Tomorrow, under the ancient beauty of the Cranborne sanctuary nestled amongst many inside a zone of relative comfort and security, a familiar sound of music will reverberate at Cranborne Circuit as the 2022 Harare East District Festivals make a welcome and emotional return to the calendar. As if on cue, its on the home of […]
Sunday 20 February 2022 will go down as a fable for the archives as Cranborne’s usual normal service transformed itself into a thing of beauty and great historical folklore in a matter of hours. The known template of the day was the second coming of award winning popular evangelist Chaplin Christine Phiri back to Cranborne […]
Its that time again we take stock of what was an eventful 2021 for Cranborne Circuit. An absolute rollercoaster with a telling blow at the start and the perserverance of steel in the half term and the perfect ending in the penultimate month. In a year that started very much in the thicket of a […]
Cranborne Circuit on Sunday hosted its traditional End of Year revival at the sanctuary, drawing to a close a rollercoaster year in some defining fashion. In a year characterised by another wave of coronavirus variants and the inevitable loss of lives, the church has weathered the storms, persevering in ministry amidst the scourge and the […]
Cranborne Circuit’s traditional End of Year Revival is going on smoothly with the climax being the Half Day Revival set for Sunday. The premium spiritual event, usually slated for November, has not disappointed since Monday with Pastors Patience Chikwepe and Saymore Chidewu, Mrs Lilian Gandanzara and Mr Lameck Mareya having all left congregants more than […]
Cranborne Circuit observed Laity Sunday with a special service as it remembered and celebrated its departed and living members. Laity Sunday is a special Sunday established by the General Conference to be observed on the third Sunday in October. Laity Sunday focuses on the celebration of the ministry of all lay Christians. On the day, […]
Award winning music director Simbarashe Magureyi has put the late music director Mr Paul Zvatinoda Gandanzara’s family anthem Rwendo Urwu on notes as a way to honour him and his illustrious contributions to music. The notated version of the song will be compiled onto a CD and presented to the family for posterity. In an […]
Today marks one year to the day the church lost founding church member Mrs Bertha Mvundura. She passed on last year on this day and was laid to rest at Greendale Cemetery. Bertha Mvundura was born on 20 July 1945 at Mutambara Mission where she did her education before marrying Amon Paradzayi Mvundura in 1967. […]
Cranborne Circuit joined the rest of the Christian community around the world in commemorating World Communion Sunday with a rallying call to “be righteous” and endeavour towards a fruitful Christian life in practice by Pastor In Charge Reverend Dr Gift Machinga. World Communion Sunday is celebrated on the first Sunday of October mainly to promote […]
The late music director par excellence Mr Paul Zvatinoda Gandanzara, who passed on at the age of 71 on Tuesday at West End Hospital, was laid to rest at his rural home in Rusape on September 23. Reverend Dr Gift Machinga reminded mourners to keep their faith and standing in Christ through circumstances, describing Gandanzara […]