SIGNS OF THE TIMES, they were not – not for members of a rural St Philip church in Church Village over the weekend.
As worshippers were making their way to the Church of Christ for what is usually a festive and worship-filled morning, they were greeted with signs they could not interpret: profanity written on the walls, slashed chairs and drums, defaced carpets and, strangely enough, scissors and pens laid out in a circle.
A concerned deacon, who requested anonymity, said the bizarre developments were first noticed on Friday night when members of the church youth group went to a meeting and discovered that someone had tampered with one of the lattice windows.
He said it got worse between Friday night and Sunday night when they discovered these objects.
Full story in today’s DAILY NATION.