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LITURGY IN WORSHIP

By:

Archdeacon Reg Gersbach

Christian worship is the adoration of God through Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit. God is present when His people come together to as a community to worship. The form of service we use in Anglican worship is known as liturgy, and is common to most of Christendom. Liturgy is an ancient form of worship preserved for us in our Prayer Books. Liturgy consists of carefully composed prayers and responses within a set form, usually repeated service by service with little or no change, except for Collects, Psalms and readings which change each day.

DEVOTED & CREATED WORSHIP

By:

Dennis Halo

The third Are Roriseng took place from Friday 24th to Monday 27th September after it was moved from the June school holidays. It was mainly moved due to the unbearable winter cold and the 2010 soccer World Cup.

MAKING OUR PLAN REAL

By:

Canon Eric Ephraim

Our five year plan includes extending the church, increasing our numbers, growing spiritually, increasing our ministry potential, providing space for dynamic and creative worship, and improving on our hospitality skills. I have had a phrase running through my mind during this whole process which will take some time to explain, and it doesn’t roll off the tongue very easily. The phrase is ‘Increasing the capacity for God’s dwelling’.

Welcome to Our Website

By:

Peter Lee

Here is the South African story in microcosm, the tension and violence along with the humanity, humour and compassion.

Imagine a piece of South African highveld, small in area so that you could drive from north to south in an hour, and from east to west in half that time; but hugely populated, probably having doubled its human population in the lifetime of this diocese, just since 1990. Imagine the summer, with temperature in the high 20°C by day and ferocious thunderstorms by night. Imagine the autumn, much as in other temperate parts of the world, with golden leaves and cooler evenings (did you know that geographers officially categorise Johannesburg as a forest, with some of the richest bird life of any of the world cities?).

The Ordination Service of the Rev Netta Gallant and Rev Neil Scott into the Priesthood

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Ven David Dinkebogile

A re roriseng - Let us worship

By:

Mpho Mohale

Kick-off

Day Workshop on Meditation with Scripture

By:

Fr. Kumeran Soobrayan

The Spiritual discipline of Lectio Divina, Gospel Contemplation, and the Examine will be explored at this workshop and is ideal for young layministers and youth leaders. Venue: St. Francis - Walkerville Times: 8:30 - 4:00 pm Cost: R20:00 (Bring your own lunch)

A WOMAN OF AFRICA: ABUSE AND ABUSABILITY: THE DEDICATION OF ST MONICA’S CHURCH CENTRE, ORANGE FARM 9 MAY 2009

By:

Bishop Peter Lee

1 Kings 8:22-30 Ps 84 1 Peter 2:4-10 John 2:13-22

Friends in Christ, I welcome you all to this wonderful occasion. It has literally been a 20-year project and I can hardly believe we are here; as Solomon said in the Old Testament reading (1 Kings 8:24), God has kept his promise – and by God’s grace, we have been able to keep our promises to one another. We do praise our God for his goodness today as we dedicate St Monica’s Church Centre together in the presence of Diocesan Council and our many visitors.

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba To the People of God – To the Laos April 2009

By:

+Thabo Cape Town

Dear People of God

I am writing this in Holy Week, knowing that it will almost certainly reach most of you after Easter Sunday. This underlines to me the constant presence with us of both death and life, of both sorrow and hope.

Rarely a week passes in Bishopscourt without our receiving news of the death or serious illness of a member of the clergy or their immediate family, whom we then remember in Bishopscourt Chapel in our daily services of Morning and Evening Prayer and the Eucharist. Recently we mourned the death of Sarah Breytenbach, wife of Bishop Martin of the Diocese of Christ the King – to whom and to whose family we extend our condolences. I was privileged to participate in Sarah’s funeral, where we not only grieved her passing, but gave thanks for her life – a life she lived ‘with abundance’ even through the years of her cancer, in which she had a remarkable ministry to so many people.

Mission, Ministry and Witness of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa and some of the Challenges of the Context in which we live

By:

The Most Revd Thabo Makgoba

STATEMENT OF THE SYNOD OF BISHOPS A regular meeting of the Synod of Bishops of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa in Gauteng this week reviewed the ongoing mission, ministry and witness of the Church and some of the challenges of the context in which we live. We voiced our renewed concern at the extreme poverty suffered by many in southern Africa, and at the wide gap between those who have excessive wealth and those who are poor. We remain deeply concerned at the prevalence of malaria and HIV and Aids, and we acknowledge anew the brokenness of the nations which we represent. We pledged to continue modelling values in our societies which build integrity, love, forgiveness, peace and reconciliation.