The Covid pandemic has caused much emotional and mental suffering – including tears. Enjoy this article by Scott Hubbard on: What God says to your tears. For centuries, Christians have called this world a “valley of tears.” Yes, Christ has come. Yes, he is risen. And yes, he will come again. But still we mourn …
Newsletter 16 October 2020 | What God Says to Your Tears Read More »
WAYS TO WORSHIP WITHOUT SINGING! Like many churches, we love singing at St John’s and Holy Trinity Thornhill! It’s basic and central to who we are and what we do when we gather for worship. So, this Covid-19 season of not being able to sing when we gather is especially hard for us. But it’s not impossible. …
Newsletter 9 October 2020 | Ways To Worship Without Singing Read More »
Church doors will open in our Diocese for the first time in six months this weekend – both at St John’s and Holy Trinity Thornhill. This is something that many of us have been waiting for in great anticipation – if we are honest – we have missed the gathering of the saints. We do …
Newsletter 2 October 2020 | BACK TO CHURCH SUNDAY Read More »
We have lived through what is hopefully a once-in-a-lifetime event with the Covid pandemic. Over the past six months, our Anglican churches have stopped meeting in person. The global pandemic, government regulations, and a desire to serve each other and society have kept us from gathering. Instead, we’ve held “services” online, met “virtually,” and used …
Newsletter 25 September 2020 | WE ARE GETTING READY TO GATHER AGAIN… Read More »
A few years ago I received an amazing piece of correspondence. This person wrote to me saying that she had spent a three-year period in the spiritual desert. She said that God has been so good to me, because instead of seeing the Lord as good, giving, sovereign and a creator to be feared, she …
Newsletter 18 September 2020 | Being Still In God’s Presence Read More »
All Ate And Were Satisfied… “Then he took the seven loaves and the fish, and when he had given thanks, he broke them and gave them to the disciples, and they in turn the people. They all ate and were satisfied.” Matt 15: 36-37 Thank you once again for your generous contributions of bread, sandwiches, …
Newsletter 11 September 2020 | All Ate And Were Satisfied… Read More »
The Friendly city? When the restrictions during the Covid 19 pandemic were initially lifted to allow outside exercise between 6 and 9 am, I took to the streets of our neighbourhood and our beachfront, enthusiastically joining many other disguised citizens in exercising our new-found freedom. However, during the ensuing months a nagging concern started dawning …
Newsletter 4 September 2020 | The Friendly city? Read More »
IiNDABA – AUGUST 2020 “This is a time of hope, recovery and rebirth.” Are you familiar with the song, “I am a small part of the world” by Sally K. Albrecht and Jay Althouse? I heard it sung by a local school choir conducted by Romano Jonathan, the organist of St Margaret’s church in Summerstrand. I was moved …
Newsletter 28 August 2020 | A time of hope, recovery and rebirth Read More »
This week we salute and thank our Dedicated Educators – as we know teachers influence our lives starting at a young age from day-care through preschool and “big” school to university and FET colleges. These men and women are some of the most self-less, giving, caring individuals in our world. Their goals and ambitions are …
Newsletter 21 August 2020 | Our Dedicated Educators Read More »
Isaiah 43:1 “Don’t fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name; you are mine.” We are many days into lockdown, 144 to be exact with over half a million having being diagnosed as having the virus in South Africa, and in the midst of pain for families who have lost loved …
