Archbishop Thabo Makgoba - Advocate Mojanku Gumbi’s Service of Thanksgiving
21 December 2008
2 Sam 7:8-16
Rom 16:25-27
Lk 1:26-38
Mary said, ‘Here I am, the servant of the Lord: let it be with me according to your word.’
Lord Jesus Christ, word made flesh: take my words and speak through them; take our minds, and speak to them; and take our hearts, and set them on fire with love for you, now and always. Amen.
Dear Gumbi, what a joy it is to share in today’s celebrations! We wish you God’s abundant blessings on your birthday.
Thank you for your invitation to preach – though it will come as no surprise to anyone here, that this is merely the latest in a long line of invitations from you that have been quite impossible to refuse!
The first of them came over twenty years ago, when we were at university together. It was my first year, and the elections for ANSOC, the University’s Anglican Society, were coming up.
