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  • • Advent Fair 2015
  • • Barn Dance
  • • Poetry Evening
  • • Easter Sunday 2015
  • • Palm Sunday activity 2015
  • • Jacob van Dijk celebrates his 80th birthday with the community
  • • An exhibition of paintings by Jacob van Dijk
  • • Wedding of Alexander Higgins and Gemma Garman
  • • Community Christmas Lunch 2014
  • • The Oberufer Shepherd's Play 2014
  • • Children's Camp 2014
  • • An Exhibition of work by Margaretha Wegerif
  • • Advent Fair 2014
  • • Eileen Tippet celebrates her 90th birthday
  • • St. John's Festival 2014
  • • Ladies with feet buried in leaves
  • • Palm Sunday 2014
  • • The Oberufer Shepherds' Play
  • • The welcome of Rev. Malcolm Allsop with a community lunch
  • • Lasuring of the church foyer
  • • Advent Fair 2013
  • • Meeting of the Regional Council 2013
  • • Winter Lunch 2013
  • • The wedding of Carla and Ingmar Lampson
  • • Stained glass window
  • • Confirmation 2013
  • • Easter Sunday 2013 - Taking ownership of the new Church car donated by an anonymous benefactor
  • • Palm Sunday Community Lunch 2013
  • • Festive taking Ownership of Our Wake Room - Palm Sunday, 24th March 2013
  • • Taking 'Ownership' of the Wake Room - Sunday 24th March 2013
  • • The Liquid Amber tree succumbs to wind
  • • Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Jacob & Anne-Marie van Dijk and the renewal of their vows
  • • Things that change behind the scenes
  • • Christmas 2012
  • • December 2012 Children's Camp at Goodlands Estate
  • • Advent Fair 2012
  • • Golden Reflections - the Living Gold Conference 2012 in Vancouver, Canada
  • • The Golden Anniversary of George and Michelle Abawat
  • • Fields of poppies
  • • The Saturday Craft Group at work
  • • Priest's Regional Synod May 2012
  • • Confirmation 2012
  • • Palm Sunday 2012
  • • December 2011 Children's Camp at Goodlands Estate

 

Advent Fair 2015


 

Barn Dance

Appropriately dressed and having fun at the Barn Dance on 21st August 2015

 

Poetry Evening

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by Jean McGillivray

On Friday night, 31st July at 7.30 fifteen people net for a poetry reading. Some brought music, poems, stories and play readings; some brought cake, soup and savoury platters. What stood out for me was a real sense of community. The atmosphere was one of unity and joy and happiness, it was a really wonderful experience. There are a lot of people who are going through really tough times, this kind of gathering will see us through.


 

Palm Sunday 2015

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"I have green fingers," says Jonathan Tunmer, "see how my Palm Sunday seeds have grown in 4 days!"
 

Easter Sunday 2015

Details of some of the eggs on the Easter tree

 

Jacob van Dijk celebrates his 80th birthday with the community


 

An exhibition of paintings by Jacob van Dijk

The exhibition of paintings by Jacob van Dijk that adorned the walls of the Community Room form 13th February to early March 2015 coincided with his 80th birthday.
More of his paintings may be seen by clicking here.

 

The Wedding of Alexander Higgins and Gemma Garman, 10th January 2015


 

Community Christmas Lunch 2014

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The Oberufer Shepherd's Play performed on Christmas Eve 2014

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The players

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The Children's Camp of 2014

Between 5th and 16th December the annual Children's Camp was held at Goodlands Estate.

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An Exhibition of work by Margaretha Wegerif

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Margaretha sharing her life story at the opening of the exhibition on Sunday, 7th December 2014.
Margaretha shared several snippets of wisdom that helped steer the course of her life. One that stood out was a lesson from her father who said: "Where you stand in the world, no one else can stand."
On Sunday, 7th December we welcomed Margaretha Wegerif once more before she leaves in January for new beginnings in Cape Town. She has been a well known part of the local ‘scene’ here for many years, not least of all for her painting work. This originated in the Hauschka School in Germany, and a selection will be exhibited in the Community Room through Advent. 

On the opening Sunday Margaretha share aspects of her journey. To see the paintings that are on exhibit click here >>


A few examples are shown here:

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Advent Fair 2014 (8 November 2014)

There are 3 additional albums of photos of the Advent Fair 2014:
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Click here to see People>> who attended.
The annual Advent Fair was held for the 11th time since it's rebirth. This year the children's activities were spread around the garden providing a delightful background of greenery. The weather held till the end. The atmosphere was one of unhurried community enjoyment. The cakes were home made, the cold food meals provided for lunch were a feast and the coffee was provided by a true barista. Three separate musical ensembles played to entertain us with three completely different styles of music: contemporary, folk and Peruvian.

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Eileen Tippet celebrates her 90th birthday

Eileen Tippet turned 90 in August 2014 and celebrated her birthday on Sunday, 31 August at the Bryanston Country Club. She celebrated in the company of many of the congregation, friends from her new home, former colleagues, friends, children and grandchildren.

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St. John's Festival 2014

Before the children entered the room. (click on the photos for captions)

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Ladies with feet buried in leaves

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It's autumn and we love leaves.

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Palm Sunday 2014

The children's craft
The food (lunch prepared by the parents of the confirmees)
The result
The community

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The Oberufer Shepherds' Play

Christmas eve 2013
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The cast of the Oberufer Shepherds' Play performed on 24th December to a full house. The play was driven by Jason Higgins (far left back) and Alex Higgins (far left middle) and included Rev. Marcus Knausenberger, as the Angel, Rev. Malcolm Allsop, as Joseph, Eve Charvat, as the Star Singer and William Bester, as Crispin.

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The welcome of Rev. Malcolm Allsop with a community lunch

1 December 2013

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Lasuring the church foyer

Late November 2013

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The Advent Fair 2013

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Preparations for the Advent Fair of 2013

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Annual meeting of The Christian Community Regional Council, Southern African Region

The annual meeting of The Christian Community Regional Council, Southern African Region took place in the Johannesburg congregation from Friday evening, 23th to lunch on Sunday, 25th August 2013. Trustees and members of the various congregations were also invited to attend the meeting.

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Winter Lunch of 2013

On Sunday, 18th August the congregation was treated to a workshop in acting by Sophie Soerensen, an accomplished actress visiting from Germany. After experiencing how the four temperaments express themselves, particularly in their gait, we sat down to our annual Winter Lunch fundraiser.

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Wedding of Carla and Ingmar Lampson

Carla Blankers was a member of our congregation for many years. She was married in Hamburg recently.

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Stained glass window

This beautiful window was made by Gail Baker and her mother for a future wake room. In designing and building the new wake room the need for the temperature control of the room outweighed other considerations and it was not possible to install this large window in the new wake room.

So the window has found its home in the foyer of the church where it lights up the room and casts coloured reflections on the walls and floor.

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Confirmation 2013

On Easter Monday, 1st April twelve young people received the Sacrament of Confirmation:
Alexi Kirigin
Markus Daniël Geldenhuys
Mikha Thando Kreft
Francesca Ninken Sanne
Christiaan Rudolf Maritz
Imogen Viola Benn
Jude Ben O'Donovan
Malin Cody Sanne
Cole Tyler David Cooper
Callum White Miller
Rachel Ann Kannemeyer
Olivia Beth Wertheim Aymes
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Easter Sunday, 30th March 2013 - taking ownership of the new Church car donated by an anonymous benefactor.

The Daihatsu Terios was handed over to the Church during Holy Week. On Easter morning it was filled with tiny Easter eggs for the congregation as we took official ownership of the new priest's car for the Johannesburg congregation.
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Palm Sunday, 24th March 2013 - community lunch

This lunch is provided by the parents of the confirmands on Palm Sunday as we enter Holy Week that culminates in Easter and the Sacrament of Confirmation of Easter Monday.
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Festive taking Ownership of Our Wake Room - Palm Sunday, 24th March 2013

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The congregation appreciates the new garden around the Wake Room.

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The Liquid Amber tree succumbs to the wind

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A loud crashing noise at 4am on Sunday 10th March revealed itself at dawn as shown in these photos. Would someone add some history to this tree that has graced the West Manse garden since the 1970's?

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Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Jacob & Anne-Marie van Dijk and the renewal of their vows - 17 February 2013

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Things that change behind the scenes - January 2013

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Christmas 2012

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December 2012 Children's Camp at Goodlands Estate

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Advent Fair 2012

Things to buy

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The Magic - the activities for children

Crafts and activities

Music

The Advent Fair is a place where people meet

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Golden Reflections - the Living Gold Conference 2012 in Vancouver, Canada

A performance of The Green Snake and The Beautiful Lily by Cascadia Camphill


 

The Golden Anniversary of George and Michelle Abawat

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Fields of poppies

Planted as cut-flowers for sale.

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The Saturday Craft Group at work

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Priest's Regional Synod May 2012 

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Confirmation 2012

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Palm Sunday 2012

Lunch prepared and served by the confirmands and their families in the Community Garden.

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December 2011 Children's Camp at Goodlands Estate



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