SABSletter July/August 2000

Southern Africa Bible School, PO Box 11165, Rynfield 1514, South Africa
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"CROCODILE" DUNDEE AT LECTURESHIP 2000?

"Crocodile Dundee will not be speaking at the SABC Lectureship this year (September 24-27), but another figure's Australian accent will make its way from the pulpit to the pew."

Ian Coker, Minister of the Toowoomba Church of Christ in Queensland, Australia, will deliver keynote lessons Cheap Grace; The Grace of God in Hearing, Believing, Repenting, Baptism; Nature of Grace; Perils of Grace.

Coker was resource speaker at Kerrville, Texas, last year. The Kerrville City Times reported:

"Coker has preached for the Toowoomba Church 27 years. He took to the pulpit after American missionaries decided the church there would be better off run by Australians. The Toowoomba congregation has grown to 100 and attendance is at 95 per cent. This is remarkable in a country where church attendance is not a priority."

Coker is a native Australian. He attended the Macquarie School of Preaching in Sydney. During his ministerial career, Coker has done missionary work in India. His wife, Diane, is a wonderful helper for him, but unfortunately commitments to their children (they are expecting their first grandchild during SABC' Lectureship time) render her unable to accompany Ian at this time.

The Hornes met Ian Coker in 1999 when the latter was a featured speaker at Donna's hometown of Kerrville, TX. Coker proved to be a very popular speaker for the Lord.

Australia is not just superb at Rugby, Cricket and a favourite place for South African immigrants .... it also produced a world class beater .... but for the Lord this time. This is one speaker you don't want to miss!

LECTURESHIP THEME:

This year's Lectureship theme is "Amazing Grace". Some exciting speakers have been lined up for Lectureship 2000. Hillery Motzinger, one of the men from the USA through whom Louis Gerber became established in the prison ministry, will speak on "But Noah Found Grace"; John Staiger (from New Zealand) has the topic "Must I be Perfect?"; Brian van der Spuy's lesson title is "Amazing Grace".You just cannot afford to miss any of this year's lessons! Make plans now to attend. For assistance with housing and accommodation, please write to Margaret Tonkin, P O Box 12185, Benoryn 1504 or phone her at (011) 967-1577. Please do not delay we need to have your booking by September 19.

Stork News

John and Stacey Pitman ('83), after three little boys, finally have a daughter. She was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on June 29th. She weighed in at just under 7 lbs. and her name is Carys Alana. David, Joel and Kenan are very thrilled with their little sister.
Candy & Craig Stevens ('95) have another little girl! Katelyn Page was born on June 9. Her birth weight was 2.8 kg. and she was 45-inches long! Big sister, Melissa, is very proud of her. The Stevens' flew out on August 2 to further their education in Lubbock, Texas.
Gill and Chris du Preez ('96) welcomed Stephen Peter into their family on June 7 in Mississippi, USA. The baby weighed 7.65 pounds. He has a brother, Joshua, and three sisters, Chantelle, Jesse, and Amy. Chris graduated with honours on May 6 from Magnolia Bible College in America. He now holds a BA in Bible. He and his family have moved to Florence, Alabama, where Chris is studying at International Bible College. At the same time, they will be working with the Petersville congregation. Their plan is to work with SABC in the future.
JD and Merrill [van der Spuy] Wallace ('81) added Cameron Dale, who was born on 10 July in Lawton, Oklahoma, to their family. Cameron weighed 9lb 15 oz and his length was 23 1/2". JD, Merrill, sister Briana as well as grandmother Shirley van der Spuy were very excited about the new addition. The Wallace's e-mail address is Jdmlby@aol.com
Wendy and Kurt Platt ('89) of Manzini Bible School, Swaziland brought Karen Samantha into the world and into their family on Friday 21 July. Baby Karen weighed 3.65 Kg.
Athol ('92) and Annelize Warneke ('92) of Cape Town have another son his name is Ethan, and Dillon is delighted with his baby brother.

Wedding Congratulations

Kennedy Mukuka ('98) married Cynthia Bwalya on May 1. Their congregation is Mungwi Church of Christ, P O Box 112, Mungwi, Zambia. Kennedy writes: "The SABC experience cannot be replaced by anything on earth. It is an experience in one's life time and no serious person can afford to "distort" it with worldliness. I hope all the current students are doing all they are asked to, otherwise they will regret it once in the vineyard".

Achievement

Derek McNamara ('87) received his MA at Lubbock Christian University in May. He and Irene and children moved to Natchez, Mississippi, at the end of June to work with a congregation while Derek completes another two classes for an MS degree.
Jill and Dr. Andrew Mawdsley ('89) are moving to Albuquerque, New Mexico, where Andy will take up his new position of Family Minister for the Montgomery Blvd. Church of Christ, on September 1. His primary activities will be: adult education; Small Groups; fill-in preaching and counselling.
Graeme Murgatroyd ('87) preaches once a month for Pietermaritzburg Church of Christ and once a month at Hillcrest Old Age Home. He is in his sixth year of part-time study with a Diploma of Information Technology. He works for Bohme Africa (a chemical company) where he runs the computer department. On May 20, he married Rita Strydom and they live at 14 Fairthorne Flats, 34 Topham Road, Pelham, Pietermaritzburg 3200. Their postal address is P O Box 21748, Mayors Walk 3208. Graeme's e-mail is graemem@bohme.co.za
Gavin Veenhuis ('90) began a new job on June 19, working for an international company at the Johannesburg International airport's Duty Free section. He sells photographic equipment.
Nuria Petzer ('83) has a new job on the Abilene Christian University campus. She is "the face and voice for the Missions Department both nationally and globally as far as Youth Ministry goes". Her address is 826 Eastover Drive, Abilene, Texas, 79601, USA.
Raymond Rappard, first-year student, has been awarded two certificates from Argus Avant Security Training Academy. They are in "Bridging Course E-C" and "Retail".
Debbie and Alan Page ('87): Alan is working as a Geology Specialist for Amplats in
Rustenburg, and Debbie works as a physiotherapist. Debbie and Alan have two children, Athan and Megan. Alan completed his second Comrades Marathon this year earning a Bronze medal. Alan and Debbie live at 179 Klopper Street, Rustenburg 0299. Their home telephone number is 014-5971304. Their e-mail address is: redsp@mweb.co.za.
Ashleigh Wiggill ('97) recently got married and is now Mrs Ashleigh van Wyk. The couple's residential address is 204 Erika Court, Seacott Road, Edelweiss, Springs. The postal address is P O Box 1044, Springs 1560. Ashleigh may be contacted on cellular phone number 083-412-4010.

Cyber addresses

Martie & John D'alton jdalton@mweb.com.na

News on Ex-students:

Zoling Eeson ('99) of Mutare, Zimbabwe is working for a French airline.
Bronwyn Harwood-Nash ('99) is working for a year as an au pair in America.
Steve and Sharon Benton (nee Branford) ('93) and their children Joshua Samuel and Rachel Erin live at 2 Bluebell Place, Sunridge Park, Port Elizabeth 6045. Their home telephone number is (041) 360-4151, cell 082-967-8552. Sharon is a full-time Mom and her husband Steve is a self-employed property broker. Sharon and her father Reg Branford have started an ACE type school at Pickering Street. They recently completed a "gruelling" administration course in Durban. Sharon says "We're all very excited and very prayerful about it. We're starting with the preschool and working up from there. So please keep us in your prayers too. Our children's education should be one in the Lord so I guess our school is a great milestone which we have reached."

News on Ex-Graduates:

Sherwin Grottis ('95) will complete majors in Bible, accounting and business at Abilene, in May 2001, and then go on to law school. Last year Sherwin was a youth intern for the Oakland congregation. Sherwin is a skilled speaker and the church there speaks highly of his work with them.

Meet our First Year Students:

Warwick (Stephan Gunter) Fahrenhorst, 30, was born in Johannesburg and has two sisters, Paullette Swartz, who is married and lives in the UK, and Veronica-Lynn Fletcher, who is 13 years old and recently moved to Durban where she attends high school. Warwick was educated at John Orr Technical High School, where he obtained his Senior Certificate in Physical Science, Electrician Work and Technical Drawing. Attending Wingfield Technical College he obtained the N4 National Certificate in Industrial Electronics, Communication Electronics, Mathematics and Logic Systems, and passed from Border Technikon with Distinctions in Computer Skills, Digital Systems and Electronics. Warwick served in the South African Navy and circumnavigated Africa in 1992 on board the SAS Protea. This was the first time in 21 years that a South African Naval vessel had done this. The whole trip took 3 months and when the vessel crossed the equator Warwick went through an initiation ceremony, and in order to "clean up" afterwards swam in 4500 metres of water. Warwick was also privileged to go to down to Antarctica twice. He crossed the Antarctic circle three times and on the third occasion went on to the South Georgian Islands. Warwick loves reading, but his biggest passion is working with computers. Prior to attending SABC he was running his own computer business in East London. Warwick has been very valuable to the SABC' office staff who has drawn on his computer skills. Warwick was converted by Roy Lothian in East London in March 1999 and became actively involved in the prison ministry in there. He attended the Eastern Cape Bible College during 1999 where he studied subjects like Church in God's Purpose, Old Testament I, Personal Evangelism, Homiletics, Denominational Doctrines and Preaching Practicum Sermon Preparation. These subjects have given Warwick an good foundation for his studies at SABC, after which he plans to go into full-time ministry.
Foy Serge Anderson, 33, or "Foytjie" as he is affectionately known, was born in Benoni.
Foytjie is the grandson of the late "Auntie Kate" who was one of the founding members of the church in Benoni. Mom and dad, Joey and Foy Anderson, are long-time faithful members of the Benoni congregation. Attending Benoni Technical High School he obtained his Senior Certificate and after further study his N3 qualification. Foytjie is a qualified Fitter and Turner and CNC Programmer/Setter, which skills he used while working at Renold Crofts in Benoni and then Consol Glass in Wadeville. Rex Dutton, Ronnie Leppan, Foy (his dad) and Eddie (his brother) were responsible for his conversion in January 1992. Foytjie is married to Adel and they have 3 children, Nadine, Jeandre and Brandon. An enthusiastic road runner, Foytjie has taken part in the Comrades Marathon a number of times, achieving Bronze Medals in 1996,
1997 and 1999. Apart from road-running, Foytjie's other hobby is First Aid and he is a
qualified Level 3 First Aider. Currently Foytjie does song leading, and preaches for the
Afrikaans brethren at Benoni on a fairly regular basis. He intends to go into the ministry full-time once he has completed his studies at SABC.
Mashudu Nedambale, 52, or "James" as he is known at SABC, hails from Katlehong on the East Rand. James attended Tshidimbini High Primary and Tshivhase High School, in Venda, where he matriculated. James has done a Management Course in Security and attended a programme in Marketing and Market Research. He was employed by the Department of Forestry and Escom where he was involved in career activities such as security guard, protective service inspector, protective's instructor and Electrowise supervisor. James has also been involved in the Kathorus Presidential Lead Programme. He is married to Olive, and they have 4 children, Henry, Fulufhelo, Tshilidzi and Musatondwa. James enjoys reading when he has some spare time, and is involved in preaching on a part-time basis at his home congregation at Katlehong.