Today was a great day for The Gathering and our boys school; the International School of Helderberg, as the High School have been putting shoeboxes together for the children that attend our weekly soup kitchen.
Here we're receiving the first few boxes, we'll get the rest of them tomorrow and we can't wait to give them away next week when we bless our soup kitchen regulars with pizza too.
Joel and Eli are also thrilled because school finished for the year today. Hooray!
- The Finnie family in Blighty, December 2021
- Dean and Paula pastor The Gathering together
- The Gathering
- Baptisms at The Gathering
- Preparing to serve at The Gathering's Soup Kitchen
- Soup Kitchen Welcome To 2022 lunch
- Serving hands - the heart of The Gatheirng
- Thankful Thursdays
- HOPE Home Based Care Team
- Gathering Ground
- Staying fit as a family
- The Helderberg - The prettiest of the mountains we face
Green Belt
by
Finnie Family
on
1.12.16
We are super proud of Eli getting his Green Belt in Karate tonight. He's worked really hard over the last few months and it was great to see how much effort he put in to it..
Kancho Terry Lynn said she was hugely proud of him, that there has been a vast and marked improvement in his technique and attitude and she had no hesitation in awarding him the belt.
During the grading Eli volunteered to do a solo Bo Kata and pulled it off with aplomb, we're proud of you sunshine!
Kancho Terry Lynn said she was hugely proud of him, that there has been a vast and marked improvement in his technique and attitude and she had no hesitation in awarding him the belt.
During the grading Eli volunteered to do a solo Bo Kata and pulled it off with aplomb, we're proud of you sunshine!
Grey Water
by
Dino
on
29.11.16
We've taken a big step forward in recent days in terms of harvesting as much of our grey water as possible.
The first picture shows the attachment for taking water from our bathroom to the garden, it's just waiting for the hose to be connected.
The pics below are of our slightly Heath-Robinson method of harvesting the water from our washing machine and dishwasher.
The first picture shows the attachment for taking water from our bathroom to the garden, it's just waiting for the hose to be connected.
The pics below are of our slightly Heath-Robinson method of harvesting the water from our washing machine and dishwasher.
Table For Four
by
Dino
on
28.11.16
Our weekly soup kitchen was brightened up no end last week by these cheeky little chappies who brought their own table and chairs so they could enjoy their soup in a civilized and comfortable manner.
Joel and I couldn't stop laughing at the way the older girl keptbossing organising the other kids.
It's great to know that they feel comfortable enough to do this.
Joel and I couldn't stop laughing at the way the older girl kept
It's great to know that they feel comfortable enough to do this.
A Gentle Distraction...
by
Dino
on
16.11.16
This is the South African Post Office's latest offering of local stamps and I have to say they are very nice.
They're also quite educational given that I only knew of and seen three of these species of kingfisher.
Hopefully they are also a nice distraction from all the name calling and labeling on social media in the wake of last week's election result in the US of A
They're also quite educational given that I only knew of and seen three of these species of kingfisher.
Hopefully they are also a nice distraction from all the name calling and labeling on social media in the wake of last week's election result in the US of A
President Trump
by
Dino
on
9.11.16
"History repeats itself
Has to
No one listens."
Steve Turner, Poet.
So what has this picture on the right got to do with Trump winning the US presidential race?
Has to
No one listens."
Steve Turner, Poet.
So what has this picture on the right got to do with Trump winning the US presidential race?
Urgent Prayer Request
by
Dino
on
6.11.16
We posted earlier on Facebook about Linden, one of our church members who was stabbed late last night. We now know that he was stabbed three times, twice in the shoulder and once in the neck which severed the femoral artery.Linden is currently in ICU and is being operated on at some point this afternoon.
Sadly this incident has been brewing for a while because the family live next door to an illegal shebeen that started operating about a year ago. The family have tried many times to have the shebeen closed but without success, despite it being there illegally!
Last night at gone midnight Linden asked the few stragglers at the shebeen to leave because he had to be up for work at 4am this morning. All we know after this is that a few of the stragglers rounded on him and stabbed him.
Sadly this incident has been brewing for a while because the family live next door to an illegal shebeen that started operating about a year ago. The family have tried many times to have the shebeen closed but without success, despite it being there illegally!
Last night at gone midnight Linden asked the few stragglers at the shebeen to leave because he had to be up for work at 4am this morning. All we know after this is that a few of the stragglers rounded on him and stabbed him.
Church + PowerPoint = Chaos
by
Dino
on
6.11.16
This reminds me of some of our Roadshow visits down the years.
One of the best was on the Wirral many moons ago. We had been clear with the church as to what we needed tech wise, back then it was as simple as an overhead projector, and the church had promised all would be fine. On the day there was no OHP so we had to pass our acetates around the congregation whilst we spoke. Priceless!
On another not so distant Roadshow, we were in a church where the vicar (an ardent Mac fan) decided to overrule the tech guy and interfere with the PC and our PowerPoint. Needless to say it didn't go well. 😂
I'll probably get told off for this butI don't really care I'm used to it.
One of the best was on the Wirral many moons ago. We had been clear with the church as to what we needed tech wise, back then it was as simple as an overhead projector, and the church had promised all would be fine. On the day there was no OHP so we had to pass our acetates around the congregation whilst we spoke. Priceless!
On another not so distant Roadshow, we were in a church where the vicar (an ardent Mac fan) decided to overrule the tech guy and interfere with the PC and our PowerPoint. Needless to say it didn't go well. 😂
I'll probably get told off for this but
Laughing All The Way...
by
Dino
on
3.11.16
We had a great evening on Tuesday night as The Gathering hosted a marriage enrichment evening using Mark Gungor's Laugh Your Way To A Better Marriage.
We served pizza and cool drinks with the video and settled back for a lot of laughs and some brilliant teaching.
We've been wanting to do this for a while but getting all of our couples together has been virtually impossible, so we went ahead with most of us there and we're so glad that we did.
We served pizza and cool drinks with the video and settled back for a lot of laughs and some brilliant teaching.
We've been wanting to do this for a while but getting all of our couples together has been virtually impossible, so we went ahead with most of us there and we're so glad that we did.
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