From the desk of Dereck...

SERVICE TIMES

Bible Study & Sunday School

Bible Study 9.00- 9:45 AM.

Sunday School 9.00-9:45 AM

Young Adults/Youth

Class 9.00-9:45 AM.

Sunday Worship

10.00 - 11.15 AM.

6.00 - 7.00 PM.

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P.O. Box 351, Durbanville 7551

CONTACT DETAILS

Landline: 021-975 4405 Website: www.churchofchrist.org.za

E MAIL - Secretary: office@bcoc.za.org

Minister: Dereck Beukes 082 909 3848

A Mother's Love

Today is Mother’s Day and I know that the most difficult thing is that we are unable to embrace our mothers as we are all in lockdown and hugging your older mother can be dangerous. In fact how odd is this that not hugging your mother as a sign of affection can be the best display of love to her.

In our society today we sadly find the jostling for power between male and female as if there is any significance in one-upmanship in genders. Hence gender violence perpetuates as we fight for control. There is truly a uniqueness found in God that is fascinating. The appreciation of the uniqueness of mothers as feminine gender, gives us a unique perspective on our father God.

“As one whom his mother comforts, so I will comfort you; and you shall be comforted in Jerusalem” (Isaiah 66:13). WE ARE WATCHED OVER BY A GOD WHOSE LOVE FOR US IS THE UNIQUELY TENDER LOVE OF A MOTHER FOR HER CHILDREN. Within God’s divine being there is to be found the perfect summation of all of the qualities that were divided between masculinity and femininity at our creation (Genesis 1:26-27). The complementary nature of men and women in our world reflects the perfect communion that exists within the triune personality of God’s own being. Therefore, none of the unique endowments of men and women are insignificant. Each has its counterpart in God’s character, and each needs to be taken seriously in our own character and in our own inter-actions with others.

Nowhere is this more apparent than in the matter of love. The familiar texts that speak of God as having a fa-ther’s love are complemented by those that describe the divine love in motherly terms. The fatherliness of God’s love is perfected by its motherliness.

If God loves us with a mother’s love, this is more than a theoretical point. In day-to-day practice, we should not fail to have the same kind of love for one another. Even Paul, the strong soldier of the faith, understood the need for TENDER love. To the church in Thessalonica, he wrote, “But we were gentle among you, just as a nursing mother cherishes her own children. So, affectionately longing for you, we were well pleased to impart to you not only the gospel of God, but also our own lives, because you had become dear to us” (1 Thessalonians 2:7-8).

A mother can touch her children with a special tenderness because she UNDERSTANDS them in a special way. God’s perfect love for us, of course, is possible because of an infallible understanding of our hearts, and we shall not be able to reach that level of empathy for one another. What we certainly can do, however, is to make a more conscious EFFORT to understand the kinds of things a mother understands – and to love accordingly. If we seek God, we will seek to love as God loves. In our love and in our dealings with God’s children, we will include not only the productiveness of a father, but the tenderness and insight of a mother. “A mother understands what a child does not say” (Jewish Proverb).

I pray that today you will have an incredibly blessed Mother’s Day and that the Lord blesses you as you look for-ward to that eternal embrace.

Love in Christ

Dereck

10 May 2020

MINISTRY FACILITATORS

Worship: Don Griessel 021 976-2950

Sunday School: Rachel Enslin 082 415 6603

Finance: Bradley Dearham 083 467 0943

World Bible School: Desiree Human 060 501 8540

Prisons: Stephen Leibbrandt 084 790 7721

Benevolence: Johan Gerber 083 233 4726

Maintenance: Robert Trevor-Jones 074 653 1463

LADIES BIBLE CLASS

Tuesdays at 10am at the Church building Contact: Dawn De Vries 073 015-4229

SMALL GROUPS

Thursday evening group, Bible Study

Thursday 7.00—8.00pm

Contact: Johan Gerber 083 233 4726

MID WEEK BIBLE STUDY CLASS

Wednesday 7.00 - 8.00 pm at the Church building

YOUTH FRIDAYS

Kids for Christ 8 - 13 years Every 2nd Friday 6.30-8:00 pm

Contact: Tish 084 398 8556 or Gaynor 072 111 5220

YOUTH 14-19 years Every 2nd Fri 7.00 pm –9.00 pm

Contact: Ian & Tracey 083 300 6801

THIS WEEK 10 May 2020 DUTY ROSTER

NEXT WEEK 17 May 2020

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SONG LEADER

Oscar De Vries LORD’S SUPPER Johan Gerber

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Dereck Beukes PREACHING Dereck Beukes

Ian Kitching CLOSING PRAYER Thikho Mabuda

COMMUNION

FLOWERS

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

SUNDAY SCHOOL 9am—9:45am

DATE 10 May 17 May

Age 2 to 5 Suspended for time

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Age 6 to 7 Suspended for time

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Grade 2 - 3 Suspended for time

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Grade 4 - 5 Suspended for time

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Grade 6 - 7 Suspended for time

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PRAYER REQUESTS

Those who are ill: Dennis Stubbs, Ethan

The bereaved: Tom & Annelene and his sister Jossie, Frans Rosema & family, Di-anne Branford & family, The Manual fam-ily, The Dearham & Hartle family, The Kitching family, Belinda Tubb, The Beukes / Marais family, The Robertson Family, Helen Manzoni, Delene Bywater & family

The elderly & those in need of prayer: John & Maggie Luiz, Bob & Pat Grahame, Trudi Keith, Eric & Ethne Bresler, Virginia Salzmann, Shirley Jacobs, Kevin Hennings, SA Bible College and especially — our country and leaders, the world and those working to make our world safe again.

FINANCES

Year to date budget

(April 2020) - R400 000

Year to date actual (April 2020) - R332 484

Year to date Shortfall :-(

(April 2020) - R 67 516

God bless you as you excel

in your giving - 2 Cor. 8 : 7

BANKING DETAILS NEDBANK

ACC Name: Bellville Church of Christ

Cheque Acc. Nr: 1036015041

Branch Code: 103610

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

TUESDAY LADIES’ CLASS

Ladies classes has been suspended until it is safe to meet again.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

Reg & Dianne Branford—13 May

THURSDAY GROUP

Wednesday night and Thursday night classes

Have been moved to a zoom platform

Thikho Mabuda 10 May

Grant Schoeman 10 May

Bryan Beyer 11 May

Tracey Kitching 11 May

Annalisa Vicente 11 May

George Tubb 12 May

John Luiz 13 May

Gaynor Pienaar 14 May

Bernice Williams 16 May

KfC has been suspended until it is safe to meet again.

KfC