Die Wellington-Moederkerk, wat reeds sedert die 1800’s soos ‘n ikoon in die dorp staan, het op 26 Julie haar 185ste bestaansjaar gevier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hierdie Nederduitste Gerevormeerde (NG) kerk is in 1840 as susterskerk van die Paarlse Strooidakkerk gestig en het sedert die gemeente se totstandkoming geslagte gelowiges verwelkom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Volgens ds. Dawie Theron, ‘n tentmaker van di\u00e9 gemeente, het twee inwoners van die omgewing, Johan de Villiers en Johannes Marais, ‘n amptelike versoek aan die NG gemeente Noorder-Paarl gerig om ‘n kerkgebou in die Wamakersvallei op te rig. Di\u00e9 versoek is egter afgekeur met die motivering dat ‘n afsonderlike gemeente in Wellington nie lewensvatbaar sou wees nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die versoek is in November 1837 hernu \u2013 hierdie keer met groter dringendheid weens lidmate wat gesukkel het om in die wintermaande die Bergrivier vir kerkdienste oor te steek. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die aansoek is onder die leiding van dr. John Addey weer ingedien \u2013 di\u00e9 keer met sukses ten spyte van hewige teenkanting van ds. GWA van der Lingen van die NG gemeente Noorder-Paarl, wat vandag as die Toringkerk bekendstaan.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“N\u00e1 108 vergaderings en met 500 lidmate as begin is die kerkgebou en gemeentestigting op 27 Julie 1840 gevier,” vertel Theron, wat passievol oor die kerk se geskiedenis is.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die eerste aanbouing aan die Moederkerk het die grondslag gel\u00ea vir wat vandag as die skipgedeelte bekendstaan, met die ikoniese kerkklok as die middelpunt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In die vroe\u00eb jare het di\u00e9 klok selfs as ‘n bron van inkomste gedien \u2013 boere wat hul produkte na die aangrensende markplein gebring het, kon dit gedurende die week laat lui teen ‘n fooi van ‘n sikspens, vertel Theron.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Een van die mees omstrede aangeleent- hede in die vroe\u00eb geskiedenis van die kerk was die toekenning van sitplekke. N\u00e1 ses vergaderings het die kerkraad uiteindelik ‘n amptelike “stoelreglement” aanvaar, met streng bepalings oor hoe sitplekke toegeken en gebruik moes word. Aanvanklik is 144 stoele gekoop, wat deur kerkraadslede teen \u00a36.80 per dosyn gefinansier is, volgens Theron.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Lidmate moes destyds jaarliks betaal om ‘n stoel te besit \u2013 hoe nader aan die preekstoel, hoe ho\u00ebr die koste. Die jaarlikse fooi van vyf sjielings moes voor 5 Januarie betaal word om die plek vir die nuwe jaar te verseker. Weens die ho\u00eb aanvraag het ‘n waglys ontstaan, en sonder betaling is die plek eenvoudig aan iemand anders toegeken.”\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 proses is as ‘n vorm van dankoffer beskou, aangesien tradisionele bankkollektes en kontantofferandes nog nie deel van eredienste was nie.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die laaste stoele is eers in 1928 verwyder en met die banke wat vandag nog in die kerk gebruik word, vervang.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gedurende die 19de eeu het die NG kerk Wellington verskeie belangrike strukturele en funksionele veranderings\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ondergaan, wat nie net die groei van die gemeente weerspie\u00ebl het nie, maar ook die kerk se rol as geestelike en gemeenskapsentrum versterk het, verduidelik Theron.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In 1841 is die konsistorie vergroot en dr. Kriegler het ‘n skenking vir ‘n teksaanhaling, wat vandag steeds bokant die preekstoel pryk, gegee. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die twee syvleuels van die kerk is in 1861 aangebou \u2013 hoofsaaklik as gevolg van die geestelike herlewing van die 1860’s en die skerp toename in lidmate, wat die 1\u2009000-kerf oorskry het. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Galerye is in 1874 by die syvleuels saam met voorportale by al drie hoofingange van die kerkgebou aangebring.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die kerktoring is eers in 1891 opgerig en het later ‘n prominente visuele baken in die dorp geword.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die kerkorrel is in 1893 herbou om aan die groeiende behoeftes van die gemeente te voldoen.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die oorspronklike preekstoel is in 1895 met die huidige een vervang, sodat albei predikante tydens eredienste gesien kon word. Hierdie gebruik is egter in 1962 gestaak.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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