Maranatha Ministries International Inc. on Sunday launched the “The Sukhraji Learning Centre” at Moray House, under the mission statement “Making a difference, in a world that is different”.

Pastor and founder of Maranatha Ministries International Inc., Vanrick Beresford, launched the centre in honour of his mother Sukhraji “Sookjean” Gopauli, the first generation daughter of Indian indentured labourers from Calcutta, India.

The centre is also a part of Beresford’s celebration of 40 years as an author. Beresford is further marking the occasion by publishing a biography on his mother.
The book, Beresford noted, is to highlight the life of his mother, whom he said worked hard to raise him and his two brothers under very poor circumstances. She also worked as a child labourer, working at the Skeldon Sugar Estate at just 10-years-old.

“The centre’s main objective is to direct the souls to the good news of the gospel of St John in these last days, by using unorthodox teaching methods taken from the acronym B.I.B.L.E. Biblical psychology will form the nucleus of imparting outside the box thinking to all. Basic human relations technique will be employed and embraced on the course,” Beresford notes.

Classes at the centre will begin from March 9, and be held at Moray House. There will be a total of four sessions to be held on March 9, 16, 23 and 30, with each session beginning at 9am and lasting for two hours.

At the end of the fourth session, the best attendant will be awarded US$500, dependent on their performance in a two minute “impromptu speech” on a specified topic covered in the course. The course will provide a manual with auxiliary notes to be used.

Participants will be awarded a certificate of completion at the end of the course.