{"id":311,"date":"2012-10-27T14:03:24","date_gmt":"2012-10-27T14:03:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anglicanwomensfellowship.org.za\/?p=311"},"modified":"2021-11-19T14:31:52","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T14:31:52","slug":"provincial-council-resolution-2012-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anglicanwomensfellowship.org.za\/provincial-council-resolution-2012-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Provincial Council Resolution 2012 \u2013 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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23rd Provincial Council Meeting<\/strong><\/h2>

24 -28 October 2012<\/strong><\/h3>

The Anglican Women\u2019s Fellowship strives to follow the example of Christ who came into the world \u201cin order that (we) may have life, and have it to the full.\u201d John 10:10.<\/p>

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Motivation<\/strong><\/h3>

At the 2012 Desmond Tutu International Peace Lecture (UWC), Mrs Graca Machel, a widely respected advocate of women and children\u2019s rights made the following observation about the South African society: \u201cWith our staggeringly high rates of violence and abuse, of broken families \u2026 we are \u2026a damaged society. Perhaps in celebrating our political settlement \u2026 we have overlooked a core task; the hard, necessary job of fixing our human selves.\u201d Although her focus was South Africa, the reality is that other Southern African countries share the same long history of brutality during colonisation and there are similarities in the way we deal with our common pain.<\/p>

As the AWF: We share her \u201cvision \u2026 to build a healthy society\u201d and we have identified four focus areas, namely violence against women and children, industrial action, the youth, and the environment to live out our prayer to \u201cserve God in the world\u201d and play a part in bringing about gentler, healed human beings.<\/p>

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Violence against Women and Children<\/strong><\/h3>

It is an unfortunate fact that many citizens are \u201cill, bleeding\u201d and given to harming those they are supposed to protect because (they) can\u2019t control (their) own pain.\u201d (Machel: 2012). Violence against the most vulnerable members of society is a scourge that destroys confidence, humiliates and scars physically, psychologically and socially.<\/p>

As the AWF: We undertake to reassure the women and children in our lives that they are valued, loved and deserving of respect. Efforts will be made to assist families in finding ways to communicate \u201cin a serene, peaceful, accommodating manner.\u201d We find our motivation for attempting to bring peace into homes.<\/p>

Matthew 5 v 9 reads: \u201cHappy are those who work for peace; God will call them his children!\u201d<\/p>

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Industrial Action<\/strong><\/h3>

The AWF acknowledges the rights of all employees to collective bargaining and legal strikes to improve working conditions and salaries. We distance ourselves from the destruction of property and random or planned violence perpetrated on non-striking workers or perceived enemies of industrial action. We respect the sanctity of life. AWF members who are directly or indirectly involved in strike action will work towards peaceful negotiation and respect for the rule of law.<\/p>

As the AWF: We pledge to play no part in the wilful destruction of libraries, shops, vehicles and other assets which will further impoverish and bring hardship to communities. We find our strength in 1Cor. 16 v13: \u201cBe alert, stand firm in the faith, be brave, be strong. Do all your work in love.\u201d<\/p>

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The Youth<\/strong><\/h3>

In the Sunday Times of 30 September 2012, Fred Khumalo writes that alcohol \u201cstrips people of their dignity and smothers their dreams.\u201d The evils of substance abuse, child prostitution, sexual promiscuity; child pornography through the use of cellular phones and a lack of interest in self-improvement have become part of many young people\u2019s lives. The motto of sports teachers that \u201cA child in sport is a child out of court\u201d rings true and must be utilised to safeguard children from self-destruction.<\/p>

As the AWF: We undertake to encourage all children to participate in constructive, positive activities like sport and the arts. We pledge to place the emphasis on participation, not winning at all cost. We will strive to encourage the youth to be \u201cself-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate\u2026.\u201d 1 Thes.5 v 8: \u201cBut since we belong to the day, let us be self-controlled, putting on faith and love as a breastplate, and the hope of salvation as a helmet.\u201dWe also pledge to encourage the youth who excel in sports to continue with their studies, so that when the sporting career comes to an end, they have a qualification to fall back on.<\/p>

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Care of the Environment<\/strong><\/h3>

\u201cAll things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small \u2026 the Lord God made them all.\u201d (HAM: 116). The AWF recognises that our planet is fragile and threatened by thoughtless acts of destruction.<\/p>

As the AWF: We pledge to preserve our flora and fauna. We undertake to show respect for God\u2019s creation and will make our contribution by not littering or dumping poisonous material into rivers and dams.<\/p>

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Call to action<\/strong><\/h3>

We raise our voices to hymn 430 (HAM)<\/p>

We offer simplicity
our loving gift of labour;
and what we do, we do to thee,
incarnate in our neighbour.<\/p>

We love since we are loved by thee;
new strength from thee we gather;
and in thy service, we shall be
made perfect with each other.<\/p>

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Adopted by all the members of the AWF Provincial Council gathered at the EDCON Retail Academy, in the Diocese of Christ the King, on Saturday 27 October 2012.<\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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