Congratulations.
As a congregation we extend our congratulations to the Botha family.
Pastor Robert has made us all very proud to receive his Masters while holding down 2 jobs.
Pastor Robert and Gail's daughter ,Emma, has been made Head Girl of the Hatfield Christian School for 2011.
We praise God for his hand on the Botha family as they have faithfully served our congregation and their other committments with their whole hearts.
Botha family we are so proud of you all and grateful that you are a very special pastoring family. Well done. Read more!

Hear God in the garden

The kiss of the sun for pardon,
Song of the birds for mirth.
You’re closer to God’s heart in the garden
Than any place else on earth.
Taken from a poem by DF Gurney

My grandmother used to often quote this to us as children and when I read it again in a gardening book, it brought back wonderful memories of my family and the many gardens we have shared. It is certainly very true that working with the soil and being in nature makes a person aware of the creative power of our God.
As spring approaches it is as if nature is bursting with the energy that God created for it to show. David of the Bible was so aware of this as he wrote in the Psalms about the beauty of nature and many others down the ages have enjoyed nature and specifically gardening.
Psalm 8v 3: “When I consider Your heavens,
The work of Your fingers,
The moon and the stars, which You have ordained,”

Psalm 19v1: “The heavens declare the glory of God
And the firmament shows His handiwork.”

African Proverb: Knowledge (spiritual as well) is like a garden; if it is left
uncultivated, it cannot be harvested.”

As the garden grows so does the gardener.

Gardeners are like doctors…they bury their mistakes.

Think small. Planting tiny seeds in the small space given you can change the whole world, or at least, your view of it.

A garden is a great teacher: It teaches patience and careful watchfulness, it teaches industry and thrift; above all it teaches entire trust.
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