Residents gather at school to pray for community safety
Pastor Trevor Beach prayed for peace and joy to be restored to the community
RESIDENTS braved the cold chill on Sunday afternoon when they gathered at Hoërskool Birchleigh to pray for the safety of the community.
The prayer meeting was organised by the Kempton community, in conjunction with AfriForum Kempton Park.
Pastor Trevor Beach from the Bredell Wesleyan Church and Pastor Dean Reiners from the NG Church Birchleigh offered prayers in English and Afrikaans respectively.
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Beach prayed for peace and joy to be restored to the community. He also asked God to look over those who struggle everyday with addiction and poverty issues, which subsequently make them turn to crime.
“We pray that God intervenes in those lives, and those people who are full of hate and anger, we pray that God softens their hearts, removes the hatred, and turns them from their evil ways,” Beach asked of the Lord.
Jan Vermaak, a resident, said the prayer meeting was open to anyone who wanted to join and it brought together people of all religions and race to pray over something that affects everyone – crime.
“We decided to come together and do this as a community because of the recent surge in crime statistics in Kempton Park. We also would like to have these prayer meetings more regularly,” Vermaak said.
People are also welcome to join a WhatsApp prayer group that has been started, and residents from all over Kempton are invited to join the group.
“We will also use this platform to announce future prayer sessions as well,” Vermaak said.
For those who would like to be added to the group, send your name and request to Vermaak on 082-605-1311.
