Dear friends,

It’s been a busy month in July with our annual Holiday club having been a huge success, our services on Sunday’s being well attended even during the holidays and the youth doing outreaches to Kidstop as well as the daily work of the church which is always busy. Diana constantly lets us know that the church is sometimes even busier than the school and she has been such a blessing to us as a real ambassador for the Lord.

I have sadly done quite a lot of funerals this last month and they have been a time of blessings for the families. We remember all of you in our prayers.

I have also been doing a lot of weddings and so congrats to all the couples who got married in July.

We are starting a new series from this Sunday called: What’s your story and I am so excited to be having opportunities for people to share their testimonies as well as a bible character who they have related to through their lives.

We also begin Alpha this week and really are look-ing forward to this amazing teaching and equipping

A DISCIPLING, LOVING COMMUNITY, SERVING JESUS CHRIST. AUGUST 2017

DATES TO DIARISE AUGUST

Tues 1st 09:30 WA Wed 2nd 18:30 Adult Alpha (starts) Thurs 3rd 19:00 Society 1/4ly Meeting Fri 4th 18:00 Men4God Braai Wed 9th NATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY -Office Closed Sun 13th 08:00 WA Women’s World Day Service Tues 15th 09:30 WA Tues 15th 18:30 Open Night Sat 19th 09:00 - 14:00 Church Festival Tues 29th 18:30 Divorce Care (starts) 18:30 DC4Kids (starts) Thurs 31st 18:30 Single & Parenting (starts)

REPEATED PROGRAMMES IN THE WEEK

Every Wed: 17h30 Gr 4-6 Bible Study 18h30 Gr 7 Cell Group

18h30 Youth Night Every Fri: 05h00 Men for God Prayers

tool and also a free meal every Wednesday from next week 2

nd August.

The GMC festival is also coming up on Saturday, 19

th August from 09h00 to 14h00. There will be

food, fun, open mic and a car boot sale so please diarise this important date.

May you find peace and rest in the Lord at this time and opportunity to serve him here at George Methodist in whatever way you can.

Blessings Peter

DATES TO DIARISE SEPTEMBER

Fri 1st Youth Alpha & Confirmation Camp Fri 1st 18:00 Men4God Braai Sun 3rd Church Spring Day Tues 5th 09:30 WA Tues 5th 18:30 Divorce Care/ DC4Kids Thurs 7th 18:30 Single & Parenting Sun 10th 10:00 Confirmation Service Tues 12th 18:30 Divorce Care/ DC4Kids Thurs 13th 18:30 Single & Parenting Fri 15th - Sat 16th Adult Alpha Camp Tues 19th 09:30 WA Tues 19th 18:30 Divorce Care/DC4Kids Thurs 21st 18:30 Single & Parenting Sun 24th HERITAGE DAY Mon 25th PUBLIC HOLIDAY - Office Closed Tues 26th 18:30 Divorce Care/DC4Kids Thurs 27th 18:30 Single & Parenting Fri 29th Schools Close

OUR BEAUTIFUL NEW HANG OUT SPACE

WHAT’’S HAPPENING WITH LAWAAI?

FEEDBACK FROM CHILDRENS

Thank you to everyone who encouraged and supported us this past month. We have seen that we

are part of a church that goes the extra mile #superblessed! This year at Holiday Club with all of the

incredible donations and assistance we received, we were able to host a record average number of

207 children!

We had a whopping 93 volunteer who jumped in and helped form an amazing team. Thank you to

everyone who baked cakes, helped with registration, made food for kiddies, helped with market day,

read bible stories, painted stage décor, helped set up stage, made costumes, sponsored children.

Every donation and contributions enabled us to make this Holiday Club a HUGE success. A special

thank you to the Holiday Club leaders that looked after, played with and taught children for the week.

Without all of you this Holiday club would not have been the so successful! Thank you!

20’s to 30’s something (Young Adults) bowling

night...we have been having loads of fun and have

seen the group grow. We will be joining the Alpha

Course and will resume as normal after Alpha. There

is so much space for people to join us! Please chat to

Gideon or Lydia Loots for more info.

This is a question that many have been asking: “What is hap-pening with Lawaai?” So here is where we are up to date. The plans are finished and have been submitted to the municipality. Please continue to pray that plans will be approved ASAP.

Due to generous donations the doors, windows, roof and plumbing are covered for the building project. The Lawaai church congregation is raising the funds for bricks as each family is committed to buy a palette of bricks for the walls of the building. We have received a good discount for the church steel structure and hope to start with the foundation mid September. We are very excited with the progress that has been made so far, although more donations are still needed to finish the project.

At the beginning of the school holidays we had Holiday Club with 32 young leaders. The youth put so much time and effort into learning dances, dramas and games, preparing lessons and taking care of the children. Holiday Club is an amazing experience for both the children and the youth, and people often encounter God in ways that they never have before. To all the youth out there: Don’t miss the opportunity next year!

In the holidays we also had a two-day outreach to Kidstop, where some of the youth volunteered to go and spend their mornings reaching out to children in the Borchards community. It’s always an amazing experience for the youth to spend time with children from different communities and spread the love of God.

The Combi is on her last legs, but with the amazing response that the fundraising has received, she should be able to make it until her

replacement arrives. To date we have raised R27 000 from cupcake sales, the GMC Snoepie (the youth house tuckshop) and donations. A big thank you to Cecilia Baker for her amazing sup-port in organising the book sale for us.

We’re looking forward to a very exciting term ahead, as we go through the Youth Alpha series on Wednesday evenings. The series is a must for any youth who is struggling with difficult questions, Christian and non-Christian alike. There will be fun; good conversation and food, and best of all, there’s no cost involved!

We have a special request for a prayer team to come and pray and support the Alpha Youth. If you feel led to come and help us in this way please come and chat to Reuben or Rachel.

Please keep us in your prayers as we host this course and begin to plan our Alpha weekend away!

FEEDBACK FROM YOUTH MINISTRY

WHO’S WHO?

Wikus Smit joined the GMC team as an intern early this year. One of his new responsibilities is to be the co-ordinator for the evening service. He started attending Children’s Church when he was three years old (with his mom coming to the service). He stayed there all the way through to Grade 7. After that he became a leader in the Children’s Church until Grade 12 and then he moved over to the youth to become a leader.

If he would ever find himself stranded on a deserted island he would probably take a spoon with him, “otherwise how would I eat all of it?” he said with a smile. Wikus is motivated by the fact that God has a plan, and that it’s so much more amazing than he could ever imagine. To paraphrase C.S. Lewis; “we expect God to make a cottage of our lives, but He intends a palace that He can come and live in.” What Wikus loves about our church is that we are such a family. “I’ve been with GMC for almost my whole life, and it’s amazing how people just embrace one another here. You know that if you’re ever sick or in need, or just not having a good day, there’s always someone who will give you a call.”

Outside of work he enjoys reading, writing, bird watching and going to the sea for a few hours, casting bait on a hook into the water, reeling it in a short while later with nothing left on the hook, going home, and then calling it fishing.

When asked what do you see as your spiritual gift he answered compassion “I always try to look for ways to help people, and share the love of Jesus with them.” He finished with this thought “I’m not sure what the future holds, but I know it’s in God’s hands, so I’m not worried. I would hope to be ministering to people, and writing to spread God’s word, but as long as I follow Him I know it will all turn out well.” We are so grateful to have Wikus as part of our team.

MEET THE TEAM

SOCIETY STEWARDS

PHIL BIRCH / 079 383 0774 Admin and Staff matters

PRINSLOO BOTES /083 257 3836

Children’s Church Major Property Matters

GIDEON LOOTS / 083 309 7171

20's - 30's Ministry Minor Property Matters

LLWELLYN THOMAS

083 269 0916 Finance / Courses

MARCHELLE V WYK

076 937 8355 Outreach / Sunday Volunteers

PHILIP VERCUEIL / 083 353 4288

Youth / Home Groups

ANDREW WEST / 082 333 6880 Prayer and Care / Worship

CHURCH INFO

OFFICE HOURS

Monday – Friday 08:00 - 15:00

George Methodist Church

8 Plantation Road, Glen Barrie, George, 6529

PO Box 1268, George, 6530

(Tel) 044 873 3606

(Fax) 044 873 6370

info@georgemethodist.co.za www.georgemethodist.co.za

BANK INFO

Methodist Church of SA Trust A/c

Standard Bank George

050 214

Current A/c 08 290 316 6

PREACHING PLAN

FOR EMERGENCIES ONLY

Pastor on Duty After Hours: 076 946 2857

Please note our Pastoral Team is Not Available on their ‘day off’. To make an appointment with Pastoral staff please contact Diana at the Church office.

Resident Minister: Peter Veysie – day off Friday

Creative Director: Debbie Veysie

Children’s Pastor: Gayle Botes

Youth Pastors: Reuben & Rachel Alexander - day off Friday

Connect Pastor: Lydia Loots– day off Friday

Worship Co-ordinator: Yvette Rautenbach

Administrator: Phil Birch admin@georgemethodist.co.za

Secretary: Diana Rohrer info@georgemethodist.co.za - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Private Counsellor/ Lifestyle coach: Tersia Smit 083 524 6008 / 044 873 3606

MEET THE TEAM

SUNDAY 6 August 08H00 Rev. Peter Veysie (Holy Communion) Vestry duty: Prinsloo Home Group: David & Jeanette 10H00 Rev. Peter Veysie Vestry duty: Philip Home Group: Philip & Carol 18h00 Worship night Vestry duty: Andrew SUNDAY 13 August 08H00 Judy v.d. Westhuizen Vestry duty: Andrew Home Group: Leon & Christa 10H00 Rev. Peter Veysie (Holy Communion) Vestry duty: Marchelle Home Group: Neville & Margaret 18H00 Rev. Peter Veysie Vestry duty: Prinsloo

SUNDAY 20 August 08H00 Wikus Smit Vestry duty: Phil Home Group: Judy 10H00 Philip Vercueil Vestry duty: Llewellyn Home Group: Sharon 18h00 Reuben Alexander Vestry duty: Marchelle SUNDAY 27 August 08H00 Rev. Peter Veysie Vestry duty Gideon Home Group: Glynis 10H00 Rev. Peter Veysie Vestry duty: Andrew Home Group: Peter & Debbie 18H00 Wikus Smit Vestry duty: Phil

Please join us for coffee after the 08h00 & 10h00 service.