Welcome To St Andrew's Church, Newlands, Cape Town

This is a project which is very much part of the Morning Market. We collect and sell good second hand books in a number of categories (e.g. paperback novels, hard back novels, Biographies, non-fiction, children’s books, religious books, and so on). We meet once or twice a week, (depending on the volume of books sent in) to sort and categorise the books. It’s great fun and requires the help of 3 – 4 people for about an hour. Our aim is to keep a semblance of order through the year so that ‘setting up’ on the morning of the market requires little or no fuss. We are happy to sell books throughout the year and will open Book House on request.

Should you wish to offer assistance, or request Book House to be opened,

please contact Liz Murray – 021 689 1207

Let us make Morning Market 2010 our “World Cup”

Morning Market is on Saturday 27th November

Please contact Pat (021-674 3851) or Trevor (021-683 9567 email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ).

• Can you help with marketing and promotion (banners, street posters, community diaries)?
• Can you assist with sorting books, baking cakes, making jams, growing plants?
• Can you offer a kiddies corner activity?
• Can you help run a stall on the day?
• Can you raid your attics for saleable items?
• Can you offer any suggestions for new stalls?

Garden stall - Compost Sales: It is time again for gardeners to prepare the soil for the growing season. COMPOST is now available for R12 a bag (collected) or R14 a bag (minimum 10 bags delivered)  For details contact John on 689 2433 or Steph on 674 1518.   Now is a good time to be planting slips and seeds!!

JEWELERY STALL - Please bring in any accessories such as jewelry, bags, shoes, scarves and we are also looking for pieces of vintage clothing. Please call Jenny Barron on 072 547 0991 or drop them off at the office.

Christmas Stall Workshops - held in the Hall on the second Saturday of each month from July to November - anyone who is interested in doing craft work is welcome to join us. The items will be for sale at the Morning Market.  For further information contact Daphne on 021 794 9233

Morning Market Deli Stall - is appealing for glass jam jars, preferably 500ml or smaller. Please phone Priscilla on 671 8366 or Kathleen on 674 2524

Book Stall - Books are required for the Book Stall. Liz Murray also needs people to help her sort books regularly. Please call Liz on 021-794 1667.

Kiddies Corner - We need a team of parents to coordinate the activities of the kiddies corner. Can you help? Please contact Trevor Wegner on 021-683 9567

It’s not too early to bring in white elephants, books, pictures, toys, cd’s & dvd’s, linen -

Drop off at parish office weekday mornings or phone 674 3851 and we will arrange collection.   If you know someone who is moving house soon tell them about our morning market and let us know if they need help in getting rid of their household items.

The Morning Market continues to be a highlight of the year at St Andrew’s. Saturday 28th November was a stunningly beautiful day.  I think that you will all agree that it was one of our most enjoyable and successful markets ever. Trevor Wegner our convenor must be given special mention for his vision in spreading our stalls into the Bishop’s garden thereby giving us more space and providing a much better flow of people through the church and into the gardens. We are very grateful to Bishop Garth and his wife Marion for allowing us the use of the garden.

The theme for the decoration of the church was ‘The Season of Creation’. As usual it was magnificent and it carried the important message of preserving and cherishing the wonders of the creation. I have never seen so many children at the morning market as this year. They had an amazing range of activities and Caroline Elliott must be commended for her organising skills and hard work.   An unusual attraction was the visit of the ‘Snake Man’-  from all accounts he was a great hit.

The White Elephant stall had a tough time managing the early rush of customers. It was so overwhelming that we will have to do a rethink for next year.   Despite these difficulties the amount generated so far after expenses is
over R107 000.  Money is still coming in at the time of writing so this is not a final figure.

Thank you to you all for the hard work you have done. The spirit of the Morning Market is so positive and it is so encouraging that all this money is all given to needy causes.