SERVICE TIMES

08 December 2019 Bible Study & Sunday School

Bible Study 9.00- 9:45 AM.
Sunday School 9.00-9:45 AM
cnr. Edmond
Rostand & Young Adults/Youth
Chantecler Class 9.00-9:45 AM.
Roads, Sunday Worship
Eversdal 10.00 - 11.15 AM.
P.O. Box 351, 6.00 - 7.00 PM.
Durbanville 7551 Youth Service
6.00-7.00 PM.

From the desk of Dereck...

A Time to be Silent and a Time to Speak

This past week I preached at Oom Frikkie’s funeral from Kraaifontein. I never met him but knew his wife who lost
Living a new life in Christ

her first husband and now had to lay another husband to rest. The grief is overwhelming. I used the text Eccl. 3:1-
8.
According to Solomon, there is a time for everything (Eccl. 3:7). When to speak and when to remain silent is an
assignment not easily mastered especially when there’s pain.
“Silence is golden” is an expression pre-dating the 1964 release of a song recorded by Frankie Valli and the Four
Seasons. The expression goes back at least as far as the 1848 proverb: “Speech is silver and silence is golden.”
Simply put, this means that there are things that should not be repeated and, in such matters, silence is of great
value. Centuries earlier, Solomon said that the one “who repeats a matter separates intimate friends” (Prov.
17:9). So, there is a time to remain silent. We do not have an obligation to share everything we know with others.
In fact, talebearing is a sin that hurts people (Prov. 11:13; 18:8). It fuels contention and kindles strife (Prov. 26:20-
21). Paul tells us to speak only such words as are “good for edification according to the need of the mo-
ment…” (Eph. 4:29). The matter is so serious that we are told not even to associate with someone who engages in
talebearing (Prov. 20:19).
In Scripture, silence is often an indicator of faith in God. In an expression of trust, David writes, “My soul waits in
silence for God only; From Him is my salvation” (Ps. 62:1). This reminds us of Moses’ declaration of faith in the
presence of the recently delivered children of Israel who were pinned between the Red Sea and the horses and
chariots of Pharaoh. He said, “Do not fear! Stand by and see the salvation of the Lord which He will accomplish
for you today; for the Egyptians whom you have seen today, you will never see them again forever. The Lord
will fight for you while you keep silent” (Ex. 14:13-14). Silently waiting for deliverance, rather than rebelling and
complaining as the people of Israel had been doing (vss. 11-12), shows trust in the Lord.
This may shed light on our Lord’s silence before His tormentors. Jesus kept silent (Mt. 26:63). He did not answer
(Mt. 27:12, 14; Jn. 19:9; Mk. 15:5; Lk. 23:9). In this, Jesus fulfilled the words of the prophet who said, “He was
oppressed and He was afflicted, Yet He did not open His mouth; Like a lamb that is led to the slaughter, And like
a sheep that is silent before its shearers, So He did not open His mouth” (Isa. 53:7). In His silence, Jesus was
“entrusting Himself” to the will of the Father (1 Pet. 2:23). However, when called upon to reveal His true identity,
Jesus did not shrink away in cowardly silence but boldly made the good confession, not only before the Council
but also before Pilate (Mt. 26:64; 1 Tim. 6:13). Similarly, we must “sanctify Christ as Lord in our hearts, always
being ready to make a defense to everyone who asks [us] to give an account for the hope that is in [us], yet
with gentleness and reverence…” (1 Pet. 3:15). Indeed, there is a time to speak and a time to be silent. We will
be judged accordingly (Mt. 12:36-37).
I pray that as you walk with our Lord, you’ll master the greatest opportunity for growth and that is the curbing of
your tongue.
Love in Christ, Dereck

CONTACT DETAILS
Landline: 021-975 4405 Website: www.churchofchrist.org.za
E MAIL - Secretary: office@bcoc.za.org
Minister: Dereck Beukes 082 909 3848
 MINISTRY FACILITATORS
Worship: Don Griessel 021 976-2950
Sunday School: Rachel Enslin 082 415 6603
Finance: Bradley Dearham 083 467 0943
World Bible School: Desiree Human 060 501 8540
Prisons: Stephen Leibbrandt 084 790 7721
Benevolence: Johan Gerber 083 233 4726
Maintenance: Robert Trevor-Jones 074 653 1463
LADIES BIBLE CLASS
Tuesdays at 10am at the Church building
Contact: Dawn De Vries 073 015-4229
SMALL GROUPS
Tuesday Evening Bible Study
Contact: Richard Lang 021 976-3505
Thursday evening group, Bible Study
PRAYER REQUESTS HAPPY BIRTHDAY
Sue Beukes, Gavin Fullard, Helen Man- Ryleigh Jones 10 Dec
zoni, Hugh’s Dad Robin, Marietjie, Morne De Bruyn 11 Dec
Devereaux, Genevieve, Lance & Anika & Yvette Sloan 12 Dec
Manuel family, Caren Jäck, Carol Gries- Nettie Du Toit 13 Dec
sel, Dearham & Hartle families, Paul
Lucy De Bruyn 14 Dec
Diedericks, John & Maggie Luiz, Bob &
Pat Grahame, Trudi Keith, Dorothy
Boshoff, André Botes & family, Thinus
Buys, The Kitching family, Rohann Marais
& family, Eric & Ethne Bresler, Belinda HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
Tubb, The Beukes family, Virginia Reg & Patsy Townsend—09 Dec
Salzmann, The Robertson Family, Dereck & Sue Beukes—14 Dec
Delene Bywater & family, Kevin Hennings,
Shirley Jacobs, SA Bible College
TUESDAY LADIES’ CLASS
Ladies class is taking a break
ANNOUNCEMENTS over November and December.

Thursday 7.00—8.00pm Classes will resume in the

Contact: Johan Gerber 083 233 4726 KfC New Year.

MID WEEK BIBLE STUDY CLASS THURSDAY GROUP

Wednesday 7.00 - 8.00 pm at the Church building Taking a break over the
YOUTH FRIDAYS KfC is taking a break over the Christ- Christmas holidays.
mas period. Classes will resume in the New
Kids for Christ 8 - 12 years Every 2nd Friday 6.30-8:00 pm
We will start up again in the new year. Year.
Contact: Tish 084 398 8556 or Gaynor 072 111 5220
Contact Tish 084 398 8556 or Gaynor Have a blessed time with family
YOUTH 13-18 years Every 2nd Fri 7.00 pm –10.00 pm 072 111 5220 and friends
Contact: Ian & Tracey 083 300 6801
YOUTH CAMP
SUNDAY SCHOOL 9am—9:45am Date: 13—16 December
DATE 08 Dec 15 Dec Venue: Ihlati Bush Camp
Age 2 to 5 Caren Amy DWH Rondeberg, Cape Farms

Age 6 to 7 Caren Amy DWH Philedelphia

Ages: 12—19 yrs Cost: R850 p/p
Grade 2 - 3 Caren Amy DWH

Grade 4 - 6 Caren Amy DWH

Age 13-14 Caren Amy DWH

THIS WEEK 08 December 2019 NEXT WEEK 15 December 2019 FINANCES

DUTY ROSTER
AM PM AM PM
Year to date budget
(Nov 2019) - R982 080
Dereck Beukes Dereck Beukes ANNOUNCE- Dereck Beukes Dereck Beukes
Year to date actual
(Nov 2019) - R1 065 314
Criston Sloan Don Griessel SONG LEADER Joe Tshililo Johan Gerber
Year to date Surplus :-)
Thama Mabuda Glen DW Holmes LORD’S SUPPER Paul Diedericks Tendani Mabuda (Nov 2019) - R83 234
God bless you as you excel
SCRIPTURE & in your giving - 2 Cor. 8 : 7
Lance Adams Harrison Markotter Males Tomlinson Jorren Sloan
PRAYER

Bradley, Rohann, Johan P, Robert AM SERVERS Johan G, Robert, Charles, Ian S

Dereck Beukes Charles Markotter PREACHING Dereck Beukes Stephen Leibbrandt

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Hugh Granger Thikho Mabuda CLOSING PRAYER Charles Markotter Glen DW Holmes
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