1962 - Moravian Archives

Page 12 THE WACHOVIA MORAVIAN
Unity Conference Begins Work
J. H. Foy
This arlicle by the Rev. J. H. Foy continues
the account of the Unity Conference
which WIIS begun last month in IIfI arl;cle
b, Dr. P. P. Stocker. A third arl;cle also
by-Dr. Stocker on the Conference itself will
appelit' in the next month's issue. Br. Fo'] ;s
president of the PrOf/incial Elders' Conference
of the British PrOf/;nce and WIIS secrelary
of the Unity Conference.
On the morning of August 21 we left
Johannesburg by air for Durban. Here we
were met by the Rev. Walter Bourquin,
former superintendent of South Africa,
East, and his son, S. Bourquin, who is head
of the Department of Native Affairs in
Durban. Br. S. Bourquin kindly took the
delegates on a conducted tour of the large
African township, Kwa Mashu, on the outskirts
of Durban where eventually over
100,000 Bantu workers and their families
will reside. The party found it most valuable
and illuminating to have the informed
and expert knowledge of Br. Bourquin
on the many aspects, social, economic and
religious, of this large resettlement scheme.
In the evening of the same day we gathered
at the home of Br. and Sr. S. Bourquin to
meet Moravians living in the Durban area
in a most enjoyable social gathering. A
surprising number of "contacts" were made
and renewed by people from nearly every
part of the Moravian Unity.
Thousand-mile auto joumey
The next day we began an automobile
journey of 1,000 miles from Durban to
Port Elizabeth. Bishop Adolph Hartmann
drove one car and the Rev. S. Nielsen the
other. Our first stop was at the home of
Br. and Sr. Hartmann at Shelley Beach,
Natal, where we had lunch, and then set
out for Mvenyane which we reached in
the early evening. After spending the night
there and enjoying the hospitality of Br.
and Sr. Nielsen the journey continued next
morning by way of Baziya, where we had
a very enjoyable service with the Baziya
congregation at which a delightful feature
was the singing of the school choir and
the zest of the Brother who translated our
greetings into the Xhosa language almost
before they were off our tongues! At the
close of the service we set out for Shiloh
where we arrived just after sunset. August
24 was listed on our program as a "rest
day." We celebrated this rare event by a
tour of Shiloh, old and new, in the morning,
a visit to Engotini for a service in the
afternoon, and a two-and-one-half hour
service with the Shiloh congregation in the
evening! Here again a delightful feature of
the proceedings was the singing of the
congregation and school choirs (some of it
even in English).
End of the journey -
On August 25 we began the last sector of
the long but most interesting drive to Port
Elizabeth. At Fort Hare, where we stopped
for lunch, we were shown over the Fort
Hare University College and to see the beginnings
of the Union Theological Seminary
being built close to the University
with help from the TheOlogical Education
Fund. This Seminary, which will be affiliated
with the University, will provide theological
training for students of nearly all
the Protestant denominations. It will be
open to students of all races, except Europeans.
At Port Elizabeth we were met by Br.
P. W. Schaberg, chairman of the Provincial
Board of the South Africa, West, Unity
Province, who had come from Capetown
to greet us and to escort us there. After a
visit in the home of the Rev. B. Kruger we
went to a hotel where we were lulled to
sleep by the sound of the surf pounding on
, the shore, although by that time we were
all so weary that we did not really need
this inducement to slumber.
On Sunday morning, August 26, the various
members of the party preached or gave
greetings in the different Moravian churches
in the Port Elizabeth area, and after
lunch we traveled by plane to Capetown
where we arrived just as the sun was setting.
We were soon welcomed and fed and
distributed to our various hosts and hostesses,
and retired to rest with great thankfulness
to our Heavenly Father that He had
brought us together at last after much journeying,
in Capetown, in health and safety,
ready to begin the Unity Conference on
the morning of Monday, August 27.
Dr. Spaugh elected chairman
Promptly at 9 A. M. the Conference assembled
with Br. R. Gordon Spaugh of
America, who is currently chairman of the
Unity Directory, as acting chairman. After
welcoming the delegates and speaking of
God's leading care and blessing Br. Spaugh
called upon Br. H. Motel (Continental Province)
to lead our devotions. Each moming
Br. Motel will conduct Bible study on
the First Epistle of John. After opening devotions
the Conference constituted itself as
follows: Chairman, Br. R. Gordon Spaugh
(American Province, South) ; Seaetary,
Br. J. H. Foy (British Province); Minute
Secretary, Br. A. W. Habelgaam (South
Africa, West). In addition" to the five voting
members from the American, Czech,
Continental and British Provinces, there
are advisory members from the two provinces
in Tanganyika, and from the South
Africa, East and South Africa, West, provinces.
The members of the Provincial
Board of South Africa, West, Province are
also attending as observers.
NOVEMBER, 1962
The first day has largely been taken up
with getting under way, but already some
of the simpler of the thirty-nine items on
our agenda have been dealt with. The days
that lie ahead promise to be full and interesting
ones. Let us pray that they may
also be fruitful for the work of our whole
Unity.
DR. HELLER SPEAKS AT CHRISTIAN
EDUCATION WEEK CONFERENCE
A oonference as part of the observance
of Christian Education Week was sponsored
by three of the Moravian Congregations of
Winston-Salem on October 4 and 5.
The sponsoring congregations were Ardmore,
Calvary and the Home Church.
Dr. James J. Heller of Moravian College
was the speaker at the two day sessions of
the conference. He spoke on the general
theme of ttThe Christian and His Bible."
Group discussion leaders were Miss Mallie
Beroth of Ardmore, the Rev. Clark A.
Thompson of the Home Church and the
Rev. Jack Salmons of Calvary.
At the opening session which was held
at Calvary following a fellowship supper,
Dr. Heller spoke on ttEncountering the
Word of God." His address at the closing
session at Ardmore on the morning of Friday,
October 5, was on the theme, ttThe
Nature, Interpretation and Use of the Bible."
- DEATHS
Griffith, Mrs. Emma Ormsby, died September
23, 1962. Funeral conducted by Dr.
JaDies C. Hughes. Interment in the Graveyard.
A member of Home Church.
Rumley, Madison Cleveland, born October
23, 1892. Died August 23, 1962. A
member of Advent Church. Interment in
Advent Graveyard. Service was conducted
by the Rev. Fred Hege, the Rev. J. G.
_Bruner, and the Rev. Thomas Presley.
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