CONTACTS Email:info@thamesanglicanchurch.co.nz

Website: www.thamesanglicanchurch.co.nz

Pastoral Ministry Contacts

Rev Joyce Marcon Priest in Charge Ph 07 826 3723

021 616 390 Brenda Deed Hon Assistant Priest Ph 07 867 8012

Wardens Kate Jones Ph 07 8686 003 & Finlay Clements Ph 07 868 7516

Parish Office Thur & Friday mornings 9-12midday Ph 07 868 6267 Thames Anglican parish seeks an inclusive ministry of serving Christ in prayer, action and worship.

If you are a visitor to the Parish, please let the sidesperson know your name.

PLEASE JOIN US FOR A CUP OF TEA IN THE CHURCH AFTER THE 9:00am SERVICE.

A safe place for the LGBT Communities

Music reproduced with permission under license 604812 LicenSing - Copyright Cleared Music for Churches

Spring editions If you haven’t read either of the Spring Editions of Toanga or The Anglican, grab a copy and be proud of the church that we all belong to with the articles in both editions that came here to Thames last month!

Evacuation Procedures - In the event of a fire, listen to the presiding team & Welcomers; leave by near-

est, safest exit & assemble on lawn in front of Hospital & wait for “all clear”. NOTE THE EXIT NEAREST YOUR SEAT. Toilets are in the Hall, next door.

Today’s Reflection

Sometimes God calls us to actions that go against our natural inclinations. God’s vision of our lives is far greater than what we perceive, especially in difficult times. In trusting God, we may be led to plant new life in unexpected places. What message of hope is God uttering to you in the silence of your heart? How is God equipping you to plant and nurture new life where you are?

THIS WEEK: 9 - 16 October 2016

Today: 5pm Choral Rehersal Tue: 1:30pm S. Georges Fellowship meet Wed: 9:30-12 noon Selwyn Group, Hall 5pm Vestry meet with Archdeacon Thurs: Office Attended 9am to 12noon 10am Holy Communion (1662) Saint Georges Chapel (Peter) Bible Study 2pm at 314 Richmond St. Fri: Office Attended 9am to 12noon.

Sun: 9:00am at Saint Georges, NZ Eucharist Theme - Ask Boldly, Live Justly 9:30 am at Te Puru, NZ Eucharist

Presider: Brenda Deed Preacher: Joyce Marcon

Readings: Jeremiah 31 v 27-34 Natalie Geary Luke 18 v 1-8 Margaret Smith 2 Timothy 3 v 14 - 4 v 5 Max Baggaley

Intercessor: Brenda Deed Liturgist: Fiona Harden Server: Margaret MacKay

Music Ministry: S. Georges John Mounsey Te Puru Barbara Harry Welcome Team: Raewyn Grey, Kate Jones, Ray Deed Morning Tea: Diane Buchanan Sanctuary Guild: Lois Robinson, Diane Hill

Thank you to all those involved in Graham and Jenny’s Community Farewell last Saturday night. A fabulous celebration of their community

life over the last 36 years. Thoroughly enjoyed by all.

This 5pm Wednesday 12 October Vestry meet with the Archdeacon re the upcoming process of moving forward to confirm our

needs with regard to our Vicar vacancy.

INSPIRE ROSTER

Mon 10th: Del Patten, Judy Bronlund

Tue 11th: Anne Johnson, David Cooper

Wed 12th: Gael Goodall, Liz McCracken

Thur 13th: Lynda Pryor, Natalie Geary Fri 14th: Denise Norris, Colin Bayliss

Sat 15th: Lois Robinson

Sunday 9 October 2016

Service: 9:00am at Saint Georges - NZ Eucharist 9:30am at Te Puru - NZ Eucharist Theme: Planting Life Sentence: If you, O Lord, should mark iniquity, Lord, who could stand? But there

is forgiveness with you, God of Israel. Psalm 130 v 3-4

Call to worship

WELCOME TO THE

THAMES ANGLICAN CHURCH

Tikanga Pakeha partner church in the three strand Anglican Church

in Aotearoa/ New Zealand/Pacifica

Opening Prayer

Open our eyes to your everyday-ness; the holiness that is found in the routine of life. May we find you in our daily conversations, around our typical meal tables, and in the everyday faces we love. May we discover your faithfulness, plain as day, in the everyday. Amen.

1: We come alive in our playing and learning and growing. 2: We live amid work and leisure, times of relaxation and busyness. 3: We live through former challenges and new enthusiasms. We worship God in all our living.

1: We grow by the love of family and friends. 2: We put down foundations here and shape our lives. 3: We hold the memories of the past and share possibilities for the future. We worship God in all our living.

AM 192 Praise my soul

Praise, my soul, the King of heaven, to his feet thy tribute bring; ransomed, healed, restored, forgiven, who like me his praise should sing? Alleluia, Alleluia, praise the everlasting King.

Praise him for his grace and favour to our fathers in distress; praise him still the same as ever, slow to chide, and swift to bless; Alleluia, Alleluia, glorious in his faithfulness.

Father-like, he tends and spares us, well our feeble frame he knows; in his hands he gently bears us, rescues us from all our foes: Alleluia, Alleluia, widely as his mercy flows.

Angels, help us to adore him; ye behold him face to face; sun and moon, bow down before him, dwellers all in time and space: Alleluia, Alleluia, praise with us the God of grace.

Leonard Blake; H F Lyte

TO our new Priest in Charge Reverend Joyce Marcon

who is here with us this morning.

Please stay after the service for a cup of tea

and to get to know Reverend Joyce.

Prayer of Confession

God of the borderlands, you travel between the foreign and the familiar: open our world to those we would exclude and despise; heal and liberate us when we are outcaste that we might learn to praise your name with hearts that are whole; through Jesus Christ, the Rejected One. Amen.

Live the fullness of life each day, and our eyes will be opened to God’s presence.

Love boldly in the everyday, and God’s presence will be discovered in our hearts.

Listen in the world, and we will be assured of forgiveness. Amen.

V: Have pity on us, Lord: R: you alone can save us.

Forgive us, God, when we imagine you are present only in angelic hosts and pillars of fire. May we find you speaking to us at the breakfast table, in the headlines of the day, in the people who helped grow and prepare our food. Holy, holy, holy God, may we fully embrace this extraordinary world and discover you in the ordinariness of life.

Forgive us, God, when we believe your way is only found in a crafted sermon or holy book. May we be ready to discover truth in the voices of our friends, in the noises of creation, in the words of poets and singers, in the silence of the lonely. Holy, holy, holy God, may we fully embrace this extraordinary world and discover you in the ordinariness of life.

Forgive us, God, when we think our religious institutions can house the fullness of who you are. May we be willing to find you in neighbourhoods of all styles and colours, in small flowers and grand oceans, in relationships of mutual love, in the struggle for justice. Holy, holy, holy God, may we fully embrace this extraordinary world and discover you in the ordinariness of life. Amen.

Prayer of Confession

Assurance of Pardon

Collect

A note from Reverend Joyce Marcon

I am pleased to be with you as Priest in Charge during this transition time for the parish:

Today I will meet with the clergy, liturgists and vestry for a preliminary time, make contact and hear from these people. I will visit services and groups to come familiar with how these happen.

Do contact me with any Pastoral and other concerns ph 07 826 3723 or 021 646 640.

AM 166 Lord, thy word

Lord, thy word abideth, and our footsteps guideth; who its truth believeth light and joy receiveth.

When our foes are near us, they thy word doth cheer us, word of consolation, message of salvation.

When the storms are o’er us, and dark clouds before us, then its light directeth, and our way protecteth.

Who can tell the pleasure who recount the treasure, by thy word imparted to the simple-hearted?

Word of mercy, giving succour to the living; word of life, supplying comfort to the dying.

O that we discerning its most holy learning, Lord, may love and fear thee, evermore be near thee.

Adapted from a German Medieval Melody by W H Monk; H W Baker

The next Fellowship Meeting is

Next Tuesday 18th Oct, 1:30pm

All welcome

Today’s Readings & Ministers

First Testament: Jeremiah 29 v 1, 4-7 Reader: Finlay Clements Gospel: Luke 17 v 11-19 Jesus makes ten lepers clean Reader: Beth Philip

Presider & Preacher: David Cooper

Intercessions: Fiona Harden then to page 484 in NZ Prayer Book

Liturgist: Catherine Mackereth Server: Kate Sayer

After Communion: 2 Timothy 2 v 8-15 Hold firm Reader: Colin Bayliss

Music Ministry: Stuart du Preez Welcome Team: Winnie Sheehan, Alex Juby, Robin Plummer Morning Tea: Ien Chu Sanctuary Guild: Winnie Sheehan, Natalie Geary

May you experience God’s presence in daily bread. May you see the Christ in all you meet. May you know the Spirit’s power in every touch. And may you find ordinary moments filled with grace. Amen.

Sending Forth

A note from Reverend Joyce Marcon

I am pleased to be with you as Priest in Charge during this transition time for the parish:

Today I will meet with the clergy, liturgists and vestry for a preliminary time, make contact and hear from these people. I will visit services and groups to come familiar with how these happen.

Do contact me with any Pastoral and other concerns ph 07 826 3723 or 021 646 640.

AM 171 Your hand, O God, has guided

1 Your hand, O God, has guided your flock, from age to age; your faithfulness is written, on history’s every page; They knew your perfect goodness, whose deeds we now record; and both to this bear witness; one Church, one Faith, one Lord.

2 Your heralds brought the gospel to greatest as to least; they summoned us to hasten and share the great king's feast. And this was all their teaching, in every deed and word, to all alike proclaiming one Church, one Faith, one Lord.

3 Through many a day of darkness, through many a scene of strife, the faithful few fought bravely, to guard the nation's life. Their gospel of redemption, sin pardoned, hope restored, was all in this enfolded: one Church, one Faith, one Lord.

4 Your mercy will not fail us, nor leave your work undone; with your right hand to help us, the victory shall be won. And then, by earth and heaven your name shall be adored; and this shall be their anthem: one Church, one Faith, one Lord.

AM 166 Lord, thy word

Lord, thy word abideth, and our footsteps guideth; who its truth believeth light and joy receiveth.

When our foes are near us, they thy word doth cheer us, word of consolation, message of salvation.

When the storms are o’er us, and dark clouds before us, then its light directeth, and our way protecteth.

Who can tell the pleasure who recount the treasure, by thy word imparted to the simple-hearted?

Word of mercy, giving succour to the living; word of life, supplying comfort to the dying.

O that we discerning its most holy learning, Lord, may love and fear thee, evermore be near thee.

Adapted from a German Medieval Melody by W H Monk; H W Baker

NJ 136 Take our bread

Joe Wise we ask you

1. Yours as we stand at the table you set; yours as we eat the bread our hearts can’t forget, We are the sign of your life with us yet; we are yours, we are yours.

Refrain: Take our bread, we ask you, take our hearts, we love you, take our lives, O Father, we are yours. (repeat) We are yours

2. Your holy people standing washed in your blood; Spirit filled, yet hungry we await your food. We are poor, but we’ve brought ourselves, the best we could; we are yours, we are yours.

Copyright © 1968 by Joe Wise. Used by permission of GIA Publications, Inc., Chicago, Illinois

The next Fellowship Meeting is

Next Tuesday 18th Oct, 1:30pm

All welcome

DON’T FORGET - Coffee, Dessert &

Baking Auction. This Friday 14 October 6:30pm at the Wesley Hall, Saint James Church. Tickets $5 Adults, $2 Teens available from Arthur ph 868 3913. Proceeds will support the work of the NZ Bible Society