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Quick Links: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Top | Homepage PAGE 4 • Sun Shine Grannies
When Ernest Cengani, assistant priest at St Ninian’s in Somerset East, heard from the Blue Crane Hospice that some of their clients are being looked after by their grannies he offered to help. Hospice decided to form a support group and Ernest agreed to let them meet in the church, as some of the grannies are members of his congregation. They have proved to be a very vibrant and interesting group of ladies who share and help each other. They are a very mixed group from different churches and cultures and don’t even speak the same language, as some speak isiXhosa, some Afrikaans and some English. They decided to call their group “The Sun Shine
Grannies” and with the help of a local artist, Maraja
Badenhorst, designed their logo which they had printed onto
T-shirts. Subjects such as ‘How to discipline children who are traumatized’, ‘How to interpret the new laws on corporal punishment’ and ‘Nutritional support’ are some of the topics they have discussed so far. The meetings begin with spiritual input and singing which is always uplifting. Ernest joined them for their Christmas get together and a very good time was had by all. This year Hospice hopes to introduce some light handwork, art and sewing. Please keep them in your prayers as having to be a “Mommy” all over again is difficult and can be exhausting at their ages. Pic: The
Sun Shine Grannies with Ernest Cengani, assistant priest at St
Ninian’s in Somerset East (standing far right), and Maraja
Badenhorst sitting in the front on the right.
Members from the District Health Department , ATICC and church women’s organizations held an awareness event on World AIDS Day as an outreach to the community. It was held at St Stephen’s church, which is in an area served by Empilweni Clinic, and the key role players were Empilweni staff. The emphasis was on ‘The role of the Church in the fight against AIDS and Voluntary Counselling and Testing - know your status’. All the necessary facilities for VCT were brought to the venue and there was a suitable room for privacy and counseling. This was done with dignity as 19 women came forward for counselling and testing. Messages given emphasized the role of church women in fighting stigma, in supporting and encouraging young pregnant mothers to go for testing, and supporting the Government programmes such as Peer Education. Nyameka Mafani a manager from ATICC gave the message of the day, ‘The Role of Church Women on Peer Education’. Sipambo Ludidi, the Chairman of the Diocesan AIDS Committee,
also gave a motivational talk on the role of the church in prevention
methods, with emphasis on abstinence and faithfulness to partners. He
informed the women on projects run by the church in support of the
Government‘s efforts to fight AIDS. MUCFL Prayer Day On the 29 December about 300 MUCFL members gathered
for prayer at St Stephen’s Church, in an effort to contribute to the
country’s strategies to fight AIDS. This was also one of the resolutions taken in a Provincial Council meeting, that the MU holds days of prayer for AIDS during the WAD activities. The event was
planned in partnership with URC, District Health Office and ATICC and
the team was Nomonde Qoto MUCFL President, Linda Ncaca Pic: Linda
Ncaca of URC, Nomonde Qoto (MUCFL President), Nyameka Mafani (manager
ATICC), Pat Msimango (HIV/AIDS manager District Health) and Sipambo
Ludidi (chairman of the Diocesan AIDS Committee). Doidee Heron was recently awarded a Vocational Award from the Rotary Club of Algoa Bay. The award was made by the President of the Club, Natalie Stear of St Cuthbert’s in Westbourne Road. Doidee is the matron at Maranatha Frail Care Home in Newton
Park, and was given the award for her dedication to her work in that
for over twenty years, she worked for about half the salary she was
entitled to because, as she said, “This is a vocation, and
I know the home could not afford to pay me more!” Pic: Doidee
Heron receives her award from Rotary Club of Algoa Bay President
Natalie Stear watched by her sponsor, Christopher Holmes. Two bottles of wine, two packets of coffee and two tangas
changed hands very rapidly at a fun evening held at St Hugh’s,
Newton Park, on Friday 25 January. The evening was arranged as an informal time of fellowship. Parishioners were asked to bring their own eats and a wrapped gift worth R20. After supper participants were numbered and when their turn arrived they could either choose a wrapped gift from the table or claim one that had already been opened. This proved to be hilarious as the wine, coffee and tangas were taken from their ‘owners’ before they could get used to owning them. Nobody would admit to having brought the tangas, but many of the women, and some of the men, wanted them! Pics: 1) Len Geere thought he’d managed to get the tangas for his wife, Faith, but not for long! 2) In the November 2007 issue of iindaba John Davis had an
excellent article, “Why Quiet Days?” Readers now have an
opportunity to spend a Quiet Morning and enjoy the stillness and peace
of Shalom Quiet garden and Chapel.
Pic: The beautifully re-furbished inside of St Paul’s in Hankey. The Anglican Church is going through many challenges at present such as: The Global Anglican Future Conference (GAFCON) being held in the Holy Land and being attended by many bishops who are boycotting the Lambeth Conference; The Archbishop of Canterbury saying, the adoption of certain aspects of Sharia law in the UK "seems unavoidable", and much more. Stay in touch through: http://contact-online.blogspot.com Keep
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