Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Trending
  • In the words of Nelson Mandela, “To deny people their human rights is to challenge their very humanity”
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Winner: Sithembele Isaac Xhegwana of Makhanda
  • Flooding at the James Kleynhans Water Treatment Works
  • Avbob 2023 Poetry Competition Second Place: Jeannie Wallace McKeown of Makhanda
  • Residents of Extensions Nine, 10, Transit Camp, Phumlani and Enkanini voice discontent!
  • Makhanda Creatives Speak Out
  • Running towards a drug and alcohol-free Makhanda
  • What’s On 23 – 30 March
Facebook Twitter Instagram
Grocott's Mail
  • NEWS
    • Courts & Crime
    • Features
    • Politics
    • People
    • Health & Well-being
  • SPORT
    • News
    • Results
    • Sports Diary
    • Club Contacts
    • Columns
    • Sport Galleries
    • Sport Videos
  • OPINION
    • Election Connection
    • Makana Voices
    • Deur ‘n Gekleurde Bril
    • Newtown… Old Eyes
    • Incisive View
    • Your Say
  • ARTSLIFE
    • Cue
    • Makana Sharp!
    • Visual Art
    • Literature
    • Food & Fun
    • Festivals
    • Community Arts
    • Going Places
  • OUR TOWN
    • What’s on
    • Spiritual
    • Emergency & Well-being
    • Safety
    • Civic
    • Municipality
    • Weather
    • Properties
      • Grahamstown Properties
    • Your Town, Our Town
  • OUTSIDE
    • Enviro News
    • Gardening
    • Farming
    • Science
    • Conservation
    • Motoring
    • Pets/Animals
  • ECONOMIX
    • Business News
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Personal Finance
  • EDUCATION
    • Education NEWS
    • Education OUR TOWN
    • Education INFO
  • Covid-19
  • EDITORIAL
Grocott's Mail
You are at:Home»ARTS & LIFE»The promise of reconciliation
ARTS & LIFE

The promise of reconciliation

Staff ReporterBy Staff ReporterDecember 15, 2018Updated:December 15, 2018No Comments3 Mins Read
Facebook Twitter Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email
The congregation of the NG Kerk in Makhanda (Grahamstown) will renew their promise of peace with a special commitment on 16 December 2018. File photo (2017): Sue Maclennan

On the eve of the Day of Reconciliation, Minister of the NG Kerk in Makhanda (Grahamstown) Strauss de Jager shares the vow for peace that the congregation will be renewing at the church’s 16 December 2018 service. “It’s a commitment which might grow into a vow,” he explained this week. “In 1992 I called for a new vow, for peace. I believe it was appropriate for that time, and it is still very necessary today.”

VERBINTENIS TOT VERSOENING EN VREDE

Ons verbind onsself daartoe om:

  1. Getrou te bid dat God aan ons land en al haar mense die gawe van vrede skenk.
  2. Te bid vir alle owerheidsinstellings en hulle op te roep tot integriteit en toegewyde diens aan al die inwoners van ons land.
  3. Al ons medemense te respekteer en beter begrip en kommunikasie met almal na te jaag.
  4. Met oop gemoedere te luister na mede-landsburgers wat hul pyn en perspektiewe met ons deel.
  5. Daadwerklike en konstruktiewe optrede en bydraes te maak wat omstandighede sal verbeter.
  6. Vergiffenis aan te bied en te aanvaar om insidente van onreg te help regstel.
  7. Uit te reik na mede-landsburgers van ander taal en kultuur en mekaar beter te leer ken en waardeer.
  8. Beter verhoudinge en vriendskap na te jaag met al die medemense van ons land.
  9. Nie afbrekend en negatief te praat oor enige van ons mede-landsburgers nie, maar eerder gelowig en opbouend te dink en te praat.
  10. Jesus se saligspreking in Mat 5:9 konsekwent uit te leef: “Geseënd is die vredemakers, want hulle sal kinders van God genoem word.”

COMMITMENT TO RECONCILIATION AND PEACE

We commit ourselves to:

  1. Persevere in prayer that God will grant his gift of peace to our country and all its people.
  2. To pray for all authorities and to challenge them to integrity and faithful service to all the inhabitants of our country.
  3. To respect all our fellow human beings and pursue better understanding and communication with all.
  4. To listen with an open mind to fellow countrymen sharing their pain and perspectives with us.
  5. Act constructively and make contributions to improve conditions and situations around us.
  6. Offer and accept forgiveness in order to deal better with experiences of injustice.
  7. Reach out to our fellow countrymen from other language and culture groups in order to get to know and appreciate one another better.
  8. Pursue better relationships and friendship with all fellow human beings of our country.
  9. Not to engage in any destructive or negative talk regarding any of our fellow countrymen, but rather to think and talk with faith and a constructive attitude.
  10. Consistently follow Jesus’ beatitude as found in Matthew 5:9. “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.” (NIV).
Previous ArticleSidbury and Cuylerville end year on a high
Next Article Township B&B booking website launches
Staff Reporter
  • Website

Comments are closed.

Tweets by Grocotts
Newsletter



Listen

The Rhodes University Community Engagement Division has launched Engagement in Action, a new podcast which aims to bring to life some of the many ways in which the University interacts with communities around it. Check it out below.

Humans of Makhanda

Humans of Makhanda

Weather    |     About     |     Advertise     |     Subscribe     |     Contact     |     Support Grocott’s Mail

© 2023 Maintained by School of Journalism & Media Studies.

Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.