Presbevents 20

Wednesday 20 January 2010
Michael and Myra Moore (Krugersdorp):
After a wonderful ministry together, Michael and Myra retired to Krugersdorp, where Michael first served the Krugersdorp congregation as Stated Supply before turning his attention to the Rocky Valley Conference Centre. Myra had been a wonderful support to him right through his ministry.
Latterly, Myra’s health had suffered through to onset of Parkinson’s Disease and then, I understand quite suddenly and unexpectedly she passed away last Thursday night, January 14th. Her Service of Remembrance and Thanksgiving took place in Krugersdorp yesterday, January 20th. Our thoughts and prayers are with Michael and with their three children (all now grown with families of their own), Frances, Michael
and Beth. Michael is at  Phone: 011.945.1245.
Michael has sent this tribute: She was the loveliest of sweethearts a young man could have. (Quite undeserved). She was the best of helpmeets a minister could desire - honest, loyal and caring. (Chosen by the angels). She was a wonderful companion in our retirement, intelligent, probing, full of Christian faith, and game for anything despite her disabilities.
May light perpetual shine upon her.
Murray and Shirley Smith (Port Elizabeth): In response to Jesus' instruction to "Go and make disciples of all nations". (Matt 28:19), we would share the following: A few years ago we started a small outreach among under-privileged folk in the Walmer Township. Over the years it has developed, until at present we make bricks, grow vegetables, provide soup and bread, teach crafts and encourage generally. Always we include praise, prayer and preaching by whatever form is most appropriate. Just recently we have started a school for handicapped children. We are held back a bit because we do not yet have municipal services (electricity, water and a sewerage connection).
Then we started a similar outreach in a probably more impoverished area called Kleinskool. It is a place of high unemployment and great need.
In each place we have been able to obtain a container and at Kleinskool we are actually in the process of taking transfer of our land from the municipality.
A further outreach is to students (from all over the world) at the NMMU University (formerly UPE). Both weekday activities and Sunday services see many students involved, with spiritual growth shown by an increasing desire to involve in serving.
Two brothers just out of school are going into Christian service. The one is "giving a year of his life" to serving under the Hillcrest Presbyterian Church and the other is going to serve with Hillsong in Australia.
Brian Woods (Port Alfred) (through Glen Craig): I preached at Port Alfred this morning, but Brian Woods was not there. Billy, who was, said his Dad was no longer coming to Church and that he had been transferred to No 2 Frail Care, Damant Lodge, Port Alfred. He, Billy, had been given a room just below Brian's and they were no longer living in their flat. I popped in to see him and he seemed well, but frail. He still has his computer and old phone No: 046.624.5936.
Dave and Lilian Bothma (Tokai, Cape Town): The year 2009 was a reasonably good one for us, except for some health hiccoughs in September and October.
It was good to see Doug and Joan Birtill in East London in early December as we all joined in the festivities of the 125th anniversary at St. George’s Church in Oxford Street. . We were also able to be with Doug for his 80th birthday. (He is 3 years older than Dave.) Doug and Dave go back many years, having been together in the congregation at St. George’s before, firstly, Doug went into the ministry and then Dave three years after him.
Family news: our eldest son Peter lives and works in London whilst our daughter Noeleen, husband John and their three sons have now been in Ireland for seven years. Our second son, Lindsay, works here in Cape Town.
Matt and Jill du Preez (Thornton, Cape Town): Matt and Jill retired recently from the Pinelands congregation. They have supplied the following particulars as to how to contact them now:
ill and I still live at 31 Matopo Road, Thornton, but our new telephone number is 021 531 5770 and our POSTAL address is P O BOX 301, HOWARD PLACE 7450.
Please do not use street address for post.

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God bless you!
Doug