Parish of Gore & Districts Readings for this week —

Monday Ezra 1: 1- 6 Luke 8:16-18 24 September 2017 OS 25 Tuesday Ezra 6:7-8,12,14-20 Luke 8:19-21 Wednesday Ezra 9: 5- 9 Luke 9: 1- 6 Welcome to our services today

______Thursday Haggai 1: 1- 8 Luke 9: 7- 9 Friday Genesis 28:10-17 John 1:47-51 Gore 8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Family Eucharist Saturday Zechariah 2:1-5,10-11 Luke 9:44b-45

Mission Fundraising for Anne & Anthony McCormick, Sentence of the Day CMS Mission Partners serving in Cambodia. By grace you have been saved through faith, and this is not Our total from the Sales Table and Donations towards our annual target your own doing; it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8-9 (by 31st October) of $1000 stands at $980.80 —nearly there !!! Collect of the Day

Ordination of Bishop Steven — the recorded service will be able to God, you have given us a lodging in this world be viewed on — but not an abiding city. Website: www.gillians.kiwi.nz Click on: Live Streaming Help us, as a pilgrim people, to endure hardness, Click on: Community link (on the live streaming page) knowing that at the end of our journey This will show a recorded version, that you can click Christ has prepared a place for us. on and watch at your leisure. This we ask through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

Contacts in the Parish Hymns

Vicar Rev’d Gary Griffith-Smith 03 208 7366 cell 027 267 0030 Processional Rejoice, the Lord is King

Administrator Annette Ainge Office 03 208 7366 email [email protected] Gradual Peace I give to you Home 03 208 9877 cell 027 223 9877 Offertory Give me oil in my lamp Local Priests Rev’d Bruce Cavanagh 03 208 4538 cell 021 029 51283 Communion O God Unseen Rev’d Maud Milligan 03 208 5664 cell 027 682 4324 Vicar’s Warden Eleanor Groves 03 208 4027 027 688 7000 We are One in the Bond of Love People’s Warden Robin Speden 03 208 3548 027 4917 992 Recessional Take my life and let it be Recorder Robert Tattershaw 03 208 5988 Riversdale Jackie Butt 03 202 5745 027 367 4571 Readings Lois Shallard 03 202 5859 027 617 2215 Exodus 16: 2—15 Psalm 105:1-6,37-45 Philippians 1: 2 1—30 Matthew 20: 1—16 Holy Trinity Gore St Mark’s Riversdale Mataura, Waikaka & Tapanui Office Ph 2087366 Email [email protected] www.goreanglican.org.nz All Hymns used by permission CCLI 22128 https://www.facebook.com/goreanglican/ Prayer for Healing is offered every Sunday following communion

Vicar Rev’d Gary Griffith-Smith This Week we Pray For Anglican World Prayer  Our Local Priests — Rev’s Bruce Cavanagh, Maud Milligan The Episcopal Church ofSoutheast Florida - (IV, ) The Rt Revd Leopold Frade  Our Wardens and our Vestry Coadjutor Bishop - The Rt Revd Peter David Eaton Our Community Mission - The Anglican Church in Community Service Organisations, Clubs and Associations

Today we pray for Tanzania. Inaugurated in 1970, the Church of Tanzania was Charles St, Walker St, Cambridge Tce, Dale Cresc, Walker Cresc. McDougal St. influenced by both NZCMS and the Universities Mission to Central Africa. Made up of 27 dioceses representing both the Evangelical and Anglo-Catholic traditions; the Those who have asked for our prayers — Laura-Rose, Tina, Kaye, Sally, Eva, Leroy, Kim, Joshua, Rainy, Aureen, Alison, Dave Church in Tanzania is experiencing rapid growth and is working hard to train clergy and build churches. Let us continue to pray for the Diocese and the person God has called south to We give thanks for… be our Bishop. ◦ The continued growth of the Anglican Church of Tanzania through the work of local evangelists; and for its relationship with the Church in New Zealand. Loving Lord God, We pray for… you call all of us, women and men, lay and ordained ◦ The Most Revd Jacob Erasto Chimeledya – Archbishop of Tanzania and all the to the ministry of being your love in many and various ways. bishops and clergy of the 27 dioceses, especially: ◦ The Rt Rev Dr – Bishop of Central We pray for the Diocese of Dunedin ◦ The Rt Rev Sadock Makaya – Bishop of Western Tanganyika and for Steven Benford whom you have called to be Bishop. ◦ The Rt Rev Aaron Kijanjali – Bishop of Kagera May we together work for the extension of your kingdom ◦ The Rt Rev Dr Mwita Akiri – Bishop of Tarime and the growth of love in our world. Amen. ◦ The Rt Rev Dr – Bishop of Kondoa ◦ Rev. Can. Capt. Johnson Chinyong’ole, General Secretary, Provincial administration and all the staff This Week in the Parish ◦ The election process, consecration & inauguration in July of the new Diocese of Biharamulo (ex Kagera) ◦ The election process of the 3rd Bishop of the Diocese of Kagera in October; and Monday 10.00am Finance/Works the retirement of The Rt Rev Aaron Kijanjali Tuesday 9.00am Morning Prayer ◦ Mtumba Teachers College & students and their training 11.00am Holy Communion—Parata ◦ This year’s Strategic Plan workshops for the Church 7.30pm Vestry ◦ For improved weather conditions to alleviate drought and for a good harvest so Wednesday 9.30am Holy Communion — Gore people are not suffering from hunger. Noon Ministers Assn

Christchurch Diocese Thursday 9.00am Morning Prayer  Bishop Victoria, the clergy and the people. 10.00am Bible Study  Our sister parishes: Christchurch — Belfast-Redwood, Cheviot. Linwood, 5.15pm Priests/Lay Ministers Timaru — Marchwiel Friday 9.00am Morning Prayer Our Diocese  Our Bishop –elect Rev Dr Steven Benford and his wife Lorraine  Anglican Family Care Next Sunday 1 October 2017 OS 26

 The Parish of Taieri Gore 8.00am Holy Communion 10.00am Family Eucharist  Stewardship in the Diocese Riversdale 9.00am Holy Communion

Our Archdeaconry  For our Archdeacon, Keith Gover. Readings Exodus 16: 2—15 Psalm 105:1-6,37-45  For regionalisation processes in the Archdeaconry. Philippians 1: 21—30 Matthew 20: 1—16  The Invercargill future Ministry forum. 3. 30—4.30pm Songs of Praise practice—all welcome

Our Parish 2018 Lectionary— if you wish to order your copy please either add  Our Vicar Rev’d Gary Griffith-Smith, Debbie & family your name to the list on the Narthex table or phone the office.