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TWENTY
10 POCKET GUIDE
This pocket booklet of 36 pages is your guide to the
FIFA World Cup 2010. It consist out of information about:- The origins
and history of the FIFA World Cup
- The path to qualifying for all of the
finalists
- Full fixtures with kick-off times and space to record scores
- Articles
featuring Lucio, Maros Senna and others
- Simple explanation of the way
of salvation and joining the winning team
If you would like order
this booklet in batches of 100 (at R4 ea) or 1000 (at R3 ea), please contact
Carita
on 021 439 4721 or carita@ubomi.com |
ANOTHER
SUCCESSFUL PLATTELKLIP CHARITY CHALLENGE EVENT
R589 000 was pledged
for the Ubomi Children’s Support Centre in Samora Machel, Philippi, in the
Webber Wentzel Platteklip Charity Challenge held on 17th April 2010. The weather
was perfect as 70 super athletes took to running up table mountain 3 to 9 times!
In among them were 3 of our very own athletes from Life Church, Daniel Smith (5
laps), Joseph Chinana (3 laps). and Aaron McKenzie (6 laps) who collectively raising
almost R20 000. It was great to have supporters from Life Church come out and
cheer the athletes on including a group of pre-schoolers from Samora Machel who
cheered, sang and blew their vuvuzelas enthusiastically.
Tatum Prins, a
professional adventure racer, set the pace by ascending the mountain 9 times,
embarrassing the guys, most of whom struggled to do 5 ascents! Each lap is 5.5km
in distance, 760 metres of climbing, and took approximately 2 hours. The route
up Platteklip Gorge includes 800 double size steps over a distance of 2.1km. Once
at the top, the contestants needed to run to the upper cable station, catch a
lift down and then run back to the start at the gorge.
Master fundraisers
and organisers, Anton and Brigitte de Waal and Adam Pike, wanted the challenge
to be steeper than the inaugural event last year, so they increased the number
of summits required from 3 to 5. “The harder you make it, the easier it is
to raise money, because people pledge towards lunacy, as opposed to average achievement”,
said Anton.
From Ubomi, we would like to say a big thanks to the organisers
who undertook this massive task for putting the event together, marketing it and
now tracking the donations that are coming in from 1000s of individual donors.
We are truly blessed to have them on board!
For pictures from the day,
go to:
http://gavgamsu.squarespace.com/photies/platteklip-challenge/
and
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=66026987736&v=photos |
 ELLERTON
PRIMARY SCHOOL RENOVATION PROJECT
On Saturday the 6th of March, 120 volunteers
from Life Church entered the gates of Ellerton Primary School with one goal: to
improve the facilities and make sure that the next generation of our community
is proud of their school.
Volunteers were divided into groups to either paint,
clean, scrape or sand. The following was done:
- Jungle gym fixed and
improved
- Front gates fixed and painted
- Tuck shop, storage
room, crèche, toilets and offices painted
- The staff room received
new appliances
- Windows fixed
- New benches built
- Hop
scotch lines etc repainted
Life Church will be returning
to the school to install a security system, improve the lighting, repaint the
corridors and help the school with any other maintenance that may need to be done.
Life
Church would like to thank the following sponsors: Duraline, Secure Risk Solutions,
Group Five, Camps Bay Pre-Primary School, Eva-last and everyone at Life Church
who volunteered or donated resources. This is just the beginning of a great relationship
between Life Church and Ellerton Primary School!
Click
here to read the newspaper article (link will open as a PDF) |
CHARITY
CHALLENGE
Hi Everyone - Arran, Daniel and Joseph have entered a hectic
endurance event called the Platteklip Charity Challenge to raise money to upgrade
creche facilities for Aids affected children in Samora Machel, Cape Town. It is
a 100% charity event which last year managed to raise more than R500 000.00 for
the creche. They will try to see how many times they can summit Table Mountain
via Platteklip Gorge from sunrise to sunset. You can sponsor them for as little
as R100, and know that you are making a huge difference to someone less fortunate
than you.
You can sponsor them here: http://www.charitychallenge.co.za/entrants.php
Your
support would be greatly appreciated!
You can read more about the charity
here:
http://www.charitychallenge.co.za/masikhulisane-creche.php
You
can watch the ETV News coverage from last year here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KahQmele1Vo |  |
| Laugh
with your heart Rock with your brain!
Prepare yourself because it’s
time to “Laugh with your heart Rock with your brain”... The Drug Education
Agency is launching its new campaign – “Laugh with your heart Rock with
your brain” - which aims to unite the people of the Mother City, through
great, clean comedy, an awesome band and positive people.
The ”Laugh
with your heart rock with your brain” campaign is a great initiative to create
awareness of the services we offer with regards to substance abuse, as well as
awareness of the dangers of drug abuse.
The Drug Education Agency (DEA)
is an organization that promotes drug prevention and creates awareness and has
been around since 2002. Our primary goal as an organization is to reach the masses
out there and prevent the experimentation and abuse of narcotic substances. Our
aim is not only to bring across the message that drugs are dangerous but also
create awareness of the DEA. | -
What: “Laugh with your heart” comedy and band jam
- When: Friday
September 25th 2009 7pm STARTS 7:30PM
- Where: 30 Main rd, Sea Point, Life
Church Auditorium
- Why: To create an awareness of the Drug Education Agency,
and to make it known that the DEA is available and that we offer parent support
groups, assessments and prevention programs and creating awareness.
- How:
By having Three o stand-up comedians and two bands performing on the evening,
plus a 15 minute presentation of who we are and what our vision and goals are.
LINE UP INCLUDES: - MARK PALMER (HOST)
- DAVID NEWTON
(ST C)
- RUSSEL FOX (ST C)
- THE RESCUE(BAND)
- FIGHT WITH FIRE(BAND)
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LIFE
CONFERENCE
The theme for this year's Life Conference was a "life of
Influence"; a conference that is a heart felt experience to what Life Church
is all about. Life Church hosted their 4th annual Conference over the weekend
of the 19th to the 21st of September 2008 focusing on justice and righteousness.
There was a twist in this year's conference - it was not a conference just about
hearing and being empowered by great speakers, but about doing and being the hands
and feet of Jesus. It was not a conference about what you can get out of it, but
what you can give back to people in need.
Click
here to read more about the LIFE CONFERENCE |
SEED
PROJECTS
At Life Church, we encourage our Life Groups to be involved in
the community that their life group is located. One way of motivating this, is
for them to be involved with Seed Projects. Seed Projects are random acts of kindness
that the life group will do to encourage someone or an organisation and to show
them that we care. It is all based on "See a need; fill the need". On
18 March 2009, all our life groups participated in Seed Projects.
Click
here to see examples of what our life groups do in SEED PROJECTS |
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