WEEKLY NEWSLETTER 4 September 2016 - Ordinary Sunday 23C

8.00 am Eucharist (Aotearoa Chapel) Rev’d David van Oeveren

10.30 am Eucharist with hymns Rev’d David van Oeveren

Ormond Chapel, Napier Terrace: No service

Please ensure all cellphones are switched OFF when in the Cathedral; and, if necessary, adjust hearing aids to the “Loop” system.

Low-Gluten wafers (below 20ppm) are now available - please advise the Presider, or one of the Welcoming team, if this is your dietary requirement.

NOTE: Bell Tower and entrance are earthquake prone as assessed under the Building Act 2004 - use at your own risk!

Prayer Cycles

Anglican Communion We pray for the Anglican Church of Tanzania; the Most

Rev’d Jacob Erasto Chimeledya, Archbishop of Tanzania

Anglican Board of Missions We pray for NZABM Partners - Ministry to Migrants and

Refugees, and Mission to Sea-farers

Diocese, Parish and Community

Waiapu Bishop Andrew Hedge and family;

Waiapu Acting-Dean & Regional Deans (Rev’ds David van

Oeveren, Adrienne Bruce and Stephen Donald); Waiapu

Ministry Educator, Rev’d Deborah Broome; Diocesan The-

ologian Rev’d Dr Howard Pilgrim

Tamatea Co-operating Parish local ministry support team

Taupo Parish, Rev’d Jenny Chalmers, Vicar-elect

Turangi Parish local ministry support team

Te Hui Amorangi ki te Tairawhiti, Bishop Brown Turei

Waiapu Cathedral ministry/clergy support team

St Matthew’s School, Hastings - Tim Anderson, Principal;

Rev’d Helen Wilderspin, Chaplain

Today’s events 2

Ahuriri Anglicans Quiz Night

2

Sentence, Collect, and Readings

3-4

RIP - Rev’d Jim Wakerley

4

From the Anglican Taonga web-site

5

AAW meeting 6

Spring study group 6

NCW Suffrage Day Breakfast

6

Today’s organ lecture/concert

7

Diary Dates & Directory

8

In this issue …

Today …

Welcome to all who are worshipping

with us … especially if you are visiting

Napier or at the Cathedral for the first

time … you are invited to join us for

morning tea (or coffee!) served at the

back of the Cathedral following the

10am service.

This morning, the Rev’d Dorothy

Brooker is taking a Holy Communion

service at Colwyn House, Hastings (a

Waiapu Anglican Care residential care/

hospital centre); the Rev’d Margaret

Thompson is preaching/presiding at

St Matthew’s Church, Hastings; the

Rev’d Graeme Pilgrim is on leave.

At 2.00pm this afternoon, Bruce Cash

presents his organ lecture/concert.

At 3.00pm this afternoon, the EJP Net-

work meet in the Parish Lounge

(please use eastern/fountain end en-

trance)

2

We remember with thanksgiving

John Leitch

who died on Thursday afternoon.

Our love, thoughts and prayers are

with John’s family and friends as they

grieve their loved one and prepare

to farewell him at his funeral service

to be held in the Cathedral tomorrow,

Monday at 11.00am.

John was a long-time parishioner and

a former Verger of the Cathedral.

May he rest in peace and rise in glory.

ENVIRONMENT-JUSTICE-PEACE

NETWORK Sunday 4th September, 3-5pm

in the Parish Lounge.

At 4.00pm Martin Williams will share his hopes and vision as a Candidate for HB Regional Council

up-coming election. All welcome to this part

or all of the meeting.

Ahuriri Anglicans Together

Quiz NightQuiz NightQuiz Night

All Saints’ Church,

cnr Puketapu & Church Roads,

Taradale

Saturday 10th

September, 7.00pm

$5 per person

Form a team of 5 or 6 from your parish,

or come as an extra to form a team

with other intrepid quizzers.

Sign-up sheet on back table today!

Bring a plate for supper

and nibbles for your table;

BYO alcohol (glasses provided)

RSVP to Hanlie by 5th

September

hanlie@allsaintstaradale.com

Rosters for September / October / November have been emailed to those whose addresses we have on file - printed copies are available from the Parish Office.

3

Today’s Readings … from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

Sentence:

Whoever does not carry the cross and follow Jesus cannot be his disciple. Luke 14: 27

Collect:

Servant God, grant us opportunity, give us willingness to serve you day by day; that what we do and how we bear each other’s burdens, may be our sacrifice to you. Hear this prayer for your love’s sake. Amen.

Deuteronomy 30: 15-20

15See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, death and adversity. 16If you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I am commanding you today, by loving the Lord your God, walking in his ways, and observing his commandments, decrees, and ordinances, then you shall live and become numerous, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to pos-sess. 17But if your heart turns away and you do not hear, but are led astray to bow down to other gods and serve them, 18I declare to you today that you shall perish; you shall not live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. 19I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, 20loving the Lord your God, obeying him, and holding fast to him; for that means life to you and length of days, so that you may live in the land that the Lord swore to give to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Psalm 1

1 Blessèd are those who do not follow the counsel of the wicked: 2 or linger in the way of sinners, or sit down among those who mock. 3 But their delight is in the law of the Lord: and on that law they meditate day and night. 4 They are like trees planted beside a water course: which yield their fruit in due season. 5 Their leaves also do not wither: and look, whatever they do it shall prosper. 6 As for the wicked, it is not so with them: but they are like the chaff, which is driven away by the wind. 7 Therefore the wicked shall not be able to stand when judgment comes: nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous. 8 For the Lord watches over the way of the righteous: but the way of the wicked is doomed. Philemon 1-21

1Paul, a prisoner of Christ Jesus, and Timothy our brother, To Philemon our dear friend and co-worker,

2to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church in your house: 3Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

4When I remember you in my prayers, I al-ways thank my God 5because I hear of your love for all the saints and your faith toward the Lord Jesus. 6I pray that the sharing of your faith may become effective when you per-ceive all the good that we may do for Christ. 7I have indeed received much joy and encour-agement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, my brother. 8For this reason, though I am bold enough in

Christ to command you to do your duty, 9yet I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love—and I, Paul, do this as an old man, and now also as a prisoner of Christ Jesus. 10I am appealing to you for my child, Onesimus, whose father I have become during my imprisonment. 11Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful both to you and to me. 12I am sending him, that is, my own heart, back to you. 13I wanted to keep him with me, so that he might be of service to me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel; 14but I preferred to do nothing without your consent, in order that your good deed might be voluntary and not something forced. 15Perhaps this is the reason he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back forever, 16no longer as a slave but more than a slave, a beloved brother—especially to me but how much more to you, both in the flesh and in the Lord. 17So if you consider me your partner, wel-come him as you would welcome me. 18If he has wronged you in any way, or owes you anything, charge that to my account. 19I, Paul, am writing this with my own hand: I will repay it. I say nothing about your owing me even your own self. 20Yes, brother, let me have this benefit from you in the Lord! Refresh my heart in Christ. 21Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

4

Luke 14: 25-33

25Now large crowds were traveling with him; and he turned and said to them, 26“Whoever comes to me and does not hate father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters, yes, and even life it-self, cannot be my disciple. 27Whoever does not carry the cross and follow me cannot be my disciple. 28For which of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down and estimate the cost, to see whether he has enough to complete it?

29Otherwise, when he has laid a founda-tion and is not able to finish, all who see it will begin to ridicule him, 30saying, ‘This fellow began to build and was not able to finish.’ 31Or what king, going out to wage war against another king, will not sit down first and consider whether he is able with ten thousand to oppose the one who comes against him with twenty thou-sand? 32If he cannot, then, while the other is still far away, he sends a delegation and asks for the terms of peace. 33So there-fore, none of you can become my disciple if you do not give up all your possessions.

The Reverend Jim Wakerley Sadly we report the death this week of the Reverend Jim Wakerley, a retired priest of Tauranga. A member of Holy Trinity Parish, Jim was responsible for All Saints Maungatapu in the early 2000’s. In earlier years Jim served as a priest in the Republic of Yemen; Ras Al Khamah and Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates. He was also Chaplain to Mission to Seafarers at the Tauranga port in the late 90’s. Jim’s funeral is expected to take place early next week. Please remember Carol and the family in your prayers. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.

FROM THE ANGLICAN TAONGA …

5

Wellington's wearable art runway

Wellington Cathedral rolled out a high fash-ion runway last weekend for a festival of wearable art — with a message.

Tackling climate change – that’s serious stuff, right? But as our kids have proved, we can get the serious messages across without get-ting all po-faced and solemn about it. In fact, we can have a blast. At last year’s Wellington synod, our bishop challenged us to look for ways that we as in-dividuals – and as parishes and a diocese – can speak into climate change.

And last Saturday even-ing 12 month's energy and effort on that subject came together, as our ca-thedral became the thea-tre for the Kids’ Sustaina-ble Fashion Show, and together we explored what it means to be kaitiaki of God’s creation. We had the runway. We had the ‘Project Runway’ style screen. We had amazing lighting and smoke effects – and we had that high priest of haute couture, Bishop Justin Duckworth, as our MC for the evening.

Rubbish to runway But most of all, of course, we had kids from 10 parishes and diocesan schools modelling 50 crazy costumes – which they’d spent months creating out of stuff that would nor-mally get turfed in the rubbish. Around 75 kids worked on costumes, and they had heaps of support from craft groups, parents and children’s workers. Parishes worked to-gether across generations to collect rubbish and recycling, and then to create amazing wearable art. And on Saturday, the kids strutted their stuff. They morphed into mythical characters ...

Robots. Animals and creatures from the ocean depths. Princes and princesses from fantastic balls – the breadth of imagination amongst our young people was amazing. Particular highlights were the offerings from the parish of Pauatahanui – their young peo-ple created a giant fish and delivered a pow-erful message around washing cars on the grass to avoid chemical run-off into the inlet; and then there was the mermaid costume created by Charlotte Lubransky (11) which was amazingly detailed, and featured materi-als sent in by friends all around New Zealand.

Five cents worth... We also had Amilie Paynter from Blueprint church with the dress she dreamt up – using old weed mat and five-cent coins – which won her the ‘People’s Choice Award’ in the ‘real’ World of Wearable Arts show in 2006.

Our koha for the night will help Fijian people

who are still struggling in the wake of Cy-clone Winston. Josese Rokotakala, a Tawa high school student who was in Fiji when the cyclone struck, spoke to us about his experi-ences and about Fiji’s ongoing needs, and we raised over $1,000 for the Red Cross Pacific Disaster Relief Fund. Every child went home with an eco-goody bag containing recycled crayons, seed bombs, re-usable cloth sandwich bags for lunchboxes, and a variety of activities. And the verdict? Not only was this a great way to engage with a really serious issue, but a great way to bring the generations in our diocesan family to-gether. Bring on next year! More photos - www.anglicantaonga.org.nz

Friends Luisa & Tabitha (5) from Northland-Wilton Parish lead the models for their final catwalk parade.

6

Association of Anglican Women Cathedral Fellowship

The next meeting will be on:

Monday 12th September 2016, 7.30pm St Paul’s Presbyterian Church,

Tennyson Street, Napier.

You are invited to join us on an “African Adventure” with Judy Mills.

Everyone welcome.

Contacts for more information: Isobel ph.844-8252 or Kay ph.834-4096

Spring 2016 ... InterMission

Thursdays, 7.30-9.00pm, at the Hopson’s home, 117 Georges Drive, Napier.

Study based on the CMS booklets ($10) focusing on justice and sustainability.

Enquiries to Murray, ph 835-0884.

September ... Organ Month September ... Organ Month September ... Organ Month at Waiapu Cathedralat Waiapu Cathedralat Waiapu Cathedral

“Composers “Composers “Composers --- Common & Obscure”Common & Obscure”Common & Obscure”

For more information,

contact James Mist, phone 021 936 810

email: music@napiercathedral.org.nz

or via the Parish Office, Phone 835-8824

featuring Bruce Cash

a lecture concert based on the music of Reger

Sunday 4th September, 2.00pm

James Mist

Director of Music, Waiapu Cathedral, presents music by English composer,

Henry Maxfield Friday 9th September

Lester O’Brien

Assistant Organist, Waiapu Cathedral Presents music by Caesar Frank

Friday 16th September

Vincent James

former Director of Music at Waiapu Cathedral, presents music from

a series of English composers Friday 30th September

Free concerts - Koha at the door

appreciated

Holy Cross Day - Sunday 11 September with Bishop Andrew Hedge presiding

and Father Philip Sallis, OHC (Minister Provincial) preaching.

National Council of Women Suffrage Day Breakfast

Saturday 10th September 2016, 8.30am Heavey Hall, Wycliffe Street, Napier

Panel discussion: “Meeting Points” women’s experiences of integration

led by Rizwaana Latiff of the Multi-Cultural Association

$10 at the door

Enquiries to / tickets from: Jennifer Harris, phone 845-1108,

or Dorothy Brooker, phone 843-6779

7

CLERGY:

Acting-Dean / HB Regional Dean: David van Oeveren 211 3457 Mobile: 021 470 337

Assisting Clergy: Dorothy Brooker 843 6779 Erice Fairbrother 021 811 870 Graeme Pilgrim on leave Jon Williams 833 6382 WARDENS:

Dean’s: Martin Williams 835 0666 People’s: Jeanne Ayson 835 1920

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC:

James Mist 021 936 810

LAY ASSISTANTS:

Jennifer Harris 845 1108 Elisabeth Paterson 835 4609

OFFICE:

Tues-Fri.: 9.30am-3.30pm 835 8824 Parish Mobile: 021 688 227

Priest-Administrator: Margaret Thompson

Waiapu Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, 28 Browning Street, Napier, NZ Phone 835-8824 ~ PO Box 495, Napier ~ email: office@napiercathedral.org.nz

www.napiercathedral.org.nz

COMING UP THIS WEEK … & OTHER DIARY DATES

8

Parish Office Closed Mondays.

Tues/Weds/Thurs/Fridays weekly 9.00 am - Morning Prayer (Resurrection Chapel)

Wednesdays weekly 12 noon - Mid-day Prayer (Resurrection Chapel)

Tuesday 6 September 10.30am - Eucharist (Resurrection Chapel)

Thursday 8 September 5.00 pm - Chorister practice 7.30 pm - Choir practice

Thursday 8 September 7.30 pm - ‘InterMission’ study group

Saturday 10 September 9.00 am - Order of Holy Cross NZ Chapter meeting and retreat (Aotearoa Chapel & Lounge)

Saturday 17 & Sunday 18 September Waiapu Diocesan Synod in Rotorua

Tuesday 20 September 8pm - The Church Tour concert in the Cathedral, featuring Sharon O’Neil, Shona Laing, Debbie Harwood, and Hammond Gamble - tickets now on sale - civicevents.co.nz

Thursday 22 September 5.30 pm - Choral Evening Worship with the Cathedral Choristers

Friday 23 & Sunday 25 September Napier Civic Choir concerts in the Cathedral

Wednesday 28 September 7.00 pm - Vestry meeting

Next Sunday 11 September 2016

Ordinary Sunday 24

Cathedral services:

8.00 am - Eucharist (Aotearoa Chapel) 10.00 am - Eucharist with hymns

Ormond Chapel services: 11.00 am - Eucharist

Readings:

Numbers 21: 4b-9 Psalm 98: 1-5

1 Corinthians 1: 18-24 John 3: 13-17