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• Building a new Centre
• Wonderfully child friendly
• Covenant broken
• Letter to the ed
• Stir Up Sunday
• Small World
• Who's who?
• Pilgrimage to Israel
• Coral Tree Guest House
Building a new Centre
The
soil was turned at a ceremony on Tuesday 3 October, for a beautiful new
building to serve as a Day Care Centre for the children of the area
around St Augustine’s, Gqebera, reports Isobel Douglas-Jones.
Overcast,
and spitting rain it may have been, but that did not deter members of
St John’s and St Augustine’s from gathering to watch
the rector of St Augustine’s, Zola Nanana, turn the soil for
foundations for the new building, after a blessing by Robert Penrith,
rector of St John’s. The project is an outreach by St
John’s, St Augustine’s and SOS Children’s Villages,
who are working together with great joy to bring this about. It is
hoped the children attending the centre will experience the love of
Christ in action.
The vision came from a member of one of the St
John’s Cell groups in response to a challenge put to the members
of the of the Cell following a Bible Study course. She felt a concern
for the needs of many of the children from the nearby area of Gqebera.
The vision was enthusiastically endorsed by the rector of St
Augustine’s, Zola Nanana, and his parishioners, as well as Pieter
Labuschagne of SOS Children’s Villages and a steering group of
members from all three
groups.
As people prayed about the
project and the money that would be needed to build the structure,
Lynne Booth, a member of the St John’s Cell Group, called for a
proposal to be submitted. As a trustee of the Savage Assistance Trust,
which had been set up by the late Andrew Savage to assist the needy,
she reported that capital was possibly available for such a project.
Praise God, funds well in excess of the proposal were received. Instead
of settling for two Wendy Houses, it was decided to build classrooms
with an ablution facility. The steering committee approached Roy Heine,
a builder and lay minister at St Margaret’s in Summerstrand, for
a quote. Thankfully, he caught the vision too and responded with
enthusiasm.
Funds are still needed for furniture, the training
of teachers and for the everyday running costs once the building is
complete. Zola Xuba, a deacon at St John’s, who with great
effort, joy and determination is helping to bring the vision to
fruition, would be delighted to hear from anyone who can offer any
assistance or who would like to know more. Contact Zola on:041 581 2162
(O) or 073 1950 240.
Thanks to our Lord for his provision so far
and for all the people who have continued to contribute to the project
in so many ways.
Pics: 1) Digging
Deep - The rector of St Augustine's, Zola Nanana, digs into the soil to
turn it for the foundations of the new Day Care Centre. He is watched
by Robert Penrith, the rector of St John's, and members of both
congregations. 2) Looking towards the new - A group of the
children who will benefit from the Centre.
Wonderfully child friendly
For
the past few months iindaba has flighted an advertisement for the Coral
Tree Guest House, run by members of St Cuthbert’s, Barbara Ann
and Malcolm Kinghorn, so we decided to visit to see how child friendly
the place is.
We were given a wonderful welcome by them,
and Barbara took the editor on a tour of the two facilities. The first
was the self-catering Flat which sleeps six comfortably, having a
double bed in the main bedroom, two bunks in the second room and a
comfortable sleeper-couch in the lounge. A home-from-home, it really is
child-friendly, with a private fenced-off garden and a Jungle Gym to
keep the children occupied on a sunny day. For rainy days, the video
cabinet is stocked with children’s movies, there are all sorts of
favourite board games as well as many children’s books. A lovely
open-plan kitchenette as well as braai facilities make cooking easy,
and it has a private entrance with safe parking.
The Single
Suite, ideal for someone coming to town for medical tests or to visit
friends, is on a B&B basis. It also has a private entrance and
enclosed garden and both units have access to a large swimming pool. 
Situated
in Conyngham Road, the Coral Tree has easy access to hospitals, the
beach and shopping centres. Barbara is offering iindaba readers a
special rate for The Flat - see the advertisement!
While Barbara
runs the Guest House, Malcolm, as a member of Shield Tours CC, does
transfers and tours to all the local attractions in his eight-seater
bus. He also offers free airport transfers for guests.
Pics: Mine
hosts - Barbara Ann and Malcolm Kinghorn who run The Coral Tree.
Erin-in-the-jungle-gym - Granddaughter, Erin, enjoys the jungle-gym.
Covenant broken
The
Bluewater Bay United Church has ‘pulled out’ of the Church
Unity Commission, (Anglican, Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational
churches) and now refers to itself as the Bluewater Bay Community
Church. A legal process will follow to challenge their unilateral
decision in light of the covenant that was made.
Letter to the ed
Don't mess with the Constitution
I
note with interest (iindaba, September 2006) that the Marriage Alliance
of SA advocates the regulating of same-sex unions through a new piece
of legislation separate from the Marriage Act. But their proposal to
amend the Constitution fills me with alarm.
Our Constitution is
a solemn pact entered into between the people of this country, with the
support of most major organs of civil society, including the Churches.
It prohibits unfair discrimination on a wide variety of grounds,
including sexual orientation. It also enables anybody who feels
his/her rights have been violated to approach the Courts for relief. If
we rush to amend it every time that we don’t like a judgment,
very soon nobody will have any protection at all.
What will be
the next right to be taken away? There are voices saying that the
property clause should be amended to speed up land reform. Do we really
want to water down the founding document of our democracy, leaving us
at the mercy of the politicians?
I believe that the issue of
same-sex unions should be handled within the Constitution. A Civil
Unions Act, alongside the Marriage Act would be my first choice.
But that will have to be tested against the Bill of Rights. The
Churches will, in any event, continue to prescribe their own
requirements for marriage, additional to those required by law.
This has been reiterated in a statement by our Bishops - which is
actually a legal opinion drawn up by a prominent Cape Town Senior
Counsel.
I will not be numbered among those who seek to tamper
with our Constitution. After all we are exercising a
constitutional right every time we go to Church. And there are
countries where this right is not upheld.
Geoff Booth
Stir Up Sunday
The
origin of ‘stir up Sunday’, it being the Sunday before
Advent which falls on 26 November this year, is when in Book of Common
Prayer you will see that the collect starts with the words “Stir
up we beseech Thee, O Lord, the wills of Thy faithful people; that they
plenteously bringing forth the fruit of good works ...”
In
the Anglican Prayer Book you will find it as the second collect for
33rd Sunday (page 287). “Stir up, O Lord, the wills of your
faithful people, that richly bearing the fruit of good works ...”
So the connection between the fruit was so obvious to the women
that it became the day they stirred up the rich fruit cakes and fruit
puddings which would be consumed at Christmas.
That was, of
course, in those wonderful days when most people went to church and so
would have known what it was all about! And in the days when people
made their own Christmas cakes and puddings.
Small World
Back
in the 1940s in East London, Peter Bryant and Peter Bowen found
themselves living in St Mark’s Road (one of them), the other just
around the corner from St Mark’s Road, and both attending the
same school. For many years they saw nothing of one another. Then in
the 1970s they both found themselves ordained to the priesthood and
forming the clerical staff of St Paul’s Parson’s Hill.
The
years rolled on! On a day in September 2006, both men climbed out of
their vehicles parked outside a coffee shop in Penticton, British
Columbia, Canada - and found themselves looking into one
another’s faces!
Who said that we cannot call ours a small world?
 Who's who?
Pic: iindaba
will accept that not all our readers will recognise the archdeacon in
the photo on the right. However, the ‘pirate’ in the one on
the left is a priest in this diocese. Can you guess who he is? No
prizes, just fun!
Pilgrimage to Israel
Pilgrimage to Israel
Led by Pastor Rykie Steyn, and
Anglican priests
Roy Snyman tssf with Mario Hendricks.
26 February to
7 March 2007
10 glorious days for
R14 388 ex Johannesburg.
Enquiries: Roy at Phone/fax 041 373 1283
Coral Tree Guest House
FAMILY coming to stay?
CORAL TREE
GUEST HOUSE
in Parsons Hill
VERY SPECIAL RATE
FOR IINDABA READERS:
R500 per night for “The Flat”
Well-equipped self-catering unit, sleeps a maximum of six people,
close to Greenacres and hospitals,
10 minutes from King’s Beach and
it’s VERY grand-child-friendly!
Contact BARBARA for details
041 373 4469
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