Rosebank Methodist Church & ”Rollers”

June 24, 2007 Sunday

Rosebank Methodist Church

We worshipped with a lovely congregation at Rosebank Methodist Church, with the Rev. Tim Attwell. They were completing a “Gifts & Ministries” series with the theme, “Making Wholeness- Celebrating the Church as God’s healing agent”. People we met included Ralph Wilcox, who works with the Emmaus program, related to the United Methodist Church through Nashville, TN. We also met the woman who wrote and narrated the morning’s excellent power-point presentation summarizing the church’s ministries. People were encouraged to consider and respond to their particular call to serve.

“…Speaking the truth in love….the whole body, joined and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work.”
Ephesians 4:15,16

We also met Magda Ball, sister of the woman who created the power-point program, retired long-time kindergarten teacher and teacher of teachers (including working with “coloured” teachers during apartheid), and “Mark Stephenson’s godmother” as she wrote in my notebook. However, to me, Magda shall remain Magda,, and Mark Stephenson may become “Magda’s godson”.

The "Rollers"

Over the phone, Mark urged John to drive to Sea Point to watch the great waves (“rollers”) coming in off the Atlantic, so that became our plan for the afternoon (which meant that we drove twice in one day. The waves were terrific, but I understand they were to be even bigger. “Something big is coming through.”