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After a successful fishing competition and market day in October and November last year, the Evangelies Gereformeerde Kerk in Jeffreys Bay is one step closer to building a large church to better cater for the needs of their members.
As previously reported by Kouga Express, the Evangelies Gereformeerde Kerk hosted their first fishing competition, a catch-and-release event, from October 1 to November 30.
According to the church’s Ds Ruan van Vuuren, last year’s fishing competition was their first and to their surprise it kicked off with about 60 entries.
To enter the competition, anglers were required to buy a ticket for R200 and fish from Sundays River to Eersterivier, which saw the winners walking away with prizes worth R30 000.
Van Vuuren said that they plan to contact local fishing clubs to establish better co-operation to ensure that they host their next fishing competition during a period where there are not many fishing opportunities for anglers.
He further said that the collaboration with various sponsors made it worthwhile for the church to host the fishing competition again.
“We believe that the event will only go from strength to strength,” said van Vuuren.
In addition to the competition, the church also hosted a market day on December 3, at the Newton Hall in Jeffreys Bay to raise additional fundin, which was a great success.
Van Vuuren said they offered a wide variety of products and foods on the day, with the food being greatly discounted and mostly sold out.
“We received many compliments from visitors who congratulated us on the way in which we presented the market, and the beautiful co-operation that there was between the people of the church,” said van Vuuren.
“We can only thank the Lord for the success of our first market day and we would like to express our thanks to the community for their support.”
Since the church has outgrown their current rented premises in Da Gama Road, the funds raised from the fishing competition and market day are earmarked for a plot of land in Jeffreys Bay, where they will erect a permanent building to serve as a church for the community, according to van Vuuren.
“We are satisfied with what we brought in from the fishing competition and market day,” said van Vuuren.
He said with the money raised they were able to offer a series of services from the world-renowned Evangelist, Dr Francois Carr, to their church members.
Furthermore, van Vuuren said they plan to save the remaining funds for future projects, and to use as prize money for their next fishing competition.
“Since we see the building of the church as a long-term project, we plan to host many more fundraising events in the future,” said van Vuuren.
