Update 25 September 2019 by the South Calling
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The South Calling - Ko Te Tonga kei te Karaka Update 25 September 2019 Please click here for a printable version of this newsletter. Please forward articles for inclusion in the next edition to [email protected] by 9am Monday 30 September 2019. Thank you. Are We there yet? Yes We Are! The Wanaka Community House is set to open on Saturday the 2nd November. After more than ten years of discussion and planning, this wonderful new facility, a partnership between The Diocese of Dunedin and The Wanaka Community House Charitable Trust, is nearing completion. The building will act as a hub for local social service agencies, including Anglican Family Care, and provide space for church and community activities. Sir Tim Wallis will officially open the building and the Diocese will be represented by Bishop Kelvin Wright. For more information, go to: http://wanakacommunityhouse.org.nz/ and see YouTube video Diocesan Diary Read on for events throughout the Diocese, including further education and ministry training. 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. Up-coming Meetings and Events : Dunedin Diocese Trust Board (DDTB) - meeting in Queenstown (St Peter's) on Friday 27 September at 1 pm. Diocesan Council and Trusts Board - meets at Peter Mann House on Tuesday 8 October from 10.30 am Selwyn Consultation Panel - meets at Peter Mann House and via Zoom on Thursday 3 October Previously advertised Refugee integration and integrating refugee: land, loss, languages and the arts. This is a lecture series by Professor Alison Phipps (University of Glasgow) taking place in a variety of places in Dunedin from 30 July to 28 November. This series is highly recommended. See attached Hum-de Carl Lecture flyer for more information. Caversham Lecture Series, Dunedin @ St Peter's Anglican Church - See attached posters: 5 Nov, Richard Kyte "NZ Dairying: Blessing or Curse; 12 Nov, Bill Harris "Aftermath: the political landscape left by the winding down of the wars in Syria and Iraq"; 19 Nov, Fr James Harding ""Escape from Egypt: meeting with God"; 26 Nov , Rod Hamel "Church Romanesque architecture". Equipping for Ministry and Shared Worship Opportunities Personal Retreats/Quiet Days (offered as a ministry of the Southern Coastal Deanery) 4th Fridays of each month (next September 27th) 10am to 4pm All are welcome to make use of these days of quiet in community which begin and end with brief times of coming together and are otherwise spent in silence pursuing our own programmes. Some reflective material is available. Venue: St Margaret’s Anglican Church, 4 Seaview Terrace Brighton. Bring those materials you require and your own lunch. Hot drinks provided. Participants are invited to make an offering of a Koha to defray expenses. For further information or to register please phone Maureen Harley 03 456 0573; 021 1071 401 (The next guided retreat day will be on Saturday November 30th led by Rt Rev Kelvin Wright.) FLEXILEARN: The next Flexi Learn Course is taking place on the first 3 Mondays in August and the first three Mondays in September, and is called "Journey Towards Being Anglican in Aotearoa NZ and Polynesia. Have a look at the St John's College Website for more information and flyer attached below Faith Thinking Seminars - Continuing Education Short Courses offered by the Theology Programme in conjunction with Continuing Education at the University of Otago. See the attached flyer for details. Each Course costs $20. Please register online at www.otago.ac.nz/continuingeducation. Cursillo Dates 2019 - 9th November Cursillo Ultreya - Gore NIGHT CHURCH IN SOUTHLAND REMINDER - Now that Daylight Saving has finished, 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 Synod and 150 Year Celebration Service On 13-15 September the second session of our 60th Synod took place as well as a fantastic Eucharist to celebrate the 150th Anniversary of the Diocese of Dunedin. We now have links to videos and a new webpage where you can access over 1000 photographs... We are mindful that there may be some privacy issues around photographs in our video productions. We have uploaded these to our YouTube channel and have them set as "unlisted" (only accessed via a link we give to them and our website) Please let us know if you have any concerns about appearing in any video. Have a look at our new Webpage with links to photographs that have been supplied to us is at the bottom of the page. Diocese of Dunedin Synod 2019 - Capturing some of the second session of the 60th Synod from 13 to 14 September 2019. Photographs by Andrew Metcalfe, John Graveston and Steve Mitchell. Diocese of Dunedin Synod Eucharist Bishop’s Charge 2019 - Bishop Steve Benford preaches at the Synod Eucharist on Friday 13 September. Video footage by John Graveston. Anticipation - before the Eucharist. Preparations before the 150 year Celebration Eucharist...choirs rehearsing, Priests robing, banner bearers gathering, the church filling...and encouraging people to share their orders of service. Photographs by Lynda Turner Heaton, Steve Mitchell, Andrew Metcalfe. 150 Year Celebration Eucharist - A celebration of 150 years of Anglican faith communities responding to God’s call in Otago and Southland, reading the Bible, paying and living out the life of Jesus Christ. A selection of Photographs from the Celebration Eucharist at St Paul’s Cathedral Dunedin (film and digital) by Steve Mitchell, Julanne Clark- Morris, David Sutton and David Wright, compiled by Andrew Metcalfe. This video is part of the Diocese of Dunedin 150 years Anniversary celebrations. Music: See YouTube credits Diocese of Dunedin 150th celebration Service Sermon 2019 - The sermon given by the Right Reverend Kelvin Wright (9th Bishop of Dunedin) at St Paul's Cathedral, Dunedin, Sunday 15 September 2019. Photograph by Julanne Clark-Morris, video footage by Andrew Metcalfe. 150 Years Celebration Eucharist Video Clips - Some rough and ready video clips (taken on an iPad) of parts of the celebration Eucharist at St Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday 15 September 2019. Videos taken and compiled by Andrew Metcalfe. This video is part of the Diocese of Dunedin 150 years Anniversary celebrations. Introit: They will Come and Shout for Joy, by Richard Madden, sung by the Cathedral Choir. Processional Hymn: Blessed City, Heavenly Salem, Words: Latin, Trans J M Neal. Music: Westminster Abbey. Gloria: Peruvian Gloria. Apostles Creed: led by Selwyn College Choral Scholars. Releasing and Planting - Releasing doves from St Paul’s Cathedral steps and planting a Kowhai tree, 15 September 2019. Photographs by Julanne Clark- Morris and Lynda Turner Heaton, complied by Andrew Metcalfe. Music: see YouTube credits. History, Kai and Keke in the Crypt - Historic displays, cutting the cake and fellowship in the Crypt as part of the 150 year celebration Eucharist at St Paul’s Cathedral on Sunday 15 September 2019. Photographs by Lynda Turner Heaton, Julanne Clark-Morris and Andrew Metcalfe. Synod 2019 Notes We are still in the process of finalising minutes from Synod 13-15 September 2019. Here are some brief notes on Synod outcomes. We allowed for some brief addresses from Diocesan Organisations at Synod, and these took place during vote counting for election of members to the General Synod/te Hīnota Whānui A number of Bills were passed as follows: (Please note, the following is an indication of what changes have taken place, the Bills are currently going through an official verification process) Bill No. 1: A Bill to amend Statute 1 The Diocesan Synod and Diocesan Council Statute 1994. Minor corrections (clerical and lay representatives ) Bill No. 2: A Bill to amend Statute 3 The Parishes, Regional Deaneries and Local Churches Statute 2015. Changes were made to this including the important issue of splitting the former parochial roll (or parish roll) into two - a membership roll largely for pastoral purposes, and an electoral roll for voting purposes and being clear who can stand and/or vote in certain elections. Numbers of people on Vestries were confirmed as the Vicar or another person appointed in leadership role, the Church Wardens, the Synod representative of the Parish as well as no fewer than three and no more than eight members of the parish elected at a general meeting. There was also clarification that the Vicar or Regional Dean chairs meetings unless they choose to delegate this role with the agreement of majority of attendees. In the Second Schedule, parishes considering proposals around their properties which involve a Property Commission had the following added into the Property Commission's reporting requirements: The need and desirability of the proposal, how the proposal aligns with the future ministry vision of the ministry unit (Parish, Regional Deanery, Local Church or other Diocesan Institution) concerned, and how any proceeds of sale or lease will be spent; any report from Property Commissioners should include estimates of any costs involved in proposals. Bill No. 3: A Bill to amend Statute 4 The Appointment and Licensing of Clergy Statute 1992. Minor corrections (updating terminology and definitions) -no substantial change. Bill No. 4: A Bill to amend Statute 11 The Home Mission Fund Statute 1983. Minor corrections (updating terminology and definitions).