Church hands over completed Gonubie pre-school
Twelve years of hard work and prayer reached a glorious conclusion when on 1 June the completed Mzamowethu School, believed to be the first ‘purpose-built’ Grade R school in the municipality, was handed over to the Department of Education.
A big day: Some of the 240 Grade R’s of Mzamowethu, at the ceremony to hand over the school to the Education Department.
Rejoicing: Those present at the hand-over included the Bishop of Grahamstown, Ebenezer Ntlali, the Premier of the Eastern Cape Noxolo Kieviet, and the Archbishop of Cape Town, Thabo Makgoba, Education Department officials, and a crowd of 1,700.
The project to build a pre-school for the Mzam’omhle community, near Gonubie, began in 1998, as part of an outreach mission programme initiated by members of the congregation of St Martin’s-by-the Sea in 1998 under their then Rector, Jesse Sage. They had conducted extensive research into the needs of this rapidly growing community. It was a joint effort by Church and Community working together, and the entire school was built using local labour. They had to begin by clearing the site and making the blocks.
The school currently has 240 children and a staff of six, all from the community. It consists of six classrooms, two toilet blocks, a staff-room, office, store-room and fully equipped kitchen and play-ground.
It was intended from the start that the school would be transferred to become part of the neighbouring Public Primary School when fully completed, equipped and staffed.
The completed project cost just over R1.9 million. Funds were donated by local people and churches, and by friends and churches in many parts of the world, including the United Church of Canada. The biggest donor was a football player from England, Matt Murray, the goal-keeper for Wolverhampton Wanderers. (He is currently recovering from an injury.) Some of the money given has been set aside to subsidise the fees of orphans, and to feed and clothe some of the poorest children in the community.
Jesse Sage retired as Rector of Gonubie in 2000, but he and his wife Janet continued to live close by, and to be intimately involved with the project. The transfer of the school, and saying goodbye to the staff and children, were an emotional experience for them. Janet’s task has been seeing to the daily welfare of the children and the cleanliness of the school. Jesse’s task was handling the finance, as well as frequent repairs to the toilets – for which, he says, he is now fully qualified!
And for long-term development work of this kind? What is needed, says Jesse Sage, is perseverance, in order to cope with the set-backs and disappointments.
Sages honoured by ACSA
On the Day of Celebration, when the Mzamowethu Grade R School was handed over to the Department of Education, Jesse and Janet Sage, seen above with Archbishop Thabo Makgoba, were presented by him with a formal document: “Letters of Appreciation”, from the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. This was in recognition of their “dedication, love, selflessness and determination in serving the poorest of the poor in our Province”.
Fire at St Patrick's Hogsback: only walls left standing
The picturesque 75-year-old chapel of St Patrick-on-the-Hill, Hogsback, caught fire during the night of 20 June. The community and local forest fire fighters rallied round, but were unable to save the thatched chapel, which was left with only the walls standing.
Chapel Warden Trevor Webster said “We feel devastated. A sad day indeed! But God has a plan for us and will show us the way forward.” The priest, Margaret Fourie, said “The community of Hogsback stands united in our loss. We and many, many others from all over South Africa and in many parts of the world, mourn for our beloved Chapel.”
Devastated: Chapel Warden Trevor Webster (right) and Fred Tyler who built the extension to the Chapel in 1992, survey the remains of St Patrick’s Hogsback.
Sad remnants: Roofless walls and twisted metal were all that remained after the fire at St Patrick’s Hogsback. “We lost some very precious things” said the Hogsback priest Margaret Fourie.
Restoration of St Patrick’s Hogsback
The Diocesan Office is collecting donations towards the
rebuilding and restoration of St Patrick's.
The banking details are:
Account: Diocese of Grahamstown,
Number: 5232 1144 702
First National Bank Grahamstown,
Code 210717
Please mark deposit slips "for Hogsback Church" and fax to the Diocesan
Office, 046 622 5231.
Bishop Ebenezer writes…. Permanent Deacons: Hands and feet of the Church
Dear People of God
Greetings to you and congratulations to our President, the people of South Africa and Africa for hosting for the first time a successful historic Soccer World Cup. May God’s name be praised.
When we came into the Episcopate, we visited various parishes and observed that many parishes did not have Deacons. Only a few had one or two vocational Deacons. In particular, Rectors/Priests-in-Charge were over-loaded, and also did not have immediate people to pray with, because the majority of the self-supporting clergy and lay ministers are working, and ministry becomes a Sunday event. Secondly, in the majority of our parishes there is a lack of teaching and understanding on how the Church operates. There are few parishes that address the social ills of our community. The clergy are not able to meet all the pastoral needs of many people in our congregations, and that leads the church at large to fail to perform outreach ministry.
Having taken time to listen to the Diocesan family and the community in general, we realized as the Diocese that in order to address the revival of worship, deepening of spirituality, proclamation of the Gospel, administration of the Sacraments and initiatives of outreach ministry, we need to rediscover the ministry of a full-time Permanent Diaconate. On 13 August 2009, Diocesan chapter resolved that:
a) Those who are now Vocational Deacons will go through a discernment process.
b) From now on we shall have Permanent Deacons, and Transitional Deacons who will later be ordained as Priests, as discerned at their entry point (canon 18: section 3).
The Permanent Deacons will engage in pastoral work - the hands and the feet of the Church. This will enable the parishes to focus on spirituality and meeting the needs of our parishioners by conducting a social analysis;
It will extend the teaching and missionary ministry of the Bishop by deepening our parishioners in the love, compassion, mercy that flows from God’s heart;
It will assist our Church not only to be inward-looking but also outward-looking, reaching out to those living in informal settlements and showing the servant character of Christ;
The Permanent Deacons will be able to organize the ministry of our Diocesan departments: HIV/AIDS; Isibindis, Youth care, Diocesan Social Responsibility programmes such as Paralegal, Advocacy, and Capraway Section 21 company, and to meet the needs of our parishioners and the community at large. That will enhance our service delivery to God’s people.
This ministry will enable each home, parish and Archdeaconry to be a hub of education and training and an instrument through which we reveal God’s love by touching the lives of our parishioners and communities in which we serve.
All parishes will receive guidelines to assist those who are called to the Permanent Diaconate. We pray as a Diocese that God will bless those who are called to be the hands and feet of the Church as Permanent Deacons, to join and participate in liberating love and in the building of a new, just and comradely society to the gift of the Kingdom of God (Gutierrez: 1988: p12)
Grace and Peace
+Ebenezer
Obituary:
Gloria Smith, Priest and Doctor of Literature & Philosophy
Gloria Smith, who died on 2 June at the age of 63, had three careers: secretary, university lecturer and priest, as well as being a devoted wife, mother and grandmother. Her packed memorial service in Gonubie paid tribute to the affection in which she and her husband Ed, also a priest, are held.
Gloria entered the world of work directly after Matric, and held secretarial posts in her home town of Nigel and elsewhere in Gauteng. Having met and married Ed, who was like her at that time a member of the Baptist Church, and who was a telecommunications expert, Gloria stayed at home to raise their two children. When Susan and David had started school, Gloria returned to study through UNISA, and obtained her BA majoring in English and Biblical Studies, BA Honours, MA and finally in 1997 her D Litt & Phil. By that time she had been for some years a lecturer at Vista University, where she was on the staff from 1987 to 2001. Her doctoral thesis was cross-disciplinary, in the departments of English and Church History, and focussed on Lancelot Andrewes, the early 17th century priest and religious writer.
The Smiths joined the Anglican Church in 1986, and immediately became involved in lay ministry. In 1992 they were both ordained deacons, and in 1996 were both ordained priests, serving in a self-supporting capacity in Waterkloof parish, Pretoria Diocese.
On retiring from their lecturing posts Gloria and Ed moved to East London, where Ed was Priest-in-Charge of All Saints, with Gloria as his assistant, from January 2002 until their retirement to Gonubie at the end of 2003. Despite her failing health, and often being in great pain, Gloria continued to read and discuss challenging theological books.
We give thanks for her life. Prayers are asked for her husband Ed, for Susan, David and the grandchildren.
The Order of the Holy Cross’s root firmly reaches into soil!
By Brother John Forbis OHC
The Order of the Holy Cross is now showing after 12
years the most proven way that it is really taking root in South Africa. Now
we have the first South African in life vows i
n
the Order.
Br. Daniel Ludik, OHC made his life vow in the beginning of May with the Superior, Br. Robert Sevensky OHC, present, to hear his vow and welcome him into the Holy Cross family. Also present were his sister, Ann Scanavino from Cape Town who was at his First Profession as well. Also we had representatives from five different religious communities with us. Bishop Ebenezer Ntlali of the Diocese of Grahamstown gave some remarks of congratulations both to Br. Daniel and to the monastic community and then gave the blessing at the end of the service.
We are so pleased and happy for Br. Daniel that he has made this commitment with us and we look forward to seeing now how the plant will grow in South Africa.
AWF celebrates the Feast of St Joseph the Worker
By Kokela Siqendu
On 1 May 2010, members of AWF celebrated Workers’ Day. The Eucharist Service was conducted by Bishop Ebenezer Ntlali, in Grahamstown at the Cathedral of St Michael and St George. He was accompanied by his wife, Mrs Noncedo Ntlali, and some clergy.
AWF members felt that Workers’ Day is very important in the life of the Church and had therefore resolved to have a thanksgiving service to thank God for providing them with different gifts, and also for helping them to provide for their families. The proceeds were to be used for education and training for ministries in the Diocese of Grahamstown.
The Bishop hailed AWF members for commemorating this special Day. In his sermon he reminded members of the blessing of Moses to the house of Joseph. Joseph was favoured by God, chosen by God to protect Mary, and Joseph saved many by obeying God. Joseph is the patron of the Universal Church (Church of Christ in the World).
He concluded his sermon by blessing all members. He motivated them and pleaded with them to continue to be stewards of God’s resources.
The thanksgiving service continued with prayers, referring to a mix of sad and happy moments, and witnesses of God’s given grace in providing us with work in order to provide for the church and family needs. A contribution of R12,674 towards education and training for ministries was collected. Mrs Noncedo Ntlali spoke in appreciation of the work of AWF members and also contributed a substantial amount, adding to the Bishop’s contribution. We thank all members who graced the day. All done ladies.
Keep up the good work: Bishop Ebenezer Ntali is flanked by Noluthando Gixana, Assistant at the Cathedral (left) and the Rector of All Saints’ East London, Noelene Arends, at the AWF St Joseph the Worker service in the Cathedral.
“Season of Creation” resources
Parishes are reminded that the Season of Creation is coming up in September. Materials for this important and challenging series on looking after God’s earth are now available. To download, go to the Cape Town diocese website, then to “resources”. You will find certain sections also in word doc, which makes it easier for pasting and copying for services.
From the Department of Spirituality
How can we know God as Father?
By Margaret Fourie
If we are asked to describe how we see God, or what we believe about God, I wonder how our responses would differ. There would probably be a range of answers as big as the number of people asked. Each of us has a different view of God.
This view depends to some extent on how we experienced our own fathers – we speak of God as our Father, so automatically we match him to the kind of father we had, if we grew up with one at all.
Is this why many people are afraid of God? Why they don’t trust him? Why they believe that God does not really care about them, or that he is too busy to get involved in their lives? Is this why God seems so far away from many people?
Our experience of enduring, unconditional love, total trustworthiness, good provision and fun and laughter to a large extent develops our capacity to believe these things of a God who is our Parent. And we experience these things at the hands of our human parents.
It is a very sobering thought that YOUR child’s picture of God will very likely bear YOUR face, and their understanding of forgiveness will depend on how YOU modelled that grace in your life.
So the way we speak to each other, the way we speak to our children, the way we model relationships, all have a significant effect on our children’s picture of God. The church home where each person is treated with respect, whatever their age; where no one is called ugly names; where each is constantly given the benefit of the doubt; where forgiveness is experienced, will be the church home where the face of God is seen daily, and the children will grow up beginning to know who God is.
Jesus told Philip, “If you have seen me, you have seen the Father” and each of us, having been baptised into Christ, is called to become more and more like him every day, so that, in the words of the old chorus, we can pray,
Let the beauty of Jesus be seen in me:
all his wondrous compassion and purity.
O thou Spirit divine
all my nature refine
till the beauty of Jesus be seen in me!
Izinga beliphakmile esikhumbuzweni: KWT Bernard Mizeki Conference
The importance of the role of men in family, church and community was the theme of the recent Conference of the King William’s Town Archdeaconry Bernard Mizeki Guild. The Archdeacon, Mzoxolo Doda, in his keynote address, challenged men to take a stand against the abuse of women and children.
Funds raised at the conference totalled R31,500.
Ngu K Hector Mnikina (outgoing media-officer)
Sibe yimpumelelo enkulu isikhumbuzo sikaBernard Mizeki salo nyaka. Udodana lwe-Atshidikini yaseQonce (KWT) beludyusha kwi-chapelry, i-St Mary's eKwalini ngomhla we-19 ukuya kwi-20 kaJuni 2010.
Esi, sisikhululo esisezilalini phantsi kolongamelo lwePerishi yaseSt Andrews, eGinsberg kwalapha eQonce.
Oku kwenzeke emva komiliselo lwenkqubo eyi-”Demarcation and Multiplication” kulaa mmango; nalapho kuye kwavela iiPerishi ezintsha ezifana nezi zilandelayo:
· i-St Paul eZeleni
· i-St Luke eMdolomba kunye
· ne-St Andrew eGinsberg.
Umxholo wesikhumbuzo esi, ubusithi: “The role of men in the family, church and community.”
Isithethi sembeko kulo msitho, ubawo uAtshidikini Mzoxolo Doda, uyilande emva ingcombolo yale ndima yamadoda; elisekele uluvo olo ngeliso lezakwaLizwi, (Genesis 1:26-28, 2:7). Ugxininise kuqala, kwimvela-phi nentlalo yamakhaya, watyatyadula ke ebalula ukubaluleka kokhuseleko losapho, ulungiselelo nentlala-kahle yamakhaya, (Kwabase-Efese5:22-33).
Utshilo nokuthi nalapha ezinkonzweni kubalulekile ukuba ootata badlale indima ephambili esikhokelweni samabandla njengoko kwakunjalo nangaphambili ngokwencwadi yezenzo zabapostile.(Izenzo 6:1-6)
Imingeni ekhoyo ngokwasekuhlaleni yileyo iphathelelene neqhaza ekufanele ukuba ootata balidlale eluntwini. Kuloku nje ngenxa yezehlo ezimbi ezenziwa ngabantu abathi “bangamadoda”, isidima, intlonipheko nesithozela sabantu abangamadoda sehlile, ngenxa yokoyanyaniswa kwawo nohlukunyezo lwabantwana kwanempatho-mbi yosapho kumakhaya. Kungoko kubalulekileyo okokuba otata bafinyeze imikhono, baphumele elubala ekulwisaneni neentlondi ezilolu hlobo; uphethe ngelitshoyo umfundisi.
Kwinqanaba lomjikelo elithe laqhutywa, esi sikhumbuzo singenise isixa esithe xhaxhe kunanyak' enye, satsho ngemali ebalelwe kwi-R31,500 iyonke.
Kwinkonzo ezukileyo yangeCawa, kungeniswe amalungu amatsha eKomiti, emva kolonyulo olube nempumelelo ngokuhlwa kwangoMgqibelo.
Newly elected office bearers
Aba balandelayo, ngababhexeshi abatsha ngokwezikhundla zabo kule Komiti yoManyano lwamadodana lwale-Atshidikini yaseQonce (KWT)
President: Ven M Doda
Chairperson: Bro B Hlongwane
Secretary: Bro H Putin
Assistant Secretary: Bro Z Mzekelo
Treasurer: Bro K H Mnikina
Chaplain:
Media Officer: Bro L Malotana
Social Responsibility: Bro N Nqodi
Training & Development Officer: Rev L Zibi
“Touching Heaven, changing Earth”
Cape Town Conference precedes Lausanne Congress
An important conference for Anglicans concerned with Growing the Church is to be held in Cape Town from 14-16 October this year.
This will take place immediately before the third Lausanne Congress on World Evangelisation, also in Cape Town. 4000 delegates are expected to come to the ecumenical Congress from all round the world. The focus will be “The Missio Dei” (The Mission of God); to reflect on the Father’s desire to see our fallen world transformed through word and deed, and then to engage appropriately. This historic congress will also include many missions into the Southern African region.
The conference has been designed for depth and the various tracks (workshops) will consist of three sessions each. Parishes are therefore advised to send a team of at least five people so as to cover the variety of each day’s tracks. The conference is a collaborative effort and besides folk coming from local dioceses, all the Growing the Church (GtC) Co-Ordinators in Southern Africa are expected to attend. Provincial Youth, the MU and the AWF will certainly bring large numbers. Parish Councillors, lay ministers, Alpha leaders, parish prayer teams – anyone who has a desire to grow deeper in their discipleship and have their faith renewed will benefit. People who find themselves wanting to attend several of the tracks, which would be impossible, are encouraged to work collaboratively with their peers.
Registration
Conference theme: “Touching Heaven, Changing Earth” – Holistic Mission and Ministry for the 21st Century.
Dates: 14-16 October 2010
Venue: St Cyprian’s Church, Retreat, Cape Town
Cost: R350.00 Full registration cost. R250.00 early bird up to 31 August. (Includes meals, teas, conference materials, speaker costs, staff, admin and set-up costs)
R200.00 Discounted / Access cost: This amount to be paid only by students and adults who cannot afford to pay the full amount.
Fundraising letters for the registration fee will be available to those who need it.
Registration closes on 15 September 2010 or as soon as all 1000 seats are taken.
AIDS Ministries
Caring for the Caregivers: CYCWs take time out at the Monastery
Monica
Vega and Heidi Schmidt invited the managers and supervisors of the three
Isibindi sites at Ilinge, Ezibeleni, and Alice to spend a “Care of
Caregivers” time together at the Mariya uMama weThemba Monastery outside
Grahamstown at the beginning of June.
By Heidi Schmidt
The workers from the sites rarely have had time together, or if they did it was at a tightly packed scheduled conference. This was their first visit to the monastery, and their first time to really share together all of their joys and struggles as leaders as well as their lives in a nurturing environment.
They immediately absorbed the natural beauty surrounding them, the stunning vistas that embraced them. You could see the tension beginning to lift from their shoulders and faces. They were so grateful to be in such a nourishing environment, to just be away, it was so evident.
While explaining to another visitor to the monastery who they are, and what they do, many heard themselves voicing almost for the first time their role as Child and Youth Care Workers, speaking with confidence about their work and profession. They surprised themselves how far they have come. There was the comment, “did you hear how we threw out those words like ‘life space’, ‘working in the moment’, ‘developmental plan’…” snapping their fingers. There were many robust nods and returns of “Ewe!” (Yes!) Confidence. Affirmation. Pride. Who are these people, I quietly asked myself? Certainly not that motley crowd we interviewed four years ago? Yes, one and the same! It’s been moments like these that have moved me so deeply and got me to reflect on how the Spirit has been at work among us. A great sense of pride welled up in me to see them “get it”, get how far they have come. I have seen it gradually over these four years, and it’s now more evident than ever they have come such a long way, professionally, and personally.
They are on the verge of graduating with their FET certificate in Child and Youth Care Work, a certificate that will allow them to work in the field anywhere in the country, the equivalent to the first year of university studies. We have been receiving news of them completing their 14 modules these past few weeks, one by one. It has been a wonderful celebration, day by day, cheering the next one who “has been found competent”.
And the realization of how many children’s lives they have transformed (over 2300), the countless families they have touched, people that have been empowered, and those who have touched another, and another, it becomes exponential. Not to mention how their own lives, the lives of their own families, have changed so dramatically as well.
An East London eyewitness in Palestine/Israel
By Mxolisi Sonti
Mxolisi Sonti from St Francis Mdantsane spent 15 March - 15 June 2010 as one of three South African Ecumenical Accompaniers (EA) to Palestine/ Israel. He writes:
Ecumenical
Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) is an initiative of
the World Council of Churches (WCC) under the Ecumenical Campaign to End the
Illegal Occupation of Palestine: Support a Just Peace in the Middle East.
Its mission is to accompany Palestinians and Israelis in their non-violent
actions and concerted advocacy efforts to end the occupation. Participants
in the programme monitor and report violations of human rights and
international humanitarian law, support acts of non-violent resistance
alongside local Christian and Muslim Palestinians and Israeli peace
activists, offer protection through non-violent presence, engage in public
policy advocacy and, in general, stand in solidarity with churches and all
those struggling against the occupation.
It all began with a cry for help. In 2002 the Heads of Churches in Jerusalem launched an appeal, not only to the WCC, but also the UN, governments, politicians and the people of the world to do something to end the all-encompassing Israeli occupation of Palestinian people and land.
Mxolisi Sonti is now back in East London and available for advocacy work. Any interested church, organization or parties can invite him to share with you his experiences.
Mxolisi Sonti is a Programme Officer for Youth, Justice, Reconciliation and Healing. This programme is coordinated by the South African Council of Churches (SACC).
Applications for recruitment and training and to be part of the programme to: Eastern Cape Provincial Council of Churches (ECPCC) at 043 743 6662/3 or email admin@ecpcc.org.za. Mxolisi Sonti can be contacted at the above numbers.
Umbuliso uyakubulisa
Grahamstown Churches welcome Arts Festival
Christ Church and the Cathedral were among Grahamstown congregations taking part in SpiritFest, during the National Festival of the Arts from 20 June to 4 July, alongside Trinity Presbyterian Church and the NGK.
Styles of worship ranged from marimbas to Mozart, Gospel to Taizé. Among the lectures the Shroud of Turin and “Freud and Christ” were particularly popular subjects. There were demonstrations of bell-ringing and stained glass restoration. Musical events included the biggest-ever Gospel Africa workshops and concert, a recital of Sacred Music with the Cathedral choir and friends, and poet-songwriter Chris Mann singing his compositions with a backing band Nia. Even between events, hundreds of visitors came into the Cathedral “for some peace and quiet with God”.
A welcoming space: Christ Church Hall proved an ideal venue for an exhibition of paintings by Pierre Botha and sculpture by Olenka Brutsch, as well as cultural evenings of poetry and music from around Africa and beyond.
COTT Rector to retire
The Rector of the College of the Transfiguration, Bill Domeris, has announced that he will be retiring from that post at the end of 2010. He and his wife Shona will not be leaving the Diocese, but will be moving to their retirement home at Cove Rock. Bill looks forward to the opportunity to write, and to travel as a guest lecturer.
New web site for Anglican Youth
The Provincial Youth Council (PYC) of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa has launched a new web site. The goal of the PYC is to encourage every Anglican in the Anglican Church of Southern Africa (ACSA) to visit the web site and to register as members.
Anglican Youth also has a Facebook group. The link is on the home page of the web site: www.aysa.org.za.
For prayer
Please pray for Simphiwe Magxwalisa, priest at Holy Trinity Dimbaza, and all his family, on the death of his brother Mkhuseli Rhoxo in a car accident at the beginning of July.
Please pray also for Thanduxolo Bada, Rector of St Andrew’s Mdantsane, on the death of his father Penrose Bada, and for Noncedo Ntlali on the death of her relatives Nomonde and Thobile Bam.
Are you a single man who has a longing
for a life of prayer and
service in community?
Would you like to seek God in
a community of men who are also seekers?
Then, we are looking for you!
Come to our Enquirers Week, 28th September-3rd October 2010, and see if the monastic life is for you. No fee.
Mariya uMama weThemba Monastery, Grahamstown, South Africa.
For more details or to make a booking, contact Brother John Forbis, OHC; john@umaria.co.za (046) 622– 6465
New contact details
St Luke’s Nxarhuni can be contacted at:
Email: atstlukes@webmail.co.za
Fax: 086 573 1761.
Archdeacon Louis Flint’s details remain the same (as in the Year Book).
St Michael’s Nahoon has a new fax number: 086 567 9902.
In case you were wondering …
Q Why did the 88-year-old woman phone her clergyman son and ask him to get a box of condoms?
A They were just what the doctor ordered to keep her sore toe dry in the shower!
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From the Bishop’s diary
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August |
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| 8 | Sun | Institution of William Fobosi, St Matthew Keiskammahoek |
| 10 | Tue | Chapter |
| 11-12 | Wed-Thurs | Trusts Board, Cape Town |
| 15 | Sun | Institution of Kolekile Twantwa, Fort Beaufort; Theological Education Sunday |
| 19-21 | Thurs-Sat | Clergy Retreat |
| 22 | Sun | St Bartholomew Grahamstown, 150th Anniversary |
| September | ||
| 1 | Wed | Biko Bowcott Trust |
| 5 | Sun | St Peter's Sidbury |
| 8-11 | Tues-Sat | Clergy Retreat |
| 8 | Wed | Capraway Board meeting |
| 9 | Thurs | Rhodes Council |
| 12 | Sun | St Nicholas Beacon Bay |
| 19 | Sun | Stutterheim, St Barnabas 08:00, Holy Name 11:30 |
| 21 | Tues | Trusts Board |
| 21-24 | Tues-Fri | Ordination Retreat |
| 22 | Wed | Diocesan Finance Committee |
| 23 | Thurs | KWT Archdeaconry Youth Reunion |
| 24 | Fri | Ordination, St Saviour East London 10:00 |
| 26 | Sun | Diocesan Family Day |
| 28-2 Oct | Synod of Bishops | |
| October | ||
| 9 | Sat | Grahamstown-Albany Confirmation, 14:00 |
| 11 | Mon | DSG and St Andrew's College Confirmations |
| 17 | Sat | East London Cluster Confirmations, Good Shepherd |
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