Evangelical Lutheran Church St. Andrew s East London St. Paul s Stutterheim St. Paul s Macleantown

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1 St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church Stutterheim 20 Shone Street, 4930 Stutterheim Office Tel: , lutheran@haznet.co.za Pastor Rüdiger Lutz (details under East London) Secretary: Sandy Braun (043) (H) Secretaries Working Hours: (Mon ; Thurs & Fri ) Church Committee: Gerhard Krause, Chairperson/ / Leon Böttcher, Hall Bookings / Dalene Braun, Hall Bookings / Lynette Burger, Administration; Lay Preacher Dalene Connellan, Youth Debbie Mundell,Treasurer Hector Päper, Vice-Chairperson,Build & Maint Norma Ristow. Visiting & Prayer Andries Storm, Fundraising Geoff Untiedt, Fundraising Organist: Gwen Sternberg Marion Krause (Lay Preacher) Sunelle & Bevan Ferreira, Youth Leaders / Account: First National Bank, Stutterheim Acc No , Branch Code St. Paul s Evangelical Lutheran Church Macleantown Church Committee: Erwin Schwartz, Chairperson, CCE Stuart Krause Synod, CCE Carron Greig David Mortimer Nadine Sonnenberger, Secretary Brian Schwultz Treasurer: Louise Pringle Organist: Pam Richter Evangelical Lutheran Church St. Andrew s East London St. Paul s Stutterheim St. Paul s Macleantown JUNE & JULY 2013 Account: Nedbank, Vincent Park, EL Acc No: , Branch Code

2 Watchword for June: He has not left himself without testimony. He has shown you kindness by giving you rain from heaven and crops in their seasons; he provides you with plenty of food and fills your hearts with joy. Acts 14:17 Monatsspruch für Juni: Gott hat sich selbst nicht unbezeugt gelassen und euch vom Himmel Regen und fruchtbare Zeiten gegeben, hat euch ernährt und eure Herzen mit Freude erfüllt. Apg 14,17 Watchword for July: Do not be afraid; keep on speaking, do not be silent. For I am with you. Act 18: 9.10 Monatsspruch für Juli: Fürchte dich nicht! Rede nur, schweige nicht! Denn ich bin mit dir. Apg 18, 9.10 The above watchword for June could be the watchword for Harvest Thanksgiving. On that day we remember that the Heavenly Father has giving rain and crops in their seasons. This year we had more than enough rain in the Border Area. We can be grateful that we do not have a drought although the rain might have too much for farming. We will celebrate Harvest Thanksgiving Festival on 21 st July at East London and 28 th July at Stutterheim and Macleantown. The Apostle Paul said these words on his first mission journey when the people wanted to adore him and his fellow-missionary Barnabas as gods because they had healed a crippled man. Paul made them focus on God teaching them that God had performed that miracle. This is what we should also do. God works in us and through us. We can only achieve things in life through God s power. We can be grateful for what God is doing in and through our congregations and in the Lutheran Church. We need to pray that he motivates us to live out the faith in our daily lives. The month of June is a very important month as the Synod will be held in Strand Street Congregation in Cape Town from 7 th to 9 th June The topic will be the task and future of the church. The Lutheran Pastor Jerome Burce from the USA will be the main speaker. You have the opportunity to meet him when he presents a workshop in East London on 14 th and 15 th June. Synod will also elect a new bishop on 9 th June. Bishop Rohwer preached his farewell sermon for the congregations in the Eastern Cape on 5 th May at St. Andrew s East London. This Festival Service for all Cape Church congregations in the Border Area was very special. Saint Andrew s Evangelical Lutheran Church 50 Park Avenue, 5201 East London, (kitchen) Pastor Rüdiger Lutz Residence: 2 E Shamrock Sands, Avalon Road, Beacon Bay Tel (home) (E.L. Office) Cell , rudiger.lutz@mweb.co.za Stutterheim Office: lutheran@haznet.co.za Church Committee Mrs. Bettina DuBuson (Altar Care, Treasurer,Lay Preacher) Mr. Christian Johl (Chairperson, Lay Preacher) / Mrs. Vera Johl (Minute Keeper, Convenor of Fundraising) Mr. Nicholas Klopper (Convenor of Maintenance) Mr Leslie Klug Mr. Martin Köpke Mr. Adrian Liss Mr. Hans Richard Schlüter (Vice Chairperson, Maint) Mr. Therrol Schwartz (Maintenance, Fundraising) Mr. Tyrone Sporke Caretaker: Mr. Louis Cloete Choir: Mrs. Helene Meister Youth Service & Snr Youth: Mrs Annemarie Schlüter Organists: Mrs. Elaine Johl Mrs. Enid Tessendorf Mrs Ginny Schultz Mrs Manuela Heuthaler Frauenverein:Pearl Coetzer, Sheila Liss, St. Stephen s Pearl Coetzer, Adele Dörksen, Bettina du Buson Dawn Krause Mr Bruno Johl (Lay Preacher) Mr Erholdt Grieb (Prayer Chain; Lay Preacher) Mrs Erika Puchert (Hall Bookings, Catering) Vice-Treasurer Mrs Margriet Klug Cheque Account: St. Andrew s Lutheran Church Nedbank Vincent Park, Acc. Number Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (Cape Church)

3 YOUTH PAGE A very important event for St. Andrew s East London is the Bazaar on Saturday 29 th June opening at 12 noon. Everything of the best to all of you under God s care. Your Pastor Rüdiger Lutz Finance Update St. Andrew s At this stage of the year our expenses exceed our income, which is normal the BAZAAR normally balances our shortfall and carries us through for the balance of the year. Therefore a lot of hard work is needed to make this, our Bazaar a huge success. Ytd Income R versus Expenses R gives us a shortfall of R > Contributions: January April R need to get to R by Dec > Offerings: January April R need to get the R by Dec Repairs and maintenance work is ongoing to the church and the hall and therefore we have placed a coin collection bottle at the entrance of the church. This has been clearly marked and every cent will assist with the expenses that repairs cost. Please contact me, should you need more information and any fundraising ideas, please chat to the committee. Bettina (Treasurer)

4 Bag of potatoes Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with cares of this life. Luke 21:34 Isaac Page tells the story of a poor man in Ireland who was plodding along toward home, carrying a huge sack of potatoes. A horse and wagon came along and the driver stopped to offer him a ride. The man accepted and climbed up on the seat alongside the driver but kept holding the bag of potatoes in his arms. When the driver suggested that he lay it down on the wagon floor, he replied warmly in his Irish brogue, I don t like to trouble you too much, sir. You are giving me a ride already, so I ll just carry the potatoes. We sometimes do the same when we try to carry life s burdens by worrying instead of turning them over to God. No wonder we become weary, our hearts faint within us, and we lose courage. Any circumstance over which we have no control can become like a bag of potatoes if we fret and worry about the outcome. Some burdens must be borne, but even those become lighter when we trust the Lord to give us the grace to bear them. The next time you start worrying, ask yourself, Is this burden one that God wants me to bear? Or does He want me to let Him carry it? You don t need to worry that you will overburden Him. (Our Daily Bread, Special Edition) St. Paul s Lutheran Church Stutterheim Financials January 2013 April 2013 Actual Jan-April Contributions Income Expenditure Levy to Cape Church No budgeting has been done. A polisher costing R for the hall was bought in February 2013, this is included in the expenditure amount of R As at the end of April 2013 we are reflecting a deficit of R July - Selma Kieck 11 July - Lydia Jansen van Rensberg 23 July - Delray Weston 30 July - Lucinda Hill 31 July - Basil Krull St. Andrew s East London Birthdays: 03 June - Debbie Kirsten 03 June - Anthony Klopper 04 June - Ludwig Johl 07 June - Bill Hempel 08 June - Leslie Karshagen 08 June - Monica Kent 08 June - Justin Ries 09 June - Therrol Schwartz 11 June - Tamsyn Kieck 12 June - Cheryl Piater 13 June - Rowan Weyer 14 June - Gordon Howe 20 June - Petra Skriver 23 June - Julia Nass 24 June - Erholdt Grieb 24 June - Doreen Hayter 25 June - Keith Sporke 28 June - Christian Schlüter 01 July - Graham Paschke 05 July - Manfred Ottermann 06 July - Markus Köpke 07 July - Andrew Peden 14 July - Alexander Meister 15 July - Lionel Korte 18 July - Michael Richter 19 July - Trevor Kieck 21 July - Dennis Kieck 24 July - Phyllis Botha 28 July - Elroy Jooste 30 July - Helga Ries

5 FAMILY PAGE Birthdays Congratulations to the following member s who celebrate a birthday in JUNE & JULY 2013 St. Paul s Stutterheim Birthdays: 04 June - John Mills 08 June - Giselle Iveson 08 June - Carmen Storm 12 June - Reece Daniel 14 June - Gary Iveson 15 June - Nathan Lentz 16 June - Matthew Lentz 18 June - Audrey Päper 24 June - Beverley Daniel 26 June - Berta Leibing 26 June - Sunelle Ferreira 28 June - Merle Wittstock Please notify Sandy if your birthday is incorrect or left out in the Newsletter. Thank you! 08 July - Dawn Vockerodt 09 July - Lieschen Balzer 12 July - Bevan Ferreira 15 July - Samantha Neethling 15 July - Linnay Sternberg 16 July - Rachel Krause 23 July - Jason Cooper 27 July - Duane Lentz St. Paul s Lutheran Church Macleantown Birthdays 11 June - Hayden Sonnenberger 12 June - Dennis Sonnenberger 15 June - Keith Kumm 17 June - Heather Schwartz

6 WATCHWORD & READINGS FOR JUNE & JULY 2013 Sunday 2nd June Trinity 1 Christ says: He who listens to you listens to me; he who rejects you rejects me; he who rejects me rejects Him who sent me. (Luke 10: 16) Readings: Deut. 6: John 4: 16b-21 Luke 16: Sunday 9th June Trinity II Christ says: Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. (Matt. 11: 28) Readings: Isaiah 55: 1-5 Ephesians 2: Luke 14: Sunday 16th June Trinity III The Son of Man came to seek and to save what was lost. (Luke 19: 10) Readings: Ezekiel 18: 1-4, 21-24, I Timothy 1: Luke 15: 1-10 Sunday 23rd June Trinity IV Carry each other s burdens, and in this way you will fulfil the law of Christ. (Galatians 6: 2) Readings: Genesis 50: Romans 14: Luke 6: Sunday 30th June Trinity V It is by grace you have been saved through faith and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God. (Ephesians 2:8) Readings: Genesis 12: 1-4a 1 Cor 1: Luke 5: 1-11 Sunday 7th July Trinity VI Fear not, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by name, you are mine. (Isaiah 43: 1) Readings: Isaiah 43: 1-7 Romans 6: 3-11 Matthew 28: Sunday 14th July Trinity VII You are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow-citizens with God s people and members of God s household. (Ephesians 2: 19) Readings: Exodus 16: 2-3, Acts 2: 1a, John 6: 1-6 Sunday 21st July Trinity VIII Live as children of the light, for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth. (Ephesians 5: 8-9) Readings: Isaiah 2: 1-5 Ephesians 5: 8b-14 Matthew 5: Sunday 28th July Trinity IX From everyone who has been given much, much will be demanded; and from the one who has been entrusted with much, much more will be asked. (Luke 12: 48) Readings: Jeremiah 1: 4-10 Phil. 3: 7-14 Matthew 23: Sharon 11th July Holy Communion Marlene & Joyce Tyron Prince Gerhard & Andries 7th July Trinity VI (green) Marinda & Doreen Pastor Lutz Dalene B & Debbie 14th July Trinity VII (green) Sunelle 25th July Holy Communion Dalene B & Denise Pastor Lutz Dalene C & Leon 21st July Trinity VIII (green) Nola & Jenny Pastor Lutz Norma & Geoff 28th July Trinity IX (green) Norma Ristow Lyn & Hector Terry-Ann & Sandy U 4th August Trinity X (green)

7 Amatola Haven 20th June Holy Communion STUTTERHEIM SERVICES & COMMUNION JUNE & JULY 2013 (THURSDAYS) DUTY ROSTER JUNE & JULY 2013 Stutterheim Wardens Duty Flowers Sunday School Norma & Merle Norma Ristow Gerhard & Andries Liturgical Colours & Date Pam & Mavis Sunelle 2nd June Trinity 1 (green) Gerhard Krause Dalene B & Debbie Lorraine B & Audrey 9th June Trinity II (green) Marion Krause Dalene C & Leon Pastor Lutz Norma & Geoff Debbie & Leisel Sunelle Lyn & Hector Lyn & Ross 16th June Trinity III (green) Pastor Lutz Combined Service Thursday 6th June Methodist Combined Service Thursday 13th June - Thursday 20th June - Thursday 27th June Presbyterian Combined Service Holy Communion Anglican Combined Service Baptist Combined Service Thursday 4th July DRC Combined Service Thursday 11th July - Thursday 18th July - 23rd June Trinity IV (green) 30th June Trinity V Thursday 25th July Holy Communion Lutheran Combined Service Methodist Combined Service Holy Communion Presbyterian Combined Service

8 Und Mose redete mit dem Herrn und sprach: Der Herr, der Gott des Lebensgeistes für alles Fleisch, wolle einen Mann setzen über die Gemeinde, der vor ihnen her aus- und eingeht und sie aus- und einführt, damit die Gemeinde des Herrn nicht sei wie Schafe ohne Hirten. Und der Herr sprach zu Mose: Nimm Josua zu dir, den Sohn Nuns, einen Mann, in dem der Geist ist, und lege deine Hände auf ihn. 4.Mose 27, Mose hat seinen Auftrag erfüllt, nun soll er seine Arbeit in andere Hände legen. Ein Jüngerer muss das Volk weiterführen. Doch wer soll das sein? Mose fragt nicht die Gemeinde, nicht die Ältesten, er wendet sich unmittelbar an Gott. Der Herr soll den neuen Hirten bestimmen. Der Hirte ist für die Gemeinde unverzichtbar. Auch die Kirche Jesu Christi hat daran von Beginn an bis heute festgehalten. Der Pfarrer steht in der Verantwortung vor Gott, der ihm seinen Auftrag gegeben hat. Es haben sich im Laufe der Geschichte zusätzliche Verfahrensweisen für die Berufung eines Pfarrers entwickelt: Vorstellungsgespräche, Probepredigten, verschiedene Wahlverfahren und manches andere mehr. Über all dem aber steht das göttliche Besetzungsrecht. Es gibt Gemeinden, in denen sich bei der Suche nach einem neuen Pfarrer ein Gebetskreis zusammenfindet. Dies kommt dem durchaus nahe, was Mose tut: Er bittet Gott zu entscheiden, wer der richtige Mann iat, der die Gemeinde führen soll. Das Hirtenamt ist ein göttliches Amt. Der Pfarrer soll das Wort Gottes lauter und rein verkündigen, die Sakramente der göttlichen Einsetzung gemäß verwalten, Seelsorge üben und in der Beichte Sünden vergeben. Menschliche Qualitäten allein reichen dafür nicht aus. Der Geist Gottes muss es tun, mit Gebet und Handauflegung wird das bestätigt. (Pastor Siegfried Gleißner) BIBLE READINGS FOR JULY 2013 Monday 1 st Luke 6: Tuesday 2 nd Galatians 1: Wednesday 3 rd Ezekiel 2: 1-8 Thursday 4 th Acts 15: 4-12 Friday 5 th Luke 22: Saturday 6 th Philippians 3: Sunday 7 th Matthew 28: Monday 8 th 1 Corinthians 10: 1-8 Tuesday 9 th Acts 2: Wednesday 10 th Acts 16: Thursday 11 th Matthew 18: 1-6 Friday 12 th John 19: Saturday 13 th Revelations 3: 1-6 Sunday 14 th John 6: 1-15 Monday 15 th John 6: Tuesday 16 th Matthew 22: 1-14 Wednesday 17 th Zechariah 8: 9-17 Thursday 18 th 1 Corinthians 10: Friday 19 th Luke 22: 7-20 Saturday 20 th Revelation 19: 1-10 Sunday 21 st Matthew 5: Monday 22 nd James 2: Tuesday 23 rd 2 Corinthians 6: Wednesday 24 th James 3: Thursday 25 th Luke 11: Friday 26 th John 18: Saturday 27 th Philippians 2: Sunday 28 th Matthew 25: Monday 29 th 1 Kings 2: Tuesday 30 th Ezekiel 3: Wednesday 31 st 1 Corinthians 6: 12-20

9 BIBLE READINGS FOR JUNE 2013 Saturday 1 st John 14: 7-14 Sunday 2 nd Luke 16: Monday 3 rd Luke 10: 1-16 Tuesday 4 th 1 John 4: Wednesday 5 th 1 Thessalonians 2: 1-12 Thursday 6 th John 21: Friday 7 th Luke 22: Saturday 8 th Philippians 1: Sunday 9 th Luke 14: Monday 10 th Proverbs 9: 1-10 Tuesday 11 th Exodus 2: Wednesday 12 th 1 Samuel 1: 1-11 Thursday 13 th Matthew 15: Friday 14 th Luke 23: Saturday 15 th Luke 7: Sunday 16 th Luke 15: 1-32 Monday 17 th Luke 5: Tuesday 18 th Exodus 32: Wednesday 19 th John 5: 1-16 Thursday 20 th Matthew 18: Friday 21 st Matthew 27: 3-10 Saturday 22 nd Romans 8: 1-6 Sunday 23 rd Luke 6: Monday 24 th Luke 1: Tuesday 25 th Matthew 10: Wednesday 26 th Romans 14: Thursday 27 th Jeremiah 17: 5-13 Friday 28 th Matthew 27: Saturday 29 th Matthew 16: Sunday 30 th Luke 5: 1-11 Bishop Rohwer is going to retire- after 28 years in office There is no doubt that 28 years of being Bishop is a record. He is definitely the longest serving Lutheran bishop in the world, perhaps the longest serving bishop. He has earned the gold medal. Bishop Rohwer was elected at a very young age at Synod at St. Martini Cape Town in 1985 and re-elected six times. He took over the leadership of the Cape Church in difficult times. Before becoming bishop Nils Rohwer worked as mathematic and science teacher, after studying Theology in Pietermaritzburg he served as a vicar at St. Andrew s East London and thereafter as pastor in Bloemfontein. He was deputizing pastor of Bloemfontein again until a year ago after the congregation become vacant in I think that Bishop Rohwer was a very good counsellor of the pastors. He left us freedom to implement new ideas in our ministry but he took time to talk to us and to give advice when we called upon him. He often preached at the Church Day and attended CCE Meetings. He chaired the Annual Pastors Convocation and attended Pastors conferences regularly in the Western Cape and in the Border Area whenever he was able to make it. He also came to visit the congregations when they became vacant and always found new pastors for this area, which was sometimes difficult. I am not able to mention all the journeys he undertook and the meetings he attended. The task of the Bishop is to be pastors of the pastors and to give guidance to them and to the church committees and to represent the Cape Church all over which means to keep up the outside contacts to the Theological Training in Pietermaritzburg, to the NT-Church and German Lutheran Church in Namibia, the other Lutheran churches in Southern Africa, the Evangelical Church in Germany consisting of Lutheran and Reformed Churches, other Lutheran Churches in the world and the Lutheran World Federation and Ecumenical Council of Churches and other denominations. The relationship with the Evangelical Church in Germany is very important as our Cape Church is a South African church of German descent and the Evangelical Church in Germany second pastors to serve for 6 to 9 years. The Cape Church also receives a substantial grant. Therefore this grant plus interest on investments cover the costs for the bishop and his secretary and the treasurer of the Cape Church. Being on Church Council for 10 years I have learned a lot about his tasks. I am grateful that it was possible to have his Farewell Service for the Cape Church congregations in the Eastern Cape at St. Andrew s East London, the congregation where he started his ministry as a vicar and where he ordained and inducted me and conducted my marriage to Silke. He received a hand carved wooden cross from CCE and the pastors in the Eastern Cape as a token of appreciation. Let us pray for God s guidance for the upcoming Synod and for wisdom for Bishop Rohwer to serve the Lord after his retirement. We can be grateful for everything he has done for the church as a whole and individuals. (Pastor Rüdiger Lutz)

10 Folker, who was with us for 2 weeks again, writes about his adventures with God: After I left you in March 2012 I spent exactly 1 year rooting myself and others in who God is. I attended an intense 9 month Bible School in Taiwan and then taught God s word in Samoa, both with Youth With A Mission (YWAM). Through reading His word, God showed me his insanely faithful redemptive character. As this transformed the perspective I had on my own life, it was great seeing other people s perspective transform when teaching them from God s word. Let me tell you a bit more in detail. If there wouldn t be a lightning fast internet connection everywhere you go in Taiwan, living there would feel like you are living in a different world. Language, food, traffic, social interaction and Buddhist/Taoist religion are all things that are so different from our African and Western understanding of how the world works. Attending a Bible school in this unfamiliar environment, helped to look at the world, including the west, with new open eyes when thinking about how to apply the Bible to myself and society. Being in Taiwan which is only 4% Christian and open to God and missionaries was a huge blessing. Weekly art and skateboarding ministry helped me to make some Taiwanese friends whom I could tell about their Creator and restless Saviour. Many times they had never heard of Jesus before. A 75hour working week ensured that there was a lot of thinking and learning going on as I read through the Bible 5 times studying it and its historical contexts. This was often very tiring, and God showed me that persevering in pursuing Him, through the hard times, is totally worth it. Seeing that the claims of the merciful, loving, faithful, jealous, comforting God are all proven in the stories in the Old Testament, made me love reading it. God is the main Character of all those stories. Another thing I learnt was how intimately and precisely God speaks into people s lives, the Bible being the best example of this, all written down for specific people in a specific context. So great to get to know God from back then, and take this knowledge into today, into my own life. Bringing it into the lives of others is what I did after the Bible school. Being trained and sent out to teach the Bible in the Christian nation of Samoa, was the next thing that I believe God used to show me his calling on my life. With tropical beaches, a population of 190,000 and a church on every second street corner, Samoa looks like heaven on earth. But hearing of broken homes, drugs, over filled prisons and an ever increasing number of people becoming Mormons, it became clear why a Bible teaching team was asked to come and teach local people (how) to read the Bible for themselves. Aiming to show that it is easy to understand Through teaching here, I was affirmed to keep on teaching. That is why I am going to further my studies in theology and evangelism, by going to study for the next 4 years in Germany at Johanneum, close to Cologne. I thank you very very much for socially, prayerfully and financially strengthening and encouraging me on this journey the past year. God has greatly used your effort for his glory and the strength of his kingdom. wow so cool. The last year in Asia was like discovering that I have had all my heart desired, right there in my cupboard. Bible stories and Jesus have been coming out of my ears for most of my life. But by spending a year studying and teaching these, it has become undeniably clear that God s Word and Jesus are more life giving than anything else we could dream of or achieve. All along I have had this treasure (the Bible) in my cupboard, but seldom did I dream to commit my whole life to make known its Main Character Jesus. Folker Hofmann Ephesians 1:3 Jesus sprach: Die Zeit ist erfüllt und das Reich Gottes ist herbeigekommen. Tut Buße und glaubt an das Evangelium! Markus 1,15 Das werden wir, mein jüngster Sohn und ich, nicht so schnell vergessen. Gemeinsam waren wir auf einem Fussballtrainingslager. Morgens hatte jedes der achtzig Kinder seinen Namen auf einen Zettel geschrieben und die (hoffentlich) richtige Lösung einer sportlichen Frage. Abends dann der aufregenden Moment: Ein brasilianischer FIFA- Fussball ist der Hauptpreis. Nachdem die anderen Preise schon verlost wurden, wartet nur noch der Fussball. Ein Zettel wird gezogen und dann wird der Name gesagt- und es ist der Name meines Sohnes. Wir beide können es kaum fassen... Von solch einem Glück, ja von einen noch größeren berichtet das Bibelwort: Es ist soweit, die Zeit ist erfüllt, die Gott erwählt hat, um uns das große Glück zu bereiten. Sein Reich und seine Herrschaft sind zu uns gekommen. Aber nicht nur ganz allgemein. Er ruft mich, er ruft dich, ganz persönlich! Was für ein Glück, dass ich gemeint bin; was für ein Glück, dass Sie gemeint sind! Nachdem der Name meines Sohnes genannt wurde, musste er natürlich aufstehen und nach vorne kommen, um den Ball in Empfang zu nehmen. Tut Buße und glaubt an das Evangelium. Das heißt ja nicht nichts anderes als: Steh auf, komm zu Jesus. Lass zurück, was von ihm wegführt, damit du das große Glück seiner Liebe und Vergebung in Empfang nehmen kannst. Auch heute wird es Gelegenheiten geben, das (wieder) in die Tat umzusetzen: seinen Ruf hören, aufstehen, zu ihm gehen, mit ihm gehen, seine Liebe erfahren und weitergeben. Und dann noch eine Zugabe: Der brasilianische Fussballstar und Christ, der das Camp leitet, unterschreibt auf dem Fussball mit seinem Namen. Jesus hat seinen Ruf auch durch seine Unterschrift bezeugt, hat unterschrieben mit seinem Leben, Leiden und Auferstehen, ja mit seinem Blut. Damit du sicher weißt, was damit gemeint ist! Pastor Karsten Vehrs