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No 7 FRIENDSFRIENDS 2012 March Newsletter to members and friends Sanibonani abamngame, News from Umngeni circuit: Dear Friends of Partnership, Dean Nkosinathi Myaka, Umngeni circuit reports Liebe Mitglieder und Freunde sowie that he is at this time the parish pastor of three Freundinnen von . parishes in his circuit and this means he is very FRIENDS busy, in Pietermaritzburg South, Mpumalanga and This is our Newsletter No. 7, March 2012 eMtulwa. greats you all in this lenten season In Pietermaritzburg South parish Rev. I. Ntuli retir- FRIENDS in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ ed. The tent- making pastors like Mrs Nsibande with his words: and Mrs Makhaye are helping. The Son of man came not to be ministered unto, Two congregations of eMtulwa parish joined En- but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for tembizweni congregation, parish of Hermansburg many. in Umvoti circuit. Tent making pastor Sbongile Der Menschensohn nicht gekommen ist, dass er Nxumalo is helping in eMtulwa parish. sich dienen lasse, sondern dass er diene und gebe Rev. Khawulani Ntuli, Mpumalanga, returned to sein Leben zu einer Erlösung für viele. the University of KwaZulu- Natal. INdodana yomuntu ingezelanga ukukhonzwa Rev. Gumede, recent pastor of Nhlangakazi, was kepha ukukhonza nokunikela ukuphila kwayo, transferred to Georgenau parish. A new pastor kube-yisihlengo sabaningi. (Kwamthewu 20;28) arrived as well in Nhlangakazi parish. “Week of the worldwide Church 2012” hops the confirmands worked on different issues. About twenty arrangements were made in Melle Some of them made some sort of bead work and circuit from January, 8th to 15th for the “Week of nail crosses, others were singing. They got infor- the worldwide Church” in cooperation with the mation about the bursary fund and on HIV/AIDS. Hermannsburg Mission Board (ELM). A special Moreover they could chat via skype with South one was the rally for confirmands on January, African youths. th 10 where 230 of them met in Melle-St Petri Mellle-Petri-Church packed with confirmands coming from seven parishes. The rally under Dean on the screen: Thulani the motto “Our Nzama was present via Skype. partners in South Africa” started with music and addresses by Dean Loos, Melle, and Dean Nzama, Durban. In eight works- Privat Visitors to South Africa Vistors from South Africa FRIENDS Some visitors will come this year from the South Vice chair lady of , Mrs Monika to Melle circuit: Schlonski accompanied by her hushand and ■ Melle circuit youth is on the jump to meet the friends spent a short private stay as well in Mooi youth of the partner circuits (see next page) River as in Pietermaritzburg to see some of the ■ The partner parishes Nhlangakazi and Neuen- partners. The small group went with Mrs Mzila as kirchen are busy in preparing an exciting pro- well to the Bishopstowe grounds and took some gram for the delegation of four friends from pictures. the South in June and July this year. ■ Ncami Khumalo got an invitation from Diakonia Mr. Pius Mbuyisa, Pietermaritzburg North, reports: of Osnabrück town and county and Monika “We had our Parish partnership meeting on the Thölking for July. 29th January 2012 to distribute the bursary to 17 ■ Ingrid Thompson from PMB-South will drop in students from different Grades. All together we for two days while visiting her sisters family in spent R17 000.00. R9000.00 plus R700.0.00 that Stade in May. we got from the Parish fund. Baba Sabela went ■ May be, Nolwazi Gcaba will to Bishopstowe two weeks back and discover that come for a short visit while the grass has grown very high because of summer being on a business trip to rains. We are already having the Elections, maybe Europe. some positions will change.“ We are very happy in loo- king forward to all meetings asks Melle youth to witnessing the lively FRIENDS Quakenbrück- Menslage Sylvester take care of the Quakenbrück- relations on official ground together with Pieter- Petrus and privat Badbergen maritzburg North youthy. Berge levels! Bippen Gehrde Loxten Report about Partnership work in 2010 and 2011 published Bersenbrück Melle circuit partnership committee Fürstenau ist happy to announ- Vörden Hesepe ce, that the new Bramsche circuit report for the last two Bramsche Hunteburg Ueffeln St. Johannis Nyuswa years has been pub- (Making the parish strong Achmer Engter Venne parish council election) Appelsbosch lished and can be Bramsche St. Martin Bohmte Elections in the South and Elim handed out Arens- horst Bark- the North Paul Vehrte Ntuzuma hau- as print edi- Andreas Oster- sen- 1 Bonnus Gerhardt Uthukela cappeln 2 Markus Rabber Marburg- Chats- 2012 is the year of elections in the 3 Matthäus Osnabrück Ghamalakhe tion and as 4 St. Marien St. Michaelis worth 5 St. Katharinen BadEssen Lintorf circuit Belm Christianenburg Pine- Churches in Lower Saxony including the 6 Luther 11 pdf-file. 7 Lukas 3 12 Schlede- town Stepha- 2 Gretesch- 8 Melanchton nus Lüstringen hausen Church of Hannover and in ELCSA. 9 Margareten 4 Jako- Please feel 10 bus Untun- Otimati 10 Paulus Wissingen 1 5 6 jambeli Congregants have to decide on their 11 Thomas 7 Thulini free to 12 Timotheus Martin Buer 8 9 Achelriede Oldendorf Durban- representatives in councils and Sutt- Mpumalanga Central contact Partner circuits and Hasbergen hausen Georgs- Melle-Paulus committees. In the German Partner parishes marien- KwaMashu Eckhard hütte Holte Umphu- Kloster Viljandi (Estonia) Hagen Oesede Melle-Petri parishes they will vote the mulo Pietermaritzburg-South Eilers via Oesede Emakha- Bennien Durban (South Africa) beleni th KwaDuduza Hoyel Oebisfelde parish councils on March, 18 . Parish partnerships to Georgenau eedruck Durban circuit parishes Georgsmarienhütte After the parish councils have Bad Iburg @aol.com Mfolozi (South Africa) Hilter circuit Neuenkirchen Hermanns- Nhlangakhazi constituted in Melle circuit, Umngeni (Umngeni) burg Dissen Bad Parish partnerships to Rothen- the will sent their representa- Umngeni circuit parishes felde Changes in Glandorf- Bad Laer Grey- Enhlanzeni tives to the new circuit synods Umvoti (South Africa) town Pirna circuit ahead Parish partnerships to of Melle-Georgsmarienhütte Umvoti circuit parishes Mrs Ina-Maria Vetter reports: and Bramsche (cf. map) In ELCSA elections on In our church there is a debate on structures congregational level are terminated, elections on again. Until January, 1st, 2014 Pirna circuit will parish level will be finished until the end of April. loose two pastors and the respective co-workers Thereafter elections on circuit level take place (youth workers, chatechits, musicians). The circuit until June and on diocesan level in July. synod has to decide which parishes will be affected. “Contact with our friends in South Africa is very important to us” Fusion of Diakonia in town and county of Osnabrück The consecration and blessing of of Hinrich Haake (left) and Heiko Grube (middle) as new managing directors was celebrated by Dean Wolfgang Loos from Melle circuit in Osnabrueck St. Mary’s church on 17th February 2012. After years of preparations, it has been pos- In a festive service in the Osnabrück St. Mary's sible to combine the Diakonias of the luthe- Church Hinrich Haake from Osnabrück and Heiko ran circuits Georgsmarienhuette, Melle, Grube from Melle were introduced in their new Osnabrück and Bramsche (without circuit positions as managing directors at 17th February social work) to a a large common social wel- 2012. In the stylish atmosphere of the service all fare organization in the region at 1st of the Deans of the circuits in Osnabrück region took January 2012. More than 300 full-time stiff part in. members, volunteers and freelancers are working for Diakonia in the region now. Diakonia Melle has been involved into the part- nership work of the association “Friends of Part- The main areas of work are the addiction assistan- nership” and the project “Bishopstowe” for many ce, debt counseling, marriage and life counseling, years. “This will continue in the future. The con- educational counseling, youth services, homeless tact with our friends in South Africa is very impor- assistance, the telephone counseling, work with tant to us,” says managing director Heiko Grube. children, pregnancy counseling and social counse- “A joint sisterly and brotherly learning, joint pray- ling for companies. ers and actions and work for a world in justice and peace – this a common concern for all of us in the North and the South.” Partnership services in Pirna circuit and Partnership service on February, 5th, in Pietermaritzburg North and in Sobantu church, Pietermaritzburg eMtulwa parishes, February, 5th, 2012 North parish, February, 5th, 2012 Prayer from Pirna circuit: Prayer from Pietermaritzburg North and eMtulwa parishes: God, our father, we remind full of thank that we as Our heavenly father we thank you for the gift of our Christians are not alone on our way. In many countries lives which you have given to us which you have pro- people entrust their lives to you. In quite different situ- tected in all these years until today, not because of our ations of life they are guided by your word. Today we good deeds but because of your never ending mercy think of our partner parishes in South Africa. We thank and love for us. We want to thank you for the part- you for our brothers and sisters and ask you to make nership which we have with parishes and circuits in them messengers of your love in their country. Germany. We ask you to empower this partnership by We pray: Kyrie eleison / Christ, have mercy your grace now and forever. Lord, hear our prayer and protect us. God, our father, our partners suffered from violence. The disastrous law of apartheid had caused mach pain Dear Lord we thank you for the education aid fund and destruction.