Course on Emotional IntelligenceIn
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
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4x4 DayOn 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
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Recorder Summer SchoolSixty-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
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