Mr. Riaan Loubser (holding Apostle Mkhwanazi’s hand), the principal of Damelin College in Nelspruit with the office bearers that attended the course

       

Above and below: Scenes of Akasia congregation at the 4x4 Day

District Evangelist Cicilie with the group of children that attended the recorder school

Course on Emotional Intelligence

In September 2008 Apostle Mkhwanazi arranged for several office bearers from his working area in Mpumalanga to attend a course on “Emotional Intelligence”. They completed the course at the Damelin College in Nelspruit. This was the second group of office bearers that completed the course through Damelin, the first being a group from in and around Johannesburg towards the end of 2007. As a general principal, office bearers are encouraged to enroll in courses for self improvement in several different areas (e.g. communication, administration, capacity building of members etc), and so perform their roles and responsibilities in a more professional manner.

4x4 Day

On 27 September the congregation of Akasia held a 4x4 Day. This was their first effort to help raise funds in order to purchase a piece of land for a church building. The day was a huge success and two such days are planned for next year.
 

Recorder Summer School

Sixty-six children from the Southern and Eastern Free State Districts took part in a recorder summer school which was hosted in the Bloemfontein Central church. This event took place during the September school holidays from 29 September to 3 October 2008. With joyous expectation some of the children traveled by train from as far as Springfontein and Gariepdam, the latter being 160 kilometers away. For three days they were taught the “finer” art of mastering the recorder and were rewarded with a trip to the zoo on the Friday.