Anglican Church of Southern Africa Diocese of Grahamstown The Bishop of Grahamstown The Rt Reverend Ebenezer St Mark Ntlali P O Box 181 • Grahamstown • South Africa • 6140 • email: [email protected] Tel. Home (+27) (0)46-622 2500 Office (+27) (0)46-636 1996 • Fax (+27) (0)46-622 5231 TO: Rectors, Priests-in-Charge, Churchwardens & 17 May 2018 Parishioners Dear brothers and sisters RE: NOTICE TO YOU AND PARISHIONERS FOR THE DIOCESAN LAUNCH FOR IVIYO LOFAKAZI BAKAKRISTU AT SCENERY PARK, EAST LONDON 24TH – 27TH MAY 2018 Ascension greetings in the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. We always give thanks to God for you and for the support of the work of the diocese. We ask you to notify all parishioners and Clergy that the above programme will be launched on the 24th to 27th May 2018. The pre-launch will be having important speakers like Canon Mbatha Diocese of Zululand. He will speak on the history of Iviyo and discipleship. Bishop Ebenezer will speak about repentance and forgiveness. Bishop Monument Makanya Zululand will be speaking about what it means to receive the Holy Spirit. Bishop Dr Nkosinathi Ndwandwe Mthatha will speak about what it means to be baptised in the name of Jesus and baptism in general. Secondly he will do an exposition on Joshua “I and my house will worship the living God: Another speaker will be the Revd Dr Henry Mbaya, Diocese of False Bay, lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch, Faculty of Theology, His topic would be Mission and Evangelism in a Missionary Model and Praxis. There will be other messages and testimonies during praise and worship. As we see it, it will be time for renewal and empowerment. The registration for meals and accommodation will be R150.00 per person (for adults) and R50.00 person (for all young people). Please let money not be your stumbling block to attend the conference. Let us even borrow one another money in order that we may fulfil the law of Christ (Galatians 6:2). Please pray for this renewal process. Let us make history through our participation and presence in the Diocese of Grahamstown. …/2 Christ has no body on earth but ours, no hands but ours, no feet but ours. Ours are the eyes through which Christ's compassion for the world is to look out; ours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good; and ours are the hands with which He is to bless us now. (St Teresa de Avila) = 2 = We will be forwarding the programme to you shortly and what to bring to conference. Grace and peace Yours in the service of the Shepherd of shepherds BISHOP OF GRAHAMSOWN Christ has no body on earth but ours, no hands but ours, no feet but ours. Ours are the eyes through which Christ's compassion for the world is to look out; ours are the feet with which He is to go about doing good; and ours are the hands with which He is to bless us now. (St Teresa de Avila) .