Archbishop Thabo Makgoba - Patronal Festival – St Philip the Deacon
11 October 2009
Collect, APB p.310
Isaiah 53:7-11
Psalm 67
Acts 8:26-40
Mt 28:18-20 (Readings from the Good News Bible)
May I speak in the name of God, whose promises to us are still fulfilled today in Jesus Christ his Son, through the power of his Holy Spirit.
Dear people of God of St Philip the Deacon, let me say again what a great pleasure it is to be with you as you celebrate your patronal festival.
Thank you, to the wardens, for your invitation, and also to Fr Trevor Steyn for standing in, during Fr Michael Weeder’s absence.
I very much enjoyed my visit to St Philip’s a year ago, at the evening we had of ‘100 men and more, thanking God’.
