Categories Provincial Notices Order of Service for ACSA 150th Anniversary Post date 20th Sep 2020 GRATITUDE_-COURAGE_AND_HOPE_Solemn_Evensong_Sunday_20_09_2020Download –
Categories Provincial Notices Revised Constitution and Canons available Post date 27th Jul 2020 The Constitution and Canons A5 Blue lever arch file with contents @ R130 C & C Full set of inserts @ R100 (you will need to replace ALL the pages in your blue file!) The Constitution and Canons – A5 Book @ R110 Excl. postage. Please send your order to orders@anglicanchurchsa.org.za This set of Canons has been revised to include changes arising from Provincial Synod held in September 2019. We will send a quote and the order will be delivered on receipt of payment. ACSA Publishing Committee orders@anglicanchurchsa.org.za Tel: 010 880 4396
Categories Provincial Notices New Book by John Suggit Post date 27th Jul 2020 Fifty Gobbetsfrom The New Testamentand Some Nuggetsby John N SuggitISBN – 978-0-620-88016-9@ R70 Gobbets are brief extracts from literary writings, here taken from the New Testament, with the aim of helping clergy, ministers and all readers who are ready to explore its riches, to discover more than the text seems to say. Some endorsements:“This book contains a wealth of information, based on sound exegesis and an excellent knowledge of the interpretation of scripture, and, very importantly, a most welcome focus on the way in which these Scriptural Gobbets may be appropriated in a meaningful way in our current context”.[Professor Francois Tolmie, University of the Free State.] “The gobbets provide readers with an interpretation of various passages of Scripture from several critical angles. They highlight the subtle nuances of the biblical text succinctly, whilst simultaneously making it accessible to a lay person as well as the theologian. They will empower preachers, bible study group leaders and seekers with a wonderful tool to engage with Scripture. The author remains true to the integrity of God’s word that can only aid the credibility and relevance of the sacred text for this momentous time in our history. I highly recommend these life-giving gobbets that can only aid that most exacting discipline of expository preaching.” [Eddie Daniels, Bishop of Port Elizabeth.] ACSA Publications Tel 010 880 4396 orders to orders@anglicanchurchsa.org.za
Categories Provincial Notices Educational grants for clergy children – 2020 Post date 14th Jul 2020 Applications are invited for this year’s educational grants for children of clergy from the Robert Selby Taylor Will Trust. The deadline for this year’s applications is August 31, 2020. Under the rules of the trust, grants are limited to the children of stipendiary clergy only. Applications should be submitted to Bishopscourt, endorsed by the Bishop of the Diocese in which the cleric applying for a grant is licensed. The grants do not cover the costs of clergy studies or pre-school and preparatory education. The Robert Selby Taylor Will Trust Fund should be regarded as “last resort” rather than first port of call for funding. To download full details and an application form, click on the links below: RSTWTF-2020-21-app-pg1-8Download RSTWTF-2020-21-EDU-onlyDownload
Categories Provincial Notices Joburg seeks new Diocesan Executive Officer Post date 22nd May 2020 The Diocese of Johannesburg is seeking a new Diocesan Executive Officer (DEO). This self starter will form part of the diocesan leadership team and support the bishop, finance and trust board to fulfill their duties and support the work of God in this part of the vineyard. Interested persons may see the details of the advertisement for the position here A detailed role description can be found here The application form is available online here. Closing date: 31st May 2020 at 23:59
Categories Provincial Notices Cape Town consecration postponed Post date 14th Apr 2020 Postponement of the Consecration of the Bishop of Table Bay (Diocese of Cape Town) A decision has been taken to postpone the Consecration service of the Bishop of Table Bay which was scheduled to take place on Saturday 2nd May 2020. As soon as the lockdown has been lifted, a new date will be confirmed. The Ven Horace Arenz Provincial Executive Officer
Categories Provincial Notices Elective Assemblies Postponed Post date 26th Mar 2020 The Elective Assemblies which were scheduled to take place on the following dates have been postponed indefinitely: Kimberley & Kuruman / 23-24 April 2020 / Now postponed indefinitely Lesotho / 25-26 April 2020 / Now postponed indefinitely Natal / 5-6 May 2020 / Now postponed indefinitely Zululand / 8-9 May 2020 / Now postponed indefinitely New dates will be fixed post the “lock down”. Many thanks and regards The Ven Horace Arenz Provincial Executive Officer
Categories Provincial Notices Fraudster asks for money in ++Thabo’s name Post date 26th Mar 2020 A fraudster using the name of Archbishop Thabo appears to have accessed a number of email addresses for clergy and church officials and is appealing for funds in the Archbishop’s name. Most emails seem to come from one of two identities on a gmail account: chairmancommitee, or memeberoffice. The fraudster asks for “an urgent ewallet/EFT transfer to my cousin whom I need to pay”, promises to pay the money back and adds: “P.S: I am in a meeting now and can’t talk, just reply back.” Beware! Provincial Executive Office
Categories Provincial Notices Bishop Thomas Stanage, RIP Post date 21st Mar 2020 The Right Revd Thomas (Tom) Shaun Stanage, formerly Bishop of the Diocese of Bloemfontein (since renamed the Diocese of the Free State), died on March 19. Bishop Tom Stanage, as he appeared in the 1992 Synod newsletter Bishop Tom was born in Ireland in 1932 and was educated at Pembroke College, Oxford. He served in South Africa from 1970, becoming Dean of Kimberley in the 1970s. There he became known as the “Flying Dean” – he was a trained pilot who flew a light aircraft. He was later elected Suffragan Bishop in Johannesburg and was translated to Bloemfontein in 1982. Known for his opposition to the ordination of women, he and the Revd Wilma Jakobsen, then a deacon from the Diocese of Cape Town, charmed members of Provincial Synod in 1992 when, after the Synod decided to ordain women as priests, they sat down at a piano and played a duet together. Wilma was ordained priest a few months later. After retiring, Bishop Tom lectured in theology at the University of the Free State. He was awarded the degree of Doctor of Divinity honoris causa from Nashotah House in 1986. (With acknowledgements to Sandy Botha of Bloemfontein and Wikipedia) The Revd Wilma Jakobsen and Bishop Tom Stanage at the piano
Categories Provincial Notices Bishop Edward Mackenzie, RIP Post date 20th Mar 2020 The Right Revd Edward Mackenzie, former Bishop-Suffragan in the Diocese of Cape Town, died in California on Saturday March 14. Bishop Mackenzie and his wife, Sylvia, moved to the United States after his retirement, where his daughter, the Revd Vanessa Mackenzie, served as rector of the Episcopal Church of the Advent in Los Angeles. Bishop Edward, like his daughter, was ordained in the Diocese of Johannesburg, and later moved to Cape Town, where he was elected suffragan to Archbishop Desmond Tutu at a time when the original Diocese – which stretched to the Namibian border and halfway to George – decided to appoint a third suffragan. Bishop John H. Taylor of Los Angeles visited Bishop Edward in hospital, where he was battling cancer, a few days before his death. Bishop Taylor wrote on his Facebook page that Bishop Edward was “in good spirits under the circumstances,” telling stories of the church’s involvement in the anti-apartheid struggle. Bishop Taylor added: “While we talked, the bishop, always a pastor, kept an eye on the young man in the next bed, Carlos, to make sure he was all right. As I left, I whispered to Carlos, ‘He’s a very great man.’ Carlos smiled and said, ‘I know.’” It is planned that after a private cremation in the USA, his ashes will be interred after a funeral service in Johannesburg. Bishop Edward with his wife, Sylvia, and Vanessa.
