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Provincial Order of Simon of Cyrene Bestowed on Professor Geoff Everingham The official newsletter of the Diocese of Cape Town Provincial Order of Simon of Cyrene bestowed on Professor Geoff Everingham A leading layman of the Diocese of Cape Town, Profes- sor Geoff Everingham, has received the Church’s high- est award for distinguished lay service. PAGE 3 DIOCESAN SYNOD At the opening Eucharist of Diocesan Synod, Prof CHARGE EXPLAINED Everingham was admitted into the Order of Simon of Cyrene. The Order, established in 1960, is named af- ter the North African man who was compelled by the Romans to carry Jesus’ cross. Reading the citation, Archbishop Thabo Makgoba noted that Prof Evering- ham had over many years “given generously of both his time and his considerable expertise in the service of the Anglican Church, from Parish to Provincial level.” PAGE 4 He had served in many roles at Christ Church, Ke- AUNTY ANNIE IS nilworth, had been a commissary on the Provincial 107 YEARS OLD Trusts’ Board for a number of other dioceses for the past 25 years and had chaired or sat on a wide range of other church bodies on finance and housing. “Prof Everingham brings immense skills to the service of the Church, which he has made available in an unstinting manner,” the citation said. “His gentleness and good humour at meetings have become a hallmark of his DISTINGUISHED LAY SERVICE: Archbishop Thabo involvement on church bodies. His commitment to and PAGE 5 Makgoba and Professor Geoff Everingham at the Opening love for the Church together with his willingness to give THE WORKS OF THE of Diocesan Synod. Photos: the Revd Allen Goliath of himself have been appreciated by four Archbishops.” COMMUNITY CHEST PAGE 6 GARDEN OF REMEMBRANCE FOR ST PETER’S PAGE 7 ST GEORGE’S CHILD AND YOUTH CARE CENTRE VOLVOL 63 64 NO. NO. 05 07 FIRST FIRST PUBLISHED PUBLISHED 20 20 DECEMBER DECEMBER 1950 1950 MARCH SEPTEMBER 2013 2014 Page 2 THE GOOD HOPE SEPTEMBER 2014 CLASSIFIEDS Editorial THE GOOD HOPE We are fortunate to live in a city where we Editor: Rebecca Malambo experience all seasons in one week. Its always such a pleasure to see the wild flowers mushroom- Address: ing in the fields with their array of colour at this The Good Hope time of the year. These first sightings signifying the CONSTANTIABERG coming of Spring and the newness of life it brings. PO Box 1932, FUNERAL HOME Many trees are still bare, standing statuesque, hav- Cape Town 8000 ing managed through the cold of winter. Creation Tel: 021 469 3766 Preferential prices. is also fearfully and wonderfully made. As you pre- Fax: 021 465 1571 24 hour service pare for the change of season, from the ‘heaviness’ High ethical standards as member of of winter to the playful spring days, may you be E-mail address: National Funeral Directors Assoc SA blessed by your observations of the transformation of creation. May the change in the season bring a [email protected] 85 Kenilworth Road, Kenilworth change in you - embrace life and be thankful that Printed by: you are here and part of it all. (cnr Rosmead Avenue) 021 671 2400 Love and Light, Rebecca Alan Lindhorst Tony Wyllie & Co. EVENTS AND NOTICES Funeral Home FUND RAISING EVENTS September 2014 in the church hall from Personal and Dignified Children of the Light: Sunday 7th Septem- 08h30 - 13h00. There will be a variety of 24 hour service ber 18h00 at the Artscape Theatre. The stalls including white elephant, book store, South African premiere of a documentary food, crafts and something for the children. 469 Voortrekker Rd film on the life of Archbishop Emeritus Des- For more information contact Joan Welby - Maitland mond Tutu. Tickets are R250 at Compu- Solomons at 082 8686 166 or Tel: 021 593 8820 ticket. We are sharing this special event [email protected] with Archbishop Desmond in celebration of 48 Main Rd the 10th Anniversary of the Desmond Tutu Back to Church Sunday BTCS: is now Muizenberg HIV Foundation. Proceeds to the DTHF the single largest local-church invitational Tel: 021 788 3728 Youth Centre in Masiphumelele. Contact initiative in the world. It is based on the [email protected] simplest and shortest step in evangelism - member of the NFDA when we invite someone we already know Spring Dance: Emmanuel Anglican Church to our church. While the initial focus was invites you to a Spring Dance in the to invite ‘back’ those who used to attend Wittebome Civic Centre. Rosmead Avenue, church, others who do not attend can also Anglican Prayer Beads Wynberg on Friday, 12 September from be invited, gently encouraged and warmly Wonderful gift! Call Marlene at 19h30 to 00:45am. Music supplied by welcomed. The international date is 28th 072 841 7421 for more information. COOLSOUNDS and the cost is R100. Bring September 2014. Join hundreds of Angli- your own platter and XYZ. For more infor- cans in ACSA from every background in mation contact Glenda Cairns at inviting family, friends, neighbours and col- 082 265 0307. leagues back to church. For more informa- tion contact GtC offices at 021 763 1315 Parish Dance: St Matthews Claremont will or email [email protected] be hosting their annual parish dance on Friday 26th September 2014, 19h30 at TOURS Retreat Civic Centre. The cost is R80 per Holyland and Turkey Tour 2015: A meet- person and the band in attendance will be ing will be held on Sunday 28th September Ikey Gamba. For tickets, contact Charles 2014 to discuss the next tour at St Sav- Meyer on 072 755 7592. iour’s Claremont at 15h00 for 15h30. For more information contact Mr Alec Pelston Fete: Christ the King Claremont will be at 082 377 2856. Space is limited. hosting their annual Fete on Saturday 27 GAZETTE The Revd Douglas Kirkpatrick was licenced as Minister in Charge of St Luke’s Church, Diep River and Associate Rector of St John’s Parish on 2 August 2014. The Ven Terence Lester was licenced and installed as Archdeacon of Constantia on 3 August 2014 in St George’s Cathedral. Brenda Hanson, wife of the Revd John Hanson, was laid to rest on 13th August 2014. Prayers are asked for Father John and his family during this time of bereavement. Isaiah 26:3 “You will keep in perfect peace all who trust in You, all whose thoughts are fixed on You!” THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE DIOCESE OF CAPE TOWN Page 3 Understanding the Archbishop’s Synod Charge ... “Who is the Church? Discerning God’s holiness at work and for the living of these days in the everyday life of the saints” The failure of South African society – and the campaign against the scandalous peddling which protesters have spread human waste Church – to get to grips with the challenge of of drugs in poor communities, pursue initia- at the airport and in the city centre, Archbish- “the appalling conditions in which huge num- tives in our social responsibility groups, share op Thabo said he was “no fan” of their tac- bers of our people live” is “a failure to address God’s love through our ministry to people liv- tics. “But we cannot deny that in one sense ourselves to upholding basic human dignity,” ing with HIV and Aids, show our concern for the excesses have been a good thing: they Archbishop Thabo Makgoba told Diocesan the environment, undertake walks of witness have woken us up to the reality of how our Synod in his Charge. to where people are suffering, whether as a brothers and sisters live. “John tells us that consequence of fires or flooding in Langa and the truth will set us free: well, we know that Opening the Synod at the Eucharist on August other places, or forced evictions in Lwandle, reconciliation which tries to gloss over the ef- 14, he adopted as the theme of his Charge: and even when we arrange events to honour fects of past inequality is but avoidance and “Who is the Church? Discerning God’s holi- Nelson Mandela Day, or Madiba’s life when untruth – it is not reconciliation.” ness at work and for the living of these days he died.” in the everyday life of the saints.” The Archbishop advocated that Anglicans in He continued: “The openness with which Cape Town should not limit their ambitions to Quoting Matthew’s Gospel on how, “if you we challenge one another – whether across speak out to matters of housing and sanita- want greatness in the kingdom of heaven divides of gender, race, religion, culture, or tion. He added: “We have seen in the plati- you must have childlike humility,” Arch- in our Walk of Witness from District Six to num miners’ strike how some of our fellow bishop Thabo said that “true humility in the Parliament on Holy Saturday – can also bear citizens feel so squeezed and so desperate Christian community is displayed when we witness to the kind of redemptive actions by that they have to resort to actions that can care less about power, status and wealth which we can pursue reconciliation with one bring the economy to its knees. Their plight is and become known for our redemptive ac- another and with our difficult past.” but one example – seen closer to home in the tions and attitudes towards our brothers and conditions facing seasonal workers on farms sisters who have been wronged.” Within He called for the Church “to take far more – of how we have come to be one of the coun- the Church and the wider world, he added, seriously the call to engage in reconciling tries in the world where the gap between rich “we promote redemptive attitudes and ac- acts that bridge the kind of inequality we see and poor is highest.
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