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</v:background></xml><![endif]--><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi all.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Our Stated Classis Clerk, Marijke Hartsuiker, is presently enjoying some holidays in the sunny north of Qld so it falls on me to inform you of the following. Marijke will circulate a formal letter in due course.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Classis Qld met on the evening of Wednesday December 11<sup>th</sup> to conduct a Colloquium Doctum with Jan Daniël Philippus Venter<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The Rev. Peter Tuit was present as a Synodical Deputy in view of some unusual aspects of this CD.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>At the conclusion Classis unanimously approved the motion <u>that as an ordained minister in GKSA, in accordance with CO article 9a, <b><i>the Rev. Danie Venter is declared eligible for call</i></b> in the CRCA.</u><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>If you wish further information feel free to contact me in Marijke’s absence.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Shalom<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>John Westendorp<o:p></o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0cm 0cm 1.0pt 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center;border:none;padding:0cm'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#943634;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#943634;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#943634;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Westy’s Weekly Blog<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>And the downhill slide continues</span></b><b><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:5.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;margin-left:0cm;text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>In the Land of the Long White Cloud there was a disturbing development this past week. A New Zealand mother and father were declared to have suffered a “personal injury” and were entitled to compensation from New Zealand’s Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC).<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;text-align:center'><b><u><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#E36C0A;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><a href="http://www.crca.org.au/events/blogs/entry/blogs/and-the-downhill-slide-continues"><span style='color:#E36C0A'>Read more…!</span></a></span></u></b><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#E36C0A;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>