July 29, 2013, Sunday

This Sunday, I attended a church that is defined as charismatic.  Dr. Duguid, the lecturer from the USA, was going to preach there and so I decided to go there as well.

This church is called charismatic because it contains a lot of contemporary singing and the preaching is different than what I am used to.  I guess church started at 9:30.  However, our ride picked us up at 10:10.  We were not late however, as they had been singing and it is typical of people to arrive later.  (People were still arriving at 11:00).  When we entered, everyone was singing.  They had drums and a keyboard, as well as a choir using mikes.  The volume was cranked up very loud and I`m sure the neighbouring farms could hear the music.  Once the music was done, all the visitors were called up front to introduce themselves.  We then went to more singing.  After about an hour of singing (in English and Zulu), Dr. Duguid preached.  His message was on the benediction `The Lord bless you and keep you, the Lord make His face to shine upon you and give you peace` and what is means to be blessed and to have God`s face shine upon us.  Once the preaching was done, an offering was taken and more singing was done.  The service was over by about 1:00.

For the rest of the day, I relaxed.  I had a nap, listened to a part of a series from a conference, read, looked at the pictures from yesterday, etc. 

Tomorrow, I have to go the Police Station to do a report about the accident – something I never had to do before either here or in Canada!!  Should be interesting.