After worship and lunch, our portion of the Assembly met up with the rest of the Assembly for the Rally. I had no idea what to expect.
It started with a parade through the streets of Maheking, South Africa. We were lead by a band dressed in the UCCSA uniform! We sang along and carried the UCCSA banner, and each Synod delegation carried their country flag. Here are Arochelle and Rosetta with the flag of Namibia.
The parade ended at the church building where we lined up for the procession. Here are all the ministers and officers trying to get in line- each time it is the same and each time it is chaos.
Okay everybody- line up two at a time, ministers first, by country: Botswana, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe. Then the chairs of the two Women's Fellowships, the Soldiers of Christ, the Bruderbund, then the chairpersons of the UCCSA committees, then the officers of the UCCSA. See? I have it memorized after only four times doing it!
The Rally was a giant, joy and spirit-filled worship. It was the Rev. Dr. Prince Dibeela's last opportunity to preach to the General Assembly as the General Secretary of the UCCSA.
Then the singing and dancing began and once it begins...
It is almost impossible to take pictures...
Then a circle forms with whistles blowing (woman in white second from right) and note the thing on the young man's hand at the left, it is a kind of cushion you put on your hand. It allows very loud clapping...
And - oh you just HAVE to give up on trying to taking pictures of JOY and join in!!
But the leaders are trying to figure out... what do we do to get back on schedule?? Should we even try or just go with the Spirit?
It was a fun but very long day, especially when we got out to the dark parking lot after the 4 hour rally and realized that we had no ride back to the Assembly location!! Ooops! Someone took pity on us, we climbed in an already overcrowded car (beggers can't be choosers) and drove the 10 minutes back to climb in bed, exhausted but happy!
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