South Calling - Ko Te Tonga Kei Te Karaka South Calling - Update 5 February 2020 Please Click Here for a Printable Version of This Newsletter
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The South Calling - Ko Te Tonga kei te Karaka South Calling - Update 5 February 2020 Please click here for a printable version of this newsletter. Please forward articles for inclusion in the next edition to [email protected] by 9am 10 February 2020. Thank you. Prayer for the Anglican Diocese of Eastern Zambia We have recently been in touch via Facebook Messenger with the Anglican Diocese of Eastern Zambia - one of our Companion Dioceses. The Bishop, William (Bill) Mchombo and Fr. Edward Zimba, Dean of Msoro have responded and have welcomed renewed contact with us. They may feel a world away from us, but we are united by so many things.. and we can pray for each other. When asked what they would like us to pray for them, Bishop William Mchombo responded: The main prayer point is for victims of floods in our Diocese. Most have lost their crops which were washed away in their fields. Water is contaminated in their Wells because of faecal matters from the pit latrines that overflowed. Continue praying for the preparations we are making to celebrate the silver jubilee of our Diocese; official opening of the (Bishop) John Osmers House, Diocesan Centre, which will house Diocesan offices while other rooms will be leased out to generate income for the Diocese; and also the celebration of 110 years of Christian service and witness of the Anglican Church in Zambia. All this will take place on 7th June, the consecration anniversary of the first Bishop of the Diocese, John Osmers, which coincidentally I share with him as his successor. The actual day is 8th June but this year it falls on Monday. We've therefore decided to bring it forward by a day. It'll be a great day of thanksgiving for me personally as I clock 17 years in Episcopal ministry. Pray also for our interventions in gender based violence, economic hardships of our people, and climate change. Please pray for the people and clergy of the Anglican Diocese of Eastern Zambia, that God would move the mountains that hinder and continue to bring them joy, peace and hope. Visit of Rev'd Dr George and Jocelyn Armstrong Rev'd George and Jocelyn Armstrong met with old friends at St Mark's Anglican Church in Green Island on Friday 31 January. George is now 89 years old, but still going strong. He was visiting Dunedin with Jocelyn who has been attending an Interfaith Hui with the Ethnic Communities Minister, the Hon Jenny Salesa (Jocelyn is going to tell us more about this in the next few weeks). Need to get an uber taxi? George can show you how on his smart phone... George began his ministry as a curate at St John's Roslyn from 1958-1950, then was Vicar of Green Island 1960-1962 and also Priest in Charge at Waikouaiti-Palmerston over the same time period. After leaving Dunedin, he spent some time in the parish of Cashmere in Christchurch, before starting his long association with St John's College in Auckland from 1965. He was also involved in parishes and universities on the eastern seaboard of the United States, San Francisco and the United Kingdom. Most recently he was the coordinator of Post Graduate Studies Te Rau Kahikatea St John's College from 2000 to 2008. Jocelyn is also the eldest daughter of Bishop Allen Johnston who was our 4th Bishop from 1953 to 1969, and who went on to become the Archbishop of NZ in 1972. We had great pleasure at showing them one of two of our 150 videos when they came to the Diocesan office, including the Holy Trinity Invercargill one which has some short video clips of Bishop Johnston laying the foundation stone of the church in 1955. Diocesan Events and Calendar Read on for events throughout the Diocese, including further education and ministry training as well as a link to a calendar for regularly scheduled meetings. Let us know anything that your Parish, community service or other organisation is doing and we will place it here. Make sure you visit this page regularly and keep all that is going on in your prayers. Link to Diocesan Office Calendar Regular meetings and events at/organised by the Diocesan office in a monthly calendar format Link to Christian Calendar Dates for feast days and other Christian observations Up-coming Meetings and Events: Local Churches AGM - RSVP now due. Tuesday 25 February 2020 at St John's Milton, 10am - 2pm. See this article for more information. RSVP by Monday 10 February to [email protected] ___________________________________________________________ Dunedin NZCMS Prayer Support Group meets at the home of Arch Matheson, 25A Sheen St, Roslyn at 2.30pm Wednesday 19th February. All welcome. Contact: Maureen at 03 456 0573 or 021 1071401 ___________________________________________________________ Christians Against Poverty are holding a CAP’s Church Leader Event on Wednesday the 19th of February. If you would like to attend please see RSVP details below and also please let Nicola at the Diocesan office know. You’ll hear about CAP ministries and the churches who are running them throughout New Zealand to help people find freedom both spiritually and financially. This will also be a great time to gather with church leaders all throughout the region, share a free meal with one another, and edify one another as the Body of Christ! The Details: Date: Wednesday 19th February 2020 Time: 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm – tea or coffee available from 11:30 am Location: Otago Museum in the Kākāpō Room, 419 Great King Street, Dunedin Feel free to reserve your spot HERE If you have any questions I’m always happy to chat, reply to this email or contact me on 09 281 0321. Ngā manākitanga, Miki Brooks Church Partnership Regional Manager _______________________________________________________ Waitoto Children's Choir - Free Community Event Saturday 29th February 2020 6pm - 7.15pm at Nations Church, South Dunedin. See this link for more information. ______________________________________________________________ Equipping for Ministry and Shared Worship Opportunities FELLOWSHIP GROUP: Monday 10 Feb, 6pm @ Turner- Heaton's 66 Ariki Ave, Invercargill. Please bring a food contribution and a baby photo. All are welcome. ___________________________________________________ Lenten Quiet Day - a day set aside to prepare for Lent. Saturday, 29th February 10am to 4pm. All are welcome to a Retreat Day led by Rev’d Sandra Baird. (Offered in conjunction with the Southern Coastal Deanery) Venue: St Margaret’s Anglican Church, 4 Seaview Terrace Brighton. Bring Bible, journal and pen if desired, bring your own lunch. Hot drinks provided. Participants are invited to make an offering of a Koha to defray expenses. To register and for further information please phone Maureen 03 456 0573; 021 10 71 401. ___________________________________________________________ Installation of Fr Tony Curtis as Dean of St Paul's Cathedral - 4 pm , Sunday 23 February 2020 - see this article for more information. _________________________________________________________ INVERCARGILL : FAITH THINKING: CROSS & RESURRECTION 14 February 7 - 9pm, 15 February 9 - 12pm. Professor Rae explores the foundation truth of the Cross & Resurrection of Christ. We look forward to this exploration with the expectation it will be of the same quality as previous seminars. To enrol phone First Church (03) 218 2560, mornings Tuesday to Friday. ______________________________________________________________ FLEXILEARN FOR 2020: Formed for Mission: 8 weeks of 2hr online tutorials on Mondays from 17 Feb to 8 Apr. Gospel of Luke: 8 weeks of 2hr online tutorials on Mondays from 27 Apr to 25 June. Doing Theology: 12 weeks of 2hr online tutorials on Mondays from 20 July to 22nd of Oct. Developing Inter-generational Community: 6 Weeks of 2hr online tutorials from 2Nov to 9 Dec. Note the closing date for enrollment is 1 February. If you have uncertainties in enrolling please be in touch with Keith Gover or Richard Johnson. Watch this space for further information. ________________________________________________________________ 6 DAY SILENT RETREAT, 1-6 March 2020 A 6 day silent directed retreat in the vast open spaces of the Maniatoto. Date: 1-6 March 2020 Venue: En Hakkore, Orangapai (near Ranfurly) Time: Sunday 1 March 11.00am to Friday 6 March lunchtime. Cost: $480. Registration closes 21 February. Retreat Team: Kelvin Wright, Barbara McMillan, Judith Anne O’Sullivan, John Franklin Registrations and enquiries to John Franklin, [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ CURSILLO 3 DAYS late afternoon 17 April - mid afternoon Monday 20 April @ St Peter's College Gore. Cursillo is an Anglican spiritual Development program delivered in an Anglican Way. It includes talks mostly by lay persons, discussion, undergirded by worship, times of quiet contemplation and fun. Please make this event known in your congregation. Persons who attend must have a sponsor who can be any person who has attended a previous Cursillo 3Days. If there is any potential attendee unable to find a sponsor, please be in touch with Anne Gover. Cursillo has a system of forward financing and the cost of any person attending is already paid. Everyone attending is given the opportunity to make a donation to Cursillo.--- See attachments. 2020 3-day Cursillo Application Form (Word) (for 17-23 April 2020) 2020 3-day Cursillo Application Form (.pdf document) What is Cursillo pamphlet ______________________________________________________________ NIGHT CHURCH IN SOUTHLAND REMINDER - Once daylight savings finishes, there is an Anglican run service every Sunday night at 7pm in Invercargill. Taize service at Holy Trinity 2nd and 4th Sunday beginning Sunday 14 April and continuing approximately until daylight saving starts. All Saints Gladstone contemporary service 1st and 3rd Sunday throughout the year. See also https://www.calledsouth.org.nz/organisations/ For Southland News to pass on, contact Keith Gover: [email protected] or 027 222 4055 For all other news, contact the Diocesan Office Annual Conference of Local Churches : 10am -2pm Tuesday 25th February 2020 at St John's Milton.