K. Odewale of 94th There are also lots of trainings and
annual Special Anointing Service
Kwara Command who was called events that will be holding very
for this year on the 19th of March,
to glory at age 70 and on the 2nd soon including the Divisional and
2023 and it was a spirit filled event.
of February, 2023. State Refresher Course.
The following Sunday, they also
Works have also commenced on
celebrated their Children Anniver-
the projects being discussed in
sary. Updates about the occasion
the Project Chapter. The softwares
has been stated in the 1st quarter
are ready and their functions have
report chapter.
been mastered. By the special
Grace of God, the contents are un-
Report from Physical Miracle
der compilation and the e-learnings
will commence very soon.
CAC Physical Miracle by the Grace
of God now has new leaders. After
All things work together for good.
the Deputy Divisional Commander
and Divisional Bartallion Com-
mander’s meeting with their Pastor.
RS Tobi was appointed as the Com-
pany Captain to lead the Company Lt RS Pastor Odewale’s
and other principal officers were Burial Event Flyer
appointed. The Division will have
to choose a date to do what is re- Pastor Odewale was the father of
quired for the new executives. our former Deputy Commander in
person of RS Cpt Juwon Odewale.
Report from CAC Kingdom Em-
bassy, Reke It was indeed a sad experience.
We pray that his soul rest in per-
The Office of the Bartallion Com- fect peace and that the Grace of
mander and the Deputy Divisional God comfort the rest of the family
Command on 30th October, 2022 being left behind.
by the Grace of God planted CAC
Kingdom Embassy Reke RS Compa- Some of the other challenges we
ny with 18 New members have experienced so far this year,
includes the negative impact of
Report from CAC Holyghost Cashless Policy. It really put the
Chapel Country in a state of jeopardy and
On the 13th November, we are we’re also affected.
presently at CAC Holyghost Chap-
el Tanke to Revive the RS in the Another challenge we encounter
Church with 8 new members join- is also a nationwide challenge as
ing the Company. By the Grace of well, and they are the Governor-
Financial Reports

TRANSACTIONS INCOME EXPENDITURE TOTAL

Post State Rally N32,600

balance
Commitment Fee N3000.00

Enrolment Due N2,500.00

Income from N7,000.00

Enrolment
Miscellaneous N700.00
Journey to Baba N2,000.00
Adegbite Burial
Progress Report N2500.00

Printings and N5,700.00

Transportations
Total N45,100.00 N10,900.00
Net Income N34,200.00

PROGRESS REPORT 1st Quarter 2023

 Conclusion

T he Royal Shepherds of
Covenant Division have been
experiencing progress in every
companies. This progress can be
traced to our performances in the
2022 State and National Rally, it’s
very obvious to see that we’ve
improved a lot in our cordinations
and performances.
Covenant Divisional Executives
This progress can also be traced Covenant Divisional Boys posing with their
certificate awards for their outstanding
to our individual lives which in- performance from the State Rally Contests. everybody to download.
cludes our educational standard,
our moral values, our spirituality
We’re also working towards You can find course materials for
level, our skills and talents, our
improving our learning skills by Highway Code, first aid, ropework
technical know-how and so many
adopting e-learning process with and the POR on the blog.
other valuable aspects of our
interactivity and well detailed
lives.
gamifications in order to help our The link is
boys understand the Royal Shep- www.rscovenant.wordpress.com
The progress can also be traced
herds Trainings better.
to our companies’ responsibilities
The Royal Shepherds of
and achievements. We’ve been
As a forward thinking Division, we Covenant Division have also
growing in numbers, developing
never stopped learning, we keep opened their eyes to see oppor-
in our roles and responsibilities to
on engaging in research about tunities in real world with the
the Church.
projects that can help us grow as responsibilities being appointed
an organization and we’ve been of them and are working towards
The Churches have been seeing
able to adopt the use of Artificial projects that can help boost their
our importance and they’ve been
Intelligence in order to aid a fast- effectiveness.
delegating important duties to
er, accurate, less stressful mode
us as an organization. They’ve
of working and we’ve been able The Division has been progressing
also been seeing our needs as a
to learn the required prompts so well in every facet of life and
necessity.
that will enable the AI tools to we’ve got God to thank for that
work as desired. and by the special Grace of God,
The Royal Shepherds of Covenant
we will keep soaring higher and
Division have been growing in
The Royal Shepherds Divisional higher.
experiences. This year ending,
Blog have been gaining consider-
we welcomed a new set of Divi-
able visitations over the years. Long live the Royal Shepherds
sional Executives. We have more
Covenant Division, Long live the
members in Higher Institutions
We’re pleased to inform everyone Royal Shepherds Kwara State,
and most importantly, lots of our
that our blog reached over 13,000 Long live Royal Shepherds Nige-
members are now graduates from
readers and our publications have ria and Long live Christ Apostolic
various recognizable institutions.
been read over 30,000 times. Church Worldwide.
We’ve also improved in our com-
Please be reminded that im-
municative skills by implementing
portant information have been
the E-meeting policy, making use
uploaded and lots of vital docu-
of social media platforms to com-
ments are now being made avail-
municate with executives who are
able on the blog. They are free for
home and abroad.
 GALLERY

58th Kwara Command’s 9th Enrolment Service

58th Kwara Command’s Patrons, Patronesses and Advisers at

their 9th Enrolment Service

Kwara State Commander at 58th Kwara

Command’s Enrolment Service
Covenant Divisional Boys at the Kwara state Rally

The Officers of RS
58th Kwara Command

RS Members at CAC 2023 Children Anniversary Event Flyer for Special Anointing Service Event Flyer at
Kingdom Embassy 58th Kwara Command 58th Kwara Command

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