GKSA NEWS. Sunday 20 January 2019 JOYS AND SORROWS

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1 GKSA NEWS Sunday 20 January 2019 JOYS AND SORROWS Best wishes We pray for all who have undergone surgery or are recuperating at home or are yet to undergo surgery this coming week God s blessing of a speedy recovery. Sincere congratulations to the following ministers/professors and spouses celebrating their birthday 18 January Mrs A van der Walt (Antoinette), spouse of Rev JG van der Walt (George) GK Empangeni 19 January Rev SA de Villiers (Stephanu) GK Grootfontein 21 January Rev PB Motloung (Patrick) GK Ekwandeni 22 January Mrs I Tredoux (Idalé), spouse of Rev JG Tredoux (Jacques) GK Pretoria-Brooklyn 23 January Mrs IM Briel (Ilse-Marié), spouse of Rev SJ Briel (Stephan) GK Bergbron 24 January Dr JS Swanepoel (Fanie) GK Bethal Sincere congratulations to the following emeriti celebrating their birthday 18 January Mrs AB van Dyk (Annette), spouse of Rev FJ van Dyk (Frans) GK Keetmanshoop/Mariental 19 January Rev A Myburg (Andries) GK Pretoria-Annlin 21 January Mrs CB de Villiers (Beatrix), widow of the late Rev HT de Villiers (Hennie) GK Pretoria 22 January Dr J van V du Plessis (Jansie) GK Welkom 22 January Mrs GE Botha (Nesta), spouse of Rev J Botha (Johan) GK Laeveld 23 January Mrs L le Roux (Loraine), spouse of Dr J le Roux (Johann) GK Pretoria-Brooklyn Sincere congratulations to the following theological student celebrating his birthday 20 January Koos Muller 1

2 Sincere congratulations to the following staff member at the Administrative Bureau with her birthday 24 January Mrs Petro Kroeze We wish you God s richest of blessing for the coming year (Ps 16:5, 6). Congratulations to Rev Slabbert and Dorothea le Cornu of GK Carletonville with the birth of their son. Rev Zander and Marina van t Zand of GK Middelburg-Noord with the birth of their son. Rev Dirk and Melinda van t Zand of GK Witpoortjie with the birth of their grandson. CHURCH ADMINISTRATION Changing of address Attes-Scribe GK Nylstroom PJ van der Linde h: @vodamail.co.za ELIGIBLE FOR CALLING Proponent G Janse van Rensburg (Gerhard) Cell: gerhardjansevr@hotmail.com Gerhard and Suné Janse van Rensburg with their children, Iddo, Suriël and Migael 2

3 Proponent HM Stavast (Herman) Cell: Herman, Wilna, Bernard and Fourie Stavast Proponent G Mushayabasa (Godwin) Cell: mhuriyashe@gmail.com Godwin and Loraine Mushayabasa with their 3 children 3

4 Proponent R Steyn (Ruan) Cell: steyn.ruan1@gmail.com Ruan and Zonika Steyn Proponent JD Mienie (Juan) Cell: juanmienie@gmail.com Juan, Adéle and Johan Mienie Proponent HJ Coetzee (Herman) Cell: ds.hermancoetzee@gmail.com Herman and Susan Coetzee 4

5 CLASSIS KAROO-KEI Eligibility of W (Wilbert) Chipenyu & P (Phumlani) Mkupa Classis Karoo-Kei (Contracta), with advice from the Deputies of the Southern Regional Synod, approved at its meeting on 15 January 2019 that br W (Wilbert) Chipenyu and P (Phumlani) Mkupa be made eligible to be called in the GKSA in accordance with Church Order, article 4. Br Wilbert Chipenyu can be contacted at: wilbertchipenyu@yahoo.com Br Phumlani Mkupa can be contacted at: phumlanimkupa88@gmail.com We thank the Lord for the beautiful gifts He gives to the churches in these brothers and trusts that the brethren will soon be ordained in churches. Your brothers in Christ Rev N Pienaar Elder AJH van der Walt Chairperson Classis (Contracta) Scribe Classis (Contracta) On behalf of Classis Karoo-Kei Rev W Jobse Deputy Correspondence: Classis Karoo-Kei Left: Proponent Phumlani Mkupa Right: Proponent Wilbert Chipenyu 5

6 Eligible to be called according to CO, art 11 Rev TP Diphoko (Thapelo) Cell: / segopa.diphoko@gmail.com ORDINATIONS The ordination as second minister and sermon of Rev RJ Pretorius (Rynhardt) takes place on Sunday, 20 January 2019 at 09:00 at by GK Benoni. Dr Braam Krüger will handle the ordination. The ordination of Rev SJB Lee (Hannes) takes place on Saturday, 19 January 2019 at GK Messina. The ordination will be handled by Rev Hannes two brothers, Rev Jan-Louis Lee (GK Brits-Wes sermon) and Rev Hardus Lee (GK Derdepoort ordination). Rev Hannes Lee delivers his first sermon at GK Messina on Sunday, 20 January

7 TV-REEKS OOR KULTES EN KULTARIESE GROEPE WERKSAAM IN SUID-AFRIKA Die TV-reeks Openbarings, wat handel oor kultes en kultariese groepe werksaam in Suid-Afrika, vind plaas op Maandae en Sondae op VIA (DSTV kanaal 147) 13 een uur lange episodes. Prof Henk Stoker, van die Teologiese Skool, was een van die adviseurs vir die program en van die GKSA se predikante en n teologiese student tree ook op in van die programme. Datum Tyd Herhaling Tyd Onderwerp Maandag :30 Maandag :30 Maandag :30 Maandag :30 Maandag :30 Maandag :30 Maandag :30 Sondag :00 Sondag :00 Sondag :00 Sondag :00 Sondag :00 Sondag :00 Sondag :00 Christ Gospel Church Providence & Shincheonji Jehovah-getuies Grace Gospel Church & Church Team Ministries International Spade Reënsending (Blou Rokke) Universal Church of the Kingdom of God Israelvisie, Dogter van Sion 7

8 INFORMATION FROM THE YOUTH DEPUTIES Bible placement tour to Malawi in June The Youth Deputies are inviting all high school learners and students from all over the country to travel to Malawi. We will be giving out Bibles, talking about discipleship and will be having great fun! We will leave on 23 June from GK Pretoria-Alkantrant and will return on 4 July. Accommodation is tents in Monkey Bay, Malawi. It costs R4000 per person. A R2000 deposit in June will secure your place. Do not miss out on this exciting event! Go to for more info. You can also phone Reynold Fourie ( ) or Zak Scholtz ( ). FIRST YEAR CAMPS 19 TO 23 JANUARY 2019 GK STELLENBOSCH 8

9 Reformed Church Youth Movement Conference 2018 Date: 13 th December 2018 to the 16 th December 2018 Venue: GK Knapdaar(Makwassie) GK Knapdaar Youth attended in numbers from most of the Regional Synod North West Rev ED Pelele from GK Uitkyk, was one of the ministers who were giving lessons at the conference. 9

10 Amongst other ministers who were present to give lessons were, Rev TV Moruri from GK Jouberton, Prof LH Moretsi (TSP), Rev ED Pelele (GK Uitkyk), Rev OL Moncho from GK Ikageng, and Rev PL Mathebula from GK Itsoseng Bokone in combination with GK Boikhutso. It was a conference with its own, lessons challenging youth and giving hope to youth to face challenges knowing that God cannot forsake them. The theme of the conference was; Having hope in the Lord brings joy and peace Rom 15:13. Organizers and who serves as the Regional youth executive known as Mother body are National advisor from the back: Rev OL Moncho, Mr G Moroke (Vice scribe) from GK Khunwana, Ms M Kaime (Treasury) from GK Knapdaar. Front row, Mr T Monnagaratwe (Chairperson) GK Ebenezer, Ms M Gaediwe (Additional member) GK Madibe, Ms K Mothibedi (Additional member) GK Setlagole, Mr T Setaba (Vice chairperson) GK Madibe. They did great work in conjunction with the Church Council of GK Knapdaar. Despite all the challenges they worked as team and managed that all went well. To God be the glory. 10

11 The inauguration of Diepsloot as autonomous church Compiled by Kwena Semenya, Hannes Malan and Pieter Koekemoer, with contributions from Kotie Viljoen (jnr.) The Diepsloot Ministry, as it is today, has a rich history amongst the old Dopper families in the area. Church Council. Kotie Viljoen and his sons Frikkie, Piet en Kotie (jnr.) owned the Witkoppen farm (yes, the same through which Witkoppen Drive currently runs), north of Johannesburg, during the first half of the previous century. The farm fell within the borders of RC Krugersdorp, but when the RC Linden broke away from RC Johannesburg North in 1950 the area was allocated to Linden and the brothers of this family joined the Linden The Viljoens soon felt obliged to establish a ministry amongst their farm workers and a stone church was built, on Brother Piet s farm. Brother Frikkie led the services and catechism, aided by an interpreter, elder Thomas Maphosa. Farm workers from all over the district showed up for church. The Viljoens and their workers made the move to the Reformed Church Randburg, when it broke away from RC Linden. Rev. Michiel Venter and a number of elders regularly led services here and before long the Randburg Church Council established a missionary congregation in Witkoppen. Probationer Joseph Kgama was called as minister and Brother van Achterberg erected a small rectory beside the church hall. Rev Charl van Rooy, dr Kwena Semenya and br Louis Kruger The congregation experienced a growth spurt with the Tswana ministry, but soon Rev. Kgama was called to Potchefstroom to translate the hymnal into Setswana. This was a heavy blow to the ministry, even with the aid of the tokkelokke (theology students) from the Hammanskraal Theological School. 11

12 Meanwhile the RC Randburg established an Afrikaans ministry in Riverlea and the RC Linden resumed their assistance of Witkoppen. Encroaching urban dwellings and tar roads led Piet Viljoen to sell his farm in Witkoppen and buy land in Diepsloot. A town was established in Witkoppen and the farms disappeared one after the other, together with the farm workers. Those who remained continued with services in Witkoppen primary school s hall, but that also gradually petered out. The Viljoens once again jumped in and held church services for the farm workers in Diepsloot, on Brother Piet s new farm. Elder Maphosa also moved to Diepsloot and was of great assistance. When Brother Piet sold his Diepsloot farm, years later, the ministry under the farm workers faltered and for a time no services were held. A few years later it resumed, this time on the Diepsloot farm of Brother Kotie (jnr.) and where Elder Maphosa took up employment. Services were held in the barn and Rev. Ben de Klerk, of Randburg East, helped organise church pews. Randburg members will undoubtedly still remember the farm: Festive church socials were held in the barn, set in a peach orchard, during the eighties. Rev. Hannes van der Walt of RC Linden regularly contributed to the ministry of the Word in this barn church, until his missionary duties in Soweto kept him from continuing. Meanwhile Brother Francois Meiring bought the Viljoen s building sand. Church services were moved to farmhouse that stood empty and the quarry s bulldozer was stored in the barn. Shortly thereafter shacks started popping up, where William Nicol Drive crosses the Krugersdorp highway. The farming conditions became increasingly challenging, due to the influx of new and hungry neighbours. Soon all farming activities came to an end and the farm workers also left one after another. New members from surrounding shacks, who hailed from Polokwane, Zimbabwe and as far as Malawi, reported for church. The Doppers of Randburg, Randburg East, Rietvallei, Pretoria and Pretoria West collectively offered sustentation to the Atteridgeville congregation, including the Diepsloot ministry. In the late nineties the farms in Diepsloot were systematically turned into RDP housing and even more people streamed into the area. This necessitated the Randburg Church councils to urgently review the Diepsloot ministry and Brother Francois Meiring donated an old barn and two outbuildings to the church. The matchbox houses came rolling over the hills ever more rapidly, by 2003, making ministry opportunities and needs all the greater. 12

13 Over that period the Melville Doppers merged with the current Randburg congregation and Rev. Koos Saayman s arrival was a Godsend: Dopper dominees able to lead services in English are quite rare. He enthusiastically jumped in and started to organise the growing congregation. The wild-growing grass was gone and RDP houses crowded around the old farmhouse, stretching to William Nicol Drive. Hannes Malan, Pieter Koekemoer and Gerrit Venter were the people in Randburg with the most passion and vision about the Diepsloot ministry. Due to their involvement, Randburg shortly thereafter integrated Diepsloot as a ward into the congregation and transformed the barn, through quite a bit of renovation, into a church hall. In 2007 the church council decided to call a Pedi-speaking minister for Diepsloot. Dr. Kwena Semenya of Atteridgeville accepted the calling. Due to the growth in Diepsloot Church, the Reformed Church Randburg council which made up of Randburg elders and Diepsloot elders agreed to inaugurate Diepsloot as a full local church and that was done on the 18 November Dr Kwena Semenya was then called and ordained as the reverend of the Reformed Church Diepsloot. The Reformed Church Diepsloot is currently having active members. FUND RAISINGS / FUNCTIONS / FESTIVALS 7 FEBRUARY 2019 GK ONTDEKKERS Contak Daniela at

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16 WE INTRODUCE Dr Danie and Venita de Kock GK Krokodilrivier The church is located about 10km outside Brits on the R511 to Thabazimbi. The church building and rectory stand on a piece of land donated early in the 20 th century by oom Rooi Jan du Plessis. It is a farm and a special privilege. The bird life and even animals like mongoose, squirrels, blue monkeys and hares make sure we know just how close to nature we are. It also gives us the opportunity to keep a number of animals ourselves, such as geese and ducks; two donkeys and a team of Bushveld chickens that provide us with eggs and we also, of course, have two dogs. Our children are already out of the house and building their own lives. Our eldest son is Danie, who is married to Carelyn (neé van der Walt), and they have two children, Daniël (6) and Ané (3). He is a Human Resource Manager (Middle East) with SNC Lavelin and they live in Abu Dhabi at the moment. Izak is married to Willemijn (neé Wentink) and have two children, Henrieke (3) and Daniël (1). They live in Potchefstroom, where he is a mechanical engineer at MTech. Janien is married to Stefan Linde and they live in Potchefstroom, since both are NWU lecturers. They also received their Ph.Ds in 2018: Stefan in Occupational Hygiene and Janien in Afrikaans Dutch. Dirco, our youngest, lives in the Spes Bona home for the disabled in Rustenburg. The congregation consists in large part of farmers (vegetables, luzern, wheat and citrus). A remarkable characteristic of this congregation is the number of families that have been members for decades. We are privileged to have a good distribution in terms of age, which enables us to apply all aspects of ministry here. 16

17 THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honour. Proverbs 21:21 17