Synod Report

Synod was a powerful experience this year. There was a lot more to it than red tape! You can down load the official report back here for PDF and here for Word format.

Synods

This week the Methodist Church focuses on synods. In the Cape District we will be meeting in Belhar. Synod is made up of all ministers and about five lay people from each circuit. The lay delegates from our circuit (False Bay Circuit) are Russell de Vree, Bradley Adams, Herdia Wicomb, Nobulali Mbilini and Jongile Sani. This year we will be having elections for Presiding Bishop and also for the vice-chair of the district.

We will be discussing proposals for new ways of electing church officials from the presiding bishop to society stewards and cell or class leaders. There are also a pile of amendments to the Laws & Disciplines to be discussed and commented on.

We also hear reports from the various mission focus groups and organisations in the district.

There is also the EMMU report which tracks the progress of student ministers (presbyters and deacons) and recommends students for ordination. New candidates for the Order of Evangelism/sts are also accepted.

Then on Sunday the ministers are sent into different pulpits around the district. Wesley Mission will have Rev John Wessels from Rosebank Methodist Church with them. Beacon Ridge has not been allocated a synod preacher so they will have a local preacher from our circuit (Mr Oswald Lynch).

Pentecost Week Services at Wesley

These photos are from Wesley. Pentecost services at both Wesley and Beacon Ridge have been joyful, prayerful times. We are now looking forward to Sunday's services. Everyone is welcome!

Beacon Ridge Worship Team

Beacon Ridge is starting to get together a live worship group. Here are some of them.

Words from John Wesley

"You have nothing to do but save souls. Therefore spend and be spent in this work. It is not your business to preach so many times; but to save as many souls as you can. to bring as many sinners as you possibly can to repentance, and with all your power to build them up in that holiness, without which they cannot see the Lord" - John Wesley, The Twelve Rules

Pentecost Services

During the week before Pentecost there are services every evening at the churches from Monday to Thursday at 7.30pm. Beacon Ridge will also have a Youth Service on Friday 17 May.
These will be services learning about and experiencing the Holy Spirit and prayer.

Sunday 19 May is Pentecost Sunday and so there will Holy Spirit healing services at both Wesley at 9am and Beacon Ridge at 10.30am.

All are welcome and we are encouraged to bring along friends and neighbours who do not attend church. There will be time for all to be prayed for at the services.

We are looking forward to an awesome time!

Sermon Slides for 5 May - Connecting

Here are the slides from Wesley Mission on Sunday. Although we had a virus problem and no one actually saw the slides . . . This is a preview of the sermon coming up at Beacon Ridge this Sunday! (Remember they are based on Contagious Christianity by the Willow Creek Association)

Sermon Slides for 28 April

I forgot to put up the slides for last Sunday's sermon. Here they are. We are busy with a sermon series on evangelism based on the Contagious Christianity course put out by the Willow Creek Association. This week was on personal evangelism styles.