Chairlady of the Women's Association, Sophia Williamson leaves for Texas on Thursday, for a holiday with family, sponsored by her two younger sisters. Sophia has been keen to meet the folks of North Alabama for so long, that she has agreed to cut her holiday short, and attend the celebrations in Huntsville in the final week, arriving on the Sunday before the departure of the South African group, on the 17th September.
Sophia will be sorely missed by her friends at St Mark's over the next few weeks. Today we celebrated our first ever immersion Baptism and.all the Elders duly processed outside the "witness" Solomon's first baptism after qualifying as a priest.
Sophia, forever, the practical one, fetched the offering plates and she and her sister Jacqui did the collection count. Needlessly Irvine and Geoff had wondered where the funds had gone, upon returning to complete their scheduled tasks. But the matter was soon solved and we all left "uplifted" by the Spirit" on a very special day.
Blessings,
The St Mark's Editorial Team.
Norman God is with you. Solomon underscored today that being a Christian does not mean the Lord grants us an easier life. The readings were Jeremiah 12: 1-6, Matthew 10 16-22 and Acts 20 17-33 and these texts really spoke to me. I pray for you in your disappointment and I pray that you will be encouraged by the fact that we need you to help build a future for St Mark's in Yeoville under the sovereignty of the Lord. A friend.
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