reframing personal history in sophiatown

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n Rd

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Willie St.

Best St.Sol St.

Bernard St.

Annandale St.

Morris St.

Edith St.

Ray St.

Meyer St.

Gibson St.

Millar St.

Tucker St.

Gold St.

Good St.

Gerty St.

Bertha St.

Toby St.

Willie St.

Best St.

Sol St.

Bernard St.

Annandale St.

Ray St.

Meyer St.

Gibson St.

Millar St.

Gold St.

Gerty St.

Bertha St.

Toby St.

Tucker St.

Good St.

Morris St.

Edith St.

Ray St.

Meyer St.

Gibson St.

Millar St.

Gold St.

Gerty St.

Bertha St.

Toby St.

Tucker St.

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WHAT IS COMMunity

It’s to know people , you know your neighbours in your area, you try to help wherever you can , if you live in an area then you can reach out to each other, you try to help.

Its unity, a feeling of being a part of something bigger than yourself.A safe place.A happy place.Where you are able to have closeness.Where people can just drop in and you can feel at home and feel good in their space too.Where our walls don’t keep each other out.

People staying in a specifIc area. In a village, you are the whole village, but here in Joburg you speak of suburbs and its surround-ings.

Community is a feeling of togetherness and unity. Its living together in a united kind of way.

Community is a sense of being part of a Larger group which is related to a specifIc area.

Mrs De Kok

Sheila Pather

Nazeem Pather

Carol Grieve

Teacher

Mrs De KokBorn in Woolseley Lived here 28 years

Carol Grieve Born in Johannesburg Lived here 5 years

Photography by Salym Fayad

Nazeem PatherBorn in Cape Town Lived here 5.5 years

TeacherBorn in New Pietersburg Lived here 16 years

Sheila PatherBorn in Durban Lived here 5.5 years

WHAT IS COMMunity

It’s the people around you, you try to fIgure out what you can do for each other, how you can help one another.

A community should be integrated and resourceful. They should be striving for a common purpose, yet still allow each person to refLect their own uniqueness. as we identify our own individual needs. A community should be self-sustaining, accountable and should be able to make its own changes as it asserts its diversity.

Community is the integration of people from different back-grounds and cultures that come to live in a settlement or area, and then start a process of trying to understand each other, trying to live together, to live with each other, try to help and be there for each other. Basically, to be interdependent in the same vicinity or area.

People close to you. The environ-ment where you live. Community is there to assist you, they can come to you whenever a need arises knowing you will be able to assist. Its at least to know your neighbour, then to even go beyond that.

Community starts in my house with friends and nieces. Its knowing the people where you live. And even taking it beyond that, .. making a col-lective. Where children walk and play in a safe and clean environment

Mrs Botes

Cathy Seefort

Dirk Kotze

Charles

Judi Bennett

Name Mrs BotesBorn in JohannesburgLived here 45 years

Dirk KotzeBorn in -Mashishini, LydenburgLived here 23 years

Cathy SeefortBorn in Noordgesig Lived here 16 years

Judi BennettBorn in AlbertsvilleLived here 15 years

CharlesBorn in Accra, GhanaLived here 2 years


WHAT IS COMMunity

Community is to be able to communicate with each other, to get along.

It’s getting everybody involved in what is happening , that’s everybody that stays in the area, a wide group of people.

Residents living in an area.Residents grouped in one area.

Sadly Mr Small passed away in January this year.

Community is the people around you working together to make life easier. We need to get past our own problems and try to be nicer to each other. Some-times even a big smile goes a long way.

Mrs Sarah Mathysen

Naomi FranksElise Bond

Mrs Sarah MathysenBorn in Vrededorp, JohannesburgLived here 20 years

Jan SmallBorn in Boksburg Lived here 1 year

Janette SmallBorn in Johannesburg Southern SuburbsLived here 1 year

Naomi FranksBorn in NoordgesigLived here 18 years

Elise BondBorn in DurbanLived here 12 years

Janette Small

Jan Small


43

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Letitia

Born

29

Nov

195

8, J

obur

gLa

gran

gie

Chr

is B

otes

Born

6 N

ov 1

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3 F

eb 196

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elvill

e

5 C

hildren

Eva

Hor

nshu

7 O

ther

Child

ren

9 O

ther

Child

ren

Born

in I

rela

nd

Born

in S

cotla

nd

Met

on a

ship

, Arr

anged

mar

riage

William

Joh

n Mitch

ell

Born

14

Nov

191

0, S

.A.

Died

194

2

Born

27

Aug 1

913

Groo

t M

arico

, Tra

nsva

al, S

.A.

Beatr

ice Mar

ia G

ertr

uida

Gring

ling

Isak

Jer

emia M

omse

n Bot

esBo

rn 1

1 S

ep 1

907,

Prince

Alber

t Dia

mon

d Dig

ger a

nd B

uilde

r

Born

28

Septem

ber 1

918

in C

alitz

dorp

Born

in the

Swiss

Alps

Born

in G

erman

yEx

celd

a Daw

n Mitch

ell

Born

193

7, R

oode

poor

t, S.

A.

Ilon

a Jea

n

Born

194

1, L

ives in J

obur

gHa

d 2

childre

n,

MRS

BO

TES

Born

10 J

ul 1

947,

Ligh

tenbu

rgW

as a

diam

ond

Digger

, Died

2007

Fran

s Bot

es

Piet Bot

es

Celes

te

Ludw

ig H

orns

hu

Esth

er

Nam

e Unk

now

n

FAM

ILY

TREE

1

Second M

arriage

for Eva

Hornshu

MR

and

MRS

BO

TES

MR

BOTE

S

Born

197

5 E

ngla

nd,

Park

lane

Nor

ma

Jea

nBo

rn 1

994,

Johan

nesbur

g

Maria A

nna E

lizabeth

Nam

e fr

om G

rand

mot

her

Francois P

etrus

Nam

e fr

om D

ads Br

other

Math

ys L

ouis

Nam

e fr

om G

rand

father

Dirk J

ohannes

Nam

e fr

om F

ather

Johannes

Jacobus

Nam

e fr

om G

rand

father

Jea

n

Born

198

4 Mar

elise

Born

196

6, B

elvill

e

Miche

lle

Ann

e El

izab

eth

Lang

eveldt

7 O

ther

Child

ren

Farm

er

Citr

us F

armer

s in C

itrus

dale

Dirk

Joh

anne

s va

n de

r Mer

we

Born

189

6, H

opef

ield

Farm

er a

nd F

orester

Orp

han,

De Ru

st

Mon

tigue

, Rail

ways

wor

ker

Boer

War

Gen

eral

,

Born

191

1, C

itrus

dale

Ann

e El

izab

eth

van

der

Mer

we

Born

194

2, W

oolsely

MRS

DE

KOK

Born

193

9, W

orces

ter

8 O

ther

Child

ren

Mec

hiel J

osea

s De Kok

Mor

ena

Onk

ers

Mar

tinu

s Steyn

de K

ok

Mar

ia A

nne El

izab

eth

Smit (Betta

)

Mat

hys

Louis

Lang

eveldt

Lenie

Joh

anne

s Jac

obus

van

der

Mer

we

FAM

ILY

TREE

2

Jan C

hristiaan

Nam

e fr

om D

ads Br

other

Ger

t Erasmus S

mith

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erlin

ge

MR

andM

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MR

DE K

OK

197

5 -

2007

Willem J

ohan

nes

196

9 -

199

4

Kath

erina E

lizabeth

Geo

rge Lamber

t

Ger

tuid J

ohan

na

196

8 -

2008

Chr

istine

Sop

hia

Born

197

0

Alw

yn

Ger

trud

e Em

ily Far

ley

Joh

anne

s Pieter

Sny

der

Nick

name Pi

et

Born

190

6, A

lbert

on

Sar

ah S

usan

na M

athy

sen

Born

195

0

Mr

Mat

hyse

nChr

istina

willem m

athy

sen

Ger

trud

e va

n de

r ve

nter

Mr

Farl

ey

Sus

arah

Sus

sana

Born

Bra

ckpa

nPieter

Sny

der

FAM

ILY

TREE

3

Pieter J

ohannes

Nick

name Piet

ie

Born

19

Jun

194

6, J

obur

g

Daniel

4 O

ther

Child

ren

3 O

ther

Child

ren

MRS

SAR

AH M

ATHY

SEN

Mrs

Botes

GERTY ST

STRE

ET G

EOGR

APHY

Viljoen

Sherman

Greeks

Dav

ies

Both

a

Piet

er

Ita

lians

Ver

MRS

BOTE

SHe

ems

Bade

nhorst

Koos v

anJaa

rsve

ldTe

rreblanc

heCo

etze

eStood

as

empt

y stan

dfo

r a

long

tim

eM

erwe

VAN

der

Rey

nders

Andr

eRey

neke

UDE

Stra

lindo

rf

Chris

Bote

s

This

was one of

the

few houses that

was

built

from scrat

ch. I

t was priv

ately

owned

and

had

a tota

lly

diff

erent de

sign. I

t looked

tria

ngular f

rom

the outside.

Mrs V

iljoen

moved

in 2 w

eeks bef

ore

us on

16 Decem

ber

1965. W

e’ve been

fr

iends

for 4

6 ye

ars.

She giv

es

me 2 rin

gs on

the

teleph

one an

d th

at m

eans

tha

t she’s

com

ing over.

She’s

obsessed

with

house clea

ning

and

lives w

ith

her un

mar

ried

son

Dav

e, who’s

in h

is 50

’s. H

er

husban

d tragica

lly

shot h

imself

just bef

ore th

e election

s in 1994

He w

as a

pris

oner

of w

ar in

his

early

days

and

was f

earf

ul t

hat

migh

t ha

ppen

again.

Their

son w

as

Rolf a

lso one of

Chris

’s fr

iends

.

They

would

play

crick

et on

the

street together til

l late in

the n

ight

sometimes.

They

moved

in 6

February

1966. T

hey

were olde

r than

us.

We

lent

them a

cord

with

electricity

for the fi

rst

few w

eeks w

hile they

were getting conn

ected.

They

are v

ery

quiet

.

They

’re part of the old

age club, an

d they

once

invited

me on a

trip

with

them

to Sun

City

.

We moved

in

here 4

Jan

uary

196

6 fr

om

Westd

ene.

I

remem

ber the

first night,

being

so hap

py in

my

own

home,

sittin

g in the

dark eat

ing pa

p an

d vleis

.

My

sons f

riend

, Ha

nlie, stil

l liv

es

there,

her husban

d died

last ye

ar.

They

moved

in

16 Decem

ber 196

5.

Koos a

nd C

hris

were na

ughty

together w

hen

young,

alway

s getting into

trouble.

Also m

oved

in f

rom M

r Sm

ith’s

rent

ed

houses in

2nd

Avenue,

Westd

ene.

We ha

d kid

s the same age.

She died

just

after my

husban

d.

Their

grand

son

was killed

in the d

am

disaster. Ch

ris

and

him w

ere

frien

ds, he

used

to walk

here every

day.

It was a

very

tragic

tim

e for the

community

.

Mrs D

avies

taught

me how to sew,

almost once a

week in the m

orning

when

the kid

s were

at school.

She

helped

me make

my

sisters w

edding

dress.

We share

the same bir

thda

y.

When

my

husban

d died

she cam

e with

sand

wich

es f

or us.

She died

soon

after.

My

son

has a

blue card

in explosiv

es training,

and

was the 2nd

best

at target practic

e in the

army. He

works f

rom

home mod

ifying cars,

so

we are together the w

hole

day. H

e keeps me busy.

He w

as C

hris’s fr

iend. His mum

Aid

a I got to kn

ow – she w

as a

real booze

r. H

er son say

s she’s

still boozing/p

arty

ing.

Th

eir eld

est son

was killed

in a

car accid

ent. Th

ey m

oved

in 16

Decem

ber 196

5.

The wife was d

amn

lazy

, she sat around

all da

y in her leopa

rd

skin tigh

ts. Th

e da

y they

moved

in, she sat fa

nning

herself

with

her f

eet

on a

cha

ir.

BER

TH

A S

TTHORNTON ST

POST

OFF

ICE

SPA

R

Chr

isti

aan

de W

et

EUFEESOORD

MRS

DE

KOK

SHOPR

ITE

MILL

AR

ST

S t JosephsHome

Mar

e

NG Kerk

FLATS

Nel

lie

Wol

mer

Osc

arM

rs

le R

oux

Sey

bner

g

Mrs

Kris

tina

SPARROW

We

have

bee

n ne

ighb

ours

fo

r 27

yea

rs. Th

ey a

re

good

har

d w

orki

ng p

eopl

e.

also

bea

utif

ul g

arde

n-er

s -

I go

t m

y fi

rst

or-

chid

slip

s fr

om l

ate

Mr

le R

oux.

We

sign

ed a

pe

tition

abo

ut

peop

le s

ellin

g da

gga

arou

nd

the

scho

ol

and

I kn

ow

its

also

whi

te

peop

le w

ho

com

e an

d se

ll liq

uor

too.

She

has

9 d

ogs.

Eve

ryth

ing

with

us is

abou

t th

e do

gs, sh

e’s

like

my

sist

er. I

nur

sed

her

for

man

y m

onth

s an

d sh

e’s

a ga

rden

er. H

er

husb

and

died

1 ye

ar a

fter

the

y m

arried

so

she

has

no k

ids.

W

e lo

ok a

fter

eac

h ot

hers

pla

ces

whe

n w

e’re

aw

ay. W

e vis

it t

he c

inem

a to

geth

er e

very

Sat

urda

y.

He

som

etim

es

help

s m

e in

the

gard

en, he

si

ts t

here

eve

ry

day

waiting

for

w

ork.

I

feel

hy

pnot

ised

by

the

way

he

star

es a

t m

e, I

fe

el s

o gu

ilty

even

if

I w

alk

past

with

one

smal

l pa

cket

of

groc

erie

s.

Our

dau

ghte

rs w

ere

at

scho

ol t

oget

her

for

grad

e 1 -

11. She

thi

nks

its

too

expe

nsive

to

phon

e so

i a

lway

s ne

ed

to c

all

her

back

aft

er

2 ring

s.

Luca

sCo

ra

Mrs

De

Kok

I us

ed t

o w

alk

the

dogs

th

ere

in t

he p

ark,

I s

till

do, bu

t no

t al

way

s.

The

flat

s ar

e ho

me

to m

e,

whe

n I

visit e

lsew

here

and

se

e it in

the

dist

ance

the

n I

know

I’m

hom

e.

He’

s a

colo

ured

guy

–

very

nic

e.

His

wif

e is

an

air h

oste

ss. H

er

mot

her

I lik

e, w

e ha

ve

the

sam

e ol

d sc

hool

va

lues

. I

alw

ays

visit

whe

n sh

e’s

arou

nd.

She

is

from

the

ch

urch

but

was

als

o a

teac

her

at C

hris

-tiaa

n de

Wet

. I

alw

ays

send

orc

hids

fr

om m

y ga

rden

for

he

r m

othe

r.

She

’s a

gre

at

wom

an. I

’ve

seen

her

for

ye

ars

but

the

Gre

eks

and

Afr

ikaa

ns n

ever

re

ally

mix

ed. I

m

et h

er t

hrou

gh

anot

her

lady

, I

lent

mon

ey t

o he

r on

e da

y at

Sho

prite.

Now

I

visit h

er o

ften

an

d ta

ke h

er

extr

a fr

uits

an

d ve

ges.

I

met

man

y ot

her

Gre

ek p

eopl

e th

roug

h he

r.

socia

l ne

twor

ks

I’ve

see

n he

r fo

r m

any

year

s be

fore

I w

ent

to s

ay h

ello

, sh

e’s

quite

a bu

sy w

oman

. S

he’s

w

orki

ng int

o he

r 70’

s be

caus

e sh

e go

t no

pen

sion

fro

m h

er h

usba

nd.

I tr

ied

to g

et h

er t

o ch

urch

but

sh

e’s

not

inte

rest

ed. W

e sh

are

the

sam

e fa

rm e

ggs

betw

een

us

once

a m

onth

.

Sarah

Math

yson

com

mun

ity

serv

ices

Braa

Shoprit

e

Mrs

Math

yson

SPAR

Faan

NG K

ERK

THOR

NTON

ST

VIC

TOR

IA S

T

Chris

tiaan

de

Wet

Ther

e used

to be

a m

obile library

in a

big van

, full

of books,

that

came

to th

e pa

rking

lot

ever

y few

week

s. Y

ou could

get

English

and

Afrik

aans

book

s an

d it

move

d th

rough th

e We

ster

n suburbs.

Ther

e are

some

poor

kids

that

live

here

. I s

ee t

hat

they

don’t

have

food

and

when

ever

I can

I ge

t polon

y an

d brea

d an

d drop it

off

along

the

way

to s

chool

. I u

sed

to a

sk a

few

lad

ies t

o ge

t toge

ther

and

help

wit

h a

small d

onat

ion.

Nice

idea,

but

nobody rea

lly did

anyth

ing.

Faan

is a

key m

embe

r of

the

N.G.Ker

k. I

used

to go w

ith him

ever

y we

ek t

o buy ve

geta

bles.

He

make

s th

e be

st ‘f

amous’

potji

e, but

he is

an

outrigh

t racis

t. He

really

does

n’t like

whats

goin

g on in

the

ne

ighbourhood.

Last

wee

k he

called

th

e police

because

people

across

th

e road

had

music

on t

oo lou

d.

I worke

d he

re for m

any years,

some

times

wak

ing up

at 5

am t

o go a

nd cook

for t

he p

ad k

afee

. It

was

a good com

munit

y, but

now

ther

e’s n

ot m

any pe

ople

left,

and

ther

e are

too ma

ny han

ds t

o he

lp.

The

police

comm

unity

orga

nised

to raise

funds

for

the

organ

izat

ion by

sellin

g boer

ewors

outs

ide

Spar e

very S

aturda

y. I

helpe

d for

a w

hile.

Very often

, at

the

week

ends

, some

one

would

let

you k

now

that

th

ey a

re braain

g opposit

e th

e sh

ops,

and

we

would

tak

e some

me

at a

nd g

o alo

ng, a

nd oth

ers

migh

t join

well

into th

e nig

ht

with kid

s.

They use

d to a

lways have

fete

s an

d sp

orts

carryin

g on in

to t

he n

ight.

The

whole

neig

hbourhood

wo

uld be

walking

around

to a

nd from, e

ating

ice

-cre

am, a

nd w

e’d s

top

and

chat

and

children

wo

uld p

lay in

the

str

eet

at n

ight.

It’s

one

of my

only

exist

ing n

etwo

rks.

The

Afrik

aans

mum

s come

an

hour e

arly

each d

ay a

nd w

e chat

about t

he p

rice

of th

ings,

naught

y kid

s, an

d th

e En

glish

cre

eping

into

the

school

and

neigh

bourhood.

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n Rd

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n Rd

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er R

d.

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Willie St.

Best St.Sol St.

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Annandale St.

Morris St.

Edith St.

Ray St.

Meyer St.

Gibson St.

Millar St.

Tucker St.

Gold St.

Good St.

Gerty St.

Bertha St.

Toby St.

Willie St.

Best St.

Sol St.

Bernard St.

Annandale St.

Ray St.

Meyer St.

Gibson St.

Millar St.

Gold St.

Gerty St.

Bertha St.

Toby St.

Tucker St.

Good St.

Morris St.

Edith St.

Ray St.

Meyer St.

Gibson St.

Millar St.

Gold St.

Gerty St.

Bertha St.

Toby St.

Tucker St.

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CATH

Y

ruth

Ther

e’s a

woman

I

alwa

ys m

eet, I

don

’t

know

her

nam

e bu

t she re

minds

me of

my

gran

dmum

. Sh

e al

ways

gr

eets ev

eryo

ne she

meet

s al

ong h

er w

ay eve

n if

they’

re o

n the

othe

r sid

e of

the

roa

d. W

hen I

see

here

I thi

nk her

e’s my

gran

ny

coming.

I do

n’t lik

e wa

lking

throu

gh the

par

k bec

ause ther

e ar

e thi

s gr

oup

of gu

ys w

ho

alwa

ys s

care

me.

I wa

s on

ce at

tack

ed

and

robbe

d by

thes

e gju

ys a

nd n

ow I

al

ways

hav

e to

meet

the

m o

n my

way

from

wor

k.

My

oppo

site n

eighb

our

is an

odd

man

who

never

gre

ets a

ny b

ody

in th

e stre

et. Ev

en ot

her

white

peop

le tal

k ab

out

him.

Tha

t was

unti

l I

arra

nged

a s

treet

bash

on

a n

ew y

ears

eve.

We

had

a big

party

, and

now

we

’re g

reat

frien

ds.

I kn

ow a

ll th

e ca

r gua

rds

in th

e are

a, th

ey

alway

s go

out o

f th

eir w

ay to

gre

et me

, and

for t

hem

I’m a

moth

er

figur

e and

they

ca

ll me

Mum

my.

I ca

ll thi

s the

police

spo

t wh

ich r

eminds

me of

when

we

wer

e stop

ped

by the

polic

e wh

en a

frien

d an

d I

were

stop

ped

by the

polic

e bec

ause

we w

ere ca

rryin

g my

TV

back

fro

m the

repa

ir s

hop.

Th

e po

lice re

fused

to beli

eve

us a

nd m

y fr

iend

was

arre

sted

. W

ith n

o on

e to

hel

p I

had

to lea

ve the

TV

in the

Stre

et.

?

??

?

$

$

$?

?

?

$

$

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PING

who

do

i mee

t?

Whe

re i

shop

$M

EMOR

IES

Or e

xper

ienc

esWhe

re i

live

THIN

GS I

NOTI

CE

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n Rd

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Mai

n Rd

.

8th Rd.

Mey

er R

d.

Johannes Rd.

Willie St.

Best St.Sol St.

Bernard St.

Annandale St.

Morris St.

Edith St.

Ray St.

Meyer St.

Gibson St.

Millar St.

Tucker St.

Gold St.

Good St.

Gerty St.

Bertha St.

Toby St.

Willie St.

Best St.

Sol St.

Bernard St.

Annandale St.

Ray St.

Meyer St.

Gibson St.

Millar St.

Gold St.

Gerty St.

Bertha St.

Toby St.

Tucker St.

Good St.

Morris St.

Edith St.

Ray St.

Meyer St.

Gibson St.

Millar St.

Gold St.

Gerty St.

Bertha St.

Toby St.

Tucker St.

Good St.

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1st St.

2nd St.

3rd St.

4th St.

5th St.

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DIRK

JANE

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do

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re i

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THIN

GS I

NOTI

CESH

OPPI

NG

Mdu

Rut

h

MrsB

otes

Car

ol

In th

e chu

rch w

e are

like

a

big fa

mily

, whi

ch w

ill

not p

ut yo

u do

wn n

or k

eep

thing

s fr

om y

ou. T

he

chur

ch h

as m

ade m

e a

bette

r per

son.

I feel p

eaceful an

d calm

at church. Som

e pe

ople com

e to

listen,

som

e just sit

and

whis-

per.

I guess its

really

an opp

ortunity to see

old frien

ds and

be to-

gether w

ith p

eopl

e.

Ther

e is

this

guy

who a

l-wa

ys g

ives

the p

astor

a pr

ob-

lem. T

he pa

stor j

ust l

ooks

at

him

and

all h

e say

s to

him

is ‘I

still

love y

ou a

s yo

u ar

e’.

I love

chu

rch bec

ause o

f the

com

-mun

ity it

has

cre

ated

. We al

l ha

ve

a co

mmon

beli

ef a

nd tha

t un

ites

us. I

disl

ike the

exp

ectat

ions of

perf

ection

ism. I

disl

ike hy

pocr

isy

(and

peo

ple wh

o do

n’t cha

nge wi

th the

tim

es).

The co

mmun

ity life at

chu

rch

mak

es m

y re

ligiou

s en

coun

-ter

grea

ter. T

here is

a sens

e of

bel

ongin

g to

someth

ing g

reat

er. I

t al

lows

me to

sta

y co

nnect

ed o

n a

deeper

lev

el. P

eople ar

e en

cour

-agem

ent to

eac

h ot

her –

we ar

e ab

le to

help

eac

h ot

her o

ut w

hen

we str

uggle

.

CHUR

CHES

Peop

le wh

o go to

Church

are

goo

d pre

tender

s (bu

t no

t all o

f them

). Church

tea

ches

us ethi

cal w

ays

of

life and m

ake us

adap

t to

the co

mmunity

.

What

is sp

ecial

abou

t the

Churc

h it’s

the vib

rant,

respectf

ul, am

using

, goa

l driven

, identity,

peace

, sys

tem

practice

and mo

re.

There

is a guy th

at sin

g ver

y lou

d and als

o ma

kes

sure

that h

e fin

ishes th

e win

e bef

ore anyo

ne ca

n have

any.

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Hermans Str.

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natio

n St

r.

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ow

Str.

Dublin

Rd.

Eric Pl.

Italia

n Rd

.

Mai

n Rd

.

8th Rd.

Mey

er R

d.

Johannes Rd.

Willie St.

Best St.Sol St.

Bernard St.

Annandale St.

Morris St.

Edith St.

Ray St.

Meyer St.

Gibson St.

Millar St.

Tucker St.

Gold St.

Good St.

Gerty St.

Bertha St.

Toby St.

Willie St.

Best St.

Sol St.

Bernard St.

Annandale St.

Ray St.

Meyer St.

Gibson St.

Millar St.

Gold St.

Gerty St.

Bertha St.

Toby St.

Tucker St.

Good St.

Morris St.

Edith St.

Ray St.

Meyer St.

Gibson St.

Millar St.

Gold St.

Gerty St.

Bertha St.

Toby St.

Tucker St.

Good St.

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n Ce

ntre

1st St.

2nd St.

3rd St.

4th St.

5th St.

8th Rd.

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Ave.

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t.

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rite

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ders

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Wes

tden

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ar

Hermans Str.

Ludl

ow S

t

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oria

Rd.

Sol St.

Meyer Rd.

2nd St

Toby St

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nton

St

Bernard St.

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re i

live

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