Shrove Tuesday

Tuesday the 8th March is the day before Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent, and a chance to empty your cupboards of all those tempting indulgences before the time of abstinence and contemplation begins. Pancakes contain fat, butter and eggs which were traditionally forbidden during Lent and St Peter's is going to indulge in a feast of them on this evening, so bring your syrup, chocolate sauce, cream to make them the best pancakes in town! Hot dogs, boerewors rolls and soft drinks will also be on sale if pancakes don't fill all the gaps, everybody is welcome from 6 o'clock.

On Ash Wednesday, there will be two services at 09h30 and 18h30, please bring your palm crosses from last Palm Sunday to make ashes.

Scenes from Arts & Crafts Day

Our Arts & Crafts Day on Saturday was full of sunshine (with just a touch of thunder and rain for excitement) and plenty of smiles and laughter, eating and drinking, music and dancing, selling and buying - everything in fact to make it a memorable and successful event. We're looking forward to hearing the final total of takings for the day, and hope it gave our coffers a big shot in the arm!
The tea garden and essential boerewors braai around which much conversation and debate seemed to be taking place.

Artist Marvellous and his sales assistant

Charmel in a pretty pickle

Someone is happy to see Christmas on the way...

So much to see, which way to go..?

Alice, often to be found outside Fresh Earth in Emmarentia, with embroidered T-shirts, knitting, beadwork and her mom's beautifully made mielie dolls

Kgethi and her girls with delicious biscuits

The tea garden had a steady stream of visitors

Shopping, shopping, shopping

with a few quiet moments... come on the crowds!

Jacqui and Lorna's Diva's Boutique and book stall did a roaring trade

Caught in the act! Carol soothing her dry throat after doing a very professional announcing job on the microphone

The kids had a chance to fish for prizes, donated by Trudie's nice boss at Lumoss Mouldings

Jacaranda flowers decorated the creative craft tables

Cecelia and her family's beautiful jewelry stall There's that DJ again!

And the conversations continued....

I hope to have more photos to post over the next day or two!

Arts & Crafts Day

The Arts & Crafts Day is almost upon us once again and lots of St Peter's people are hard at work with preparations. Please, could EVERYBODY who sees this, clear out cupboards, get rid of clutter and bring us your old books, wearable clothes, white elephant items, anything that can be sold. Baked and bottled products, prizes for children, big or small.... any help or donations gratefully received - phone Trudie above, or me Cathy at 082 399 5540 and please spread the word for

Saturday the 6th of November

and come and join us, we need your support!!!

Youth Service

September being youth month in the Anglican Church, St Peter's held a Career Sunday on the 12th, a Movie Night on the 17th, and a Youth Service yesterday on the 19th. It was a lively morning indeed, with energy and enthusiasm from the students and teenagers, and a stirring and engaging sermon from Nkosinathi Radebe - a gifted speaker who recognises where some young people's interests are centred, and with humour warned against the culture of nightclub weekends, 'Puza Thursday' and of coming to church expecting "not a reverend, but a DJ"!

Our rector though, almost made it as a DJ, encouraging the song, dance and drums before order was restored for the communion to begin. I think we all left the service feeling a little younger after that!

My apologies for not updating this blog regularly lately, I have been away and very busy with other projects, as everybody is - it was and is intended to be a community space so anyone who has news, photos or interest reports to contribute here, please let me know (Cathy). Thanks!

St Peter's Golf Day

Another very successful parish Golf Day was held at the Randfontein Golf Course on the 1st of August, a great day to be out in the winter sun. Cardiff, our diligent organiser of the event for so many years, was tested to the limits of his reserves by last minute hiccups - or near calamities, including no electricity or water - but managed to make it all happen in spite of these, give everyone who came a wonderful opportunity to relax and socialise, and inject much needed funds into the parish coffers. From all of us Cardiff, a heartfelt THANK YOU!!!

Hosanna!

A message from Dave and Michael of Divine Touch media, to let you know that the service that was recorded for the 'Hosanna!' programme at St Peter's on the 11th of July will be broadcast this Sunday 1st August on SABC 2 at 6.30am.

This also being the Annual Parish Golf Day, the service will start at 8.30am instead of 9.00 - an early start all round! May it be a special and blessed community occasion, and bring in bountiful and much needed funds.

It does not matter...

You may have been one of many (including Radio 702's Jenny Crwys-Williams who was flooded with about 40 of them!) who received this lovely upbeat video via email in the last week or so. After the disappointment of Bafana Bafana bowing out - with honour - of the World Cup this was a timely reminder of all the many positives that we as a nation can embrace. We have since discovered that it was created by one of our very own parish members, Anthony Prangley and his associate Rebecca Sehloho! A wonderful contribution to South Africa just when we needed a boost...


Well done Anthony!