building a community of grace
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- On our recent church Weekend Away in Alsace, Geoff and Marie-Louise Read shared with us some key insights on the topic of “joy”. They outlined 12 ideas about what joy encompasses and its role in our lives; they also reminded us that besides being created... Continue Reading →
Pentecost Sunday The truly multi cultural and multi lingual nature of ACF was celebrated at the Pentecost Sunday service where we used around 50 languages for the worship service. Readings were offered in about 25 languages and songs sung and love and peace shared in several other heart languages. The genuine Pentecost experience where each... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- I’m not sure how many of you have seen Les Miserables, but it’s a story that I’ve been thinking about a good deal over the last week. There is one scene in particular that I have been coming back to: the one in which Cosette... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- “Solitude, I’ll walk with thee […] And follow in thy steps to heaven.”[1]John Clare I’m planning my annual hike in the Scottish Highlands for mid-June. I hope to do a week’s hike alone, at the end of another full and frenetic academic year. When I... Continue Reading →
Over the Ascension (Himmelfahrt) weekend, thirty-two of us thoroughly enjoyed our annual weekend away in the mountains of Alsace!Geoff and Marie-Louise Read blessed us with their insights on the theme of joy and how we can practice more rejoicing in our lives. Other highlights included fantastic sunny weather, panoramic hikes, bonfire fellowship and wonderful music... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Caution: this meditation may cause dissent…. I am in the US. Pondering topics for my meditation, I considered the rebirth of spring and the beauty of God’s creation. The promise that comes every year and replenishes our souls with reassurance of God’s goodness. I considered... Continue Reading →
I remember the days of old; I meditate on all that you have done; I ponder the work of your hands. Psalms 143:5 As the Psalmist traverses a difficult phase in life one of the various ways solace is found is to look back and realise how wonderful the Lord has been in life through... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- In the past weeks I was part of the Alpha Course at the ACF. We were talking about God, Jesus and the Bible and were listening to a lot of interesting stories. One of the questions that came from an answer was: Is it a... Continue Reading →
--- Midweek Meditations:thoughts, inspiration and encouragementfrom ACF community members --- Since we have moved, it has been very difficult to come and visit and be in fellowship with you all. It has been a bit of a whirlwind, with Jasmine starting kita and running the place as if she owns it, and Tatjana and I... Continue Reading →
Homily - Sunday the 14th April 2024 Reading: Psalm 4 One of the animals I have enjoyed watching the most was the Kwala- It sleeps 18-20 hours a day. The word means- no drink and they feed on eucalyptus leaves. Given an option would we prefer such a life? Have you heard this question in... Continue Reading →
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