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Quick Links: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Top | Homepage PAGE 2 • Hospice Songs of Praise
Sadly, not many people from the area were present to enjoy the thrill of listening to Sydney’s rendition of “The War March of the Priests” and “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desire.” Also thrilling were two beautiful voices of a schoolgirl and a young lady (both of whom need to be discovered by the outside world), Sinosephu and Trevishia, as they caused goosebumps with their singing of “The Holy City” and “Hallelujah.” The Hospice Care-givers and the New Apostolic Church group entertained us with singing. It was a wonderful time of praise. The CEO and our chaplain of the Hospice, Jean Underwood, told iindaba that, “October is the month when we especially remember our brothers, sisters and children who are living with cancer.” She said the month is dedicated to praying for material
and psychological support for those walking that challenging path.
“We also give thanks to the Hospice movement started by Cicely
Saunders in 1967 when she changed the way the medical profession cared
for those with incurable illnesses, now recognized universally as
palliative care,” she said.
A capacity crowd filled the NMMU sports stadium on Saturday 25 October for the Angus Buchan (“Faith Like Potatoes”) “Heal our Land” rally. Angus encouraged everyone to learn to pray ‘faith prayers’ and get rid of unbelief. He was very positive about the healing work the Lord is doing in our land and told business owners to put their businesses in God’s hands and see what happens! He went on to exhort Christians in South Africa to humble themselves before the Lord, confess their sins, turn from their ‘wicked’ ways so the Lord can bring healing to our land. He said, “Jesus Christ’s hand is on our land at present … what are you going to do about it? Are you going to follow him?” During his message, he mentioned having been at ‘the Anglican retreat centre called Waverly Hills in 1990 and that the late Reg Hedges had said that one day Angus would speak at Loftus Versfeld, and that had come true earlier this year when Loftus was filled to capacity (72 000 people) when he held a rally there and they had not had to pay for the use of the stadium. Among those participating in the afternoon was Julian Southey, of the Parish of the Karoo, who was one of the Shofar blowers that heralded the beginning of the afternoon. Julian told iindaba he felt the whole afternoon was ‘awesome’. The 2009 Mighty Men Conference will be held at the farm
“Shalom”from 8 - 10 May and 200 000 to 300 000 men are
expected to attend. As always, Richard spends much of his time doing repair work
around the Haven buildings and, when not teaching skills to the
patients, Gay spends lots of her time in the kitchen helping to
prepare the meals. Other Haven news
Melissa Awu (24) is the head server at St Stephens, New
Brighton, she is also a sport facilitator, and has just helped train
Mawonga Colin Makana (55), a member of the Holy Spirit Church Choir,
KwaZakhele, to graduate with a Sport Recreation and
Fitness Leadership NQF 4. Melissa works for African Global Skills Academy (AGSA), a company that provides accredited Sport Training at NQF4. Last year Eastern Province Rugby (EPRU) was fortunate enough to be awarded a learnership and Mawonga was one of the learners that were employed by them. The learnership was for 12 months and he was employed as ground staff. The learners spent one week of the month doing theory in class, where Melissa was facilitating, and the other three weeks were in the workplace (in this case EPRU) getting practical experience in sport. During the time of the learnership, Mawonga sat at reception answering telephones and later went on to do more sport administration duties at EPRU. He is a qualified referee, and was tasked with assisting in the administration of the referees department upon his completion of the course! Melissa told iindaba, “It was a great honour and challenge for me to teach an adult, but Mr Makana made it really easy for me, he would say very early if he did not understand something, in that way we would tackle it together, until he understood the work fully!” On the Sunday after the graduation, Mawonga took his gown to church, and gave thanks that he had completed a qualification at his age. Bishop Bethlehem was at Holy Spirit that Sunday and rejoiced with Mawonga. Bishop Bethlehem said that it was hard to believe that Melissa Awu, the young server at St Stephens has taught Mawonga Makana! Mawonga is the brother of the late Themba Makana, former President of SAFA- EP, who worshipped at St Stephens. Anglican First Year Camp 2009 University of Stellenbosch Anglican Students’ Society (ANSOC) committee is organising a university camp for Anglican ‘first years’ next year. The aim of the camp will be to get to know all the ‘first years’ before they arrive on campus. Through this we can already start building relationships between seniors and first years. The camp will be the ideal place to meet new people and give some kind of kick-start to varsity. Venue: Bainskloof Camp Site Date: 16-18 January 2009 Cost: R250 (all inclusive) Contact Randall Hartnick: 073 315 9768 St Paul’s parishioners enjoyed the innovative way of advertising a forthcoming Rock ‘n Roll evening. When the youth wanted the parish to know about the evening they were having and to encourage the older members of the congregation to please buy tickets and join them, they took over the start of the 09h00 service on Sunday 9 November. They sauntered into the church and began singing and dancing ... and then the police arrived ... but not to stop them! The service happened to be the SA Police Services Thanksgiving and Memorial Service. ______ The Guesthouse at Mariya uMama weThemba Monastery As part of the Benedictine ministry of hospitality, the monks of Mariya uMama weThemba Monastery offer a 24 bed, fully equipped guesthouse for those seeking a quiet place of prayer and retreat and for meetings. Parish groups, individuals, families, pilgrimages and other groups are welcome. The monastery also offers bed and breakfast and self catering. The facility is ecumenical in keeping with Benedict’s teaching that “all who present themselves at the monastery are to be received as Christ.” And all guests are most welcome to join the monastic community for the Divine Offices and Eucharist each day. The Guesthouse is open from Tuesday morning until Sunday afternoon. Besides spiritual guidance for individuals, when requested the monks are available to help with a variety of retreat topics, such as: Praying with Scripture Quiet Days; Benedictine Spirituality; Benedictine Experience Schools of Prayer Celtic Spirituality. If your group is interested in having a monk lead your retreat, please contact the Guestmaster. Quick Links: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Top | Homepage |
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