Conference on Racism
We invite all to attend the Conference on Racism on Wednesday 6 April 2016 at Bram Fischer Building in Bloemfontein.
We invite all to attend the Conference on Racism on Wednesday 6 April 2016 at Bram Fischer Building in Bloemfontein.
Agter: Collin Goeiman, Anandie Vosloo, Freddie Schoeman, Leepo Modise, Rev Sejake, Anton Mieny, Meschak Sibeko, De Wet Mouton, Rudolph Scharneck, Marius Maree, Braam le Roux
Voor: Victor Pillay, Dawid Kuyler, Willie Julius, Tshidi Masiki, Barnabas Ngqulelwa, Willie de Koker, Jan Grobbelaar, Elize Morkel, Elize Julies, Chris van Wyk
Die nasionale taakspan van die Seisoen van Menswaardigheid het vroeër hierdie week hulle jaarlikse vergadering by Le Chateau in Kempton Park gehad. Elize Morkel, voorsitter, skryf:
“Die verteenwoordigers van die vier susterskerke het opnuut onder die indruk gekom van ons as dissipels van Jesus Christus se roeping om, ten spyte van sake waaroor ons mag verskil, liefde, eenheid en respek te leef in ons verhoudings met mekaar en ander.”
The annual Winter School organised by the Faculty of Theology in collaboration with Communitas, Ekklesia and the Beyers Naude Centre for Public Theology will be held from 2-4 June at the Faculty of Theology, Stellenbosch. Interdenominational participation and attendance by members and clergy alike make for rich opportunities to learn and connect. The Season of Human Dignity will be presenting two parallel sessions.
P1 Morning Session: Season of human dignity
By making use of three case studies the session illustrates the ways in which congregations manage to embrace human dignity in response to challenges. The focus is on the effect on the culture of congregations and on ministerial practice. A deaf minister and her hearing colleague share their experience of crossing boundaries between deaf and hearing in their congregation. Congregations’ involvement with the work of Cease Fire illustrates the ways in which they support human dignity in a culture of gang violence. A congregation shares the challenges they face and the transformation they experience in their support and inclusion of people who live with HIV.
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PS1 Afternoon Session: Human Dignity and poverty: Preaching in order to empower people in a context of poverty
Can the preaching that happens every Sunday in church, really help poor people? Can it enable them to look differently at themselves and their contexts, empowering them to become agents of change? This workshop will help you to look critically at the preaching of the church, in search of proclamation that gives hope, that addresses injustices in society and that brings the good news of the Gospel in contact with the real situation of people’s lives.
Presenter: Dr. Shaun Burrows (Pastor of URCSA Franschoek)
Click on this link to view or download the full programme of the Winter School
Here is the presentation of Nelis Janse van Rensburg to the General Synodical Commission of URCSA in Durban (9.7 MB).