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The Anglican Parish of
Preacher: The Venerable Ray Taylor
Sentence: Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved. Acts 16: 31
Collect: Almighty God, whose blessed Son before his passion prayed
for his disciples that they may be one, as you and he are one: grant that
your church, being bound together in love and obedience to you, may be
united in one body by the one spirit, that the world may believe in him
whom you have sent, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and
reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever.
Amen.
Final Prayer: May we not hold silence but speak out. May we find in our
throats the words of compassion and peace for those whose voices have
been taken away. May we be a community that lives the story of those the
world has silenced for this is your story we tell, of justice and resurrection.
Amen.
Today’s Readings:
Acts 16: 16-34 Revelation 22: 12-14, 16-17, 20-21
West New Plymouth
St Chad’s
St John’s
12 Omata Road
Omata
Sunday 12 May 2013
7TH SUNDAY OF EASTER
John 17: 20-26
Reflection on Today’s Readings
Here is a story of freedom. Yet, while we may be tempted to focus simply on the
freedom brought to Paul and Silas from prison, there are other freedoms:
freedom from slavery for the girl; freedom into new life for the jailer and family.
It is the bringing of these freedoms that speak into how we choose to live our
lives. © Seasons of the Spirit
Next Week’s Services
St Chad’s
Wednesday 10:00am
Holy Communion
St Chad’s
Sunday
8.00am and 9.30am
Holy Communion
Next week’s Readings:
Acts 2: 1-21
Romans 8: 14-17
John 15: 26-27; 16: 4b-15
Parish Contacts
Vicar - The Reverend Deborah Garrett - 188C Tukapa Street, Westown
Ph: (06) 753 4306 Mobile: 021 868 869 email: [email protected]
Family Ministries Coordinator - The Reverend Maureen Hook
Mobile: 027 237 2069 email: [email protected]
Parish Secretary - (06) 753 4306: Monday to Friday 9:00am - 12:00 Noon
email: [email protected] Website: www.stchad.co.nz
[ St Chad’s website is currently under reconstruction ]
Diocesan website: www.waikato.anglican.org.nz
So that they may be one, as we are one.
John 17: 22b
A warm welcome to all visitors this morning.
Please join us for a cup of tea after the 9:30am service.
Garage Sale
Mission Pig
Pat yourselves on the back; the
takings from the garage sale came to
just over $1,400.00. Again, thanks to
everyone who helped make a fun day
very enjoyable, and profitable.
Today’s donations through the
Mission Pig will be directed to Mana
Healing Centre. Thank you for your
generosity. Recipients of St Chad’s
donations are always very grateful.
Thank you!
Congratulations!
ChoiceMakers Youth Group
This youth group has resumed in what we pray will be a new and improved
format, held as a monthly family evening. The next evening will be Friday
14 June. These events are for our church families, holiday programme
families, and previous youth group families. The evenings will be shaped on a
similar plan to a youth group evening including a time to talk, a time to play
and a time to eat which will be a shared meal such as pizzas, burgers,
desserts - all things we can make on the night. Our prayer is that we will
reach more families in a more sustainable format. Please advertise this to your
families, friends and neighbours. Contact Maureen for further information.
Taranaki Pilgrimage
Is Genesis History?
During a compact pilgrimage of “37
communities in 9 days” Dean Jamie
Allen and Puke Ariki Curator Andrew
Moffat, will visit St Chad’s for a late
afternoon tea on Tuesday 21 May, at
4:30pm. The pilgrimage is designed to
share stories about the communities
being visited.
Being a late afternoon tea, anyone
who would like to contribute a plate of
finger food, please register your
interest on the form provided on the
table at the back of the church. And,
thank you for your culinary donation.
Hear the good news at St James
Presbyterian Church, Lawry Street,
on Saturday 18 May at 7:30pm. A
few leaflets are on the foyer table.
Enquiries to 751 2644
My goal in life is to be the kind of
person my dog thinks I am.
Healing Trauma Seminar
Prayer to release trauma has been
one of the most used Elijah House
tools. A three day seminar will be
held 30, 31 May and 1 June at the
Knox Presbyterian Church, Waitara.
Registration of $50.00 will be due by
15 May to Nigel Weir on phone 06
758 1577. A few tri-fold brochures
are available from the foyer table.
PRAYER NEEDS
The Diocese of Kuching: St Boniface, Mamut. Built in 1963, the
land was donated by the late Penghulu Barat ak Bijat of Mamut,
and the late Bp Peter Howes ministered there from 1960. The
church was extended in 2002. The population of members in the
parish is just over 3,000 with 63 centres but only six chapels.
The Diocese of Waikato and Taranaki: North East Taranaki Regional
Dean, and the priest assistants and deacon assistant to the Regional Dean.
Parishes of Bell Block - Lepperton, Inglewood, Waitara.
Provincial: Uniting Congregation of Aotearoa. General Secretary, Executive
Communications. Interim ministry enablers. Church Missionary Society. NZ
Anglican Missions Board. Anglican Historical Society. NZ Anglican Pension
Board. Anglican Taonga.
In the community: Food banks in the diocese. Agriculture and Farming
Support Agencies. Industry - management and labour. Anglican primary and
secondary schools; pray for the teachers, administrators, and students for a
productive and successful term of achievement.
Service of Light and Learning
Exploring Vocations
The Taranaki Cathedral Services
of Light and Learning being held
bimonthly, started on Sunday 5th
May at 5:00pm. A short service, a
time of listening, learning and
discussion, ending with a “bring-and
-share” meal.
A colour A4 poster is on the notice
board providing more information.
For more in depth information,
please contact Verity Pasione, the
Communications Officer at the
Cathedral, 758 3111.
Wondering about ministry? Maybe
Ordination? Pastoral Visiting? Six
fortnightly meetings commencing
Monday 13 May, 7:30pm at the
Cathedral will offer a course open to
anyone wishing to explore Christian
vocation. Please register by
emailing Dean Jamie Allen at:
[email protected]
Course content includes six topics:
nature of God’s call, hearing God’s
call, the God who calls, church and
mission, friendship with God, taking
the next step.
HAPPENINGS
Tuesday 14 May, 1:00 and 1:30pm ……………. Communion at Jean Sandel
Tuesday 14 May, 1:30pm …………………………………….. AAW Fellowship
Thursday 16 May, 10:00am…………………………………..….. mainly music
Thursday 16 May, 1:30pm ………………………...…. Good Yarn Craft Group