I attended the Moravian Church in Mamre this morning -- a village about 50km/30mi north of Cape Town. This fairly large Church was absolutely packed, up to the gallery (off the top of the left-hand photo). An elder gave up his seat for me. The Church was built in 1861, then disassembled and moved twice -- most recently in 1999. The sermon was based on the words of Jesus: "When I sent you without purse, bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?" The minister spoke repeatedly of "hard circumstances" ("swaar omstandighede"). He focused on the purse: "But have you lacked anything? He is Jehovah Jireh!" The bag: "What we need in our bag is love, joy, peace ... Some of us have so much baggage we can't go forward." And the shoes: "We need the readiness to be sent out without a crown on our head. Do I need money to magnify the name of the Lord?"
Sunday, January 23, 2011
Mamre Moravian Church
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I attended the Moravian Church in Mamre this morning -- a village about 50km/30mi north of Cape Town. This fairly large Church was absolutely packed, up to the gallery (off the top of the left-hand photo). An elder gave up his seat for me. The Church was built in 1861, then disassembled and moved twice -- most recently in 1999. The sermon was based on the words of Jesus: "When I sent you without purse, bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?" The minister spoke repeatedly of "hard circumstances" ("swaar omstandighede"). He focused on the purse: "But have you lacked anything? He is Jehovah Jireh!" The bag: "What we need in our bag is love, joy, peace ... Some of us have so much baggage we can't go forward." And the shoes: "We need the readiness to be sent out without a crown on our head. Do I need money to magnify the name of the Lord?"
I attended the Moravian Church in Mamre this morning -- a village about 50km/30mi north of Cape Town. This fairly large Church was absolutely packed, up to the gallery (off the top of the left-hand photo). An elder gave up his seat for me. The Church was built in 1861, then disassembled and moved twice -- most recently in 1999. The sermon was based on the words of Jesus: "When I sent you without purse, bag, or sandals, did you lack anything?" The minister spoke repeatedly of "hard circumstances" ("swaar omstandighede"). He focused on the purse: "But have you lacked anything? He is Jehovah Jireh!" The bag: "What we need in our bag is love, joy, peace ... Some of us have so much baggage we can't go forward." And the shoes: "We need the readiness to be sent out without a crown on our head. Do I need money to magnify the name of the Lord?"
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