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The official newsletter of the Diocese of Cape Town(Anglican Church of Southern Africa ACSA)

VOL 63 NO. 05 FIRST PUBLISHED 20 DECEMBER 1950 MARCH 2013VOL 67 NO. 07 FIRST PUBLISHED 20 DECEMBER 1950 SEPTEMBER 2017

Guild of Servants of the Sanctuary say “Hands off our kids”

PAGE 5Pilgrimage to Israel

PAGE 6 Excerpts from

Diocesan Synod Charge

PAGE 3From the Bishop’s

Desk

Read more on page 4. Photos: Kevin Wyngaard

PAGE 4#UniteBehind civil

society march

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CLASSIFIEDS EDITORIALSynod 2017 was a team effort by the diocesan staff; working hard behind the scenes to ensure that every

aspect of Synod was taken care of. The skills and expertise ranging from administration,

communication, finance and young people was evident. Every check list was ticked and double

checked; last minute changes dealt with efficiently; frustrations and challenges took us out of our ‘com-fort zones’ but we still managed to mantain a won-derful buzz in the corridors of the diocesan centre.

TEAM: Together everyone achieves more and that we did with grace and professionalism.

Well done! Love and Light, Rebecca

THE GOOD HOPE

Editor: Rebecca Malambo

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CELEBRATIONSAthlone Ecumenical Choir: Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, the annual Songs of Praise Concert will take place at St George’s Church, Calendula Road, Silvertown on Sunday, 15th October 2017 at 16h00. Tickets are R50. Contact Theresa on 0824290861 or [email protected].

FUNDRAISINGUCT Big Band Concert: St Paul’s Church, Ron-debosch, will be hosting the above on Friday 8th 2017, at 18h30 in the parish hall. Tickets cost R100 and are available from Enid Taylor on 083 28 7876.

The Greyladies Association: notice is hereby giv-en that the Annual General Meeting of The Grey-ladies Association will be held at St Saviour’s Claremont on Monday 11th September 2017 at 15h00 for 16h30.

Heritage Day Celebration 2017: St John the Evangelist, Belgravia Road, Athlone. Will be hosting their annual Sunday Sunday School

Potjiekos competition on Monday 25th Septem-ber 2017. Join us for a day of fun and loads of prizes. Don’t delay for further information, please contact Estelle Forbes 083 298 3254 / Judy Wilkinson 074 564 0068.

Annual “Feel good” Golf Day: St Philip’s Ken-wyn will host the above on Sunday, 1st October 2017 at the Devonvale Golf Club. Come join us for a day of fun. Format 4bbb Stableford R400 per player. For more information contact Rodney (082 859 7110) or Ilsa (0835036207) [email protected] / [email protected]

Patronal Festival Dance: St Matthew’s Clare-mont will host the above at the Wittebomme Civic on 6th October 2017.

Parish Bazaar: Church of the Resurrection will host the above from 6-7th October 2017. Cou-pon booklets available at R50 each. For more information contact Amanda Manuel at [email protected]

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Dear Friends

What a month August 2017 has been! Apart from the traditional fo-cus on the ministry of

compassion with the emphasis this time on Women’s Month and on Gender Violence in particular, our Diocesan Synod will have taken place mid-August, and we now look to-wards taking forward the resolutions reached to further our Diocesan vision and mission.

Prior to this the eyes of the nation, and the world, was firmly on Cape Town as the vote of no-confidence in President Zuma took place in parliament, preceded by thousands of citi-zens taking to the streets in various marches either in support of, or against, a Yes vote. While for many the outcome was mostly pre-dictable, the import and significance of these latest events, will be working itself out over the next months. Along with many others I stand aghast at the President’s responses fol-lowing this hollow “victory”, which really only serves to confirm his unsuitability to lead the country going forward. While civic and reli-gious leaders had called for MP’s to be led by their God-given conscience, Zuma was quot-ed to have said “It’s unheard of that an ANC member would go against the ANC. It’s even rare that ANC members want to use their conscience”! (Cape Times -14 August). Simi-larly a warning to religious leaders to know their place and stick to matters spiritual, with a reminder that we are instead called to pray for our political leaders, was like a haunting echo from the dark apartheid past. He seems not to remember how that played out! So too his coming out against violence perpetrated against women, had a rather empty ring to it. Yes Mr President, we have always prayed for you and all who are in positions of power and influence, and we will continue to do so. But we will not be silenced and so allow the

prevailing injustice, corruption and violation of our human rights and of our acclaimed Constitution to continue unchecked. I call on all of our diocesan family to remain steadfast in prayer for our country and all in authority, to allow yourself to be guided by your own conscience in response to our national crisis, and to do all in your power in your own deal-ings with fellow humans that will bear faithful witness and testimony to the Lord we serve and the faith we confess and are called to live out daily.

PEER MENTORING WORKSHOPS REVIEW REPORT: As indicated last month, this re-view took place in Kenya during June. The intention of the workshops facilitated by Trin-ity Church, Wall Street New York over a 3 yr period, was to enable the Church in Africa to develop our own potential towards self-sustainability through establishing income generating projects, and the use of our own available resources. Through bible study, sharing of experiences in our own diocesan contexts, and facilitated group discussions, the bishops, clergy and lay participants fo-cussed on areas that included “Collaborative Partnerships”, “Sustaining Gains Through In-novation”, “Celebrating The Milestones For Sustainability” and “Sharing On Personal Development”. It was exciting and challeng-ing to hear about active diocesan projects in Africa including visiting a diocesan owned shopping mall and farm in Kenya, and being told of a diocese in Tanzania engaged in the mainstream economy of the country through mining! Those of us who attended, and en-couraged by the Archbishop’s vision and ini-tiatives along these lines, will soon be draw-ing together a group from within the diocese with various skills and expertise to plot our own way forward towards realising a more efficient and sustainable use and stewardship of the resources God has provided us with in this diocese.

JOYS AND SORROWS: We remember with thanksgiving our oldest living parishioner, Aunty Annie Adonis of St. George’s Silver-town who celebrated her 110th birthday on 5 August!

Our heartfelt condolences, thoughts and prayers continue to go out to Marlene Cozett, my secretary, on the recent tragic death of her son Grant, as well as to Susan, Kyle and Kelly Abrahams and the extended family on the sudden death of Fr. Mark Abrahams, rector of the Church of the Holy Spirit, Heideveld. May the souls of their dearly departed Rest in Peace.

Every blessing

Grace and Peace+Garth Counsell Table Bay

THE OFFICIAL NEWSLETTER OF THE DIOCESE OF CAPE TOWN

Prov. 28:20“Committed and persistent work pays off.”

From the Bishop’s Desk

Provincial President and Secretary attends AWF Conference in AustraliaOn 27 May 2017, Provincial President Lucille Henniker from the Diocese of Cape Town and Provincial Secretary Jacoba Kleinsmith from the Diocese of Saldanha Bay embarked on a 23 hour flight to Australia. They attended the National State Conference of the Anglican Women Aus-tralia in the Diocese of Newcastle in New South Wales.

Lucille Henniker from South Africa and Lisa Towle from US were guest speakers at the Conference. In her address Lucille urged the women of Aus-tralia to stay focus on the Aims and Objectives

of the organization. She briefed the conference on various outreach projects which the AWF in South Africa are involved in. Her theme “Wom-en on the Grow”. Co-ordinator of the Anglican Women Australia Conference 2017, Marion Wil-ley, presented Lucille Henniker (President of AWF Southern Africa), with an AWA badge, declaring that she was now “an honorary member of Angli-can Women Australia”. The women of Australia are always happy to share with our sisters from Africa.

Lucille is the first recipient of such recognition in the AWF.



Zech. 4:6 “Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,” says the Lord Almighty.

“Hands off our kids”From page 1: On the 6th of August, the Guild of the Servants of the Sanctuary celebrated with the Revd Christian Hartnick. We thanked God for the dedicated service of Father Chris as a faithful servant who served the Guild as Chaplain for 10 years. Parishes affiliated to the GSS partook in this Celebratory Mass and made banners highlighting the importance of what is happening in our society at large particularly speaking out against crime affecting our children. A memorable moment as we joined our Diocese to adding our voice in saying “Hands off our kids”. The creativity indeed speaks volumes as we paraded from the hall into the Church of St Mark’s Athlone, saying enough is enough “HANDS OFF OUR KIDS”.

“Follow your conscience,” said Archbishop Thabo ahead of the no-confidence vote. The remarks were delivered by Bishop Garth Counsell.

“My friends, MPs of South Africa, fellow citizens: Someone once said that time is not measured by clocks, but by moments. Simi-larly, it has been said that life is measured not by each of the breaths that you take but rather by the moments that take your breath away. August the 8th, marks one of those significant moments in our own lives and in the life of our nation.

It offers the opportunity to take

a stand which will influence the course of South Africa’s history. We can liken it to an opportunity to join the world’s most exclusive club – the “life-changing events club.” Being a member of this club is the last thing that anyone initially wants in their life. But being a member is the best thing that ever happens to a person in their life, and there is not a per-son in the club that would ever give up their membership.

To be a member of this club you simply have to vote your con-science and remember that, in matters of conscience, the laws of majority have no place. Jesus did not get stuck in intellectual

arguments with people. He did not go for the intellect; He went for the conscience. He spoke to that part of a person that knows the difference between right and wrong instinctively. His message to us is that it takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our en-emies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.

In the end, your conscience is your compass. It is more impor-tant to follow your conscience than to follow the dictates of your party, your colleagues or your friends. Upon the guid-ance of your conscience depend 55 million lives. Your conscience will determine which road South

Africa travels for the rest of your lifetime and those of your chil-dren and grandchildren. You can-not afford to vote against your conscience. Never. Never do any-thing against your conscience, even if the state demands it. Your vote is wasted unless you vote your conscience.

Your family is watching. Your friends are watching. Your com-munity is watching. Your country is watching. The world is watch-ing. And most important, God is watching.

God bless you, your family and God bless South Africa.”

#UniteBehind civil society march ahead of vote of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma



John 3:36“He who believes in the Son has everlasting life.”

A group of parishioners from St Cypri-an’s Retreat together with pilgrims from the broader Anglican faith community recently travelled to the Holy Land. We were a group of 19 pilgrims aged be-tween 20 and 69 years old! We had an awesome trip visiting places like Naza-reth where Jesus grew up and also plac-es where He performed his miracles. Some highlights were the Mount of Ol-ives, the Garden of Gethsemane as well as walking the Via Dolorosa all the way to Calvary. What an amazing journey!

We also visited the Tomb as well as where Jesus turned water into wine at a wedding. The couples in our group were able to renew their marriage vows in the church built at the site of the wedding. At the River Jordan, people from our group were able to renew their baptis-mal vows. We went to the Sea of Galilee where Jesus calmed the storm, where He walked on the water and where he revealed Himself to His disciples and shared breakfast with them on the shore of the Sea of Galilee.

Reflections from the pilgrims: “Awesome experience. God is still on the throne. The mental pictures are more real now. Thanks be to God.” - Claire; “It was an awesome Spiritual experience. Be-yond our expectation. Being and visit-ing sites – which was taught to us as children was profound.” - Delia Cupido; “An enlightening and humbling experi-ence that all Christians should embark on, should they find themselves in the position to do so.” - Catherine De Jong The Revd Sam Beukes from Emmanuel Wynberg will be the spiritual leader for a pilgrimage to the Holy Land during the September school break in 2018.St Gerard’s Holy Tours are arranging the pilgrimage for Father Sam and those who desire to “Walk In The Footsteps of the Master”. Anyone interested in joining this pilgrim-age can contact Father Sam on 073 007 0966; Jade Marinus on 082 357 4575; Patrick Marinus on 082 931 0937 or David Wilson on 083 247 0499.

Pilgrimage to Israel 67 Minutes for Mandela

The 18th July is Nelson Mandela’s birthday and it has become a day when we take 67 minutes to do something for others.

This year the young people of Holy Spirit Heidveld did something to help ‘heal the world’. They spent their morning creating a beautiful vegetable and in-digenous garden at their church. They also cleaned up rubbish around the church. Each organisation – Sunday School, Alar Servers and the youth will be caring for the garden.

The idea of Mandela Day was inspired by Nelson Mandela at his 90th birthday celebrations in Lon-don’s Hyde Park in 2008 when he said: “It is time for new hands to lift the burdens. It is in your hands now.”

It is based on the idea that each person has the power to change the world and celebrate the 67 years that Mandela dedicated to social justice.

Peninsula Paddle opens up the blue-green veins of the cityA Cape Town Anglican has de-vised an innovative way of draw-ing attention to the industrial and domestic pollution that poisons his city’s waterways: a 15-km kayak ride. Kevin Winter, a mem-ber of Christ Church, Kenilworth in Cape Town, is an international

expert on water justice; but while the challenges are global, he un-derstands that the solution is lo-cal.

“The health of a City is seen in its waterways,” he said. “The chal-lenge is not just the scarcity of

water but also the quality of wa-ter. The City is connected by its waterways, which are often pol-luted by domestic and industrial waste.”

The Peninsula Paddle brought to-gether more than 80 people for a

gruelling journey from the False Bay beach-side Cape Town sub-urb of Muizenberg to Milnerton, on the Atlantic coast. The 15km journey took participants through canals, rivers and vleis – shallow seasonal lakes. continues on page 7



Ps. 36:5 “Your love,Lord, reaches to the heavens, Your faithfulness to the skies.”

At this time in our Diocese’s history, what is in my heart is Intentional Discipleship.

In the context of our theme, there are three questions that this Synod needs to be asking and wrestling with:

The first is: How do we address the needs of our youth, both inside and outside the “stained glass” of our churches?

The second is: How do we respond to the call, issued by the Communion and our Pro-vincial Synod, and discussed at Anglicans Ablaze, for Intentional Discipleship?

And finally: How do we release God’s money and other resources to help young people, both inside and outside the “stained glass”, to cope with the world outside the stained glass.

Combining these questions, we must ask: As recipients of generous gifts of property and people to the Church; how do we release the inherent potential these have for mission now and for at least the next 169 years? One of the possibilities we are exploring is adopting a different model of funding ministry, by using to better effect the properties which God has endowed the Diocese with to leverage devel-opment. Another exploration is happening in the arena of theological education.

About eight years ago, motivating the launch of the Archbishop’s Theological Education Fund, I shared with Chapter a graph depict-ing how many senior clergy would be retiring a decade hence. This has begun to happen and we are losing many clergy of enormous experience and knowledge. Many of you will know that finding my particular vocation to the ministry 30 years ago was not a matter of me finding or choosing the Church. No, as I say in my soon-to-be-published book, Faith and Courage, the Church found me and

moulded me for the tasks that I am doing. I brought nothing but was equipped by this church for ministry, beginning with my for-mation at the old St Paul’s College. That is why theological education, not only that at the successor to St Paul’s, the College of the Transfiguration, but in all the initiatives in this field, are particularly close to my heart.

It is why I have been involved in serious dis-cussions with St Mellitus College in the UK to explore their model of education for parts of our own Province of Southern Africa. Only 10 years old, St Mellitus has four sites in Eng-land, partnerships with colleges in Malaysia and Haiti, 250 ordinands in training and 650 students taking its programmes. Its ap-proach is similar to that of Duncan McLea’s commendable initiative in our diocese, the St John’s Leadership Academy, which is training people actively involved in mission and min-istry rather than taking them out of a parish and sending them to a residential college. As I said to a group of vibrant young people both engaged in and training for ministry at the Academy recently: “We don’t have an option but to do things differently... God is calling you to create the cracks. You will need cour-age. Do it in love. Do it beautifully. Do it con-fidently.” I have linked Father Duncan with the Dean of Studies and St Mellitus to work on a possible model, to be shared when it is ready with Chapter and the Diocese, and in the long term with the Province.

That is what is close to my heart – not theo-logical education only for those to be or-dained, but theological education for all the baptized. That too is the reason I launched the E-Reader project at Bishopscourt. We’ve had to acknowledge that I was too ambitious and we tried to do too much too quickly. But all the centres we aimed to establish are op-erational, albeit on lower than the anticipated level, and the roll-out of fibre-optic cable will

improve its prospects. The aim is still to put a tablet computer in the hands of all lay min-isters, clergy and theological students and to provide a significant library of theological lit-erature for all to have access to.

It’s sometimes said that we can’t do church planting in the same way as other dioceses because we are an urban diocese. But I long to evangelise both inside and outside our stained glass. Every time I go to another diocese to bless a new church building, or a new school – and it happens encouragingly often across the Province – I feel deprived of experiencing the same joy and excitement in our own Diocese. Could we by next Dioc-esan Synod plant at least four new parishes? Perhaps we can engage our young people on ways in which to make them central to that, or some other equally exciting project?

God Bless+Thabo Cape Town

Excerpts from the Charge which Archbishop Thabo Makgoba delivered to Diocesan Synod

Children, Church and the LawOn Wednesday, 9 August 2017, The Ware-house hosted a workshop on South Africa’s Children’s Act and its application to church-es.

As ‘organisations’ heavily involved in the care of children, it is vital that we, as the church, are aware of the laws around this, so that we do not unknowingly perpetuate

some of the unhealthy dynamics that chil-dren, far too often, experience elsewhere.In this country, many children are exposed to things like abuse, neglect and exploitation. The reality of poverty has far-reaching and long-term implications for a large population of our children. High exposure to violence has long-lasting, damaging effects, upon children’s psychological states. The church

is well-placed to come alongside children facing some of these difficulties, and offer support, care and a safe place. We need to be clear about our role, our boundaries, and the guiding laws and regulations provided in part by the Children’s Act, otherwise we run the risk of contributing to the harm.

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1 Cor. 1:30“Christ made us right with God; He made us pure and holy, and He freed us from sin.”

Peninsula Peddle from page 5: Parts of the course were not possible to traverse and par-ticipants had to drag their kayaks through these parts of the passage.

Along the way, the paddlers get a close-up view of the city’s waterways following months of accumulated litter, aquatic weeds and con-taminated water that regularly flows into the canals and lakes.

“The idea of the Peninsular Paddle [is] to get people onto kayaks and to explore the riv-ers, to see and experience for themselves the beauty of the rivers as well as the pollution,” the Revd Dr Rachel Mash, environmental co-ordinator of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, said. “The Peninsular Paddle has two goals: to raise awareness about the blue-green water corridors that have potential to join our divided city; and to bring to the atten-tion of the City of Cape Town and public the condition of the waterways. The third goal is to have fun on the water!

“There was a huge variety of bird life, which was heartening to see, but it was also sad to see how much litter, especially plastic, was on the banks of the rivers and to pass pipes leaking unpleasant things into the river.

“We were all inspired to make a difference, to treasure our waterways and inspire others to do the same.”

The paddle is a long standing initiative of community-based conservation organisa-tions, with the leading role being played by the Future Water Institute of the University of Cape Town and the Friends of the Liesbeek.

Kevin Winter works for the FWI. This year he will gave a speech on water justice at the In-ternational Water Justice Conference held at St George’s Cathedral as well as the annual general meeting of the Christian environmen-tal campaign group A Rocha South Africa.

“The blue and green waterways are the veins

of the city that connect well-established sub-urbs to some of the poorest parts of the city,” Dr Mash said. “We all share the waterways. Whatever gets dumped into storm-water drains and is allowed to flow into the water-ways will eventually find its way to the sea.“The recent rains flushed tons of trash, plas-tics and other materials out to sea. Once solid waste gets into the water, it is almost impos-sible to get it out. The challenge of address-ing the pollution of Cape Town’s waterways and beaches is overwhelming the City’s re-sources. Regular cleaning and maintenance is necessary, but this is unsustainable in the long term.

“The heart of the challenge is about enabling citizens to enjoy and value these waterways – this is the long term vision of the Peninsula Paddle.”

- the Revd Rachel Mash- Photos: Gavin Lawson

The GFS World Council 2017 where 21 coun-tries were represented, was held at the Swan Valley Adventure Centre in Perth, Western Australia on 11 – 21 July 2017. South Afri-ca was represented by 12 members from the Diocese of Cape Town, Johannesburg, Natal and Port Elizabeth. Ms Tecla Matikiti and Mrs

Bekiwe Gijana were the junior and senior del-egates respectively. Other African countries that were represented in Council were Came-roon, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Sierra Leone and Zambia. Their presence at the Council gave Africa more visibility and Af-ricans had an opportunity to have their own

meeting during their spare time to work on a plan of supporting each other towards host-ing the World Council in 2020. This World Council has been a momentous occasion for South Africa as it will be hosting for the sec-ond time as the first Council to be hosted in our country was held in the Dioceses of Port Elizabeth and Mthatha in 1999 under the leadership of Ms Nobantu Makunga.

Delegates were honoured to be addressed at the opening dinner by the Governor of West-ern Australia, Her Excellency Kerry Sander-son AC, who is the first woman to hold this position and a patron of GFS. As part of busi-ness sessions, we had a few keynote speak-ers and panellists who addressed us on mis-sion in Australia, gender based violence. One of the council resolution was the piloting of the youth exchange program funded by late Canon Joy Epton MBE, who was the World Chairperson in 1993. Rwanda delegate shared their pain during the genocide and hopes in building the country. continues on page 8

GFS World Council highlights


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GFS from page 7: Ms Katoba Chisala also shared the Rainbow House reality of children that have been orphaned and the work they are doing as a school that was started from the grace of an Australian who had visited Zambia and never forgot her experi-ence and wanted to contribute to the livelihood of the children. A memorial service was held for the members who were not able to attend due to ill health and those who passed on since the last World Council. The following countries were admitted for the first time at this council meeting: Honduras, Rwanda, Mozambique, Uganda and Cameroon was welcomed back.

We also had an opportunity to worship at various churches and as the President-elect Ms Thembeka Pama addressed the con-gregation of the Anglican Parish of Ellenbrook, She also estab-lished a new branch after the service in that parish with young community of worshipers and handed over to Australian leader-ship to follow up. What would be a council meeting without a little bit of fun and entertainment! Western Australia is a beauti-ful country and we were blessed to visit their national park and indigenous museum. The commissioning of the new GFS world President and her world executive was done by The Rt Revd Jer-emy James of Perth during closing service on the 20 July 2017. GFS wold President Thembeka Pama delivered her key note ad-dress in the closing gala dinner under the new Theme “Growing GFS together with prayer and action.” - Pumeza Magona

Children, Church and the Law from page 6: The workshop was an informative and enriching time for all who participated. Surfacing out of it were some important questions that churches should be able to answer in the affirmative, but too often cannot. We have compiled a few of them that you might find it helpful to ask of your own church: Are you aware of who counts as a child accord-ing to the law? Are you aware of the laws that determine who is eligible to work with children within the church? Has everyone in your church that works with children, been through all the legally required screening procedures? Does your church have its own poli-cies and procedures around the topic of children, and are these poli-cies known by the relevant people? The Warehouse has a resource available called Children, Church, and the Law, which describes the principles and provisions of the Children’s Act and its relevance to churches in their work with children. If you would like to get hold of this, or require further information about it, please email [email protected]. Let us together do our part in helping to create a society where children are safe and protected!


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