The Lord was praised despite the Gremlins

Felix Agyei is to help with the Sunday school ... this despite getting up at dawn to help his wife with her catering business, then handing out stickers at the door, followed by assisting Colleen with the Sunday school and then returning to help his wife with the catering. God Bless you Felix.

It was a jolly Sunday service despite the hiccups. The Sunday School choir was all set to sing two songs in Praise of the Lord, but at the 11th hour the portable CD player packed up. Our "techie" supreme then came to the rescue. Somehow he transferred the song onto his Blackberry and from there linked it to the sound system. It didn't come better than that for the the Sunday school choir, who did a grand job.

Marianne van Heerden was nervous about doing her first reading to the congregation and she spent the previous evening printing it out and practicing, only to find one of the readings had changed. That threw our Marianne, but Solomon was there to steady the ship and Mrs Van Heerden completed the readings with aplomb.

The service was preceded by a Men for the Master meeting. Your scribe was late and the lads were in full voice by the time he arrived. The fortunately the best was still to come. Colleen Butler, who runs the Sunday school, was a welcome visitor and she came to ask for help in keeping the boisterous youth in check, in short a man was needed.

Norman Mangena travels extensively and so is not always on hand to assist and in stepped Felix Agyei, who had his baptism of fire with Norman and Colleen on Sunday. The outcome was most encouraging and Colleen was all smiles after the service.

The St Mark's Editorial Team