Wakatipu Community Presbyterian Church St John’s , St Andrew’s Queenstown, St Margaret’s Frankton Manna Café, Wakatipu Global Community Ministry Opportunity and Parish Profile

Our Mission: To live in Christ, and to grow as a Community of Faith, Hope, Love and Joy.

Our Vision: Growing God’s kingdom one life at a time.

Our Current Parish Goals:

 To develop new opportunities for people to know Christ and to worship.  To invite people of all ages to faith.  To strengthen the existing congregations that they may grow and offer space/protection to the newly formed groups till they are established and strong, and they in turn can nourish and encourage the older congregations.  To ensure that discipleship becomes a way of life (for all members) and not simply a programme.  To ensure the church is involved in the community, where we are actively seeking ways to be a blessing to all peoples.  To strengthen and broaden our leadership to better reach our diverse and growing community.  To be a church of positive influence in the community for this and coming generations.

We are: Three church centres; three distinct communities, various congregations, One Church.

We are seeking: A Minister of Word and Sacrament to join us in growing God’s Kingdom.

INDEX PAGE Vision, background and the Minister we seek 2 The and Community 3 Our Church Centres 7 St Andrew’s - Queenstown 7

St John’s - Arrowtown 10 St Margaret’s - Frankton 14 Parish Overview 16 Governance 19 Membership Graphs 20 Financial Graphs 21 Wakatipu Church Groups 22

Ministry Team, Staff and support people 23

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Vision, Background, and the Minister we seek

Many years ago a friend of the church, now deceased, planted the seed of an idea to re-establish residential ministry in Arrowtown. The thinking then, and now, was that the community was in need of locally based ministry and was now of a size to support it.

At the time the church was not ready and the opportunity was lost but not forgotten. After the St John’s plant was redeveloped and considerably improved the plan was to increase investment in ministry; however building projects have a way of draining energy and the congregation also found themselves without a Minister to lead them, and the dream receded.

At the beginning of 2012 the conversation was reignited and after a series of explorations: first with the St John’s eldership, then congregation and finally with the Parish Council and combined congregations the challenge has been taken up to rebuild our Arrowtown ministry and to plant a new congregation from the currently non-churched.

The Queenstown Lakes District's ranking as the second-fastest-growing district in (30% 2001 – 2006; 22.9% since the 2006 census) and in particular the growth of Arrowtown itself is the other aspect that makes this the right time to invest in this ministry. Indeed if we fail to act now the Church will simply be left behind and relegated to an historic curiosity. There was a time when population growth was primarily down to retirees moving to the district however those times have gone with increasing numbers of families settling here for work and lifestyle opportunities: hence the recently announced $2.5 million investment in Arrowtown Primary; extra classrooms at Remarkables School and a new primary school opened at the start of 2015 at Lower Shotover.

Our desire is to add a suitably qualified and gifted Minister of Word and Sacrament to the Wakatipu pastoral team whose primary focus would be the growth of the worshipping community in Arrowtown.

That’s it in a nutshell – exactly what this will look like is an open question; we recognise that the final shape of the ministry, and specific goals will grow and change as the future minister called will shape the project to more precisely fit their skills, experience, and gifts and developing community connections.

With funding support from the Synod of and Southland we are now ready to make a start; to seek the person God is preparing; and then together to get stuck in and, with God’s grace, build God’s Church in this place.

So who do we seek? We seek a Minister who will take the time to know and understand the Arrowtown community; someone who will be able to discern what God is doing in our midst, help us see it, and help us connect with it.

We seek a person who has a heart for God and love of people; someone who seeks to introduce others to Jesus and is experienced in helping people know God and grow in faith, someone who has energy and passion to reach a community that is largely oblivious to God.

We seek a Minister who enjoys working with a team; who understands Presbyterian ways; who is able to commit themselves to serving in an exciting yet uncertain environment.

If this is possibly you, read on, pray, consult, and contact Andrew Harrex, our Settlement Board Convener. We would love to discern with you if God is calling us to minister together.

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THE WAKATIPU BASIN AND COMMUNITY

THE WAKATIPU BASIN:

The Wakatipu Basin is a plain surrounded by the mountains in Central Otago in the Southern of New Zealand, and has some of New Zealand's most spectacular scenery. At the south west corner is found the Queenstown suburb of Frankton and . This is where the basin abuts the Frankton Arm of . At the north east corner of the basin is Arrowtown and at the northwest corner is Arthur's Point. At the south is found mountain range; to the north is . The Crown Range forms the eastern boundary of the basin. Located centrally in the basin is . Much of the basin is drained by the .

The economy of the basin and surrounding area is largely supported by tourism, though the importance of the vineyards of the Central Otago wine region has increased since the 1990's.

Natural History:

Natural and induced fires in pre-European times and later burn-offs by run-holders had, by the turn of the last century, reduced a once extensive beech and broad-leaf forest to a few remnants in damp gullies. After fire, bracken is the usual pioneer species, followed by manuka and, if burning isn't repeated, this becomes an excellent nursery for the native trees and shrubs. The vegetation on the Seven Mile Point track is a good example of this natural succession.

Lake Wakatipu is unique in New Zealand lakes as its level rises and falls throughout the day. This fluctuation of about 20cm in Queenstown Bay is called a seiche. It's thought to be caused by variations in temperature and atmospheric pressure, and is very noticeable at Bob's Cove. Southern Maori describe this as the heartbeat of the giant, whose body forms the lake-bed – his head at Glenorchy, knees at Queenstown and feet at Kingston.

The lake is basically an ice-scoured trough with an average depth of 360 metres. Above this the glaciers once rose as much as 1,000 metres above the lake's present level. The glacier retreated at the end of the last ice age and the streams formed since then have deposited a lot of gravel along the lake's shores. The alluvial material in Five, Seven and Twelve Mile Creeks has been worked for alluvial gold.

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Population:

Wakatipu basin; Arrowtown, Kelvin Heights, Frankton, Queenstown and Closeburn, has seen the population rapidly expanding with retirees and young working families seeking the good life for themselves and their children, including some ex-pat and itinerant Kiwis and immigrant workers.

According to the 2013 census 28,224 people usually live in Queenstown-Lakes District; approximately 19500 of these in the Wakatipu. This is an increase of more than 5200 people since the 2006 Census. Add to this our visitors; at the height of the summer and winter visitors can outnumber locals by as many as 3 to 1.

Queenstown Lakes District - Growth projections

Residents:

The percentages of houses/apartments occupied by local residents compared to non-local owners has not been measured as it varies from area to area but a general understanding is one third of the houses are owned by non- residents, although quite a percentage of these are rented out. Total dwellings in the Queenstown-Lakes District have increased to 16,215 in 2013, an increase of 20.4% since 2006. Recession had slowed the increase but new residential areas in Arrowtown and indicate a growing number of people and families who think of the Wakatipu as ‘home’.

Wealth:

Wealth distribution varies enormously. Some multi - million dollar properties are owned by wealthy people from overseas and Kiwis who may or may not live here permanently. At the other end of the scale wage earners pay high rents or extremely high mortgages and are stretched financially to live here.

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While the Basin is a tourist resort a growing percentage of people choose to be here and see Queenstown as ‘home’. They work servicing at seven day tourism or work a normal five day work week in professional or service occupations.

Tourism:

Tourism, (with an emphasis on adventure tourism), drives the district and necessarily influences people’s outlook, work demands, community involvement and their participation or non-participation in social, sport, church and community organisations. The party/booze/drug culture is sadly a way of life for some, resulting often in much damage to people and/or property after midnight.

Servicing tourism is in some workplaces a 24/7 activity; church and all organisations are affected by shift work. Itinerant workers stay from a few months or 2-3 years and add greatly to our population for much of the year. This huge international population of (often temporary) foreign nationals, with limited English, work for very low service-industry wages yet pay high rents. They form part of the service industry whose staff are under considerable pressure, and many find life a constant struggle. The suicide rate is high in our district.

Climate:

Wakatipu is a mountain basin 300 metres above sea level with variable four season climate. In winter skiing draws a large influx of overseas and national visitors when/ if the snow falls. The frosts and lower temperatures can affect evening meetings and church attendance due to icy roads. Many retirees plan a winter break in warmer climes which can mean a drop in numbers from the regular congregations but also an increase in visitor numbers. This fluctuation in the congregations also occurs over the Christmas holidays with families choosing to go elsewhere for a change, while hot summers attract visiting people to the lake to enjoy the hills, tracks and mountains. Autumn has traditionally brought North American and European tourists to enjoy the weather and changing colours. Australians are visiting in larger numbers due to direct flights from their eastern sea board.

Mobile:

A significant proportion of the existing population is highly mobile, thinking nothing of flying out of the district for the weekend. People travel from one end of the district to the other to attend activities. There has been a substantial increase in overseas flights to and from the district in the last twelve months. This affects St Margaret's church services because it sits right under the flight path. Flights are to increase with planes allowed to fly in until 10pm at night. Schools: Arrowtown School, 9 Chalmers Place, Arrowtown. Phone: (03) 442 1854 Shotover Primary School, Stalker Road, Shotover www.arrowtown.school.nz Country, Queenstown. Phone: (03) 409 0005 www.shotover.school.nz Kings View School, 14 Yewlett Crescent, Frankton. An inter-denominational state integrated Christian St Joseph's School, 25 Beetham Street, school. Phone: (03) 451 1444 Queenstown. www.kingsview.school.nz A state integrated school with a special Catholic character. Phone: (03) 442 8224 Queenstown Primary School, 20 Robins Road, www.stjosephsqt.school.nz Queenstown. Phone: (03) 442 9120 www.queenstown.school.nz Wakatipu High School, Fryer Street, Queenstown. Secondary School from year 9 – 13. Remarkables Primary School, 49 Lake Ave, Phone: (03) 442 7370 Frankton. Phone: (03) 441 4044 www.wakatipu.school.nz www.remarkablesprimary.school.nz

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Arrowtown's Profile: Arrowtown (originally called Fox’s) developed out of the gold rush which started in 1862 in the Arrow River, and upstream to where (now deserted) was established. Situated at the mouth of the Arrow Gorge, Arrowtown became the service hub for thousands of miners working the river and surrounding mining operations.

As well as Europeans from all around the world, a considerable number of Chinese men lived in the now restored Chinese Village on the banks of Bush Creek. The Chinese not only re-worked the areas of the river already worked by the Europeans, but also became traders and storekeepers. As gold ran out the Chinese turned to other labouring work, for example were used to build St Johns Church which opened in 1873.

Arrowtown takes great pride in it’s history, with the business and surrounding residential areas being classed as an “Historic Zone” in the District Plan. This ensures that renovated and new buildings must follow strict historic style guidelines. Even the new St Johns Hall had to comply. Arrowtown is also the home of the Lakes District Museum, known as the “Best Little Museum in New Zealand”.

The shopping area is compact and features a large number of highly regarded restaurants and cafes, as well as souvenir and clothing shops for both tourists and locals. There is also a Post Office, library, medical centre, pharmacy, volunteer fire brigade, open air swimming pool, tennis courts and playing fields.

Ownership of houses in the past has been by locals (workers and retired) and holiday home owners, many of whom became permanent residents on retirement. In recent years there have been more young families moving into the town. They have been attracted by the safe, crime free community and the very strong and supportive community spirit, which has also contributed to a very popular and growing primary school, (decile 10) and three pre-schools. The population is now approximately 2500, made up generally of well-educated adults, many with their own business or in responsible well paid positions.

It is the community spirit that ensures that the annual Arrowtown Autumn Festival continues into it’s 31st year, and drives the annual “Arrowtown Long Lunch”, where the main street is closed to traffic, restaurants and cafes set up tables on the street, locals pre-book their seats at the restaurant of their choice and enjoy friendly, open air dining, with profits going to a charity.

Arrowtown sits safely above the Arrow River, which gives easy access to the river-side walking/ cycle trails that link to the now, more than 100km of trails in the Wakatipu Basin. These are well used by the many fit and active locals, as well as visitors. Other physical exercise options include, swimming, kayaking, sailing, rowing or fishing at nearby Lake Hayes, or golfing at one of the three quality golf courses that sit on Arrowtown’s boundary, namely Arrowtown Golf Club, The Hills and Millbrook Resort.

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OUR CHURCH CENTRES

St Andrew's – 26 Stanley Street, Queenstown

Spiritual:

10.45 am:

For the majority of members the focus of their spiritual life revolves around the Sunday worship. This is preceded by morning tea 10.15am, and worship is 10.45am – 12.pm.

A significant point of difference from St John's or St Margaret's is the mainly contemporary style songs and a small music team. The team includes Korean, Brazilian and local musicians who help lead the congregation in worship. This range of music along with the occasional use of drama, video, or other media is used to help convey the message. St Andrew's has a data projector for all song projection and any other word/pictures along with the sermon profile. It is at present upgrading the speakers and amplifiers to improve the flow of worship and accommodate other congregations and their worship.

The eldership meet monthly and are learning to take active leadership in the services. Leadership of this group is sometimes shared in the absence of the teaching elder. Each elder has been given the care of 3-4 of our regular worshipping congregation plus mutual care of each other. This is now under review with a number of new folk entering our congregation from elsewhere. Many international folk also regularly attend this service; both international and national visitors on holiday, as well as international English students and workers on long or short term visas.

Some members attend “Women in Touch”, a group who gather for monthly fellowship and encouragement at St Margaret's.

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Wakatipu Global Community:

Queenstown is a global village – possibly more so than any other town or city in New Zealand and even on the world scene there are few places hosting so many diverse nationalities. Here in New Zealand we are privileged to have as our national anthem a prayer, which acknowledges God as being God of the nations. As a church we do believe that God calls all people to worship together, irrespective of language or race. Our desire is to share with those who come here from all parts of the world the good news of Jesus Christ and the love of God.

We pray that people may come here from all corners of the world, be encouraged, be blessed, be born again as children of God and then when they go take that knowledge and love with them, that they in turn may share God’s truth around this needy world.

The Wakatipu Global Community meet at St Andrew's for worship at 7pm every Sunday evening lead by Pastor João Petreceli, and assisted by his wife Tania, Pastor Clay Peterson de Oliveira and others. The language used in the service is Portuguese, with translation available for those who need it. Sometimes it is taken in Spanish. At least 40 people or more attend this service.

Pastor João has worked hard and through his endeavours people have been baptised and 26 or more people have become members of the Wakatipu Community Presbyterian Church.

About 15 children attend the worship service. A programme is being run for them.

Manna Café – Breakfast Church:

Manna Café, our Breakfast Church based at St Andrew’s in Queenstown is now in its fourth year. Opened in February 2011. This combines breakfast and a short interactive worship downstairs. Every Sunday morning at 9:00 am, we start with a tasty free buffet breakfast and superb coffee! Around 9:30, we usually get started with our program, which includes some activities for the children, a children’s story, table-talk (discussion) and a message. Initially planned as an outreach to the mainly music families, we have so far seen mostly a handful of long-term locals who do not attend church and/or visitors off the street. Manna Café is an informal alternative to the typical Sunday church service suitable for all ages, and provides a good place to explore Christian faith.

Leadership of this is shared by: Janetta Coulter, Peter Willsman (Retired Minister), and others.

Queenstown Korean Church:

St Andrew’s hosts the Queenstown Korean Church lead by Pastor Kwangae Yoon. They hold a Korean language worship service at 12.30pm every Sunday and use our downstairs rooms and kitchen from around 10.00am –2.30pm each Sunday for their Sunday school and a shared meal.

Some of their members regularly attend our service as well as their own and help with our ministries.

As we grow closer and appreciate one another more and more it was decided by the Parish Council, initiated by Rev Ian with Pastor Kwangae, to tweak our combined services so the service at St Andrew's could fall on the 5th Sunday in a month thereby allowing the Korean congregation to join us once a quarter.

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Mission: mainly music:

A very successfully run programme in Arrowtown inspired members in Queenstown to consider this ministry, which has now been running for 5 years. An average of 32 mums attend each week with approximately 50 children. A team of 15 people run this programme. The aim of mainly music is to provide an environment where young children develop skills to enhance their early education, through the use of music, rhythm, rhyme, and other music related activities with the participation of a parent or primary caregiver while very gently introducing Christian teachings.

Each week in the downstairs room at St Andrew's, on Wednesdays at 10:00 am, parents and caregivers bring their children for a thirty-minute session of music, rhyme, movement, listening and more. The adults must participate in the session, and in fact, it is vital that they do so, because this encourages the children to enter into the actions and singing.

Pasta Café:

Pasta Café Queenstown runs for 6 weeks every Friday night from the 25th July to 29th August. 2014 was our 11th year. This successful outreach to itinerant ski workers, skiers, snowboarders, and poorer families reaches 200- 400 people for six weeks on Friday night during the winter, providing food, conversation and a safe place. This outreach involves many from across the parish. Over 15 volunteers cook and serve up to 300 meals each evening. Each meal is rounded off with some home baking, soft drinks, tea or coffee. Another group of volunteers welcome newcomers and move among them to talk and chat while in a back room another group wash dishes and tidy up. We believe God has been extremely generous to us and our hope is that we can pass this blessing onto families and visitors to our town in a safe, warm and friendly environment.

Pasta Café is supported with generous donations from the Wakatipu Community Church and a number of local businesses. In addition members of the community and others can also support Pasta Café by donating via the Give-a-little website.

All are welcome to come along and enjoy the food and the great live music.

Our track record: Over the past years we have served over 25,000 meals. Letters, cards and other messages give us the knowledge that what we are doing is important and is appreciated by the recipients, and in some cases their overseas families. Living costs in this community are high and this is one way we can help especially in the cold of winter.

Membership: The attendance of regular members fluctuates according to holiday seasons and other commitments. Some are only loosely associated and do not attend church regularly. Our average congregation numbers around 30- 40. Worship numbers are often boosted by and enriched by overseas and national visitors.

Our congregation is a mix of both retired people, and others who are still working full or part time. Many of the retired people belong to one or more community groups. Those working are often busy with work related meetings or have jobs, which take them out of town. Members come from all around the Wakatipu basin; Arrowtown, Kelvin Heights, Frankton, Queenstown and Closeburn.

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We are ageing – with the youngest adult members being around 45-50. Our youngest children are now in their teens! Of our regulars, a small number, including the teens are involved regularly in church ministry – often in more than one aspect. So it was a joy when the parish said yes to have an evangelising missionary from Brazil, Pastor João Petreceli and his family come to Queenstown and work with the immigrant population, mainly Brazilian, and to establish a congregation to be part of our church family and parish.

We are also working with the Queenstown Korean Church to form a closer relationship: in time they may even decide to join us and be part of a renewed and renewing Presbyterian presence in Queenstown.

Buildings:

St Andrew's Church was built in 1967. The church’s proximity to the Central Business District means parking near the church is limited but the drive through provides parking for the minister and elderly. The church owns about 10 parks down the hill but five of these are currently leased to a car rental business.

A carpeted basement section has a number of areas in use, with a kitchen and toilet facilities. The kitchen was upgraded in 1999 but a further upgrade would be helpful to improve the hot water supply and toilet facilities. Access downstairs is difficult for the aged and those with young children. Safety is an issue.

With safety in mind a fence was recently put up around the outside play area so our children and those attending mainly music could play safely and parents could relax knowing their children no longer had access to the road.

Improved kitchen and new toilet facilities upstairs would be helpful for outreaches involving food.

Future Proofing:

A committee are looking into the possibility of rebuilding on this site, as the present building is inadequate for the needs of the varied congregations. It is also a difficult building for the elderly or those with a physical disability to use.

St John’s, cnr Durham and Berkshire St. Arrowtown The Congregation:

Sunday morning services respect the older traditions of the church and are held in either the old church or our new hall at 9.00am each Sunday, with an average attendance of 25. The worshippers mainly come from Arrowtown, and the Lake Hayes area. The congregation is predominately elderly with no children or young families attending. The worship music is accompanied by piano.

Local church news is conveyed to regular worshippers or to those who are unable to attend by an e-mail newssheet, 'Snippets' and by hard copy for those without Internet facilities. Arrowtown has many holiday homes and some of these families attend regularly when they are holidaying in the district. Almost all new parishioners are gained from the arrival of retirees in the district.

Elders meet once a month to deal with the worship, pastoral and mission aspects of this church community and we have

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At present we join in a combined parish service once a month.

Friday's Well Communion Service: This is a recent initiative resulting from the recognition by the St John's leadership that our Sunday Services are not suitable for all our elderly parishioners. Held monthly at 2pm, we welcome people to join together for a 45-minute communion service concluding with afternoon tea. With its informal café style approach, Friday's Well attracts people from other denominations as well as parishioners from St Margaret’s, Frankton. Although the service is led by the Minister it is supported with rides, music and afternoon tea organised by the St Johns leadership team.

Mission: mainly music mainly music began in 2003 with one session a week. As a result of the numbers of those attending it has now been increased to two sessions a week. The aim of mainly music is to provide a rich environment where infants and preschool children develop skills that will enhance their early education. Through the use of music, rhythm, rhyme, instruments and props the children develop their brains and enhance their relationship with their primary caregivers.

More than 40 parents and caregivers bring their children to the sessions and are encouraged to participate.

Following each half-hour session we sing grace, celebrate birthdays and other celebrations, and then have morning or afternoon tea. The toys come out and the children develop their social skills, while the adults catch up, make new friends, and get introduced to people who are new to mainly music.

Leaders encourage the use of a 'Prayer teapot' so the team can pray for those experiencing difficulties. We do our best to offer extra support to any parents/care-givers in need. Over the years we have supported one family in grief and another family with a baby receiving cancer treatment. The mothers are great at supporting each other too. This has continued to foster the close-knit community that Arrowtown has always been known for, but could have been lost through its rapid growth.

We feel that these families give us many opportunities to connect with the wider community and as relationships develop to share the gospel with them. We recently had one mother keen to help start another group aimed at supporting other mothers. The availability to use our lovely new hall and facilities lends itself to introduce more varied and family orientated services in its versatile environment.

We have a large team of nineteen to run this programme. They faithfully pray, set up, make, mend and wash resources, bake, make gift booties, attend meetings and still turn up with energy, willingness and enthusiasm each week. Most of these people are also busy assisting the parish with other activities – i.e. Parish Council, APW, Pasta Café and the Church Fair.

Other Activities: As an integral part of the parish St John's has three members on the Parish Council and all members are involved with the Parish Fair and some with Pasta Café. Both these enterprises require a lot of time and commitment across the parish. We contribute to them by supplying food to Pasta Café and by erecting marquees, tents and running stalls at the Fair.

The APW is a group of caring women who meet regularly and who on occasions join with the Frankton and Queenstown APWs. During the year the St John's women join with sister churches in Arrowtown for a combined Christmas service and in March for the World Day of Prayer, which is enjoyed by all.

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Buildings:

St John's Church: The stone church is a quaint historic building erected and opened in 1873 and is listed as category 2 by Heritage New Zealand. It is still used and enjoyed on occasion by the congregation and has a seating capacity of 80 people. An organist accompanies musical worship.

Once the hall was completed, work commenced on restoring as much of the interior of the church and vestry as possible. The pews and dado panelling were returned to almost their original stained condition. The vestry, which had been modernised in the 1950's and lined with pinex, was stripped back to the original T & G wooden panels and one of the original fireplaces uncovered. It now has phone and Internet connections.

At present, the church needs to be brought up to earthquake standards for public safety. This has been assessed by engineers, plans drawn and quotes called for. Fortunately this is not going to be an expensive exercise and should be completed by mid-2015.

The church is open most days for viewing.

Community Hall: This is a recent addition and was completed in 2011 with funding help from the Arrowtown community, the Wakatipu Parish, Central Lakes Trust and Community Trust Southland. As it is sited in the Arrowtown Historic Zone and attached to an historic 'listed' building, the new hall had to comply with strict historic guidelines. Therefore the new community hall has a stylish retro exterior, which had to blend with the old church. Inside, the hall features modern state of the art, audio/visual aids (three 50' TV screens) to assist in worship, air to water heat pumps heating the under-floor central heating, and a large fully equipped kitchen. Toilet facilities include wheel chair toilet and baby change table. The auditorium consists of large hall with two lounges, which can be used separately, or all opened up to make one large space and has seating for up to 200 people. The large east lounge opens up to a lovely sheltered patio and lawn area. The Wakatipu Parish has enjoyed a function or two, hosted by St John's, using this area in the summer. An audio-visual link is available from the church to the hall for large services, weddings and funerals. The hall and all buildings are available for the use of other groups on the understanding that users respect our parish's Building Use policy and any other requirements given to them at the time of booking.

Weddings: St John's is a popular venue for weddings. These are commonly held in the church but can also be held in the hall, which has greater seating capacity. It is normally expected that the Minister of the parish would conduct these weddings however on application other ministers, pastors, and celebrants may be able to officiate, on the understanding that the service they lead is respectful of the particular values and ethos of the Church. With this in mind, we respectfully request that our parish Marriage and Weddings policy as well as our Building Use policy be read.

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History:

Congregation:

The history of Arrowtown congregation is a very full one, for it has passed through six separate phases: 1. From 1867 to 1901 association with Wakatipu parish. 2. 1901 to 1907 Aided parish with home missionaries. 3. 1907 to 1928 self-sustaining Parish. The parish was transferred from the Presbytery of Southland to the Presbytery of Otago in 1929. 4. 1928 to1940 Home Mission Station. 5. 1940 to 1986 association with Cromwell because of wartime shortages of ministers. 6. 1986 independent 'two thirds' (.66 ministry) Parish after Cromwell advised that it was impossible for them to service Arrowtown because of their increased population due to the building of the hydro dams. 7. 1997 re-amalgamation with the Wakatipu Parish.

St John's Church: St John's Church stands close to a main entrance to Arrowtown. St John's was designed by F.W. Burwell and built by Chinese labourers after the gold rush was over. It was opened for worship on 6 July 1873. The thick (500mm) walls were built straight on top of the ground, and it wasn't until 1995 that a concrete foundation 1 metre deep, was poured under the outside half of each of the three external walls. This was done to stabilize the building and to prevent the roots of the two Sequoiadendron Giganteum (Wellingtonia) trees that frame the entrance, from eventually destroying the church. The trees were planted in 1880 circa and are themselves protected.

The wooden vestry and bedroom (now office) were added in 1880. A bedroom (unique in New Zealand) because the minister would sleep overnight on Saturday, after riding his horse from Queenstown to Arrowtown, before taking the service on Sunday and then ride home again. It was also used, in the early days, as living quarters for student ministers assisting in the parish over summer.

When J.D Salmond wrote his book “The Citadel at the Gate”: The story of St John's Presbyterian Church, Arrowtown in the late 1960's, he described St John's as “this fine stone building with it's outbuildings, stable, loose-box, chaff and harness room, [that] stands like a citadel at the gate of Arrowtown. It is a reminder of the days of the horse and the stonemason.

The Arrowtown Manses: When Arrowtown became a separate parish in 1901, it became necessary to provide a manse, particularly in view of the first Minister's large family. This was done by purchasing the homestead of a neighbouring station, a 10-room dwelling with a glebe of five acres, which were growing many fine trees.

A new manse, built on a site alongside the church, was opened and dedicated on 5 August 1935.

All the above texts consist of excerpts from J.D Salmond, The Citadel at the Gate: The story of St John's Presbyterian Church, Arrowtown (Dunedin: Otago Daily Times) and from D.G & J.S Jardine, Mountain Parish: 1867-1990 (Mosgiel: S.N Brown and Taieri Print, 1990)

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St Margaret’s, Frankton Spiritual:

St Margaret’s Presbyterian Church Frankton is situated below the flight path to Queenstown airport, a fact that sometimes causes consternation to visitors, as they see a jet seemingly heading for the back of the preacher.

Consternation is, of course, short lived, and is generally replaced by awe as we enjoy one of the most spectacular locations in God’s creation. With the Frankton Arm of Lake Wakatipu stretching out before us and the majestic Remarkables towering behind we are truly blessed. St Margaret's Congregation meets at 9am on a Sunday morning and was made up predominantly of elderly people until more than a year ago we were joined by young families from Indonesia and Tuvalu. Their regular attendance and willingness to participate in enriching the services has given St Margaret's a real boost, which has long been prayed for by many of the faithfully unassuming prayer warriors within the congregation.

On an average Sunday, 40-50 would attend Church from a solid core of members with years of service to the Church. The congregation is attentive in worship and very enthusiastic about singing the old hymns. St Margaret's is embracing new technology and are enjoying a new contemporary song or two as long as they are well lead.

Apart from the combined service, communion is held on the second Sunday of each month. This was started in response to an ageing population not being able to participate in our combined services held at the end of each month and missing out on communion altogether.

An Elders/Office Bearer’s meeting is held monthly on the first Thursday of the month, and attended by the three female elders plus six co-opted members. This committee deals with pastoral, with approximately 80 households in their care, worship and maintenance matters. It has been noted that a lot of our attendees are not formal members.

St Margaret's is fortunate to have one lay preacher, Geoff Bruhn who worships with us. He is willing to lead services from time to time.

As a congregation St Margaret's firmly believe in the welcome of members and visitors. Each Sunday, in the well sized and warm foyer, one office bearer/elder plus two others are rostered on door duty and all visitors are welcomed and invited to join the locals for morning tea which is held in the hall following the Service and is a very popular time for socialising. Iona Dawson is currently in charge of the roster for morning tea and the setting out of the tables for this. St Margaret's members are always very supportive of congregational activities.

Footsteps: A wonderful feature of St Margaret’s is the sound of young voices, heard on Sunday mornings from the members of Footsteps. Footsteps is a group for young children that meets during Sunday morning worship. It aims to present the gospel in fun and relevant ways and encourages children and their leaders to walk in the ‘footsteps’ of Jesus. We have a core group of seven to ten children ranging in age from 2½yeas to 12 years old. Amanda Guy is the convenor of this group and is assisted by three other members.

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Mission:

Christian Groups: St Margaret's has two ladies groups, which enthusiastically cater for ladies of all ages. The St Margaret's APW is a strong group and once a year leads a worship service. Also, St Margaret's has members who belong to the Women in Touch group, a group of younger working women who meet monthly for Christian support and fellowship. They are active in fund-raising for Orphans Aid International and by assisting at the ANZAC service, and also sponsor a child.

Remarkable Readers: A team of St Margaret's members began regular support of teachers at the new Remarkables Primary School in 2010. They listen to children read to them from 9.30am until 10.30 every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday during school term. There are generally 12 or more people regularly participating in this. Margaret Rogerson, an elder, started Remarkable Readers by approaching the Frankton School to ask if there was any way we could assist them. Even after Margaret's passing we are continuing through our convenor Robin Dunlop.

Food bank: Contributions of food are collected during the year and given to the Salvation Army Food bank.

Fair: St Margaret's are very supportive contributors to the Annual Church Fair and Outreach. The Fair containers reside in their car park from August until the Fair commences. Groups of parishioners from all over gather together on Saturday morning during this time to sort all the donated goods into boxes for ease of transport to the fair grounds at Lake Hayes show grounds as well as ease of distribution to various tents at the other end.

Buildings: St Margaret's is situated just off the main road on the corner of Ross St and McBride St. Frankton Church was established in 1863. The passing years brought many repairs and changes to the church and a new one was built and opened in 1959. In 1968 a hall was added. In 1999 the church and hall were modernised to the building it is today, consisting of the church, the vestry, the church office, the community hall, a comfortable lounge and well-equipped kitchen.

The front of the church has huge windows giving a magnificent panorama of the Frankton arm of Lake Wakatipu and surroundings and has a traditional pulpit, communion table, and lectern on a slightly raised dais. The congregation recently removed the wooden pews and replaced them with carpet on the floor and good sturdy chairs. Heating is by electric heaters on a timer. St Margaret's has a large car park. Some 35 groups hire the hall and lounge on a regular basis during the year, and many members of the congregation support those groups. The church can be expanded by opening folding doors into the hall and is often used for combined parish services and larger funerals.

The church and grounds adjoin the PSS Retirement Cottages but are separated by a high fence. Two security fences have been put up this year to allow the children to play safely between the north side of the church and the high fence mentioned. A volunteer gardener maintains the grounds.

The complex is available for the use of other groups, including weddings on the understanding that users respect our parishes Building Use policy and the Wedding policy, any other requirements given to them at the time of booking.

Future Proofing: A committee is looking into the fact St Margaret's needs have outgrown the building and what to do about it.

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WAKATIPU PARISH OVERVIEW As New Zealand's leading tourist destination Queenstown and the Wakatipu basin pose a unique range of challenges and opportunities for Christian ministry. The parish is a mix of rural life and big city extremes; the spectacular landscape which attracts 2 ½ million visitors per year, many of them young, lured by the "adventure capital" reputation, contrasting with an after dark drinking and party atmosphere and associated problems which are not normally encountered in a small town.

Queenstown is permanently "on holiday" - which is fine for our visitors but often difficult for the permanent population, many of whom work seven days a week to ensure the visitors have an enjoyable time. Amidst the grandeur of the mountains and lakes exist all the social and domestic problems experienced in the real world everywhere.

Our Mission:

We recognise that mission is God’s, not ours and as a relatively small Christian witness we prayerfully struggle to determine our priority focus. The question we wrestle with is whether we prioritise mission to the tourists, itinerant workers or to local residents. Over the latter years we have offered creative outreach ministries, which offer Christ’s love to itinerant and overseas workers.

While locals do attend these outreaches and a number return to Pasta Café year after year, it is difficult to identify these people while the outreach is being run.

Sometimes it is easier to bring loving service and relationship building to those who quickly move through than to connect and build more demanding long term relationships with the local people, who at best show apathy towards the Christian message in some cases.

Our serving in mission:

Our congregations currently worship 9.00am at St Johns, St Margaret's and Manna Café (St Andrew's), followed by St Andrew's at 10.45am and then the Korean congregation at 12.30pm and last but not least the Global Community at 7pm. We have been combining for a monthly Parish service at the last Sunday of the month at which we have communion together. As mentioned elsewhere we try to have St Andrew's turn on a month where there is a fifth Sunday so the Korean congregation can attend which means juggling the roster around. With other churches in the district we share responsibility for the small ecumenical congregation at the Glenorchy (bi-monthly), and the Wakatipu Home Services, 2.30pm (about 9 services / year). We also assist with seasonal ecumenical worship services through the year, especially during Easter with walking the stages of the Cross.

Visitors are warmly welcomed to all three churches and their various services. Occasionally visitors can outnumber local worshippers. As mentioned elsewhere Pasta Café, Mainly Music, Manna Café, Global Community, Church Fair are remarkable outreach ventures for the parish. They are all well run and costly in terms of time involvement and finance. Until recently a parish wide church family newsletter was delivered to people who are under pastoral care, and to those loosely associated with the church. This has been superseded by a website and Face book page.

Our church demographic:

Loyalty and faithfulness are vital factors among our older people. Statistics clearly show us as an ageing parish in a district where the median age is 35. We have few families but this is rapidly changing with new families joining our existing congregation at St Margaret's and with the newly formed congregation of Global community. Children’s ministry is basically mainly music. We have one small Sunday children's group “Footsteps” which was started by Amanda Guy in response to new families from Indonesia, Tuvalu and South Africa joining the congregation of St Margaret's. A children's group is happening in the Global Community and Korean congregations. A small group of

16 youth has met from time to time, but hopefully will grow with the new youth initiative, driven by Pastor Clay Peterson and his team. Much of the organization and leadership comes from a small number of 45-60 year olds or a group of energetic and devoted retirees across the whole parish, but with the changes that are happening by the grace of God this will turn around.

Our challenges:

We were aware that unless younger people and families become part of our life as a church we would fade to a much smaller group. Our challenge was to develop creative ways of being a relevant church, which are vital, energetic, reaching young people and families. Through the Rev Ian Guy the parish elders were encouraged to step out in faith exploring possibilities and obtaining leaders with the skills and enthusiasm from overseas that will offer a way of being church to, as yet, un-churched families.

Offering meals and eating together works well in our area where families are away from grandparents and family support or itinerants find loneliness a factor in their lives.

We realised that we can spread ourselves so wide in attempting to reach the various groupings of tourists, itinerants, families, youth, solos, or retirees in our district that we will easily burn out and fail to build a strong base of new Christ followers. So we needed to look elsewhere to supplement and strengthen the team. With God's help and grace we pray that our endeavours will endure and increase instead of fading.

Arrowtown, Frankton, the fast growing Lake Hayes Estate and new developments underway are full of young families. New schools are built or planned and rolls are growing rapidly. The potential for church growth is huge, however, younger people and families are not coming to our churches. With so many people moving into the area the opportunity to plant new creative congregations sits on our door step but with most of us beyond the ‘young family’ stage the challenge is to find new ways of reaching and serving these groups.

Currently we are worshipping in three church venues. All three churches have their own history. Each one at the moment reaches different groups with varied styles of worship. However this means we never reach a critical mass in any one place and we “treble up” in music, orders of worship and preaching every Sunday. Also there are three sets of buildings to maintain, to heat and keep open. Rentals by other users cover around 60% of total building related costs. Combining the three congregations has been explored in the past but the latest Presbytery Review suggested that the push to become one church was proving too divisive and should not be pursued. Connecting the three congregations in meaningful ways remains a challenge.

Cross cultural enrichment: A Korean congregation led by a Korean Pastor use the St Andrew's buildings. A few Koreans also attend Kiwi worship. Chinese, Japanese, Brazilians and other nationalities spend varying lengths of time in the Wakatipu. We are enriched by their presence among us and we all have the potential to enrich one another. Our multinational population creates exciting possibilities for cross-cultural mission, here and abroad.

Youth:

Recently we have begun a Youth Group. This is for teens and young adults from each of the congregations and the Queenstown Korean Church.

Church Fair:

An annual church fair is held as a fund-raiser and used as an opportunity to connect and outreach to the wider local community. The entire parish support this and work well together through the drive and passion of the Fair Committee. The money made, around $20,000.00 after expenses is used to outreach to youth and itinerants who need support.

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Parish Office: On the southeast end of St Margaret's building can be found the Parish Church Office. It has been upgraded with new heaters on timers and double-glazing added but still lacks adequate storage. This is open from Tuesday until Friday at 9.30am until 1pm and serviced by *Claire Kluyts our Parish secretary. (*See profile)

Parish Manses

The parish currently owns two manses.

22 Douglas Street Frankton 22 Berkshire Street Arrowtown, besides St John’s Church.

Both are currently in use: Frankton by our senior minister and family and the Arrowtown manse by Pastor Clay and family.

Where a new minister would reside will be a matter for negotiation and may well involve the church renting a suitable house.

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Governance in the Wakatipu Community Church

Ministry Team

Parish Council Ian Guy Joao Petreceli Includes Clay Peterson Janetta Coulter Minister, Treasurer, Bronwyn Hartley Parish Clerk, Minute Secretary Up to 3 elected from each congregation

Property & Finance Committee

Includes Convenor, Minister, Treasurer, Parish Clerk, one member from each Church.

St Margaret’s St Andrew’s Manna Global St John’s Office Bearers Office Bearers Elders Leadership Leadership

St John’s St Margaret’s St Andrew’s Congregation Congregation Congregations: 1045, Manna, Global

MINISTRY TEAM pray, plan, and dream together, and act as a “sounding board” for new initiatives. This group does not have the power to direct Parish Council in any matter but can make recommendations for discussion.

PROPERTY & FINANCE have responsibility for the efficient administration of the Parish; including staff, pay and conditions, property care and development, accounts. They have delegated authority in some matters however they do not have the power to direct Parish Council, but can make recommendations.

Congregational OFFICE BEARERS/LEADERSHIP/ELDERS have responsibility for the pastoral care of their congregations, for the day to day care of their premises, and working with the Ministry team to ensure the provision of worship and teaching.

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Parish Membership Data

The following Wakatipu Community Age Range is taken from the Presbyterian Church Annual Statistics for the month of June 2011 & June 2014 for comparison.

Since then our Age range statistics have changed quite dramatically: St Andrew's with the introduction of 'Manna' outreach becoming a congregation in their own right as well as the 'Global Community' congregation being built up by Pastor João and then the changing face of St Margaret's with the coming of new families and the introduction of 'Footsteps' by Amanda Guy.

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WAKATIPU COMMUNITY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH FINANCAL GRAPHICS OVERVIEW 2014

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WAKATIPU CHURCH CONTACT INFORMATION 2015

All Nations ABA Church City Impact Queenstown Bible Chapel Salvation Army (Brazilian) Meeting at Meeting at… Meeting at… The Salvation Army Meeting at… 29 Camp Street 3 Hansen Road 127 Hallenstein St 29 Camp Street Queenstown 9300 Frankton 9300 Queenstown Queenstown 9300

www.salvationarmy.org.nz/c http://www.facebook.com/a queenstown@cityimpactchur www.queenstownbiblechapel entres/nz/otago- llnations.abachurch ch.com .co.nz southland/queenstown

Anglican Church C3 Church Queenstown Full Gospel On the Rock Church Meeting at… Meeting at… Church (Korean) Apostolic Network of St Peters St John's Rooms 10 Meeting at… Global Awakening Meeting at… 2 Church Street Douglas Street St Peters Church 7 Viscount Lane Queenstown Frankton Queenstown Queenstown 9300

St Pauls

Berkshire Street http://homepages.ihug.co.n Arrowtown www.c3churchglobal.com/ch http://queenstownfgc.com/ z/~the-rock/ http://www.stpeters.co.nz/ urch-detail/290

Catholic Church Freedom Church Queenstown Korean 7th Day Adventist Meeting at… Church St Joseph’s Meeting at… Meeting at… Meeting at… Melbourne Street St Andrew’s Presbyterian

Queenstown Queenstown Primary 14 Yewlett Crescent School www.facebook.com/pages/ Frankton St Patricks 퀸스타운- 7 Hertford Street www.freedom-church.co.nz http://queenstown.adventist 한인교회/246303598779395 Arrowtown .org.nz/ http://www.stjosephsqueens town.co.nz/ In addition …

 We note that in Arrowtown we have only the Catholic, Anglican and Presbyterian congregations. A small New Life congregation ceased meeting in January 2015.  Youth with A Mission have recently established a base in Queenstown from where they run 3 to 4 schools per year. www.ywamqueenstown.com/  Wakatipu Ministers Association. Meets most months for lunch, planning and prayer. Currently convened by Ian Guy. We organise public events at Easter, Pentecost, and Christmas and help to ensure the Church has a public face within the community.  Noticeably absent are the Baptist Church. There is a Baptist house church currently meeting but the congregation itself dissolved in 2013.

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Ministry Team

As a church of Jesus Christ we give thanks that all his followers are called to service; indeed our life and work is enabled by a diverse team of staff and host of others who give generously of their time, talents, and love.

The ones below are therefore part of a large team called by God to a particular service in this place.

MINISTER – Ian Guy

Ian resides with his wife Amanda and foster son Brendan (16yrs) at the Manse at 22 Douglas Street, Frankton.

Senior Minister with responsibility for the Wakatipu Community Presbyterian Church's spiritual health and growth.

Interim Moderator and Settlement Board Convener for the Parish assisting them as they call a new Minister.

WAKATIPU GLOBAL COMMUNITY PASTOR – João Petreceli

João resides with his wife Tania and their children, Yoran (18) & Nicoly (14).

João has been sent to us by God as a missionary. He is supported by ourselves plus receives financial support from individual supporters in Brazil and Chile. He is strongly evangelical and has a powerful history as a church planter in both Brazil where he was born and Chile. He firmly believes that God has called him here to reach people, both overseas immigrants and locals, to train them as Jesus disciples and have them take this to the world when they leave.

ASSOCIATE PASTOR – Clay Peterson de Oliveria

Clay resides at the manse in Arrowtown with his wife, Graziela, and their children Clarice (6) & Vinícius (4). Clay joined the team in May 2014. He too is called by God and supported as a missionary by his home church, Lagoinha Baptist Church in Brazil in addition to receiving support from this parish. Clay has a strong evangelical calling as well as being a gifted worship leader / song writer / musician.

His key responsibilities are;  Worship leadership at St Andrew's at both the 10.45am and the Global Community. Key tasks in addition to actual worship leadership will be building and training teams.  Evangelism. Clay will spend time in one on one evangelism; street evangelism; small groups etc. In time we believe this will lead to strengthening numbers at worship and also the possibility of establishing other congregations: i.e. mid-week and late night maybe possibilities.

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PARISH CLERK: Bronwyn Hartley Bronwyn carries out the duties of Parish Clerk in accordance with the Book of Order as an Administrator, motivator, leader and co-ordinator.

SECRETARY: Claire Kluyts Claire is employed for 20 hours a week. The church office is open from 9am until 2pm Tuesday to Friday at St Margaret's Church, corner of Ross and McBride Streets, Frankton. Claire is the first contact many people have with the Church.

Phone: (03) 441-4250 Fax: (03) 441-4260 email: [email protected]

TREASURER: Donald Bennett

Settlement Board

Rev. Andrew Harrex – Convenor [email protected] 03 4859147 0276267144

Presbytery Members: Rev. Rob Pendreigh Doug Bray

Parish Members: Geoff Maunsell Raewyn Byars Bruce Patton Eileen Toner AJ Key Jeanette Thompson Rev. Ian Guy

Please contact the convener, Rev Andrew Harrex if you have any questions or would like to express your interest in this new ministry role.

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