Rondebosch United Church

One of the draws to Cape Town was the Rondebosch United Church, recommended to me by Rev. Scott Lovaas at Broadmoor Community Church. The church is in Rondebosch a close suburb of Cape Town, near the University of Cape Town. It is a union church of Southern African Presbyterian and Congregational denominations. It reminds me of my own congregation in Colorado Springs: intellectual, open-minded, diverse in many ways, creative, and intellectual. Visit their website at http://www.rondeboschunited.org.za/

When I first walked in, I noticed this banner which highlights the Sunday School theme for the term: Holy Circus. I thought our own Children's Ministry Director, Del Hokanson, would love this.

Here is Marin playing marimbas. They have four marimbas (bass, tenor, alto, soprano) and groups of children, teens, and adults who have learned to play them and do so during worship services. Brilliant. A young woman named Charissa is a brilliant teacher and invited Marin to join one Sunday evening. She reminded me of Mandy Todd Moore, our enthusiastic and talented Music Director.

A view of the church from the rear of the sanctuary. Notice no pulpit, no center aisle. Giraffes on the octagonal altar. This church takes seriously the notion of the Roundtable church.