Episcopal Election by the Vicar

THE ROCK Anglican Parish of Caversham Saint Peter, June 2016—Trinity—Ordinary Time Dunedin, New Zealand Episcopal Election By The Vicar ishop Kelvin has announced that he will retire at Easter next year, in April 2017. The B election to succeed him will have some unusual features to it. The ? challenge is that the Bishopric estate is short of $50,000 a year to fund a full time Bishop. In the recent past the shortfall was found by raiding various nest eggs but now all the jam jars are empty. The Diocesan Council has had 2005 to come up with various suggestions as 1989 2010 PHOTO: INFORMATION SERVICES 2017 PHOTO: WWW.TEARA.GOVT.NZ PHOTO: UNKNOWN SOURCE. to how the shortfall might be found. OTAGO LTD. Of course one alternative would be to avoid Combine the office of Bishop with that of the incumbent if he were not elected Bishop. the necessity of an election by amalgamating Ministry Educator thus obtaining the with the Diocese of Christchurch. Originally Combine the office of Bishop with being necessary extra funding from the St Johns that is the way things were in the mid-19th Dean of the Cathedral while at the same time Trust Board money, remembering that the St century but despite the difficulties in making the Cathedral the diocesan Johns money is the financial engine which continuing an independent existence the headquarters. Some dioceses have done drives the Province and provides much of the current indications are that local pride will this and the Bishop of Nelson has at present funding for the Maori Bishoprics. On the plus prevent this happening, at least for now. become the acting Dean during a long side some of the Bishop’s role is educational interregnum, an arrangement which is Some of the alternatives under discussion and it would be good for the Bishop to be working well, though it relies on his are as follows: directly involved in the post ordination considerable musical gifts since he is also de training programmes of the recently ordained. facto music director as well. This option has On the down side this model would limit the Bishops of Dunedin the same fish hooks as above. There is also potential Episcopal candidates to those who the additional complication that Cathedral 1866 Henry Lascelles Jenner had the qualifications or background to fulfil a finances are tight and are likely to become Consecrated but resigned before Ministry Educator role. enthronement even more so if the current advertising in the 1871—1919 Samuel Nevill Also Primate of New Combine the office of Bishop with being Vicar Church Times in Britain for a new music Zealand from 1904 of one of the larger and wealthier parishes. director and organist are answered by 1820—1934 Isaac Richards This solution was adopted during the someone who wants the option of a full time 1934—1952 William Fitchett depression when Bishop Fitchett was also position. It is not altogether clear if that could 1953—1969 Allen Johnston Translated to Vicar of St John Roslyn with a priest in in fact be afforded. Again a particular skill set Waikato; later Archbishop of New charge doing much of the donkey work of would be required of the prospective Zealand running the parish. This of course candidate and if the present Dean were not 1969—1975 Walter Robinson presupposes that one of the premier parishes to be elevated to the Episcopate he would 1976—1989 Peter Mann could be persuaded to go along with the have to be persuaded to retire. proposal. While such a development might 1989—2004 Penny Jamieson Combine the office of Bishop with being be considered to raise its manna, it would 2005—2009 George Connor Translated from Warden of Selwyn College. This is the least mean less priestly attention and having to Bay of Plenty, Diocese of Waiapu likely option since the Warden’s job has now stump up the extra money for the sake of 2010—present Kelvin Wright evolved into a demanding and highly skilled funding the Bishopric. There would also be 2017— ? managerial position with little head space for the delicate matter of moving on the existing SOURCE: HTTPS://EN.WIKIPEDIA.ORG/WIKI/ANGLICAN_DIOCESE_OF_DUNEDIN (Continued on page 6) www.stpeterscaversham.org.nz Page 2 June 2016—Trinity—Ordinary Time The Rock Letters The Rock welcomes letters to the Editor. Letters should Looking back be no more than 150 words in length and are subject to selection and, if selected, to editing for length and house style. Letters may be : By Ray Hargreaves Posted to : The Editor of The Rock, he first royal visit to New Zealand c/- The Vicarage, 57 Baker Street, was that of the Duke of Edinburgh Caversham, (pictured at right) in 1869. He Dunedin, N.Z. 9012 undertook further brief visits in Emailed to: T 1870 and 1871. [email protected] It was some three decades before another Royal came to the Colony. In 1901 New Zealand welcomed the visit of the Duke Ask The Vicar and Duchess of Cornwall and York. The For answers to questions doctrinal, spiritual and liturgical. Duke succeeded to the throne in 1910 as King George V. Write to: Ask The Vicar, 57 Baker Street, Their visit to our shores was short lived. Caversham, The royal couple arrived in Auckland aboard Dunedin, N.Z. 9012 HMS Ophir on 11 June 1901—a day earlier Or email: than scheduled. The Duke and Duchess did not therefore disembark until the following day. [email protected] The royal couple visited Auckland, Rotorua, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin. Ask The Vestry The couple’s visit to Dunedin was brief. They arrived by Questions about the secular life and fabric of the parish train on 25 June and departed for Lyttelton two days later. It was a busy time with may be: numerous meetings, formal dinners, a visit to the winter show, a children’s gathering and so on. The Duke also laid the foundation stone for a statue of Queen Victoria in the Triangle. Posted to : Ask The Vestry, c/- The Vicarage, 57 Baker Street, In the Octagon a pavilion of “a neat and graceful design” was erected and this was at times Caversham, described as “The Duke’s Pavilion”. It could seat 30 and was used primarily on the Dunedin, N.Z. 9012 occasion when the Duke presented medals to men who had served in the South African Emailed to: war. A suggestion that the pavilion be left in the Octagon to cater for band concerts after the Duke and Duchess departed was not supported. Rather, tenders were called for [email protected] moving the building to the Botanic Gardens as a band rotunda, where it replaced an earlier structure which was not in a good state of repair. But the pavilion did not last long, being replaced by a new structure which was formally opened on 8 December 1914. The Articles of Religion ISSUED BY THE CONVOCATION OF CLERGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND IN 1571 Parish outing to Teschemakers II. Of the Word, or Son of God, which was made very man. THE Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of one substance with the Father, took man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance: so that two whole and perfect natures, that is to say, the Godhead and manhood, were joined together in one person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very Saturday, 1 October God and very man, who truly PHOTO.: WWW.TESCHEMAKERS.COM suffered, was crucified, dead, and Hear Mass in the famous chapel buried, to reconcile His Father to us, and to be a sacrifice, not only for Catered lunch original guilt, but also for all actual Register your interest on the list in the link sins of men. Remember to ask friends and family to join us Saint Peter’s Caversham The Rock June 2016—Trinity—Ordinary Time Page 3 The Sparks Frolicsome By Ian Condie Friar hatever the word ‘sparks’ brings to mind elsewhere, in the Merchant Navy it had only one meaning—the Radio Officer. “… employed by Marconis…”. Before the days of cell phones, satellites, i W IMAGE: HTTP://IANCOOMBE.TRIPOD.COM pads, wi-fi and computers, ships had a special room, the Radio Room, filled with grey steel cabinets fitted with dials, knobs, gauges and switches which were usually supplied by the Marconi Company. The man in charge of all that modern technology, the Radio Officer, was also supplied by Marconis. The R.O.—or Sparks—sometimes stayed with the same ship for years, but others changed ships every voyage. He was the only man aboard not directly employed by the ship owner and was, therefore, something of an odd man out. That separateness was somewhat emphasised because he kept watch according to G.M.T. and not ship’s time which, in any case, changed every two or three days. Sparks therefore seldom ate his meals at the same table or at the same time as the other officers. SOURCE: WWW.HOWTOGEEK.COM. Sparks was the only man aboard who understood the workings of the radio equipment. Indeed, in the early days of that new-fangled gadget called radar, some old-fashioned Masters would insist that only Sparks was allowed to How many surrealists does switch the set on and off. Sparks it take to screw in a light was the only man aboard who bulb? A fish. could read Morse Code fast enough to communicate with Never trust an atom.

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