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The ‘Women of Valour’ breakfast, arranged by Ethel Pittaway for the women of St Nicholas in Charlo, was held on 23 June and at the head of each table was ‘A Woman of Valour’ invited by the table hostess. The women were Sr Ethel, Matron Agnes Bouwer of the House of Resurrection Haven, Abigail Tukulu, Annette du Plessis, the marketing Officer for Red Location Museum, Jumartha Majola, Nikiwe Nyamakazi and Marelize Marx who entertained the women with her beautiful singing. During the meal the invited guests told the women at their table about their calling and answered the many questions fired at them. Feedback was all positive on how much the women had enjoyed listening to their guest speaker. After the meal the ‘special speaker’, Annetjie Walker, shared how she had given up a top business position to marry a missionary and learn to live ‘by faith alone’. This dynamic, vibrant woman told how she had had to learn to pray with faith, how miracles had happened, such as when too little food increased to feed a multitude and the sick were healed before her eyes. At present the couple are ministering in Kleinskool and Annetjie shared the needs and their vision for the area. Hamish Arendse, an altar server at St Mary Magdalene in West End, and a member of the First West End Scouts, has received the Springbok Award which is the highest award that a Scout can receive. Hamish (18) is the first Scout in the Northern Areas to receive the Springbok Award in over 30 years. In addition he has been selected to be part of the 21st World Scout Jamboree which is being held in Chelmsford in the United Kingdom. He leaves 19 July and returns 8 August 2007. His grandmother is the matron at The House Of Resurrection Haven and she is, of course, extremely proud of him and says, “Hamish is a well disciplined, self-motivated child.” He is a Grade 12 pupil at Alexander Road High School. Pic: These boots were made for hiking - Hamish on the hike he had to complete in order to receive the award. Other achievers
Representatives from the RSCM (EC) committee as well as choir members from the St Luke’s, Palmridge, travelled to Grahamstown to attend the Eucharist. The superb singing of this highly professional choir made the service a truly memorable one. Afterwards, we met the Chairman of the Toronto Branch of the RSCM, John Buckworth, who is a member of the visiting choir. As a result of this meeting, we have established a link between the two Branches. Because Sunday 1 July happened to be Canada’s National Day, we were presented with maple-leaf lapel pins by members of the choir. Pic: RCSM big-wigs meet - (from left) Philip Burnett, Grahamstown representative of the RSCM; Jenny Yates, chairman of the Eastern Cape branch of the RSCM; and John Buckworth, chairman of the Toronto branch of the RSCM in Canada.
Leah works extensively with Royal School of Church Music overseas
and has been hugely instrumental in the production of the “Voice for
Life” scheme which is being used in many European countries to educate
and encourage young people into the wonderful world of choral music. The purposes of her visit are: • to demonstrate the Voice for Life scheme which includes quality music suitable for the young ones • to give ideas on the teaching of the rudiments of music • to give assistance with training the voice correctly • to give some hints on drawing young people into singing in a choir • to give some instruction on the transition from reading tonic-solfa to reading staff notation (special request from the EC Committee) Every one of these points is of great importance in the successful running of a choir. While the Voice for Life scheme has a leaning towards the church choir with RSCM medal awards, it is every bit as valuable for school use. We are, therefore, encouraging every choir leader and teacher of music to make the utmost effort to attend this meeting. Collegiate High School Auditorium This is a golden opportunity which will not present itself again in the foreseeable future. It is open to all interested persons of all denominations, regardless of whether they, or their church, are members of the RSCM. If you are interested in attending, please phone asap:
During the recent fighting in Gaza between Hamas and Fatah, the Christian community in Gaza was also targeted. The Palestinian paper Al-Ayyam reported that 'armed masked men stole, destroyed and burned down a monastery and a church school in Gaza, after they bombed the main gate with RPG shells'. They destroyed the main gate of the monastery with an RPG shell, and then entered the church and destroyed everything in the monastery: The crosses, the holy books, computers and photocopy machines.They appeared to be members of Hamas Al-Qassam Brigades, however, the Hamas has directed the blame at the Palestinian Authority police. It should be noted that while this may have been a Hamas attack on the church, the Christian community has been suffering under Fatah rule as well. Ever since the West Bank cities were given over from Israel to the Palestinian Authority the Christian population has been living under very difficult conditions. Khaled Abu Toameh recently reported in The Jerusalem Post: “The conditions of Christians in Bethlehem and its surroundings had deteriorated ever since the area was handed over to the PA in 1995. Every day we hear of another Christian family that has emigrated to the US, Canada or Latin America. The Christians today make up less than 15 percent of the population” Samir Qumsiyeh said, “I believe that 15 years from now there will be no Christians left in Bethlehem.” When the West Bank was under Israeli administration the Christian population of Bethlehem was over 60%. This attack on the Gaza church, though more aggressive than the actions in Bethlehem, seems to be part of a Palestinian pattern of marginalizing the Christian community. Read the full reports on:
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