Lay witness programme at Alberton Methodist Church

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The Alberton Methodist Church has welcomed a new minister and is hosting a programme for lay witnesses to come and share their religious experiences.

“We as a church believe it is not only our duty but also our obligation to service the spiritual needs of the greater community of Alberton,” said Zuzie van de Venter, lay witness co-ordinator.

The church is actively involved with AMCARE and its function, and is on the same premises.

“Our church will be hosting a number of ordinary working men, women and youth from all walks of life and from all geographical areas within the Republic. Our visitors will be sharing with our community their extraordinary experiences of how the Lord impacted their lives and how their lives have forever been changed due to these amazing experiences,” says Zuzie.

The programme will include meals and several sessions, and testimonies from people and their religious experiences, which will take place from April 22 to April 24.

“It would be greatly irresponsible of us as a church to have this kind of an outreach without the unconditional support of our resident minister (which we do have) and not have further follow-up programmes to reach out to those who have come to the weekend searching for some kind of spiritual peace. There will be a number of different follow-up programmes after the weekend, which will be overseen and guided and steered by Reverend Fred Cilliers, who joined our church as the head resident Minister of the Alberton Methodist church in late December of 2015,” adds Zuzie.

Fred Cilliers, the minister of the church, says it is important to work past religious separatism and exclusivity and for everyone to join hands and work together; “I believe that in light of all the despair and meaningless, people emigrating, the state of our economy and so on, it is important to have programmes like this to provide hope,” says the minister.