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• Lent 2006
• St Stephen’s rejoices
• St Michael’s to St Michael’s
• School thanks All Saints' for Matric Herald support
Lent 2006
"Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another." John 13:34
Lord God,
out of your great love for the world,
you reconciled earth to heaven
through your only begotten Son our Saviour.
In the darkness of our sins,
we fail to love one another as we should;
please pour your light into our souls
and fill us with your tenderness
that we may embrace our friends in you
and our enemies for your sake,
in a bond of mutual affection.
Amen
Visigothic Liturgy
St Stephen’s rejoices
St
Stephen’s church in New Brighton is rejoicing after a visit from
members of St Mark and St John, Parkside, who brought gifts and a
cheque for R4 000 towards their Action and Outreach programme, reports
David Ngokela.
On 18 December 2002 the ‘three wise
men’ arrived with their gifts. The men were Mario Hendricks, the
rector of St Mark and St John, Stanley Campher, and Graham Soudien, who
were also accompanied by a wise woman, in the guise of Mario’s
wife, Hester. Mario was the celebrant at the Eucharist that morning,
and once the preliminaries were over the team presented their gifts. 
The
two parishes are in partnership in their effort to fight HIV/AIDS and
the gifts were for this outreach: clothes for people living with AIDS
and orphans, toys and Christmas parcels for the young ones,
fruit,
vegetables and canned products for food parcels, and then the wonderful
gift of a R4 000 cheque. This last gift was handed over to the
Action and Outreach executive who run the AIDS counselling, feeding and
caring programme. The congregation was overwhelmed by this wonderful
act of generosity from their brothers and sisters in their
partner-parish.
(pic) Gifts
from the 'three wise men' - Mario Hendricks, rector of St Mark and St
John, with Graham Soudien and Stanley Campher, visited St Stephen's and
brought gifts. Nomalanga Njoloza, Lulu Msutu (with cheque in hand) and
Lindelwa Ngogela accepted the gifts.
St Michael’s to St Michael’s
A
group of parishioners from St Michael and All Angels in Schauderville
visited the church of St Michael and All Angels in Nelspruit on Sunday
1 January, reports Avril Smith.
The
Eucharist service was packed and proved to be one of the highlights of
a wonderful tour. The rector, Tony Farrell, and members of the parish
council greeted and welcomed everyone on their arrival at the church on
the corner of Ferreira and Brander Streets.Tony’s sermon on
‘Jesus the Foundation’ was challenging, and at the end of
it we were all given a clean sheet of paper which we had to crumple.
The lesson learned from this action was that God created us clean, but
we crumple ourselves through sin. Tony then said, “God can make
us clean again without any creases.”Before our bus left Tony
said, “Please send peace, love and goodwill to the Bishop, your
rectors, and the people of the Diocese of Port Elizabeth!” All
the tour members who attended the service were wonderfully blessed and
filled with the Spirit. They then enjoyed a fun-filled day at
Elandskrans Mountain Resort in Waterval-Boven.
Besides members
of St Michael’s, the 45 member group included parishioners
invited from St Paul’s, St Mark and St John, St Mary Magdalene
and St Luke's, with a few people from other denominations as well. They
left Port Elizabeth on 26 December and visited seven provinces,
returning home on 5 January. Other highlights along the way were The
Big Hole in Kimberley, Gold Reef City, Sun City, the Sterkfontein
Caves, God's Window, Blyde River Canyon and the waterfalls, and Ushaka
Marine Park.
(pic) Photo-call - the group of visitors from St Michael's, Schauderville, gather for a photo outside St Michael's in Nelspruit.
School thanks All Saints' for Matric Herald support
On
Sunday 29 January the parish of All Saints’ in Kabega Park
welcomed five young visitors from Motherwell to their
‘combined’ morning service.
The young people
were matric pupils from Douglas Mbopa Senior Secondary School,
who had come to meet and thank the members of All Saints’ for
their support of the Matric Herald project. Young people from the
church prayed for the group, and included the whole matric class,
during the service. This was followed by a braai and fellowship. The
visitors told iindaba they had really enjoyed their visit and hoped
they would be invited again. They were glad to hear that contact will
be continued throughout the year.
All Saints’ has
supported the project for the past five years by sponsoring the school
as part of the Matric Herald project. Last year, some parish leaders
visited the school and prayed with the matric class.
The
school is named after Douglas Mbopa, an archdeacon in this diocese
until his death in October 1978, so it is appropriate that one of the
Anglican churches should have been linked with the school.
(pic)
Eish! Such food! - Pupils from Douglas Mbopa Secondary Senior High
enjoy braai and snacks at All Saints', Kabega Park. They are:
Pumzile Madolo, Ndumiso Mbele (from All Saints'), Nolubabalo Mandla,
Bongani Gqoba, Shannon Leigh-Barry (All Saints'), Siphosihle Mzongwana
and Xola Qwayi.
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