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• Producing a healthy society
• Praying for 'those in peril on the sea'
• Pam graduates
A prayer of preparation I come to the Lord's own service,
Not only to pray for myself and to intercede for others.
These things I shall do.
But that which I come above all to do
Is to take my part in a great action,
This act of worship.
For I come to do, rather than to listen;
To give, rather than to get.
For here all things are done to the glory of God.
Every word spoken,
Every gesture and movement,
Every note of music,
Are not to please man
But are offered to God alone.
Most gracious God, grant that I,
All unworthy though I be,
However dim my understanding,
May offer to you the entire worship of my soul;
That with every word of my lips,
With all the prayers of my heart,
With every thought of my mind,
I may offer to you
A profound adoration of a creature
For the great Creator.
Producing a healthy society
[ Fezile Maki ]
Although
few in numbers, the Cradock archdeaconry conference of the St Bernard
Mizeki Guild held in Middelburg from 21 to 22 June was a great success.
The
opening Eucharist was conducted by the president of the archdeaconry's
guild, Phumla Mtila, an assistant priest in the Parish of the Karoo.
The conference was not well attended as only members from St Boniface
in Middelburg, Ascension in Cradock and St Ninian's in Somerset East
were present.
The
guest speaker was a professional nurse from the Wilhelm Stahl Hospital
in Middelburg, N Zintwana, who spoke about prostate cancer and ovarian
cancer. She said prostate cancer attacks men, usually between the ages
of 45 to 65 years and can be hereditary. She spoke on how the church
can play a role in a healthy society and how it can produce a healthy
society and she reminded the guilders that Jesus Christ healed people.
The
general meeting dealt with the issues of the guild's growth, services
and vision to host conferences in future. They reflected that there has
been both numerical and spiritual growth.
The "Imvuselelo" was
held in the streets of KwaNonzame from 07h00 to 08h00 and the guilders
gave it their all. The women thanked A special vote of thanks went to
the members of St Boniface MU Christian Family Life and St Mary
Magdalene who prepared the food and so helped to make sure that the
conference was a success.
Picture: Imvuselelo by members of St Bernard Mizeki Guild in the streets of KwaNonzame, Middelburg.
Praying for 'those in peril on the sea'
 Pictures: 1)
Lt Chris Kumalo, OC Naval Station, PE, Lt Garth Daniels, OC Sea Cadets
and Petty Officer Gillian Marlow process into St Paul's. 2) Ruthell Johnson, rector of St Paul's, with some of the Sea Rescue crew who attended the service.
The
words of the great 'Sea Sunday' hymn, "Eternal Father strong to save"
rang out at the end of a service held to honour and pray for those who
sail the oceans, rescue people in trouble in the sea and those who
minister to their spiritual needs. Members from all the branches of the
Navy, the Sea Cadets, Sea Rescue, the harbour and the various churches
who work and minister to seafarers, as well as some fishermen, gathered
at St Paul's in Parsons Hill on Sunday 29 June for the service.
Among
those present were Lt Chris Kumalo, OC Naval Station, PE , Ian Gray,
the chairman of the National Sea Rescue Institute together with a group
of the volunteers, Brynn Adamson the deputy Harbour Master and Martin
Britz and Joy Thompson from the Seafarers Centre.
The prayers
and readings were done by the visiting dignitaries and clerics and the
rector, Ruthell Johnson, gave a challenging sermon.
The hymn "Eternal Father strong to save" was written by W Whiting (1825-78) but is still so appropriate 150 years later.
 Pam graduates
Our very
good iindaba reporter from the Parish of the Good Shepherd, Pam Brown,
has graduated, receiving her TEE Certificate in Theology - with
distinction, nogal.
When iindaba asked her about it she said,
"What an achievement I felt walking up to that stage to receive my
certificate. Five years of hard work finally completed. Thanks to our
heavenly Father for keeping me on the study footpath and all those who
encouraged me along the way, and to all those still studying, keep up
the hard work. It is really worth it."
On page four are reports from Pam on many of the happenings in the very busy Parish of the Good Shepherd.
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