Wednesday, March 25, 2015

David's Notes

Greetings, 

We have had our telephone lines stolen this last week and the church line will not be available for an indefinite amount of time.  
We also had a short power outage the other night and there I sat with no power, no telephone my family up in Thabazimbi and 
I felt a little sorry for myself. Ag Shame!  Then, after getting over myself, I got thinking and praying for those who are constantly been 
undermined by corruption and incompetence.  An ophthalmologist friend shared a story that KZN has run out of the local anaesthetic  
used for her operations.  The implications are that people who spend hours travelling to the hospital are now being turned away and due to 
the waiting lists their operations may be postponed for months. The misfortunes we may suffer have the hardest impact on those who 
have the least.  May the christ-compassion within us continue to reach out to those most affected by the evils of our world. 

Rev. David Barbour
033 3431708
barbour@absamail.co.za



Thursday, March 19, 2015

Becoming Disciples -A Morning of Sacred Conversation @ HMC

Greetings, 

Come and take a walk with Jesus this Saturday morning. 
We have a lovely group who are making time to grow their friendship with God. 
There is still place if you would like to join us.  All you have to do is let me know by tomorrow afternoon.  
We are meeting from 8:00am until 12:13pm.  Just don't forget to bring yourself & an open heart.  

Grace and Love, 


Rev. David Barbour
033 3431708
barbour@absamail.co.za



Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Your help is needed

Hello,  

The time to advertise the fun run/walk for refugees has arrived.   
We have just received the 5000 flyers from webprinter.co.za and we are ready to go.  

We would like to give each willing member of the church a pack of flyers to take to their friends, schools, organisations etc.  
Please don't forget to pick up a pack at church on Sunday or the next.  If you require more than the pack given please ask for more.  

If you are taking a poster and flyers to any organisation would you please write the name of the organisation on the roster at the back of the church. 
The reason is so we can monitor where we have distributed and advertised and where we haven't.  

If you would like to to see where the fundraising money is going to you can see their work on Facebook by searching for Refugee Social Services.  
You can also see the kind of projects they undertake by going to their website http://www.refugeesocialservices.co.za

We are very conscious of the plight of refugees in the world and in our own country at the moment. The attacks on foreigners seeking asylum in our country has been front page news of late.  
We have been advised by the UN Refugee Council to support the refugees in our own country as they are not getting the same profile that other refugees are getting in places like those fleeing from Syria for example. 

Let us work together, serve together, wherever we can for the love of Christ runs deep. 

Grace and Love, 


Rev. David Barbour
033 3431708
barbour@absamail.co.za


Saturday, March 7, 2015

David's Notes

Greetings, 

How is the 'Commending Christ' adventure going for you?
I hope as you have prayed and seen how God normally loves through you that you will begin to 
find opportunities to be more open about your relationship with God.  It can start in the smallest of ways but 
there are God given moments when your evident life in God can turn others towards the grace moving through you.  

On the 21st of March I am leading a guided prayer morning. If you have never been on what is called a 
retreat or a quiet day as others call it, this is your opportunity to test it out.  Instead of a having a talk or too much input 
you are rather led through different ways of praying that assist you in listening for God's action in your life now. In between the group sessions 
there is time for you to be on your own.  It is always surprising what insight God drops into our hearts when we allow 
the time and space to do so. It is also a great time to allow all that we have learned about in church and fellowship groups become more real for us 
in our lived experience of God. We normally end our time together with communion. 

So come along for the morning at the church.  We begin at 8:00 and we will end at 12:30.  Tea and Coffee will be on tap all morning.   
Bring yourself, a bible and a notebook to jot things down.  

What would help me is if you would let me know if you are coming either by sending me or Anne an email or phone call.  

Grace, 


Rev. David Barbour
033 3431708
barbour@absamail.co.za