'tis the season

And what a beautiful season it is!? As we head to Christmas we find ourselves in the special season of Advent. Read more about Advent, download our Advent Prayer calendar and find out more about our Christmas service times. Join us this Christmas season as we Celebrate Jesus!

Advent

Sunday, 27 November is the first day of Advent. Advent is from the Latin word adventus which simply translates as "coming" or "arrival". The next four Sundays leading up to Christmas we will be celebrating the anticipation and coming of Jesus Christ the Messiah. After more than 400 years of silence and waiting, the Messiah was born on Christmas Day. Today, we wait in hope for his return.

You and your family are invited to celebrate Advent with us every Sunday for the next four Sundays.

Advent Calendar

We invite you and your family to join us in prayer this Advent Season and have created an Advent Calendar for you to use to follow. Gather your family, set aside 10 minutes, and follow our prayer calendar to pray for yourself, your family, our world, nation, city, community, and the church as we end 2022 and head into 2023.

Click on the image below to download the calendar and let’s join in prayer.

December Service Times

As of 18 December, we will only have one service on a Sunday. These services will be held at 9 am. We will return to two services again on the 15th of January 2023.

On Christmas day we will have two celebration services. One at 7:30 am and another at 9 am.

Don't forget the real reason for this season, bring your family and friends and join us. We look forward to spending this Advent and festive season with you.

Pop-up Art Exhibition: 18-19 March 2022

We worship a God who is the ultimate Creator of all things - from the tiniest details of a butterfly's wings to the most spectacular sunsets - and so, we want to celebrate the arts and creativity as a means of honouring Him, whose image we are made to reflect.

With this in mind, we will be hosting a pop-up art exhibition to showcase the creations of local artists in our community, including some of the talented young artists from the Morgenster farm community's New Day Aftercare, who have been receiving art lessons from a passionate and kindhearted professional artist in our PVC family. You can expect to see a wonderful array of original artworks from up-and-coming and established artists.

See the image below for dates and times. Entry for viewing is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be available, cappuccinos and hot chocolates are sold for R20 each.

Are you an artist, based in or around the Durbanville/Bellville area?

We'd like to invite you to exhibit with us. Space is limited and submissions will be accepted on a first come, first served basis, however preference will be given to artists who have not yet had a solo exhibition. Kindly take note of the terms and conditions below.

1. While light refreshments and eats will be available for purchase, we would also like to provide some free of charge for everyone who comes to view our work, each artist is therefore required to contribute:

2. R 150 towards the cost of hosting/catering (payment to be arranged no later than Thursday, 10 March 2022)

3. 2 bottles of sparkling wine or juice

4. Each artist is responsible for setting up their own display within their designated area (this includes bringing their own easels, tables, etc.) on Friday, 18 March between 13:00 and 15:00; and to pack away and clean their area on Saturday, 19 March after the exhibition has closed from 15:00 to 17:00.

5. Each artist is responsible for handling any sales of their artworks (no commission will be charged).

6. All artworks are displayed at your own risk, Protea Valley Church will not be held liable for any damage or loss to artworks or property.

7. This is a family-friendly exhibition - no depictions of nudes, profanity, or blasphemy will be permitted.

To submit your application to exhibit, please send an email with the subject: "Artist Submission" to info@proteavalleychurch.org with your name and contact details, a short bio (optional), and an example of your work. By signing up to exhibit with us you are agreeing to the above terms and conditions. We reserve the right to reject any submissions if we feel that they do not accord with the above.

Are you a patron of the arts?

We'd love to be able to waive the costs for artists to exhibit with us. If you'd like to sponsor an artist or a specific amount of money to help cover the cost of catering and hiring of equipment, please get in touch with us at info@proteavalleychurch.org or send a WhatsApp message to +27 64 675 3449.