Stonecroft ends year in fragrant fashion
The next meeting will be on Friday, January 24 at 09:30.
On a glorious summer day, the packed hall at the Shelly Beach Methodist Church was full of Christmas cheer, and the Stonecroft Ministries’ final meeting for the year was thoroughly enjoyed by all.
The Methodist women’s auxiliary had decorated the tables in Christmas splendour, which added to the festive atmosphere,
Delphinus Musica (Tom) had prepared a wonderful programme of Christmas songs dating back to 1933 and progressing through the years to 1994.
He introduced each song by giving a short history of it, which greatly enhanced the enjoyment of his excellent performance.
Members were delighted that Linnette Koekemoer and her Edgars team were able to visit again, this time giving a sparkling presentation on fragrances and perfumes.
Tanya Neethling gave a most enlightening talk, saying that fragrances were much more than just a pleasant aroma and were able to alleviate stress, build self-esteem, express individuality and even take one back to memories of a previous happy time and place. She spoke about the different types of perfumes and gave advice on the best way to use them.
The WA team prepared and served a most delicious tea of delicate savouries and sweet treats.
Gifts of appreciation were given to them for all that they have so willingly done during the year.
Reverend Casper de Villiers, the minister at Shelly Beach Methodist Church, gave a thought provoking and profound talk on the Christmas tree.
He first explained the origin of the formerly pagan tree of lights being adopted by the Christians who were being persecuted at the time.
The pagans put lights on the fir tree as they believed it would encourage the trees to produce fruit.
He compared the fir/Christmas tree, which had no beauty of its own but had to be lit up, to the fruit tree that produced its own fruit, likening the fruit to the fruits of the Holy Spirit, namely love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.
In closing, he asked each person to deeply consider what tree they were – could they give off their own God-given light? Or, sadly, did they need illuminating?
Delphinius closed the meeting with another enjoyable selection of joyful Christmas songs.
The next meeting will be on Friday, January 24 at 09:30.
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