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Melanesia News Issue 82 [Summer 2020] SUMMER 2020 | ISSUE 82 www.mmuk.net MELANESIA NEWS ABIDE WITH ME PRAYER, PEOPLE, GIVING ALSO INSIDE THIS ISSUE: Announcement of AGM Letter from the Archbishop of Melanesia WE ARE NOT ALONE Abide with me, longer visiting the UK this summer, our fast falls the eventide; hospitality programme and our climate conference at St Martin-in-the-Fields have The darkness deepens; had to be cancelled. We will, however, have Lord, with me abide. the opportunity to offer that hospitality to our brothers and sisters next year! The famous hymn, by Henry Lyte, a Vicar of Destruction of Cyclone Harold Brixham in Devon, was not written chiefly The MMUK AGM this year is now being as an evening hymn. Composed on his last moved to an online gathering at 7pm on Sunday as Vicar, at a time of mortal sickness Monday 21st September and I hope many for him and trouble with some church of you will join us that evening. embraced our son, Samuel, on a placement who have already responded so generously members, the author faced his own death at Tabalia and Chester Rest House, Honiara to this appeal. We are fortunate to be – the eventide of his life. Based on the walk Archbishop Leonard has written assuring during this difficult time. Although the virus blessed with such a worldwide family, to be of two disciples with the risen Jesus on the us of ACoM’s prayers for us here in the has not been discovered in the Solomon able to receive and give gifts of prayer and road to Emmaus, this is a hymn about faith: UK. We are grateful for their support and Islands and Vanuatu, people there are still practical love. the faith that looks at death without fear for the reality of Christ’s loving family affected hugely by this pandemic. The What has helped me more than anything and triumphs over it through Christ. reaching across the world. Mandy and I number of cargo ships bringing supplies to through this challenging period is the have particular reason to be thankful for the islands has reduced severely and, for I write this in the midst of the coronavirus promise that Jesus gave to his disciples: their care and kindness as the Melanesian a people more reliant today on imported pandemic. The threat and reality of death ‘I am with you always, even to the end of Brothers and Novices welcomed and food and medicines, due to climate change, to many who are vulnerable and elderly time.’ We are not alone. God abides with us this is a concern. has changed our way of life. Here in the UK, -you and me- and walks with us through the Government has urged people to stay As you will know, the islands have recently whatever we face, even in the valley of the at home and make no unnecessary travel. been badly affected by Tropical Cyclone shadow of death. Henry Lyte discovered the Schools are still closed and all public events Harold. There has been destruction of truth of this. And so, for us, ‘Abide with me’ and gatherings are cancelled or postponed. crops, homes, livelihoods and lives. MMUK can also be a personal prayer: For the first year since World War II, we will immediately released extra funds (in the Who like thyself my guide not hear ‘Abide with me’ sung in May at the budget for Lambeth Hospitality this year) and stay can be? FA Cup Final. to help provide relief for ACoM. We have Through cloud and sunshine, also set up an Emergency Appeal (see As with other mission agencies, proposed Lord, abide with me. website www.mmuk.net) to help with basic plans and events have changed for MMUK. needs of families, with rebuilding following +Mark Rylands, Chair of MMUK With the Lambeth Conference postponed the Cyclone and, also, for helping ACoM until 2021 and the knock-on effect of the to weather the economic storm of the Melanesian Bishops and their spouses no coronavirus. I am grateful to those of you 2 Melanesia News Summer 2020 Melanesia News Summer 2020 3 As we focused on health measures, our two greater volume the testaments of the ARCHBISHOP’S ADDRESS countries were badly hit by Tropical Cyclone unceasing embrace of Jesus we offer each Harold. It claimed some dear lives and caused other, even in times of lockdown, geographical The Most Revd Leonard Dawea – Archbishop of Melanesia serious damage to homes, properties and isolation, physical distancing, and in all food gardens, especially in Guadalcanal and situations, we find ourselves in. Alleluia the Lord is risen; He is risen indeed, Alleluia. Makira. In Solomon Islands twenty-seven people, including women and children were As is always the case in times of disaster, washed overboard by high sea gusts from a we are receiving support of prayers and donations from our mission partners. We are It is indeed a privilege and honour to be that it was a preventive mechanism, but I passenger boat from Honiara to Malaita in as ever grateful to MMUK, for launching an given space to meet you all on paper. As the was not aware of any health hazard then. the early hours of 3rd April. All were declared emergency appeal towards this worthy course. recently installed leader and 7th Archbishop Two days after arriving home in the Solomon dead; only six bodies were recovered and And in like manner, we acknowledge those of the Anglican Church of Melanesia, I am Islands, I read a news article of the coronavirus, given reverential burial, the rest were never who have wholeheartedly supported the obliged to maintain our relationships with which made me recall the face masks in the recovered. appeal. you all. Grounded in the Spirit of Christ Jesus, terminals. I realised also how I escaped in what Tropical Cyclone Harold entered Vanuatu the relationships continually remind us of our can be termed as a “blinking of an eye”. and other Pacific countries at the increased The Anglican Church of Melanesia started off shared missions, both in the past and current. strength of a Category 5 storm on 6th April. It 2020 brightly with the consecration of the And as we celebrate the life of Christ each At first, it seemed as something of Wuhan caused severe damages in Vanuatu, leaving new Bishop of Diocese of Temotu, the Rt Rev. resurrection tide, we anticipate newness and or from distant lands. There was entire about five thousand people homeless. Willie Tungale in February. Unfortunately, the deeper commitment to those relationships. complacency that it will never come near It destroyed a lot of Church properties COVID-19 pandemic forced us to adjust our We are, therefore glad to say that we are co- us, let alone grip the globe in captivity. But in Vanuatu; the DOVNC Bishop’s official programs. The General Synod is now deferred partners of Christ’s mission; taking to heart now its impact is right in the face; it has residence, the Office building, Church to 2021 and dioceses are asked to defer the the multi-faceted issues of international and engrossed the world into stillness. It will go buildings, staff houses and other properties. synods accordingly. The bi-annual provincial domestic concerns around us. down in history as the worst health hazard of the millennium; infecting more that 2 They are gradually recovering from the meetings have been trimmed down to just one, which will happen in August, though Out there too are numerous others who are million and claimed more than 200,000 lives aftermath of the cyclone while strictly depending on the COVID-19. part of us through other means of relationship. across the globe. It forced the cancellation adhering to COVID-19 health standards There is, in a wider context, our relationships and deferment of international programs of and measures. Tropical Cyclone Harold is Two of our long serving diocesan bishops with the rest of the Anglican Communion all walks of life. In our Anglican Communion an obvious testament to the ever-changing will retire this year. Bishop Alfred Karibongi family. As members of this great family, sealed family, the 2020 Lambeth Conference was weather patterns resulting from the increasing of Hanuato’o will retire in June. And Bishop by the Body and Blood of Christ, we hold each deferred to summer 2021. climate change issues in our island nations. Nathan Tome of the Diocese of Guadalcanal other at heart through our prayers and mutual These situations indeed jeopardise our will retire in September. Elections and support. As members of this great family As I write Solomon Islands and Vanuatu are livelihood, social harmony, religious life and consecrations of their successors will follow of Christ, we share each other’s contextual among the very few countries in the world still welfare. But during all these disturbing stories consecutively thereafter. The two Bishops socio-economic, political, religious and COVID-19 free. But nobody can be certain for and situations across the globe and Anglican will leave with a great wealth of wisdom and environmental issues together. how much longer this will be. On the western border of Solomon Islands, there are already Communion family, we remain faithful and experience. The Council of Bishops and the whole Church will surely miss them both. At the Primates’ meeting in Jordan in January, confirmed cases too close in Bougainville. resilient as a global Christian family. We hold Please join us to pray for them. We wish them a lot of priority issues were discussed and the local issues of our local territories globally.
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