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🌟 Exciting Expressions Submission 🌟

This past Sunday, our hearts were touched by the incredible sermon delivered by Grant Butler during our Family Service. His message, titled "Off by heart, off my heart," drew inspiration from the Psalms and ignited a beautiful creative spark in the children present.

Grant invited the kids to complete sentence prompts from their hearts, crafting a new Psalm together. The result was nothing short of breathtaking, and a true expression of faith and love that you can view below!

Let's take a moment to appreciate this wonderful expression of community and spirituality. 📜 Share your thoughts below and let's continue to inspire one another through our shared faith journey. 🙌

Happy Human Rights Day!

As we can well recall, South Africa was plagued by violence and looting during the season of Lent in 2021. Amidst the chaos, a young girl named Kgaugelo Shai was caught in the crossfire and tragically lost her life. In the aftermath of her death, Kgaugelo's mother, Margaret Shai, chose to respond with compassion and forgiveness.

Despite her heartbreak and pain, she urged the community to come together in love and to seek forgiveness and reconciliation. Her words and actions exemplified the Christian message of compassion and forgiveness during the season of Lent, a time when we reflect on Christ's sacrifice and the power of forgiveness. In a world that can be cruel and unforgiving, choosing to respond with love and mercy in the face of tragedy and injustice can be a powerful witness to the transformative power of Christ's love.

May we always be aware of the fundamental human rights that all people hold, and strive to enable those human rights in others through understanding and compassion. Though the current situation in South Africa can seem dire and disruptive, we must never forget to enable freedom in all its forms: freedom to live, to love, to move about and to celebrate the wonderful aspects of our lives.

Good afternoon, Expressionists!

Another addition to our Heritage Day content is something a bit different. We all know what Heritage Day means to us adult folk, but what does it look like to the kids to whom we will one day pass the baton of South Africa?

In this video, we show you just that with some heartfelt, some hilarious comments taken from a Grade 7 class at Grey Junior. You don't want to miss this one!

Click the link below to view this submission:

Heritage Day: The Future What better way to celebrate Heritage Month than a word from those who will carry our heritage into our future. In this video, the Grade 7s from Grey Junior School in Gqeberha share their – often hilarious, mostly heartfelt – thoughts on what Heritage Day means to them!