TRANSFORMING MASCULINITIES

Sexual violence in Southern Africa is an epidemic and many intervention strategies are aimed at empowering women due to the history of gender inequalities that are the reality of many African women. Unfortunately, we have neglected men’s role and their effect on sexual violence: toxic masculinity. This course seeks to begin the discourse on masculinity to empower men within the context of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa.

Week 1: Consciously Masculine,

Week 2: Masculinity and violence,

Week 3: Promoting gender equity and equality

Mr Siyabulela Tonono and Rev Themba Mntambo will host you whilst delving deeper into this very important topic.

Cost per person for 3weeks (snacks/coffee/tea included) R370.

Venue: Mount Tabor

Time: 18:00-20:00

Dates: 19 / 26 March and 2 April

Contact Nadja to book your spot (maximum 30 attendees): nadjaa@bmc.org.za / 011 463 2333

SPRING CLEANING MY LIFE

With all the constant pressures on the lives, roles and bodies of women, they often fail to thrive at their optimum. Join a mobilizing movement designed by women, for women.

Dr Lizelle De Wee (a practicing Clinical Psychologist) is passionate about empowering women to be better versions of themselves. Join us for the opportunity to transform your life!

Week 1:                Spring Clean Day              Reflection, Self-awareness, Mental matters for women

Week 2:                365 days of activism        Rocky relationships, 50 shades of (Ab)use!

Week 3:                Re-building you                 Womanhood and m(other)hood, Self-mastery.

Cost per person for 3weeks (snacks/coffee/tea included) R960.

Venue: Galilee

Time: 18:00-19:30

Dates: 19 / 26 March and 2 April

Contact Nadja to book your spot (maximum 30 attendees): nadjaa@bmc.org.za / 011 463 2333

READING THE BIBLE AGAIN – FOR THE FIRST TIME

Based on the Book by Marcus J Borg

This course is a 10-week course that will be broken down into 3 sessions:

Session 1 (3 weeks): 19 / 26 March and 2^nd of April

Session 2 (4 weeks): 4/11/19/26 June (tbc)

Session 3 (3 weeks): 6 /13 /20/27 August (tbc)

One of the vital challenges facing thoughtful people today is how to read the Bible faithfully without abandoning our sense of truth and history. Reading the Bible Again for the First Time provides a much-needed solution to the problem of how to have a fully authentic yet contemporary understanding of the scriptures. Acclaimed author Marcus Borg reveals how it is possible to reconcile the Bible with both a scientific and critical way of thinking and our deepest spiritual needs, leading to a contemporary yet grounded experience of the sacred texts. We need a fresh way of encountering the Bible that takes the texts seriously but not literally, even as it takes seriously who we have become.

Cost per person for 3weeks (snacks/coffee/tea included) R370, but if you download the book it will cost you an additional (R180 – Kindle Amazon).

Venue: Chapel

Time: 18:00-20:00

Dates: 19 / 26 March and 2 April

Contact Nadja to book your spot (maximum 30 attendees): nadjaa@bmc.org.za / 011 463 2333

PREPARING FOR MARRIAGE

Starting Monday 19 March 2019 (19h00)

COST: R1500 per couple (Including a full meal, and study material)

The Marriage Preparation Course is for couples wanting to develop foundations for a healthy marriage that will last a lifetime.  Over three evenings spent together you will learn important tools that will enable you to make your marriage work.  This is a 3 week course and includes a romantic dinner setting.  The cost for this course is R1500 per couple which includes the meals as well as the study material.

You will look at

• the importance of commitment
• how to recognise and appreciate your differences
• the art of communication
• resolving conflict
• spending time together
• nurturing your friendship
• making each other feel loved
• developing a good sexual relationship
• the importance of talking about your goals, values and dreams.

Contact Darlene van Dyk on Darlenevd@bmc.org.za for more info or to book

RETREATS (Saturdays) 09h00 – 12h00

Retreat is a conscious choice to place your life before God and to seek a deeper awareness of His Presence. It is a decision to set aside time to withdraw from your daily routine and seek the Lord in order that you can prayerfully reflect on your life and re-engage with the One who gives life meaning and purpose. It can be described as a period of time set aside for God; and may  include a number of the following disciplines. Reading books, resting, reading the Bible, prayer, worship, journaling, creative exercises, creative expression using art forms and can include meeting with a spiritual guide. At the core of a retreat lies the decision to place yourself before God for a specific uninterrupted period of time. In retreat we come to know and accept ourselves more fully and   embrace who we truly are. In doing this we also come to know who He truly is. It is a conscious decision to learn to Be still and know that He is God Psalm 46:10

• Runs every second Saturday of the month, year round