st kiaran's chronicle oct 2014

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anksgiving

anksgiving

Sunday 2 November 2014At both services

We propose R30,000be raisedfor the projects and peope !e !oud i"e tosupport from 1 November 2014 to 31 #ctober 201$

%issionary Support Mark and Lorraine Liprini 19,000 Eugene and Tina Wessels 10,600

Youth Outreach Support 1,000

Socia #utreach &rojects Joce !he"alier !entre #00

%asiphumeeeMission $,000 %#,100

'essinterest on &n"est'ent 'aturing %,(9#Ma (01# %1,)0#

'esscarr *or+ard in und -appro./ 1,)(9(#(A' N))*)* 2+,+-

Please use the envelope provided for your Thank Offering.

Hand it in during a Special Offering onSunday 2 November or return it to the office.

This is a special,sacrificial offering overand above your normaltithes and your regular

disciplined giving.

St iaran2s gi"es all thecash recei"ed directl

to+ards the pro3ects andpeople listed 4elo+/

Give Prayerfully !!!Give Cheerfully !!!

Give Generously !!!


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Dear friends and family of St Kiarans

Words cannot properly express how we have been blessed

by the exceptionally warm and loving welcome we have

experienced from all of you

!t really is a moment to give than"s to #od for you$ for all

that he has done in bringing us to St Kiarans and forma"ing us feel completely at home.

%s far as ministry is concerned, it has all felt so seamless. There has been no sense of us

feeling li"e foreigners in a strange land. !m sure that ! can spea" on behalf of my family

when ! say that we have felt li"e part of the family in every sense of the word from the start.

! imagine that, if anything, you have had to ad&ust to me and accommodate my differences

'aturally, there are some areas where one has to familiarise oneself with new and differentprocesses. (ut this is to be expected. %ll the while, everyone has been very helpful and

gracious as !ve floundered a number of times along the way.

With regard to the church and its future) We really have only one message to proclaim, andthat is the #ood 'ews that *esus died for us on the cross$ his blood was shed as an

atonement for our sins. +f course, we should constantly explore relevant ways to express

this message to a changing world, without becoming gimmic"y-.

! am convinced of two things with regard to church life)

That faithfulness to the #ospel will "eep any church from losing its saltiness in its

community. !t is when fol" ma&or on the minors that a church loses its edge-.

% happy congregation will be a growing congregation. !f ours is an environment where

people can celebrate where they areon their faith/&ourney, instead of constantly bewail

where they arent, then life in the Spirit ensues.

These are the things ! strive for and this is, in part, reflected in a "ey text which ! hold dear

for effective ministry) For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of

righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit, because anyone who serves hrist in this

way is pleasing to God and approved by men!"01om 23)24/256

%long with the above are these simple words of wisdom) The main thing is to "eep the main

thing the main thing-

Than" you for loving us from the start

7ours because of 8hrist

MikeMike


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Some extracts from an article on

Giin!

. The !ord "esus e#pects and re$uires us to give. *esus said to 9is disciples,whenyou give- not ifyou give 0:atthew ;)ather who sees what is donein secret will reward you- 0:atthew ;)=/36. When we give, we are not simply adding to

the 8hurch budget, we are giving up a than" offering to the >ather 9imself.

*. The +ible teaches that ,hristian giving is an act of %orship. !n connectionwith the previous point, we see this truth stressed in another way in ?aul@s words +nthe first day of every wee" each one of you is to put aside and save- 02 8orinthians2;)


5/15

EXCITEMENT AT PHUMLANI

'alibali 0Ihosa for tell me a story-6 is a nationwide literacy pro&ect. Gvery wee" asupplement with a story and story tipsappears in local newspapers. ! started

ta"ing these to ?humlani when ! received

them in $he $imes J the stories are bylocal authors, in Gnglish and Ihosa and

beautifully illustrated, even though they

are &ust on newsprint, and much en&oyed

by both staff and children. ! contacted

'alibali to share this, and they promptly

offered to deliver enough newspapars to

?humlani every wee" so that every childcan ta"e a story home We supplied each

child with a plastic folder in which to storehisher library-, and the exciting and

valuable spin/off is that more parents now

read stories to their children.

'alibali has also run courses for teachers and parents.

5 September was World Citeracy Day. ! arrived at ?humlani as usual and was nonplussed to

see so many cars outside. !nside there was great excitement) ?humlani had been chosen tolaunch 'alibalis new product, and they were going to be on the eTLs news They were

launching a cellphone app through :xit 1each) thateveryone with a cell phone can receive stories in ; of

our languages and read them to their children.'early everyone in our country has a cell phone, but

only about =AB have access to a library. This wor"s

with all cell phones) a smart phone is not needed.

The children sat in their bright yellow t/shirts with

expectant faces. The TL crew was late, but theyen&oyed some stories and activities with the 'alibali

crew. >ilming of the three minute slot too" the wholemorning, but they were as proud as punch to be on

TL, and Mole"a was interviewed too.

! call them ripples. !f we are where #od wants us to

be, wonderful things far beyond our scope or control

happen J we can only stand bac" and marvel at 9is

hand at wor"

5va van +elle


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THE CHURCHES IN MY LIFE

! grew up in 'orthern 1hodesia on a farm my father had bought in the early 2or funerals other arrangements had to be made. Des and !were married in a classroom of the local school, beautifully

decorated with a trellis/wor" of white flowers by friends whoincluded *oan Kelly who now lives in ?eers Lillage During

the afternoon there was a huge thunderstorm so that many of the guests cars par"ed on the

school rugby field became stuc" in the mud. %fter sixty years of marriage we can say that 9appy

is the bride that the rain falls upon-

% little 8atholic church was eventually built on one of the farms near the village and then some

years later some enthusiastic 8hristian farmers wives banded together to raise St. %nnes %nglican

8hurch, shared with other denominations. The young wives around my age committed themselvesto ma"e the long tapestry "neeler at the communion rail and even my good Scottish friend lent her

hand to this despite being staunchly ?resbyterian. We all greatly appreciated having a church toattend regularly and a resident priest always on hand.

When Des and ! emigrated to South %frica we went bac" to sEuare one as were again miles fromcivilisation, on the edge of the Springbo" >lats in the 'orthern Transvaal, and once again had

services in the hall of the school our children attended. To get there we had to travel over the most

awful roads through one of the (antustans and again we only had a service once a month as the

priest covered 3 churches in the Waterberg area and visited each in turn. ! did once persuade him

to come out to our little dorp to ta"e a service on a fifth Sunday and we had a wonderful mixedbunch of people attending, ranging from a #ree" +rthodox gentleman to a 8hristian Scientist lady

9owever we also played bowls during this period and were usually able to attend the communion

service at the school at 5 a.m. and then go on to bowls in the same village at .=A, a veryconvenient and happy arrangement.

% few years later we were transferred to a farm near (ar"ly West on the ban"s of the Laal 1iver

and in that town we found the %nglican church of St. :ary, the first church to be built by the

diamond diggers in 2542 and now declared a 9eritage building. !t was a most picturesEue little

church and was presided over by the 1ev. #eorge ?ressley who was also a 9istory and Gnglishteacher at Kimberley (oys 9igh and a one/time Deputy :ayor of the Kimberley 8ity 8ouncil. The

congregation was B coloured with seven white members who sat in the front of the church aswas the custom in those %partheid years and as the 1ev. ?ressleys sermons were apt to be very

erudite and full of history ! often wondered &ust how much his listeners really understood.

+n retirement we moved to the 'atal South 8oast and here ! &oined the local :ethodist church as

it was &ust down the road so for the very first time in my life ! could wal" to church and participate

in all that it offered. ! could at last &oin a bible study group and the Womens >ellowship, ta"e an

active part in an +utreach, help organise the library J and ! even eagerly volunteered to help with

the after/service tea ! was amaFed and delighted at how my 8hristian life grew and expanded and

how much ! learnt in those years.

Then once again we had to move, this time to >ish 9oe". ! was determined that ! would find a

church in the valley most li"e the one ! had &ust left. >or the first few months ! spent time at eachchurch in turn J until ! found St. Kiarans 8hurch and here ! found my home.

Sybil A'BearSybil A'Bear


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Mark !iprini and a Mini on a Mission

:ar" has more than &ust a spirit of adventure J he has a heart to ma"e a difference. (ut he iscombining both in that he will be D1!L!'# up to Kenya in ?umba, his :ini, for his next

secondment in +ctober J in order to raise funds to the :%>>lying for Cife pro&ects in Lenda.

N:ar", you are totally mad, you have &ust made my day.NThis with peals of laughter from a dear Kenyan colleague in the :%> hangar at Wilson

%irport 'airobi, when he heard about this trip. 9ave a loo" at this lin", get involved, spread this

lin", help us ma"e a huge difference to the teachers and children in very rural 'G South %frica.

http677%%%.flyingforlife.co.8a7mini(on(a(mission

Mark !iprini

(orn in 8ape Town bac" in 2;A, and married to Corraine since

25=. We have two / now three / amaFing children, David

married to :arehette and both living and serving the Cord in 8ape

Town, and 1uth who has &ust finished studying and is living in

?retoria.

Together we have served the Cord in many ways our wholemarried life. The last 23 have been with :ission %viation>ellowship.

:y many interests include reading, aircraft, and old cars. ! haverecently done an 22 =AA "m road trip around 1S% in this car,

which was great preparation for the upcoming trip to and from

Kenya.

Fears: >unny as it might seem being a pilot, ! am afraid of

heights.

Looking orward to: >acing and conEuering the variouschallenges in getting this old vehicle to and from Kenya.

,hristo Stander

(ac" in the early 5As ! arrived on planet earth O in 252

to be precise. ! grew up and lived in 8ape Town for =Ayears.

>rom


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Pumba

(orn- in (lac"heath 8ape Town in 25< ! have lived my

whole life up in *oFi.

! am a 25< Ceyland :ini 8lubman 2


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"ohn !enno# and ,hristian 9pologetics

Cast Thursday, St ?eters up the road was graced by a highly eminent spea"er, +xford ?rofessor*ohn Cennox 0b 23P6. ! was unable to attend, for various reasons, but ! did catch his

conversation with *ohn :aytham on 8ape Tal" during the afternoon. Cennox is an !rishmathematician and 8hristian apologist, ?rofessor of :athematics at the Qniversity of +xford.

9e is a devout and vocal 8hristian who has ta"en part in many conferences, where he debateswith other scientists concerning the existence of #od and the compatibility of #od with a

scientific world view. 9e has also lectured on the topic of doubt and the problems of evil and

suffering. :aytham is an atheist, highly articulate, widely read and well "nown to many of us

who spend our late afternoons in cars. They parted on good terms, having almost entirely

disagreed for the best part of


10/15

ST KIARANS / MASIPHUMELELE CHURCHBLANKET HANDOVER - MANDELA DAY

%n enthusiastic group of St Kiarans and:asi ?resbyterian church congregants andfriends "nitted, crocheted and loomedblan"ets for the ;4 blan"ets for 'elson:andela Day cause and were able todonate 2A blan"ets to needy members of:asi 8hurch on


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:ear friends > Missions Supporters at St ?iaran@s

%s you prepare for the Than"offering time in +ctober, ! thought that it might be a good idea to

reflect bac"wards at the same time that you are preparing for the year ahead. 9ow did St

Kiarans play a role in the mission to :oRambiEue this past yearH

During


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Mission Support 0roup ;eport on the recent Soup and Movie 5vening

St Kiarans :ission 8ommittee would li"e to give #od all the #lory 9onour and ?raise

for ma"ing our Soup > Movieevening such a success. We were blessed beyondmeasure. Than" you for all the support and donations received from so many, we

appreciate all that youve done. % special than" you to those that made the soups, the

&ams and to those that stayed and helped at the end.The amount collected from tickets and donations is ;-2&*

?lease feel free to contact (ruce :cDonald if you wish to purchase any Perfect Aave:=:@sor devotionals. They ma"e lovely 8hristmas gifts and will reach a wideraudience, thus extend the Kingdom of #od. (ruce is passionate about serving the Cordand he believes that it is time for 1GL!L%C and that the media is a powerful tool thatcan be used to achieve this.

#et in touch with (ruce on) email) bruceboomtownfilms.co.FaThe ?erfect Wave Web address) www.theperfectwave.co.Fa

#od (less :ouglas Muller


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S9=5: 909ish 9oe" the same problem rears its ugly head at various intervals.%??C!8%T!+' T+ +?G' % (+TTCG/ST+1G.

?raise the Cord, we have once again been saved from a bottle/store which the

latest applicant wanted to open at The Triangle-, strategically planned to bewithin easy access to the taxi ran",station and :ain 1oad

S9=5: +C AHOMB 9N: HOABThe Euic" action of the >9L11%) >!S99+GK L%CCG7 1%TG?%7G1S 1GS!DG'TS %SS+8!%T!+'.

%s soon as they were notified of the application, they e/mailedposted letters to their members,explaining the procedure for a 'o Lote. Gveryone needed to write a personal letter, signed with

hisher name, address, phone number giving reasons why heshe was voting no, e.g. the

nearness to station and taxi/ran", the sure possibility of loiterers hanging round the outlet at all

times of daynight and so on. The letters needed to be handed in to the Sub/8ouncil office at

>ish 9oe" by a certain date.

So, as a member of the >9L11% ! wrote my letter and also notified the church office. %s our(ible Study group was meeting within a day or two ! spo"e to the members and was 0horribly6surprised to find that half of them "new nothing about the application, while one couple believed

the report in one of our local newspapers that the only way to protest was to write a letter anddeliver it to an address in %&$'() (*% $+&! 0Cesson) dont believe everything you read in

the press6 Gach person was willing to sign a letter, so ! was able to deliver eight letters by the

dead/line date.

Through the Euic" action of the >9L11% and concerned citiFens, enough letters of protest were

received The application was turned down.

S%LGD %#%!'.............

This all got me thin"ing about the importance of each >9 resident to belong to the >9L11%. !t

costs only 1;A per household a year, and one can pay upstairs at %. ?. *ones where the lady incharge of the bed linen will write you an official >9L11% receipt. There are Euarterly meetings

0optional6 where >. 9oe" affairs are discussed and minutes are circulated to all membersafterwards.

%s a 8hristian, ! believe we should all be involved in some way 0big or small6 in our community

and be aware of the issues surrounding us.

! would love to thin" that every member of our church belongs to$H% F#SH H+%- .())%/ '($%*(/%'S 0 '%S#1%&$S (SS+#($#+&

7es, ! "now that some of us may feel there is nothing we can do, but anyone can be informed

and "now what is going on and of course can pray.

+ne never "nows what new issues may suddenly come to light, so

?CG%SG *+!' '+W

!ucy ,entlivres


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St Kiaran's Presbyterian Church

Central Circle, off 7th Avenue, Fish HoekP.O.Box 22146, Fish Hoek, 774

Church Phone! "21 7#2 611#

Minister6 ;ev. Mike Muller

All are welcome at ourRegular Sunday Services

Sunday Worship Services at 9.30am & 7pmHoly Communion is serve$ on the 1st%un$a& of the 'onth at (oth

services

)hen there is a *th%un$a& in the 'onth +e have aUnited 9.30am Service with the

Masiphumelele Conreation

,HD;,H P;9C5; M55T

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