DNLCNorth (Deaf New Life Church North) celebrated the first anniversary on a warm wintry Sunday, 3 July 2011 (27 June 2010) at St Vincent School for the Deaf, Melrose, Johannesburg.

30 Deafies, 4 teenagers and 3 children attended. Some of the Deafies led worship in different languages eg. English, Afrikaans and Tswana in Sign Language to give thanks to God for His goodness and faithfulness.

William Warmington (D) gave a message on "TheTen Virgins" (Matthew 25) which touched the lives of the Deafies.

After that we had tea and tarts, cakes & biscuits brought by the Deafies.Suné Aikman (D) made a lovely and big cake with "1" on it and it got eaten up quickly by the Deafies. A few Deafies went home and the rest of us went outside in the garden where the sun shone warmly. We all sat on chairs in a big circle and ate our lunch. We chatted and chatted until it was time to go home at about 3 pm!