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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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A W. Lothar Gärtner lyre for sale
Karin von Schilling is selling a W. Lothar Gärtner 1961 lyre (No. 2299) for R4,500 with a second set of strings. Contact Karin via the church office.
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The Challenge of Evil, with Bastiaan Baan
Webinar presented by the Anthroposophical Society in North America.
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We are surrounded by countless forms of evil — from the most subtle temptations to outbursts of total destruction.
In the first webinar session, we will discuss our first task in dealing with these numerous forms–recognizing and diagnosing their working. In the second session, we will focus on confrontations with evil. What can we do — even if evil seems to be more powerful than we are? In the third webinar, we will develop ideas about “therapy” for evil. Although this seems to be a task for the far future, it is possible to begin here and now with redemption of evil. |
Confrontation by Han Mes
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When: Wednesdays, September 4 & 18 and October 2
at 12:00 pm Eastern Time US.
(Can’t join us live? No problem! All registrants will receive an email recording of the webinar within 24 hours of each live session.)
September 4: How to know evil
September 18: How to confront evil
October 2: How to redeem evil
at 12:00 pm Eastern Time US.
(Can’t join us live? No problem! All registrants will receive an email recording of the webinar within 24 hours of each live session.)
September 4: How to know evil
September 18: How to confront evil
October 2: How to redeem evil
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER!
Suggested Contribution $40
After making your contribution, a link for the webinar will be emailed to you.
Suggested Contribution $40
After making your contribution, a link for the webinar will be emailed to you.
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Bastiaan Baan was born in 1949 in the Netherlands.
After finishing Waldorf School he studied to be a class teacher, worked and studied for a year in Los Angeles, worked with teachers in Gandhi Schools in India – and then became a class teacher in a Waldorf School in the Netherlands. After 7 years of teaching, he studied at the seminary of the Christian Community in Stuttgart, Germany. After his priest ordination in 1981, he worked in several congregations in the Netherlands until 2013, when he became the director of the priest training of the Christian Community in Spring Valley, NY. In 2019, he returned to The Netherlands, where he lives with his wife, four sons and 10 grandchildren. Six of his books on spirituality and religion are translated in English (Floris Books, UK). |
The webinars will happen at 2am the morning after the advertised day locally in South Africa.
Observation and Dialogue as a new way for Social Renewal
This is the title of a talk that will be given in the Steiner Centre on Friday, 27th September at 19h00 presented by Alexander Schwedeler and Timothy Apps.
Near the end of his life Rudolf Steiner introduced a new practical impulse for working in community, describing two different pathways, leading to Social Renewal.
The first pathway is directed towards Self Development involving inner work and contemplation.
The second pathway directed towards Community Development, describes a way of exercising and learning through observation and dialogue, bringing in our destiny skills.
In addition to the first path, this involves engaging with others in dialogue through listening with love and interest for the other. A conversation can ensue out of which another element reveals itself as either the solution to a problem or the next step in a process.
Alexander Schwedeler together with Timothy Apps will introduce the two paths, as Rudolf Steiner gave them in Torquay, England and will speak about their practical work with this method as part of their work with IMO Institute for Man and Organisation development.
Near the end of his life Rudolf Steiner introduced a new practical impulse for working in community, describing two different pathways, leading to Social Renewal.
The first pathway is directed towards Self Development involving inner work and contemplation.
The second pathway directed towards Community Development, describes a way of exercising and learning through observation and dialogue, bringing in our destiny skills.
In addition to the first path, this involves engaging with others in dialogue through listening with love and interest for the other. A conversation can ensue out of which another element reveals itself as either the solution to a problem or the next step in a process.
Alexander Schwedeler together with Timothy Apps will introduce the two paths, as Rudolf Steiner gave them in Torquay, England and will speak about their practical work with this method as part of their work with IMO Institute for Man and Organisation development.
Alexander Schwedeler
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Timothy Apps
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The Anthroposophical Society in Johannesburg Bookshop Vouchers
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Anthroposophical Society Johannesburg Gift vouchers for R50, R100 & R200 are now available for purchase at the Basil Gibaud Library and Bookshop
These can be used to acquire books and/or to gift someone a once off library membership subscription. The library has an extensive list of books from an Anthroposophical perspective on a variety of topics such as Religion, The Sciences, Philosophy, Psychology, Education, Medicine, The Arts including Music and Eurythmy, The Social Sciences and Economics. Please check their website - www.anthro-jhb.org.za - for more information on new books, events and Newsletters. Rudolf Steiner Center Enter from: Michael Mount Waldorf School, 40 Culross Road, Bryanston Telephone 011 706 8544 |
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Conscious of our humanity discussions – open to All. New participants welcome.
The Epistle at the start of the Trinity services at the Church of Lazarus starts with the words ‘Conscious of our humanity, we feel the divine Father. He is in all that we are. His substance is our substance.’ The opening words of this are expressed as a precondition for our ‘feeling the divine Father.’ We have to be conscious of our humanity before we can ‘feel’ the divine Father. I will be holding regular discussions and interactions at the Church of Lazarus to assist us in understanding this and feeling our divinity and how our divinity is all that we really are in daily life. Rev. Ulrich Becker in his sermon on the last Sunday of Epiphany, 27th January, indicated that we as individuals can take this humanity in ourselves into our daily lives and re-enliven what has become dead in our environment, work place, relationships and destinies. We can only do this if we are Conscious of what in us is our Humanity.
These meetings are discussions with input brought from attendees. Is it not through this Consciousness of our Humanity and our practise and training of being in this place of Consciousness in our daily interactions that as a Community we can offer ourselves to be very relevant in facing the challenges of our times in a real and modern way? You are invited to be a part of this!
The Church of Lazarus is located at 46 Dover Street, Randburg. The date of the next discussion will be announced here.
The discussion will be facilitated by:
David Wertheim Aymes CA(SA) CEO of the Bosun Group of companies.
For queries, call 011 789 3083
These meetings are discussions with input brought from attendees. Is it not through this Consciousness of our Humanity and our practise and training of being in this place of Consciousness in our daily interactions that as a Community we can offer ourselves to be very relevant in facing the challenges of our times in a real and modern way? You are invited to be a part of this!
The Church of Lazarus is located at 46 Dover Street, Randburg. The date of the next discussion will be announced here.
The discussion will be facilitated by:
David Wertheim Aymes CA(SA) CEO of the Bosun Group of companies.
For queries, call 011 789 3083