This week we are hosting ministers and lay leaders from around the greater Durban area for our annual District synod. If you’re unfamiliar with Methodist-speak, in our language Westville Methodist Church is a SOCIETY which belongs to a CIRCUIT (the Durban Metro Circuit) in a DISTRICT (the Natal Coastal District) all of which is part our CONNEXION (the Methodist Church of Southern Africa).
In pre-Covid days, synod was a large gathering in one place, but this year our meeting take places at several decentralised hubs up and down the KZN coast, all connected via Zoom. The largest of those hubs will be here in Westville, so if you pop in to the church between Wednesday and Saturday this next week, the presence of our visitors will be a reminder to us all that we are part a big family! We would be grateful for your prayers this week as our synod wrestles with some of the challenges and complexities of ministry in our province right now.
In pre-Covid days, synod was a large gathering in one place, but this year our meeting take places at several decentralised hubs up and down the KZN coast, all connected via Zoom. The largest of those hubs will be here in Westville, so if you pop in to the church between Wednesday and Saturday this next week, the presence of our visitors will be a reminder to us all that we are part a big family! We would be grateful for your prayers this week as our synod wrestles with some of the challenges and complexities of ministry in our province right now.