Home Hosts Wanted
Would you like to host an exhibitor or
visitor to the South Island Field Days
(SIFD) in late March 2017?
Malvern Anglican Parish is again
organising bed and breakfast
homestays for exhibitors and visitors to
the 2017 field days. While this project is
a fundraising activity for the parish, it is
also an opportunity for visitors to meet
local people in their homes.
For details on how you can register:
Email: aghomestays@gmail.com
Write: Aghomestays,
P O Box 38,
Darfield 7541
Phone: 03-318 8457 (+answerphone)
Mobile: 027 2269 125.
You can look forward to a warm
experience while helping with parish
funds.
Allison and Paul Rosanowski
Would you like to stay with a local Malvern family during your visit to the March 2015 South Island Agricultural Field days?
Malvern Anglican Parish is organising bed and breakfast homestays for exhibitors and visitors to the field days. While this project is a fundraising activity for the parish, it is also an opportunity for visitors to meet local people in their homes.
For details, costs and an application form you can …
Growing as disciples of Christ
God of Hope, Your love makes possible the impossible. When we are facing seemingly impossible situations, remind us of your love and the possibilities it proclaims. Amen.
NEW website for the Parish. Find service times on the calendar, see what events are upcoming,
find links to daily prayer, Anglican news across the country, links to the diocesan web site and our cathedral. https://malvernanglican.wordpress.com
Parish Mid-Winter Fun Night. Saturday 19 July at the Kirwee Hall, in the A & P grounds at Kirwee. $25.00 includes line dancing, entertainment, supper and complimentary mulled wine. Storyteller Margaret Copland will bring one of her colourful characters (perhaps one appropriate for an election year?)
SUNDAY 31 August. The 200th anniversary of the arrival of the Gospel in Aorearoa is being
celebrated in 2014. On Sunday 31 August our Parish celebrates this event at the 9.30 service at Trinity in Darfield with the Malvern Co-operating Parish. The service includes a ‘visit’ from Mrs Jane Kendall, one of the first missionaries, performed by Miss Laurel Gregory of Christchurch (and a descendant of the Kendall family). Needed: Plants, books and White Elephant stall items please. The Country Craft and Fair is around the corner (Saturday 27 September) and we’re looking for a variety of items for the sale.
Pot up some of your plants now for the Plant Table.
Books, both hardback and paperback, for adults or children. No magazines thanks.
White Elephant Table: Set aside good used items that can be donated to the White Elephant stall.
Set these items aside. The drop off spot is Trinity church but ONLY in September please. 3179079. On Marriage: The May edition of Inspire referred to the May meeting of the General Synod of the
Anglican Church. Here in a letter sent by the archbishops, is a brief synopsis of what was discussed
regarding marriage.
PASTORAL LETTER FROM THE ARCHBISHOPS
Alleluia! Christ is risen.
He is risen indeed, alleluia!
In the life, death, resurrection and ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ, we recognise and live by the continuity of the tradition which reaches back into the history of the Patriarchs and Prophets, as well as the fulfilment of great promises and new revelation. This extraordinary witness is a constant reminder to the Church of God in every age of Christ’s presence in our midst, and Scripture’s commandments to love God and neighbour.
You will read in the attached document (please read the entire document)*, that the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia is both affirming the traditional doctrine of marriage, exploring the recognition of those presently in life-long monogamous same-gender relationships, and seeking a process and structure to enable the possibility of a rite for blessing life-long monogamous same-gender relationships for those who wish to offer this rite.
We also are apologising unreservedly to the LGBT community where the church has not acted in a loving way.
To do this will require time and a huge amount of work by many people across our Three Tikanga
Church, including the articulation of the theology of ordination to Anglican orders, and the theology of marriage, and may result in structural change to allow both for those who do not see their way free to accept change of the nature being asked for with doctrinal integrity, and those who do.
All that is described above is not permissible in every part of this Province and we again recognise the different cultural norms and legal obligations of the Three Tikanga of the Anglican Church in
Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.
Alleluia Christ is risen
He is risen indeed. Alleluia.
Archbishop Winston Halapua, Archbishop Philip Richardson, Archbishop Brown Turei
(*Readers of Inspire can find the three page document referred to at the following link: http://www.anglicanlife.org.nz/Diocesan-Life/Ma-Whea-and-General-Synod
If you do not have access to the internet and would like a paper copy of this document please telephone the vicar at 317 9079 to obtain a copy). With Thanks
Hewitt, William Leslie (Bill)
Joan, together with Paul, Helen, Christine and their families would like to thank everyone for their kindness, support and sympathy, not only following the death of our much beloved Bill, but also during his illness. It has been a great comfort and source of strength to us all.
Baptism: We welcome into the family of God through baptism, Frankie Louise Truscott, daughter of
Amy and Sam, baptized on 25 May at St Matthew’s in Courtenay.
In Memoriam:
Please hold in prayer the family and friends of William Leslie (Bill) Hewitt and James Deans. Rest eternal grant unto them O Lord, and let light perpetual rest upon them. Amen.
Sunday School: First Sunday of the month at St Ambrose in Sheffield at 9.30 a.m. The children begin in the church at the start of the service and then move into the Sunday School Hall. Morning tea follows church and Sunday school on these mornings.
Youth Group: The youth group for years 7 to 11 meets at the St Ambrose Sunday School hall on Friday night, every two weeks. Please ring Val MacKenzie at 318 3877 or the vicar at 317 9079 for the date of our next youth group. Bible study at the vicarage. Drop in any Wednesday night for a cup of tea, a roaring fire, and some conversation about our faith. We’re looking at the gospel readings for the following Sundays on 9 and 23 July; 6 and 27 August. Winter Concert: Romanticada: Upcoming Concert at Trinity Church, Darfield, featuring Cathy
Iron ,Tim Emerson and David Mueller-Cajar.
Saturday, 26 at 2 pm. Performances of The Brahms Horn Trio and other works by Kreissler ,Faure,
Schumann and Suk. A donation of $20 adults ,and $15 for Kids at the door.
There will be mulled wine in the interval and some Bavarian food
For more information please call 03 318 1137. Listen to an excerpt on You Tube:
Vestry Meetings take place on the
3rd Tuesday of the month at Trinity, Darfield. 7.30 p.m Parish Contacts:
Vicar: Susan Baldwin 3179079
Wardens: Peter Cattell 3181604
Dawn Logan 3184716
Parish treasurer:
Jane Watson 3188 448
With grateful hearts. That is how we come before
God in our prayers and in our Sunday worship. We give
thanks to God who is our creator. We give thanks for
our homes, families, and neighbourhoods. We give
thanks for this good land on which we live. What we put
on the plate on Sunday morning is called an offering,
not a collection, because it is an expression of what we
are offering to God in thanksgiving for all God has
given to us. Come with grateful hearts.
Bible Study meets fortnightly at the vicarage from 7.30 – 9 pm on these dates:
July 9
July 23
August 6
August 27
If you can’t make it to the vicarage please join us via Skype- for details email Mary – allanm47@gmail.com.
19 July Parish Winter Fun Night at Kirwee Hall-$25.00 includes line dancing, entertainment, supper and comp mulled wine.
4 August, Commemorating the start of WWI at the Sheffield Cenotaph.31 August Parish celebration of the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the Gospel in Aorearoa New Zealand. 9.30 service with the Malvern Co-operating Parish. Includes a ‘visit’ from Mrs Kendall, one of the first missionaries.
27 September Country Fair and Craft Day- On the grounds at Trinity Church in Darfield, 9.30-1.00
To view the service times click on the ‘Service Schedule’ appearing in the black strip under the picture at the top of this page. The ‘Service Schedule’ heading will take you to a calendar showing the dates, location and time of the services. Once on the calendar, you will be able to choose different views. Click on ‘Week’ or ‘Month’ view (at the right hand corner of the calendar). Click on the ‘Agenda’ to view a list of all the services. You can also print off the service schedule by clicking on ‘Print’.
To see other parts of the website, use the headings showing on black strip under the picture at the top of the page.
Each heading on the black strip is a link to a different page on the site. Click on a heading to go to the page. Page heading showing in white fonts on the black strip indicate the page currently presented on your screen. The other page headings will appear in grey.
The ‘Home’ page will have the latest messages ( not services, these are on the ‘Service Schedule’ page)
Our Lenten study group meets at the vicarage every Wednesday night. Folk living a wee way from the vicarage, or are simply unable to get there use Skype to participate in the group study and discussions.
News of this innovative way of doing Lenten study has travelled all the way to the States.
Please contact Mary Allan if you would like to join the Lenten study via Skype.
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