Tuesday, July 7, 2009

What would you say?

With a focus on the Ministry to the Youth - the Emerging Generation in our Church :
If you had the opportunity (and only this ONE opportunity) to stand before all our Bishops of the Province, including the Archbishop and the Lay representatives of all the Dioceses, and you were asked to say just one thing to them or make just one statement/suggestion - what would it be?
Be brave. Be courageous. Be daring. Be honest!

Following in the footsteps of Nelson Mandela

The Nelson Mandela Foundation has called on world citizens to spend 67 minutes doing something significant in our communities, on Madiba's birthday on the 18th July 2009.

Our own Archbishop has the following to say in his July 2009 edition of Laos to the people :

“There is a similar spirit behind the Nelson Mandela Foundation’s call for a global Mandela day on his birthday, 18 July. They want everyone to spend 67 minutes ‘doing something that would make a difference in their communities’, and so recognise the 67 years Mandela spent fighting apartheid. I should like us all to take up this challenge, and not only act individually, but also with others, and especially in ways that bridge or break down the old divisions. For the genius of Nelson Mandela is that he inspires us not only to be the best that we can be, but also to bring out the best in one another, for the healing of the soul of our nation. For my part, conscious of the need for the healing of our very land, I shall plant an olive tree in the grove I have created in my garden to off-set the carbon footprint generated by the travel that my responsibilities entail. And of course, I shall take time for prayer: to thank God for the gift to us and to the world that Nelson Mandela has been, to seek his blessings of peace and contentment on Madiba in his retirement, and to ask that we may all take to heart the lessons we have learnt from this remarkable man and so, by God's grace, dare to dedicate our lives to the betterment of our planet and of all who live on it. I encourage you to spend these 67 minutes doing good to all, especially to those of the household of faith.”

Archbishop Thabo Makgoba
To the People of God – To the Laos
July 2009

So - what will YOU be doing on Saturday 18th July?

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