It was a"boss" performance from Men for the Master choir on Sunday!

Rev. Dr. Amon Kasambala ... hosted the opening session of "So, who is the boss in your family?" at St Mark's on Saturday.

The theme for Rev. Dr. Amon Kasambala's 3 day seminar at St Mark's was, "Who is the boss of your family?"

Basically this dealt with the role of the man in the family from a scriptural point of view. The seminar also served as a "retreat" for the Men for the Master, who will achieve official status as an association under the auspices of St Mark's on the 28th March.

The readings - 1 Kings 19 1-14 & ; 2 Corinthians 13 5-13 -  were ably delivered by Irvine Florence. The Lord cleared touched our community for Rev. Dr. struck a chord with more than the men of our congregation. His sermon, "How are you doing?" was a talking point with all those, who were fortunate enough to attend the "open" service this Sunday.

This struck such a chord with Marianne van Heerden that she nipped into the A S Welsh Hall to search for Rev. Dr. Kasambala's book related to the subject. She had no luck on that score, clearly he has another topic to embellish upon. She did however find another interesting book by Dr Kasambala, called "Parenting with Assurance".

The men of St Mark's soaking in the wisdom of Rev Dr. Kasambala in the A S Welsh Hall. 

Sunday also saw the first "public"   performance by the Men for the Master choir. They had practised all week under our Interim Moderator Moshe Rajuili's baton, and they, and the traditional choir were in fine voice in a shared communion service.

The congregational lunch after the service that the WA ran out of food. Marianne reported that dollops of ice cream made up for it. Yes, we can go forward together.

Thank you to Sophia Williamson and the WA for the wonderful lunch ... the seminar ends tomorrow with a review of the past two days with Rev. Dr. Kasamabala.


Meanwhile our Probationer Solomon Surwumwe, contributed this report on the Saturday seminar: "So, who is the boss in your house?" presented by Rev. Dr. Amon Kasambala, got off to a fine start st St Mark's on Saturday. Among the highlights was a performance by the Men for the Master choir. The 20 delegates who attended the opening day of the seminar, among them SABC Sport soccer analyst Christophe Bongo, from St Giles, felt all that they had benefited from the exchanges and Rev. Dr. Kasambala. It was disappointing that the wives were not present to share the views expressed, but then this is a "Men's Retreat." concluded Solomon.

Other snippets:

Solomon has completed his last PATS seminar, which ended at Rocky Valley in Krugersdorp this week. Yes, our Probationer will soon be a Minister. He is passing his exams with flying colours.

And the best for last - the office land line is working. Telkom have fixed the fault. Dial 011 648 1115 to get connected.

NOTE: There are many more pictures to be hand with our slideshow feature, which you can access by scrolling down the right hand side of this page. Geoff missed out on the seminar because of work, but Elvis, Solomon and Norman kept the camera clicking.

The St Mark's Editorial Team.