WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

23 June 2013 - Stewardship Sunday

8.00 am Eucharist Bishop John Bluck

10.00 am Choral Eucharist Rev’d Dorothy Brooker Preacher: Bishop John Bluck

Ormond Chapel, Napier Terrace:

11.00 am Eucharist Rev’d Graeme Pilgrim

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

A place of resurrection, life, and hope

The CATHEDRAL KIDS programme is normally offered at the Cathedral during the 10.00 am service on Sundays of the school term. It is for children up to 12 years. The children and leaders move to their area after the opening section of the service and return for communion. Visitors are most welcome.

Pick up the latest copies of the Waiapu News,

from the back table of the Cathedral.

July & August rosters have been emailed -

printed copies available from

the Parish Office.

OUR FOCUS PARISH THIS WEEK IS ST. GEORGE'S, GATE PA, TAURANGA

The church sits on the historic battle site of Pukehinahina/Gate Pâ, which was fought on 29 April 1864. This part of our story calls us to a mission of reconciliation. We try to be welcoming of everyone who walks through our door – above our door the words are written “All who enter here be reconciled”. We believe in the principles of justice, social equality and human rights, and we seek to be present to and with our community.

The first Anglican Church in Gate Pâ was built in 1900, and was a daughter church of Holy Trinity Tauranga for many years. We became an independent parish when our first vicar, Reverend C.D.R. Stevens, was inducted in 1962.

In 1992 the church experienced a signifi-cant fire, which resulted in our current building being erected in 1993.

Today we are a parish made up of mainly Pâkehâ New Zealanders with some Mâori whânau and other ethnicities. We are jour-neying together to explore what it means to be a Tikanga Pâkehâ parish on a sacred Mâori site. Vicar: the Rev’d John Hebenton

ORDER OF SERVICE Cathedral 8.00am

Eucharistic Liturgy “Creation and Re-demption” commencing on page 456 of A New Zealand Prayer Book.

READINGS:

Deuteronomy 6: 4-10 Psalm 22: 19-28 2 Corinthians 9: 6-12 Luke 12: 13-21

COLLECT:

We pray together:

Make us glad, we pray you, gentle God, to give each other your loving care; make us happy to receive it. May there daily grow within us a generous, trusting spirit; through Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen

TODAY …

A very warm WELCOME to all who are worshipping with us -- especially if you are visiting Napier or at the Cathedral for the first time.

PILGRIMAGE TIME

Today, after the 10am Eucharist, those who have booked their seats on the bus will share lunch then set off on pilgrimage to Pukehou and Omarunui in the foot-steps of Samuel Williams.

THANKSGIVING SUNDAY

Today is our annual occasion to renew or begin a financial pledge to support the Cathedral’s ministry. A brochure to help you do that has been mailed to everyone on the Parish Roll. If you haven’t re-ceived that brochure, and would like to contribute, please ask one of the sides-people at the main door. Only a third of those on the Parish Roll currently give regularly. If we could double that number then the Cathedral could afford more than a single full time clergy stipend, and offer a lot of other ministry initiatives. The completed pledge tear-off section from the brochure should be placed in an envelope marked “Parish Recorder” and may be placed in the offertory bag today or next Sunday or delivered to the Parish Office. An indication of your financial commitment assists the Vestry plan a budget for the coming year. Thank you.

THE CHANCEL RAMP

A couple of weeks ago we launched a campaign to raise $5000 to go towards the cost of building a ramp up to the chancel in order to allow wheelchairs and anyone who finds the steps a challenge. We are very grateful to some very gener-ous people who have enabled us to reach our target so quickly. Plans have been drawn by the Draughtsman and submitted to the Napier City Council for building consent!

HIDDEN TREASURES

In the clean out of old cupboards around the cathedral, we’ve discovered an histor-ic altar frontal, probably orginating from the museum room and before that from an early Napier church, possibly St Au-gustine’s. If you would like this utterly unique piece of eccelesiastical local histo-ry to grace your home, come and make a bid next week during the AGM at 11.30am. It would be nice to see it go to a good cathedral parishioner’s home.

CATHEDRAL TOURS

A free guided tour of the Cathedral is available on request but always offered every Wednesday at 2.00pm. Come and discover some of the “inside stories”!

The flowers in the Cathedral today are in loving memory of

ALAN HOSKING from his family

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CATHEDRAL PARISH to be held in the Baptistry of the Cathedral on Sunday 30 June 2013

following the 10.00 am Eucharist at the Cathedral. Nomination forms for election of People’s Warden and Vestry members are now available; completed forms need to be returned to the Acting-Dean by mid-day,

TODAY, Sunday 23rd June.

REQUEST FOR ACCOMMODATION

My name is Evelyn Gawen, I am 26 years old from England. I have been volunteer-ing on a farm in exchange for accommo-dation for 3 weeks. I have just been of-fered a job in Hohepa in Poraiti, and I am waiting for a room there, but they say that it may take some time for a room to be-come available. So, I am wondering if anyone has a spare room I could stay in or rent on a temporary basis? I would be working in the mornings and will be gen-erally be finishing work around 9pm so will be home by 9.30pm. I am looking to see if anyone near Poraiti (eg Green-meadows or Taradale vicinity) would be able to help. I do not have a car or bike at the moment to transport myself around but I feel very positive about the job so if anyone can help or give me any sugges-tions would be very much appreciated.

My mobile number is 0221768387 or my email is: Evelyn_gawen@hotmail.co.uk

I am a very helpful and tidy person and would really appreciate any help.

God bless you all.

PARISH DINNER

Please sign up with name and phone number if you can join us on Friday, 26

th

June at 6.00pm in the St Paul’s Pres-byterian Parish Lounge. It will be a pot luck meal (please bring a plate of substantial finger food to share, ovens to heat food available). After din-ner speaker is Bishop John who will launch his booklet on “The Living Stones” –inside stories of our Cathedral.

Napier Civic Choir with Orchestra presents Haydn

MARIA THERESA MASS with Arias by Bach and Handel featuring rising young singers.

Saturday 6 July, 8.00 pm and

Sunday 7 July, 2.30 pm

in Waiapu Cathedral

of St John the Evangelist

Tickets: Adults $30; Students $15 Available from Beattie & Forbes, Napier, or Civic Choir members

CLERGY: Acting-Dean: Bishop John Bluck 835 7862 Parish Mobile: 021 688 227

Assisting Clergy: Jon Williams 835 1566 Dorothy Brooker 843 6779 Graeme Pilgrim 835 6777

WARDENS: Bishop’s Basil Brooker 877 8344 People’s Marie Knight 844 3578

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC: Gary Bowler 835 8523

LAY ASSISTANTS: Elisabeth Paterson 835 4609 Jennifer Harris 845 1108

VERGER: Malcolm Smith

Monday 8.30 am -12.30 pm Tuesday-Friday 12.30 pm - 4.30 pm

OFFICE: Monday-Friday 9.30 am - 3.30 pm 835 8824

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

NEXT SUNDAY - 30 June 2013 Ordinary Sunday 13

Readings: 1 Kings 19: 15-16, 19-21 Psalm 16 Galatians 5: 1, 13-25 Luke 9: 51-62

Cathedral:

8.00am - Eucharist

10.00am - Choral Eucharist with the Cathedral Choir followed by AGM

Ormond Chapel, Napier Terrace:

No services today

DIARY DATES - THIS WEEK ...

Monday 26 June 12-1.15pm - EJP: submission preparation for the Constitution Conversation Tuesday 25 June 10.30 am - Eucharist (Resurrection Chapel) Wednesday 26 June 7.30 pm - Vestry meeting

Thursday 27 June 4.30 pm - Cathedral Choristers 5.30 pm - Evensong with the Choristers and Bishop John Bluck 7.30 pm - Cathedral Choir Friday 28 June 6.00 pm - Parish pot luck dinner at St Paul’s Presbyterian Church lounge Sunday 30 June 11.30 am - Annual General Meeting

PRAYER CYCLES

Anglican Communion We pray for the Church in Oke-Ogun

(Ibadan, Nigeria); the Rt Rev’d Solomon Amusan

Anglican Board of Missions We pray for the Anglican Church in

southern Africa; the Most Rev’d Thabo Makgoba, Archbishop of Southern Africa, and the bishops, clergy and people of the 23 dioceses

Diocese, Parish and Community Bishop David Rice, Waiapu; and the Rev’d

Brian Hamilton, Vicar-General Tamatea Co-operating Church; Takapau

Parish; local ministry support teams Diocese of Wellington, Bishop Justin

Duckworth; Acting-Dean Jenny Wilkens Cathedral staff & volunteers National Council of Women HB Branch

Annual Dinner with guest speaker

Dame Beverley Wakem, Chief Ombudsman “Speaking truth to power - the role of the Ombudsman in ensuring fairness to all”

Havelock North Function Centre, 30 Te Mata Road.

Wednesday 26 June, 6.30pm. Tickets: $35 available from Kath ph 843-9080