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• Pentecost 2007
• Celebrating the Risen Christ!
• The struggle against AIDS continues
• St Matthew’s launch OVC programme
Pentecost 2007
When, however, the Spirit comes, who reveals the truth about God, he will lead you into all the truth - John 16:13.
Celebrating the Risen Christ!
Pic 1: Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark ...
Some Anglicans braved the early
morning wind to attend the Sunrise Service on the Donkin led by the
Salvation Army. The joy of the people as they acclaimed,
“Halleluiah, Christ is risen!”  could be heard as the sun
peeped over the horizon. A wonderful way to greet Easter morning,
followed by coffee and hot cross buns in the Salvation Army hall,
before attending a Communion service in a nearby parish.
Pic 2: Watch, and pray ...
A time of quiet devotion during
Holy Week. A Taizé service was held at All Saints’
Church and it was attended by members and visitors from various
churches in the Western Suburbs.
Pic 3: After the Three Hour Devotion at Holy Trinity, Central, hot cross buns were served with tea and coffee.
Pic 4: It is the Lord's Passover ...
The St Francis Xavier plant was
full on Monday night of Holy Week when the rector, Elroy Damon,
officiated at a Passover Service. This is very different from the
Passover dinners many in the diocese are used to attending, although a
meal was served at the end of the service. It was attended by members
and visitors from various churches in the Western Suburbs as part of
their combined outreach.
The struggle against AIDS continues
This year kicks off with new weapons carried by the diocese to fight the scourge of the AIDS pandemic, reports Linda Ncaca.
A team of facilitators from the ACSA HIV/AIDS office visited
the diocese from 16 – 18 February to re-launch the Siyafundisa
project. The workshop was held in the One Turn Centre in Colchester and
was attended by representatives from St Matthew's, KwaMagxaki, St
Augustine's, Gqebera Walmer, St Simon of Cyrene, Uitenhage and the
Church of the Ascension in Cradock.
Siyafundisa means ‘We teach’ and the target group for the
project is the group 10 to 24 years of age. The training focuses on
life skills and emphasises abstinence until marriage.
St Matthew’s launch OVC programme
Linda Ncaca reports that
Sipambo Ludidi, the diocesan AIDS chaplain, spoke at the launch of the
Orphans and Vulnerable Children project launch on 28 January at St
Matthew’s in KwaMagxaki.
He encouraged church leaders and parents to support the HIV/AIDS
initiatives that take place in the parishes. He also explained the
vision of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa of having an
“AIDS free generation”.
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