The Diocese of Matlosane Guild of St Agnes and St Mary Magdalene held a successful and yet fruitful elective conference this past weekend, under the theme :Allow yourself to be the clay in the Potter’s hands . At St Augustine of Hippo—Potchefstroom, graced with the presence of The Rt. Rev. Bishop Steven Diseko and the guild’s chaplain, Canon N. Mogami, Dean Seupe, Servers Chaplain Rev Setlhafuno, Archdeacon Chaplain Sebowane, among all the other priests
The event was a three-day event which commenced on Friday, where 12 parishes within the diocese were attending alongside members from sister dioceses like the Diocese of Botswana and a member from the Diocese of Highveld, with over 140 members of the guild attending the service along with invited guilds in the diocese, namely, MU, AMF & Evangelical , AWF, Bernard Mizeki ,Youth, and Servers.
The guild celebrated the weekend with activities that are in line with the church’s season, which is the season of creation, by planting a tree and observing green Anglican. through a beauty contest with recycled material, where participating winners walked away with alter groceries for their churches that they entered the competitions for. We urge and encourage AYSA in the Diocese to share the church vision by taking care of nature (Green Anglican), planting trees, and recycling materials as a way to help reduce unemployment and take care of Mother Nature.
The weekend’s teaching was to be selfless in the lord and allow him to work within us in the church of God and in our communities. Among the fun, exciting activities, we held a Bible study led by the chaplain of the guild, discussing what we all understand and how we reflect the theme in our daily lives.
We had a successful election where we elected the committee that will run the guild from 2025 till 2028. The election committee was led by the chaplain of the servers guild, the MU president, and the AYSA coordinator, among others that were assisting
At the end, we finished the conference with a beautiful banner procession where we sang and praised in the streets of Sarafina, declaring to the community that we are for Christ on Sunday morning, before planting the tree and attending the eucharistic service.
By : Mmabatho Naseba
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