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"While considering what I should do I thought of studying medicine but woke up one morning with the clear decision to become a priest in The Christian Community". Read more of the history of the founding of the congregation in Johannesburg by clicking here >> 
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Protocols for Sunday Services
from the Trustees
Level 1 of Covid-19 Lockdown requires that we continue to adhere to the protocols as set down by Government. These have been relaxed slightly in terms of the numbers that may attend. We will feel our way into some of the activities that are now permitted. The fine for our church and the criminal record for offending individuals should not be overlooked.
- Chairs remain apart to comply with social distancing regulations.
- All congregants will be required to sanitize their hands prior to entering the church.
- Everyone who enters and exits the church must wear a mask.
- It is a requirement that congregants fill in a Register of Attendance with their contact details and temperature.
- Regrettably, NO Communion may be passed.
- Please ENTER and EXIT the church via the stage door and remain in the garden or community room until you go to your car.
Halloween Movie Night
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On 31st October 2020 at 19h00 you are invited to join us for a screening of what has come to be regarded by many critics as the greatest movie ever made. The top of the list of greatest movies has shifted in recent years and Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 classic “Vertigo” has emerged as number one. The film is based on a 1954 novel D'entre les morts (From Among the Dead) by Boileau-Narcejac. What better film to show on All Hallow’s eve when the theme of the dead is so prevalent!
The evening requires nothing more of you than your entrance fee, dressing in red or green (important colour choices in the film) and some spare change for popcorn and iced tea (on sale).
You shall need to come masked (but that seems all the more appropriate for Halloween).
Before the film, Rev. Michaël Merle will give a brief introduction (the background, context and cultural phenomenon) of the film. This we hope will enhance your appreciation for the master film making that inspired the 2012 British Film Institute's Sight & Sound critics' poll to name it the greatest film ever made! Director Martin Scorsese has listed “Vertigo” as not only one of his favourite films but also as a significant influence on his film making techniques.
In 1989, “Vertigo” was recognised as a "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" film by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in the first year of the registry's voting.
Please book your seat early by contacting the office (and enjoy this masterful work of suspense and obsession)!
Entrance Fee: R50 per person, R40 for children under 12. Not recommended for children younger than 9.
The evening requires nothing more of you than your entrance fee, dressing in red or green (important colour choices in the film) and some spare change for popcorn and iced tea (on sale).
You shall need to come masked (but that seems all the more appropriate for Halloween).
Before the film, Rev. Michaël Merle will give a brief introduction (the background, context and cultural phenomenon) of the film. This we hope will enhance your appreciation for the master film making that inspired the 2012 British Film Institute's Sight & Sound critics' poll to name it the greatest film ever made! Director Martin Scorsese has listed “Vertigo” as not only one of his favourite films but also as a significant influence on his film making techniques.
In 1989, “Vertigo” was recognised as a "culturally, historically and aesthetically significant" film by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry in the first year of the registry's voting.
Please book your seat early by contacting the office (and enjoy this masterful work of suspense and obsession)!
Entrance Fee: R50 per person, R40 for children under 12. Not recommended for children younger than 9.
Puppet Show and Pizzas
Drop off your children at 16h30 and they will build their own pizza to eat, play games on the lawn of the garden and at 18h00 see a puppet show. They should be ready to collect again at 18h30.
Please book through the church office to help us with the catering. Tel: 011 789 3083.
Please book through the church office to help us with the catering. Tel: 011 789 3083.
Family Garden Tea / Brunch
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The Saturday morning is planned as an event for the entire family.
Centred around the opportunity to meet family and friends over a coffee or tea with cake or something savoury, we want to create some activities for children and something to buy to Christmas.
Diarise Saturday, 14th November between 10h00 and 13h00.
We can already confirm that there will be
We will have a table set up with Advent and Christmas crafts on sale and Christmas delicacies.
We hope to have pancakes for sale before 11h30.
Centred around the opportunity to meet family and friends over a coffee or tea with cake or something savoury, we want to create some activities for children and something to buy to Christmas.
Diarise Saturday, 14th November between 10h00 and 13h00.
We can already confirm that there will be
- a puppet show - The Donkey
- Light Boats for the children to experience
- Advent Gardens for the children to make
We will have a table set up with Advent and Christmas crafts on sale and Christmas delicacies.
We hope to have pancakes for sale before 11h30.
Fund for Training
We are well underway with the training of Andreas van Breda on the path towards priesthood, through the guidance of the Regional priests and the Africa Seminary impulse.
In March the job that sustained Andreas and his family came to an end. This had been anticipated for some time. It was thought that then Andreas would look for some part-time work, so as to also have the time needed to focus on his studies and hence not prolong his training even further. With the Covid-19 situation, finding such part-time work has become much more difficult. So, in order to give him the time he requires for his studies, it is now advisable that Andreas devout his full attention to the path of priestly preparation. This requires that, as part of supporting priestly training, funds be made available to support him and his family.
We have therefore set up a dedicated fund for this purpose. If Andreas is able to concentrate on his studies now, we hope that the completion of his priestly training can happen all the sooner.
Any regular contribution or donation to this fund is very welcome and will make a big difference to sustaining the future of our communities.
We appreciate if you share this request with others who might have a heart for this impulse. Thank you.
For the bank account fontanct the church office on joburg@thechristiancommunity.org.za or +27 11 789 3083.
For the Africa Seminary, Rev Reingard Knausenberger and Rev Michaël Merle.
In March the job that sustained Andreas and his family came to an end. This had been anticipated for some time. It was thought that then Andreas would look for some part-time work, so as to also have the time needed to focus on his studies and hence not prolong his training even further. With the Covid-19 situation, finding such part-time work has become much more difficult. So, in order to give him the time he requires for his studies, it is now advisable that Andreas devout his full attention to the path of priestly preparation. This requires that, as part of supporting priestly training, funds be made available to support him and his family.
We have therefore set up a dedicated fund for this purpose. If Andreas is able to concentrate on his studies now, we hope that the completion of his priestly training can happen all the sooner.
Any regular contribution or donation to this fund is very welcome and will make a big difference to sustaining the future of our communities.
We appreciate if you share this request with others who might have a heart for this impulse. Thank you.
For the bank account fontanct the church office on joburg@thechristiancommunity.org.za or +27 11 789 3083.
For the Africa Seminary, Rev Reingard Knausenberger and Rev Michaël Merle.
UnEarth Your Essence. A Guide to Your Personal Becoming
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by Adam Botha
I wrote and published this book as a means to facilitate a journey to re-enliven and awaken the spirit. Written out of a deep reverence for God and gratitude for Rudolph Steiner’s work, you could say that the result is a means for a sort of “spiritual geology” of the self. The times we find ourselves in ask for a strengthening of our individual centre and will, in accordance with God’s will. But if we do not truly know who we are, why we are here, and where we are going then we risk missing our moment to step in and fully stand in our essence. “We are Originals holding an essential place in space and time, never again to be replicated or repeated in the entire Story of Creation. When the world is ready to receive your gifts and you are ready to give them, you will feel the asking as a tug within your Soul, calling you to an authentic existence full of meaning, love and purpose. Within this context there is no room for the superficial and inauthentic to exist any longer.” My deep hope is that this book will take you on a journey into self to unearth the essence of what, where and who you are. The book is available as an ebook (in pdf format) and as physical book. The ebook is available through the newsletter editor at R50 while the physical book is available through the author at adam@iwalkawake.com for R220. |
Psychotherapy as a Spiritual PathEva Knausenberger has written a remarkable book that explores modern day trauma through the lens of Anthroposophy and specifically Rudolph Steiner’s Samaritan Course that he gave at the onset of the First World War. The book is available for R150 and all proceeds will be donated to the church. Contact Jan or Celia in the office to order your copy.
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Perspectives
Perspectives magazine (which comes out quarterly) is the only English Language publication of its kind in The Christian Community world-wide. It is a source of very interesting, pertinent and thought-provoking articles.
The Editors are offering a one-year free digital subscription to become better acquainted with this valuable publication. After a year the subscription will commute to a paid subscription with the option of a digital or a physical copy of the publication. Please let a priest know should you wish to take up this offer.
The Editors are offering a one-year free digital subscription to become better acquainted with this valuable publication. After a year the subscription will commute to a paid subscription with the option of a digital or a physical copy of the publication. Please let a priest know should you wish to take up this offer.