Volume 9, Issue 5 1111 1 11 May 2018 What’s @ Happening Lovely to see the good bishop....... What’s Happening pondered out loud to our rector, the Ven Terry Lester: “We pray for Bishop Garth (and Archbishop Thabo) every Sunday morning but we never see him.” Terry’s merry response? “Our prayers have been answered.” So it was that on Sunday April 15, Bishop Garth Counsell came to Christ Church Constantia to preach the sermon and, resplendent in mitre, confirmed eight candidates during a beautiful service in front of a packed congregation. He is pictured here with server Ruby Klazen and assistant priest, the Rev Mkhuseli Lujabe, who appears in the photograph by hook or by crook.
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Volume 9, Issue 5 1111 1 11
May 2018
What’s HAPPENING
@ Happening
Lovely to see the good bishop.......
What’s Happening pondered out loud to our rector, the Ven Terry Lester: “We pray for Bishop Garth (and Archbishop Thabo) every Sunday morning but we never see him.” Terry’s merry response? “Our prayers have been answered.” So it was that on Sunday April 15, Bishop Garth Counsell came to Christ Church
Constantia to preach the sermon and, resplendent in mitre, confirmed eight candidates during a beautiful service in front of a packed congregation. He is pictured here with server Ruby Klazen and assistant priest, the Rev Mkhuseli Lujabe, who appears in the photograph by hook or by crook.
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Our hands-on team: Members of the new Christ Church Constantia Parish Council for 2018, pictured
ahead of their first meeting on Tuesday April 17. They are, from left: Tebogo Naledi (treasurer), Roger
Steward, our rector the Ven. Terry Lester, Saskia Emary (warden), Riekie Barrett, Axel Wallander,
Ruby Klazen, Grant McWilliams (warden), assistant priest the Rev Mkhuseli Lujabe and Quintin
Faure. Marvel Billett was absent, soaking up the souks in Morocco.
Earlier in April, during the Palm Sunday service, Father Terry, with the Rev. Mkhuseli
Lujabe, licensed the parish councillors. (Picture: Connie Hutton)
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“Hosannah!” The gathering outside the parish hall at the start of the Palm Sunday
service. Palm branches and crosses were held aloft to commemorate the triumphal ride
of Jesus into Jerusalem.
From head sacristan Sandy McWilliams:
Sandra Bentley-Green and her hubby
Dennis ( pictured above) always do the palm
decorations in the church. He had just had
acupuncture to his back, and his plaster was
in the sign of the Cross – so we had to take
a picture of that!
Coffee break with retired head sacristan
Angela Desmidt, who kindly supplies the
hot-cross buns every year. From left: Brenda
Hill, Sandra Grootboom, Robert Marshall
and Angela.
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Trumpeter Grant Gibbons accompanies a hymn
during the first part of the Palm Sunday service.
Saskia Emary, Mike Barrett and Grant
McWillams listen to Father Terry’s opening
prayer.
Crosses are raised during the service.
Head server Helen Constantine, the Rev
Mkhuseli Lujabe and Father Terry
“All glory, laud, and honour. To thee,
Redeemer, King”... The servers lead choir,
congregation and clergy into the church.
True Voices sang selected verses of Psalm 31
and “The Passion of Our Lord according to St
John” at the Good Friday Three-Hour
Devotion.
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Church packed – and organ
packed up...................................
The church was packed for the three-hour
devotion on Good Friday and extra chairs
had to be brought in for the Easter Sunday
celebration at 9.15 attended by a
congregation of more than 300.
At the start of the latter service Father Terry
told us the week had not been without its
dramas. The copying machine had packed
up just when hundreds of service sheets
needed to be printed and stapled – and the
organ had developed a fault.
The organ had made some unexplained
buzzing noises during the Friday service.
It transpired that it had experienced a cipher
(a defect in an organ resulting in the
continuous sounding of a pipe, the key of
which has not been depressed) even though
the organ repair man had visited the
previous week.
It meant music director, Jeremy Quickfall,
had to resort entirely to the piano for the
Sunday services. “Thank goodness for
Jeremy,” Terry said. During Holy Week,
parish secretary Jean Catchpole had
problems of her own. She takes up the story:
“The copying machine didn’t actually pack
up. It ran out of staples and then on
Thursday it ran out of toner and I didn’t
have spares of either!
“The machine is supposed to remotely
advise the service people when toner is
running low so that they can send a
Light replaces darkness… the Paschal candle at
the Easter Sunday services.
replacement but all it told them was that the
toner was OK. Once the replacement toner
arrived about noon on Thursday I then had
to print, fold and staple a few hundred
leaflets. My wrists keep reminding me of the
experience. Replacement staples are coming
from Durban and were supposed to arrive
yesterday ... !”
The nave was filled with young families for
the 11am service on Easter Sunday. Parents
who were worried about their restless
children were reassured by assistant priest,
the Rev Mkhuseli Lujabe.
“Don’t worry about the children; this service
is for them. Let them scream and run
around; the doors are locked,” he quipped.
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Wardens’ report
The first exco and parish council meetings
after Vestry have been held. Portfolios have
been allocated as follows:
Wardens: Grant McWilliams (property),
Saskia Emary (staff, admin, music);
treasurer: Tebogo Naledi (finance);
councillors: Marvel Billett (education and
spirituality); Riekie Barrett (fellowship);
Ruby Klazen (youth); Axel Wallander
(communication, marketing and fund-
raising); Roger Steward (community
outreach, shop and Green Team); Quintin
Faure (safety and security).
The Lenten course and Easter services were
very well supported. Thanks to all the
volunteers who worked tirelessly to ensure
that the church was decorated, crosses
made, candles trimmed, flowers arranged,
water heated etc. The list is endless.
The upgrade to the sanctuary is complete
and we have had many wonderful
compliments. Once the wall behind the
sanctuary was painted it was obvious that
the rest of the church, the hall and kitchen
would benefit from a lick of paint. Now
everything looks crisp and clean.
Cushions are being made for the chairs and
benches, and kneelers for the priests and lay
ministers.
The website is being refreshed. Things have
been moved around and items added. Take a
look. Suggestions are more than welcome.
Thanks to Mike Barrett, John James and
James Grootboom for their never-ending
efforts to keep the property looking great.
Terry left on his sabbatical on May 3. We
wish him a wonderful time as he rests,
learns, reads and retreats till the end of June.
His jam-packed itinerary is:
May 3-5: Nottingham, where Terry’s
journey as a priest started; 6-10 York,
visiting Rev Canon Terry Joyce – looking
into continuing education for parishes and
priests; 11-16 Newcastle and beyond, visiting
the cathedral where Terry’s friend is canon
theologian, also visiting Durham, the
cathedral and theological faculty of the
university, Whitby where the OHP
motherhouse is; 17-19 Lindisfarne, Holy
Isle, learning about Celtic spirituality; 20-25
Coventry, Cross of Nails, Ministry of
Reconciliation; 26-27 London, Richard
Burridge, Meg Warner, Ted and Liz
Goodyer, strengthening bonds;
May 28 to June 4 Houston, Texas – Project
Curate (Centre for Urban Reconciliation and
Theological Education) taking church
outside into the streets, learning how to be
less insular and more engaging in faith; 5-11
Washington, Virginia Theological College –
Anglican communion school bringing
people together in a theological environment
in an attempt to cross the boundaries and
differences which threaten to tear us apart;
11–28 Ottawa, Christ Church Cathedral –
included is the Outreach programme, Terry
hopes to learn how their outreach builds
community and reconciles people to each
other as fellow citizens again.
We will keep you informed of his
adventures.
Mkhuseli will be filling Terry’s large shoes!
Many blessings. – Grant and Saskia
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Tickets for “An Evening with Jeremy” were
snapped up two weeks before the show.
.
Jeremy Quickfall... accomplished entertainer.
‘Bravo! Bravo!’ to the man
in the red jacket.........................
A fund-raising function was a wonderful
excuse to provide us with the opportunity to
witness the full array of our musical
director’s talents.
Such was the anticipation that “An Evening
with Jeremy” – in the parish hall on Friday
April 13 – was sold out two weeks before
the event.
David and Erica Williams, Sandra Grootboom
Bianca Mariani, Sarah Fenton, Terry Lester and
Julie Deane-Williams
On the night, Jeremy Quickfall gave us full
value at the keyboard, in song and in wit.
His repertoire ranged from Beethoven to
Sinatra, from “Masquerade”, “Piano Man”
and “Tennessee Waltz”, to a saucy “My
Ding-a-ling”.
No fishnet stockings this time (as worn in a
previous one-man show) but a bright red
jacket made an appearance after interval and
he performed with his usual enthusiasm and
energy throughout the show.
Jeremy entertained an appreciative audience
with pieces from the classics, operas and
musicals – all interspersed with personal
anecdotes laced with often self-deprecating
humour.
As a child he had “wanted to be the best
pianist there ever was”. “I used to dream of
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The scene in the parish hall during “An Evening with Jeremy”
greatness.” His large family was poor; Dad
was a priest. Jeremy wanted piano lessons in
Standard 2 at Square Hill Primary but, to
qualify, you had to have a piano at home.
“I was rescued by an act of God,” said
Jeremy. A church hall burnt down in
Steenberg and an old piano was damaged by
fire and water and the strings were rusted.
“My beautiful mother paid a bakkie driver
R5 to have it delivered to our home. It went
into the garage. Something second-hand and
broken can still make a pretty sound....”
In Standard 3 Jeremy was allowed to have
piano lessons – “and the rest is history”.
At 11 years Jeremy became the
choirmaster/organist at Dad’s Anglican
church. “I was paid R120 a month; I was
rich!”
Ruby Klazen, Cornelia and Malcolm Jaftha
Mary Wolfe, Glen Ross-Hudson, Nicky and
Adriaan Louw
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The hard-working back-room team: from left, Paddy McPherson, Sheila Thompson, Matthew Adams,
Godfrey and Lisle Adams, with his cousins Reagan, Darren and Samuel.
John Burdes chats to Margaret Reed, while Jo Lancaster, Anne Connelly and Marian Vismer are in earnest conversation at the seniors’ tea hosted by Jean Raubenheimer.