TO ALL IN THE UPCSA,

The Memorial Service for Elder David Macdonald will be held at the Plumstead Presbyterian Church, 25 Victoria Road, Plumstead on Tuesday 14th June at 10 am. The Western Cape Presbytery Moderator, the Rev Natalie Barnard, will be leading the service. Please continue to pray for the family, and for the Plumstead Presbyterian congregation during this time of grief and loss.

Also please keep in your prayers the Pina family. Members of Bellville Presbyterian Church, Felix, and Cynthia Pina were very active in the Presbytery of the Western Cape and also passed away recently.  Felix Pina passed away at the end of April 2022, and his wife Cynthia passed away on the 2nd of June 2022.  For many years, Felix played an active role in the Presbytery as the Elder Commissioner from Bellville Presbyterian and served as Convener of the Presbytery Finance Committee and the Presbytery Project for the Aged. Cynthia was also the Elder Commissioner from Bellville Presbyterian and was a past General President of the Women’s Association and an Elder Commissioner to the General Assembly. She was also very active in the Christian Aid work of the Presbytery and in the Bridge Builders International organization.

We pay tribute to these Elders within the Western Cape Presbytery who led the way for others to follow. We pray for their families, and the congregations and communities that they were very much a part of.

Warmest regards,

Rev Dr. Lungile Mpetsheni

(Rhadebe)

General Secretary

Uniting Presbyterian Church in Southern Africa

Secretary – Africa Communion of Reformed Churches

P O Box 12355

Aston Manor 1630

Tel :  + 27 11 727-3500

Email:lmpetsheni@unitingpresbyterian.org

“I am doing a great work and cannot go down. Why should the work stop while I leave it and go down to you?” (Nehemiah 6:3)