Farewell to Rev. Michaël Merle

​On Sunday, 23 March Rev. Michaël Merle was release from his sending to Johannesburg. A letter from our Lenker, Rev. Oliver Steinrueck, was read before the Act of Consecration of Man announcing this releasing.

The service was followed by a celebratory tea. The table was laden with food and almost as soon as one platter was empty it was replaced by another.

Thomas Holtz gave a short speech expressing his gratitude for the work Michaël has done in the Johannesburg Community. He then opened the floor to everyone and heartfelt expressions of gratitude and warmth towards Michaël and his impact on so many lives was shared.

Michaël was presented with a card filled with greetings and well wishes, and a gift that Robyn de Klerk had meticulously sourced. In 2021 Michaël used images from an ancient manuscript to illustrate the embryology of the human being in the light of the creation described in Genesis in a module of the Africa Seminary. This manuscript is known as the Morgan Crusader Bible. A young man in Stafford Virginia is printing and hand-binding copies of old manuscripts and we have been able to source a copy of the Morgan Crusader Bible that arrived only days before the farewell.