Out of Control

Out of Control

There are times in life when our well thought-out projects or plans do not materialize as hoped, and we are faced with the unknown. These can be times of great vulnerability, as we try to discern how to move forward with our lives.

Sister Sheila Flynn lived in South Africa for many years. While there, she founded the women’s empowerment group called Kopanang. Sister Sheila spoke to women from the vast shack areas of Tskane and Langaville, south east of Johannesburg.

Rev. Margot Campbell Gross, Silindile Twala and Sister Sheila Flynn from 2015
She invited them to come to her religious community and learn ways to make a living for themselves, in order to feed their children. Rev. Margot Campbell Gross spent months of her sabbatical leave in 2001 with Sister Sheila and her community.

She was there what Sister Sheila brought the women together for the first time, and she participated in the founding group of Kopanang. She will speak of her experiences of vulnerability, and transformation, during that time in South Africa.

Sister Sheila Flynn, Guest Preacher
Rev. Margot Campbell Gross, Minister Emerita
Rev. Alyson Jacks, Associate Minister
Dr. Mark Sumner, Music Director
Reiko Oda Lane, organ
Marc Theobald, Treasurer
Jonathan Silk, OOS, Sound, Podcasting