Newsletter of the Diocese of Grahamstown
August-September 2009. Vol. 32 No 4
NB!
Inauguration of new
Diocese of Ukhahlamba
Saturday 3 October 2009
Queen’s College, Queenstown
10:00 sharp
In the midst of the noise and excitement of the National Arts Festival, held in Grahamstown from 2-11 July, a group of local churches invited festival-goers to come aside and find some nourishment for the spirit at “SpiritFest”.
Welcoming beat: the Cathedral marimba players in concert.
Services of worship ranged from the exuberance of a Combined Churches Gospel Service on the evening of Sunday 5 July in Trinity Presbyterian Church, to a series of quiet meditational times in the Dutch Reformed Church under the title “the Road Less Travelled”, and a candlelit service in the Taizé tradition in the Cathedral. In a packed Cathedral on the Sunday morning the Cathedral choir and other local singers and instrumentalists led the worship with the Little Organ Mass by Haydn, and the Cathedral marimba group also participated. The service included liturgical dance, for which local church members and visitors had spent the previous afternoon training under Kati Ansell of the East London Christian Dance Academy, and Canon Peter Mtuze was the preacher.
Gospel concerts and workshops under former Young Artist of the Year award winner Concord Nkabinde took place at Trinity Church. The Cathedral presented fun organ recitals with a quiz format, “Spot the Tune” with Cathedral organist Wilf Stout. The Cathedral marimba players gave four foot-stomping concerts, and the Cathedral also welcomed gifted soprano Liesl de Jager, singing sacred songs and arias.
Examples of Christian visual arts were on view in SpiritFest. The Sisters of the Community of the Resurrection of Our Lord again exhibited their exquisite church embroidery, much of which is over 100 years old, and local artist Julia Skeen presented a collection of drawings and oil paintings inspired by her travels to the Judean desert, “Wilderness Encounters”. In the Cathedral itself visitors admired another beautiful altarpiece created by the Keiskamma Art Project, as well as parts of the “Two Cathedrals” exhibition previously shown in the museum. The Bishop and Diocese had generously made a grant to cover the cost of making two double-sided boards, to be used for this and other exhibitions in the Cathedral.
Artistic encounters: Julia Skeen (left) discusses the paintings on her exhibition with Grahamstown sculptor Olenka Brutsch.
Each year SpiritFest hosts a series of lectures in the Cathedral. This year’s ranged from the Christian response to Darwin by Peter Rose, a Biotechnology Professor, to the musicology of Afro-Gospel by a Zimbabwean musician and Masters student, Tate Mhunduru; from the archaeology of the Holy Land by the College of the Transfiguration Rector, Bill Domeris, to religious freedom in South Africa by Cathedral Dean Andrew Hunter - not forgetting "Masses of Haydn", a musical lecture by Barbara Stout the Cathedral music director, in which the examples were sung by a live choir.
Guest of Honour for SpiritFest 2009 was 100-year-old Grahamstown artist Dimmie Randell, a long-time member of the Cathedral, seen here being presented with a Citation by Dean Andrew Hunter.
Moses Thozamile Madywabe, Rector and Archdeacon of Alice, is on the move. He has been appointed as Canon Responsible for Development and Training in the new Diocese of Ukhahlamba, and Rector of St David Queenstown with St Cuthbert Molteno. Although this appointment is from 1 August, the Madywabes will continue to reside in Fort Beaufort until the beginning of November. During these three months Moses Madywabe will divide his time between Alice Archdeaconry and Ukhahlamba, in order to help out in the continuing shortage of clergy in the Alice region. We wish God’s blessing on him and his wife Thembisa in this new field of ministry.
Dear People of God
My family and I are amazed with the wonderful warm welcome which we receive in our parishes we visit and all meetings we attend. We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all in the Diocese for your wonderful support in prayer, hospitality, love, friendship, fellowship and your love-gifts. May God bless you abundantly. As a family we are well settled at Bishopsbourne.
As we approach our Family Day and the Diocesan Gala Dinner, we want to remind you that we adopted a programme called Stewardship and Giving which will encourage us to move from “tickets”, pledges and planned giving into a biblical model of giving, which is in the Old Testament: Tithing (Lev. 27: 1-8, 30-34, Ps. 104: 10-28, Gen. 14:17-20, Malachi 3: 6-12). There is a shift in the New Testament, towards Generosity and Cheerful Giving (2 Cor. 8:1-15, 20-22, 2 Cor. 9:7-15, 1 Cor. 16:1-4). As Christians and Anglicans we are subjected to both the Old and the New Testament perspectives. We have seen how God has worked in parishes that have used this programme through His grace. We pray that this programme may continuously be used up to 2015.
It is amazing to see that we have adopted a programme that has been encouraged by the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and its Bishops (see APB p. 434 no. 82-84). It is also fascinating to see how the Methodist have engaged, through Michael Crockett, to understand the importance of tithing in God’s Church and to engage in “Generosity Giving” (pp. 1-21).
The Roman Catholics as well have a programme written by Patrick McNamara, Called to be Stewards—Bringing New Life to Catholic Parishes. This programme is a response to a shortage of clergy, to train more so that the church does not run out of clergy. Secondly it is an initiative to improve the financial situation of the Catholics for God’s mission. (Patrick McNamara, year 2003, pp. 3-73.)
We want to say that the Stewardship and Giving programme is not money making but to fix the finances of our Diocese as we agreed in our Vision, Mission and Strategic Goals. The family day and its love gifts assist us in the Ministry Endowment Fund, which is a budgetary item of R280,000. We are pleased to inform you that we have seven students at the College of Transfiguration in Grahamstown, three for full time and four self-supporting, for one year for spiritual formation. Education and Training in our Diocese has become a priority to empower clergy, laity and various guilds.
We believe that those who participate in God’s mission by surrendering their lives, time, gifts, talents and their possessions by means of tithing and generous giving, become partners in God’s mission..
We pray that all the baptized (men, women and children) in the body of Christ in our Diocese, may participate freely by responding in God’s love showing that by being active in God’s mission and know that we are not the only denomination that is on this road but our ecumenical partners as well.
I want to end with the words of Crockett in his book Generosity Giving, Discover how your church can become financially stronger, about the Macedonian church, who lived in extreme poverty and yet their extreme poverty welled up in rich generosity (Crockett: Generosity Giving, pp. 3-4). They gave not only “as much as they were able” but “even beyond their ability”. Their giving was both sacrificial and generous because of their love for God in Christ. (2 Cor. 8:1-5).
+Ebenezer
David Staple, priest and beloved father of Colin Leslie’s wife Gill, died on 2 June in East London at the age of 87.
Born in England in 1922, David served in the Merchant Navy during World War II, enduring the hardships of the Atlantic convoys, in freezing weather and under threat from enemy U-boats. He met his wife Edith when his ship docked in East London and her family kindly entertained some of the personnel. After the war David and Edith were married in England and came back to South Africa to settle in East London.
After study at St Paul’s College, David Staple was ordained in 1953, and served curacies at St Alban’s East London, and Queenstown. He went on to be Rector of Barkly East and then Aliwal North, where the stand he took against racism earned him enemies in his own congregation. It was at Aliwal North that he experienced the Baptism of the Holy Spirit, and was healed from his life-long asthma. From that moment his ministry always laid emphasis on healing.
Other parishes blessed by the ministry of David Staple as Rector were Stutterheim, St Mark Cambridge, and finally Komga. From there he and Edith, together with their great friend Mary Johnson, who had by then shared their home for some years, retired to Morgan Bay. They lived there until 2000 when it became necessary for them to move into Stirling Lodge, and then to Kennersley Park Frail Care.
As Colin Leslie, his son-in-law, said at his funeral, David Staple had “a deep and straight-forward faith. He wasn’t one who was interested in theology. He just loved our Lord and he loved people. He was so open to people, so attentive to the hurts and struggles of others and all he wanted was to help people to discover the healing and the joy in God that he had come to experience.” Energetic and zealous, self-disciplined and faithful, “He didn’t get stuck or retreat into the past. He embraced change. He knew God is always leading us to a discovery of the new.”
May he rest in peace, and may God bless Edith and Mary, and his children Dick and Gill and the rest of the family.
Article based on the homily delivered at the funeral of David Staple by his son-in-law Canon Colin Leslie.
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The Bishop of Grahamstown, Ebenezer Ntlali, has announced that the Gala Dinner with Launch of the new Diocesan Company has been postponed from 24 July to Saturday 18 September.
Tables for this historic occasion, which is also being held to raise money for the Ministry Endowment Fund, are available for a donation of R15,000 (each table seats 10).
Where:
Abbotsford Christian Centre, East London
Time:
18:00
Tables: R15,000
(seats ten)
Speaker:
Most Revd W N Ndungane
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By Kumbulele Hector Mnikina, BMG Media Officer, King William’s Town Archdeaconry
The annual Bernard Mizeki commemoration service this year, hosted by the King William’s Town Archdeaconry, was held on 20th and 21st June, at St Peter’s, Peddie.
In contrast to those of previous years, this Commemoration was more successful. There was a whopping R29,110 in fund-raising; there was a great dimension in spiritual upliftment and in training in evangelical preparedness.
The theme of the service presented by the Revd L Zibi was “UKrestu ulithemba lethu ngobomi nemisebenzi yeTyalike” (Christ is our hope for the life and work of the Church). Guild members and all those present also had the privilege of the re-launch of the book: “Umhlahla-ndlela wobuShumayeli kunye neeManyano” (Guide for Lay Ministers and Guilds). This book is co-authored by Canon Prof Dr Peter Mtuze and Bishop Ngewu, and was presented on this occasion by Canon Mtuze. It offers readers a spirited discourse on sermon-building, designed to equip those who have given their lives to the spread of the Gospel and to evangelism.
By Dumile Monakali
Clergy and laity led by the Dean of Grahamstown, Andrew Hunter, participated in a Suicide Workshop for the Grahamstown and Albany Archdeaconries on 11 and 18 May 2009 in the Christ Church Hall. The aim was to address the high rate of suicide incidents among parishioners and other families in their communities, and especially to prevent the youth taking their lives in this distressing manner. FAMSA as the Centre for Counselling and a mentor within the communities facilitated the workshop. Parishes represented were: The Cathedral, St Clement’s, St Bartholomew’s, Christ Church, the Community of the Resurrection of Our Lord, St Barnabas and St Paul’s Port Alfred, and St Peter’s Sidbury. The Co-ordinators were Dumile Monakali and Cynthia Webbstock.
Working together to address the high rate of suicide: participants at the Albany-Grahamstown workshop.
By Br John Forbis OHC
The Community of the Order of the Holy Cross, Grahamstown, received the wonderful news recently that the Monastery After-School Programme has been chosen to benefit from the “One Laptop Per Child” programme. The Grahamstown programme is one of only four locations selected in South Africa
“One Laptop Per Child” (OLPC) offers affordable laptops to be used by children who would not otherwise have easy access to computers. OLPC is also paying for internet access, as well as providing instruction and technical support.
A group of students from Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania who are studying at Rhodes University, and other volunteers from Rhodes, will help provide this service by offering instruction, ideas for creative use of the computers and technical support.
The After-School Programme is in very good hands and will be now connected to a much wider universe. One of the hopes is that they would be able to have email connections to other recipients of the programme throughout the world.
The Brothers and the volunteers were delighted to be visited by representatives from the General Mills Food Corporation in Minnesota, sponsors of the OLPC. They spent time getting to know the monks, the children and the tutors in the After-School and were very moved and enthusiastic about the experience.
The laptops are small, compact and look like toys and will be quite user-friendly for the children. But they also have excellent resources for learning as well as having full internet access.
The Brothers expressed gratitude to Matt Kellen, a volunteer in the After-School Programme, for his assistance in obtaining this gift, as well as to the OLPC Programme, General Mills Corporation and Rhodes University for their support. This generous and precious gift will offer the children a necessary skill that they would not otherwise easily obtain in school or at home.
Aimee George, one of the students from Gettysburg College and Rhodes University who will be assisting from the One Laptop Per Child programme in Grahamstown, demonstrates the computer to children at St. Mary’s School.
From the Department of Spirituality
By Graeme Deas, who
has resigned as Director of the Department of Spirituality. He has been asked to
write this month’s Column as his ‘swan song’! The one who so requested may
regret that he asked! Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1834 wrote the poem ‘On a
Volunteer Singer’:
Swans sing before they die:
‘twere no bad thing
Should certain persons die before they sing!
But let me try! It was on 25th February 2004 that Bishop Thabo Makgoba wrote to me requesting that I head up a Core Group mandated to establish a Department of Spirituality for the Diocese of Grahamstown. I felt very ill-equipped and inadequate to the task! I knew I was no ‘guru’ with a hot line to God! I was and still am very much a seeker! But at the same time I felt I needed to respond positively to Bishop Thabo’s request. I’m still old fashioned enough to believe that when a Bishop speaks or asks, God speaks or asks! So trembling, I went ahead; and I have to say, received much support and encouragement from the Core Group members around me: Charles Lagan, Peter Mtuze, Nelson Yapi, Gloria Smith and later Margaret Fourie who replaced Gloria when she resigned due to ill health.
Quite early on in our seeking together and waiting, we decided on a biblical logo for the Department (see above), and Maggy Clarke produced the final brilliant design. It is a depiction of Luke 24:15 “As they talked …… Jesus walked with them.” The scene is of the two disciples on that first Easter afternoon, journeying towards the inn at Emmaus. Their world had caved in, Jesus was dead and their hopes destroyed. And as they walked into the setting sun, disillusioned and sorrowful, Jesus mysteriously joined them. “As they talked …… Jesus walked with them.” And we know the end of that story: with Jesus being invited to join them at the inn, and then making himself known to them in the breaking of the bread!
I think we have felt in our journey over the five years since 2004 that as we have planned and talked … Jesus has walked with us too! Like the two disciples, there have been times when we have failed to recognise him (Luke 24:16) and have ourselves been disillusioned. But that was OK! Jesus was walking with us even then! When we had our disappointments and failures – there was a time for instance, in April 2006, when a Diocesan clergy retreat had to be cancelled due to a poor response – I believe Jesus was with us still, perhaps even more so, encouraging us to press on!
I think perseverance should be one of the great spiritual gifts! And I’m always encouraged by St Paul’s words in Philippians 3:12ff “I have not yet reached perfection, but I press on, hoping to take hold of that for which Christ once took hold of me … I do not claim to have hold of it yet. What I do say is this: forgetting what is behind and straining towards what lies ahead, I press towards the finishing line, to win the heavenly prize to which God has called me in Christ Jesus.”
May a great deal more be achieved by the Department of Spirituality in the years ahead. As you journey, walk and talk … Jesus walks with you!
On 24 May Bishop Ebenezer installed Mziwoxolo Doda both as Rector of St John and St Chad Zwelitsha and as Archdeacon of King William’s Town.
nguSonwabo Tshabe
Yenzekile imbali kwiTyalike yaseSt John & St Chad kwaZwelitsha ngomhla wama – 24 kuMeyi 2009 xa uBhishophu Ebenezer Ntlali ebemisela uMfu Mziwoxolo Doda. Kuqala umiselwe njengoMfundisi oPhetheyo wale Pherishi kaYohane noChad oNgcwele kwaze okwesibini wamiselwa njengeAtshdikini yaseQonce.
Ibizele imi ngeembambo le tyalike sisifundisi, iindwendwe, izihlobo, namarhamente aphuma mbombo zone kule Atshdikini ukuzokuzimasa lo msitho ubunendili nesidima ngolu hlobo.
Emva kokumiliselwa njengoMfundisi oPhetheyo, ibambela Atshdikini uMfu Charles Lagan uzinikezele ngokusesikweni iintambo ngokucaphula kwiMithetho neMimiselo yeTyalike.
Uzithabathe kabini izifungo zezi zikhundla waze ke unkosikazi wakhe uPhozisa yanguye omambesa ngesivatho sakhe sobuAtshdikini (ikhowuphu ke ukutsho).
UBhishophu ulandelise ngodlwabevu lwentshumayelo ayicaphule kwiNcwadi kaYohane isahluko sama – 20 ivesi ye – 19 ukuya kweyama – 23. Ingxam yaso kukuzibonakalisa kukaYesu kubadisipile bakhe xa babezivalele besoyika amaYuda kwigumbi eliphezulu. Wabashiya noxolo wabanika kwanegunya lokuba njengokuba uBawo emthumile naye uyabathuma ebagunyazisa kananjalo ukuba bawenze umsebenzi wakhe ehlabathini. Wabamkelisa kwanoMoya oyiNgcwele.
Le nkonzo yokumiliselwa kokaDoda, ingumfuziselo woko kwakuqhubeka kwigumbi eliphezulu. Lo kaDoda umiselwa njengomalusi womhlambi kaKrestu okwiPherishi yaseSt John & St Chad nakiAtshdikini yaseQonce. UBhishophu uyikhankanyile nemisebenzi ekulindeleke ukuba ayenze.
Kwimpendulo yakhe uMfundisi uDoda uwenze banzi umbulelo wakhe kwanosapho lwakhe kwibandla liphela, kwisifundisi nakuBhishophu. Uyikhankanye ngovuyo inkqubela ekhoyo kwiiperishi zale Atshdikinri enethemba lentsebenziswano nokuphathisana namarhamente ngokubanzi.
Lo msitho uvalwe ngokusindlekwa kukaBhishophu nonkosikazi wakhe ngenkabi yegusha ebivela kumagosa nerhamente ngokubanzi.
Archdeacon Doda takes the Oath of Office, and his wife Phozisa robes him with the cope of authority.
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By Gwen Mvula
Sunday 14 June, two days before Youth Day, brought joy to learners in the Grahamstown community. Learners from different schools, Makana, Fikizolo, S Ntlebi and C M Vellen received uniforms from the Anglican Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) programme of St Augustine’s parish, Grahamstown. These learners were not Anglican parishioners.
Members of the OVC programme had worked tirelessly, moving around the homes and schools of these learners, trying to assist in their socio-economic plight. Their stewardship and fellowship in the programme is highly appreciated.
All kitted out, some of the Makana learners who received new uniforms, with Gwen Mvula, St Augustine’s HIV/ AIDS Co-Ordinator.
By Heidi Schmidt and Monica Vega
Over 1,800 children and counting among the Ilinge, Ezibeleni, and Alice communities! That’s a lot of stories! Each one significant and poignant.
One child, we will call her Vuyelwa, was 11 years old when Isibindi Ezibeleni started two years ago, and was one of the first cases there. She was referred to Isibindi by a neighbour because she was an orphan and was not going to school. A Child and Youth Care Worker (CYCW), Lindiwe, was deployed, and discovered that the auntie she was staying with had Vuyelwa at home, minding the many other smaller children in the household, washing clothes and nappies, cooking, cleaning, and baby sitting while the aunties went to work. School was just not an option for her. Vuyelwa was born and raised in Mthatha by her mother until she died, and was then shipped off to Ezibeleni to this relative who might have seen her as a source of foster grant income and free labour. Vuyelwa could be seen in the Safe Park, shuffling past in big, worn shoes, old clothes hanging from her drooping shoulders, defeated already at age 11.
Lindiwe called a family conference to address Vuyelwa’s issues. Being new to the role of CYCW, she worked together with a CYCW mentor from Mthatha, Seeng Mamabolo. After the first of many family conferences, it was agreed that another family member in Ezibeleni would take Vuyelwa in, assuring she would return to school immediately and this broken child could begin to mend. A school uniform and supplies were bought, a grant applied for, the family supported, and soon the healing process followed. Vuyelwa could slowly learn to be a child again. She began thriving in this new home. She began to smile, play and engage in activities at both school and Safe Park. One not uncommon story among so many. But this is not the end.
At the beginning of July Vuyelwa went to Bloemfontein, as she was chosen by the CYCW team to attend the Youth Camp that was held alongside the biannual conference of CYCW’s, where children’s current issues are given a voice by the youth themselves and heard by the CYCW’s. She was chosen as she was doing so well in school, was very active in the adolescent development programme, and would be able to express the youth’s issues as a role model and representative from her site. So there was Vuyelwa, nearly 14 now, with a brilliant smile, and tangible self-confidence. Monica and Heidi were saying their farewells to Seeng at the end of the conference, when Vuyelwa approached to say hello. Seeng greeted her and clearly had no idea who she was. When Vuyelwa finally revealed that she was originally from Mthatha, the lights went on in Seeng’s eyes as she realized who was standing before her. No longer a sad child but a beautiful young woman, thriving and enjoying new experiences in her life. Seeng shrieked with joyful recognition and pulled Vuyelwa into her arms for a warm embrace with unbelief. This is what Isibindi is all about: the courage of these CYCW’s who meet these families’ needs head on with determination and compassion, and the courage of Vuyelwa to trust again and allow love to transform her.
When Vuyelwa was asked what was her dream for her future, without blinking or hesitation, pointing her finger straight at Seeng, she said “I want to be like you.”
Follow my leader: Linah, CYCW, engaged in play with children from Isibindi Ilinge. CYCW’s are positive role models for the children.
The Family Day at St Alban’s Church on Saturday 25 July brought in the splendid sum of R97,610.33 from the parishes. And this is without the contributions which are still to come from the Mothers’ Union, AWF and Bernard Mizeki Guild. There are also several parishes which have still to give their contributions. When these are in, Diocesan Administrator Zoleka Maqwili is confident that the target figure of R230,000 will be achieved.
Maqwili emphasised the importance of reaching the budget target of R230,000, which will be devoted to the Ministry Endowment Fund, and encouraged the parishes and guilds to forward their contributions to the Diocesan Office as soon as possible.
Strengthening the links between the Dioceses and Cathedrals of Toronto and Grahamstown, Canadian visitors came to Grahamstown in July. The Revd David Harrison preached in the Cathedral. He is pictured with his wife Mary-Lou and twin daughters Rachel (left) and Sarah who accompanied him and were able to enjoy the Festival. Jenny Formanek (right) was another visitor from the twinned diocese. A parishioner at St James’ Cathedral involved with their Drop In ministry to homeless people, she also attended a conference at the University of the Western Cape, and visited former Grahamstown Sub-Dean Suzanne Peterson in Cape Town.
Umbuliso congratulates Charles and Sheila Lagan on the birth of their first grandchild, Grace, born to their son in Cape Town.
Louise Hoyle, wife of the former Diocesan Secretary Canon James Hoyle, died on 21 July in Grahamstown. She was a much-loved science teacher at Kingswood College for many years, and had not long been retired when she was diagnosed with lung cancer last year. We give thanks for her life, and pray for James and their son Clifton.
William Nkomo SSM has moved from St Matthew’s Mission, having been appointed Acting Rector of St John’s East London from 1 July.
Mark Spyker, at present Rector of St Saviour’s East London, will be moving to be Rector of St Alban’s Vincent from 1 September.
Two retired priests have stepped in as Acting Priests-in-Charge in East London: Philip Makalima at St Philip’s Gompo, and Lindikaya Macingwane at St Gregory Mdantsane.
| August | ||
| 8 | Sat | Sterkspruit Cluster Confirmation at St Michael's |
| 9 | Sun | Aliwal North Cluster Confirmation |
| 11 | Tue | Trusts Board |
| 12 | Wed | Diocesan Finance Committee |
| 13 | Thur | Chapter |
| 16 | Sun | Queenstown Cluster Confirmation |
| 19 | Wed | Preliminary Committee for Synod |
| 28 | Fri | Classic Dinner, Ukhahlamba |
| 29 | Sat |
Family Day, Ukhahlamba |
| September | ||
| 2 | Wed | Biko Bowcott Trust Meeting |
| 7-9 | Mon-Wed |
Synod of Bishops |
| 10-12 | Thur-Sat | PSC |
| 13 | Sun | Confirmation at St Nicholas East London |
| 18 | Fri | Gala Dinner for the South, with Launch of Diocesan Company |
| 19 | Sat |
Grahamstown-Albany Confirmations |
| 20 | Sun |
Installation of Parish Council, Cathedral |
| 25-27 | Sat-Sun |
Bernard Mizeki Guild Conference |
| October | ||
| 3 | Sat | Inauguration of Diocese of Ukhahlamba, Queenstown |
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