On the gifts and graces of the table
Taste and See that the Lord is Good
2-3 October 2024 | Andrew Murray Centre for Spirituality, Wellington
Wednesday, 2 October 2024
08:00 – 09:00
Registration and Coffee
09:00 – 10:00
Worship
Neil Büchner & Jandré Viljoen
10:00 – 11:00
Keynote 1:
For You have kept the choice wine until last: Wine, beauty, and the feasting of the saints
Gisela Kreglinger
11:00 – 11:30
Coffee
11:30– 13:00
Table Conversations 1:
Tables in the Bible and in the Christian Tradition
On Hospitality in the Old Testament
Yolande Steenkamp
On Table Fellowship in Jesus' Ministry
Dewald Jacobs
On Hildegard von Bingen and Medieval Recipe Books
Lisel Joubert
On Luther's Table Spirituality
Felix Meylahn
13:00 – 14:00
Lunch
14:00 – 14:30
14:30 – 16:00
Worship
Table Conversations II:
Preparing the Table
On Woodwork, Spirituality and the Building of Tables
Peet Bester
On Baking Bread
Fourie Rossouw
On the Kitchen
Robert Vosloo
On the Sounds of the Table
Siegfried Louw
On Saying Grace at the Table
Elna Mouton
16:00 – 16:30
Coffee
16:30 – 18:30
Wine Tasting as Spiritual Practice (with canapés)*
Gisela Kreglinger
*This evening event is framed as a wine tasting that we will explore as a spiritual practice. With each wine Gisela will offer a meditation that will help guests to embrace all of their senses including touch, smell and taste in order to savor not only the wines as spiritual gifts but the Giver of all good gifts, Jesus Christ. Come prepared to savor wine, allow yourself to re-imagine what a spiritual practice can be and be prepared for a convivial spirit to overtake you as we share in the bounty of God's gifts and His redeeming presence in our midst.
Thursday, 3 October 2024
08:00 – 09:00
Arrival and Coffee
09:00 – 09:30
Worship
Neil Büchner & Jandré Viljoen
09:30 – 10:15
Keynote II:
On Eating and Feasting at the Table
Rudi Swanepoel
10:15 – 10:45
Coffee and Light Brunch
10:45 – 12:00
Table Conversations III:
On Shared Tables
On Eating, Archives and Art
Amy Rommelspacher
On Eating while on Pilgrimage
Frederick Marais
On Bridging Divided Tables
Jan van Zyl
On Intergenerational Tables
Anriëtte de Ridder
12:00 – 12:30
A Few Words on the Lord's Table
Gisela Kreglinger
12:30 – 13:00
Closing Celebration of the Lord's Supper
Angelique Havenga