06 October 2007
The Scribes of Regional Synods and Commissions
Dear Brothers/ Sisters
General Synodical Commission meeting
The following is important information regarding the GSC meeting. We are kindly requesting you to speedily share the relevant information with the delegation of your synod or the responsible person in your ministry.
The date of the GSC is 06 – 08 November 2007 and the meeting will be held at the Mamelodi Dienssentrum in Pretoria..
Details of the route and a map to this conference centre will be available on request.. The meeting will commence at 10 am. The conference centre will provide bedding so there is no need to provide your own bedding. However you should bring your own towel and toiletries. The cost of the meals and accommodation will be carried by the General Synod.
Regional Synods should please make arrangements to carry the traveling cost of their delegations. Regional Synods are reminded that their delegation should also include a church council member. These church council members have been appointed at the last General Synod in 2005. For those delegates traveling by air, a shuttle service will be arranged. Please contact Erika in the office with your flight details if you need the shuttle service.
With regards to ministries, one person is allowed to attend per commission to present the report of the commission. The General Synod will be responsible for the travelling and accomodation cost for these delegates.
Reports of synods and ministries should reach the scribe’s office in electronic format by the 20th of October 2007.
God’s richest blessings on the work of your synod or ministry. We are looking forward to see you at the GSC meeting.
Yours in Christ
Rev Collin Goeiman (Scribe General Synod)
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Dear Bothers
Firstly I wish to congratulate you on this innovative idea. I must express again my dismay about the manner in which our church operates. In our Presbytery from the last few years we paid over to the Presbytery the funds for the Synodical office and at our last meeting after the synodical conference we took a resolution that we will forward all the monies to the office and those congregation who are behind must try and catch up. The amount of money that we were going to give to the office in September was almost R40 000, we were then inform though not formally that the cheque has not been deposited because they are not sure which account to use as there are a disputes in the office.
We were not even informed of the decision of fund raising that the synod undertook recently and was surprised to see the communication from the moderamen about the poor attendance. While other ministers can afford RA and other packs they get from their extra jobs some ministers depend on the viability of the church office and therefore call upon on all God fearing person still left in our church to please rise and save the church, let us support our leaders.
This is a follow up to my earlier blog about the church levies and the meeting of the 24th of September 2007. Can you please publish the latest lists of the commission members? The earlier blog was sent my me Charlie Molepo from the Daveyton congregation, it was not my intention to send it anonymously.
Thanks Br, for your comments, support and concern for our church. We indeed share this with you. I would suggest that you forward an email directly to us in order to follow it up with you and/or your Presbytery. We as moderamen see possibly each other on Thursday, 10/01 and will then set an a formal meeting later this month.
Of course, we cannot verify on such a forum the facts and would like to do it with you and the relevant colleagues, so that we speed up the building-up of our church.
Its also a good idea on the posting the lists of the commission members, which we wil do in duue course.
Thanks again for the constructive comments and ideas.
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