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Church has become fuller. He reckons people are coming in increasing numbers because they believe that God can help them during their own uncertain-ties. And what an increasing number of uncertainties
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A few months ago I asked Russell Smith to graph the atten-dance at the Cathedral. As you can see the lines generally are running the right way. While it is encouraging, we still have a long way to go. For instance, our regular giving should also show the same increase as our atten-dance, but I am not too sure at the moment that it does! Never-theless, it is encouraging to see an increasing number of people at our Cathedral.
Last week I was listening to the Senior Minister of a Church say-ing that he reckons that since the Christchurch terrorist attacks his
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NELSON CATHEDRAL: L IVELY, FUNCTIONING, & GOD HONOURING
CCCC AT H E D R A LAT H E D R A LAT H E D R A LAT H E D R A L N N N N E W SE W SE W SE W S
I N S I D E T H I S I S S U E :
Children’s Ministry
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The Bells, The Bells 3
Uncertainties (cont.) Winter Fellowsip
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What's Happening
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The Canon’s Cupboard 7
www.nelsoncathedral.org
The Very Revd Mike Hawke
to page 4
Meeting God in
Uncertainties
In Christ, we can have a sense of confidence
PRAYER & HEALING
MINISTRY
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Children’s Ministry
Greetings All,
Another Children's Holiday Programme has come and gone, in April. Four
mornings of fun, friendship, learning about Jesus and awesome crafts. Thirty
plus children every morning. Wonderful helpers and leaders.
Sue Fallow headed up the programme. We
took thechildren on an amazing four day
journey leading into Easter. Daily themes
included the Upper Room discourse and
Mary bathing and anointing Jesus’ feet for
burial. One of our activities for that day for
the children was getting their feet washed!
I was assigned this task. I have to confess it
was the first time I had washed anyone’s feet
before and initially I hesitated for a moment
but then I remembered Jesus set the example
to follow and I’m glad I did. It was a
spiritual blessing. I’ve been a children’s
worker for nearly 20 years and have never
ministered to children like this before so it
was significant for me to do this to my main
demographic age group.
Sue did a great job of spearheading everything and the children learnt heaps
about God and had lots fun times.
Children's Church will be involved again with a David
Jack production of The Prodigal Son. David was keen to
produce this play some years ago but didn’t have the man-
power. Now with the Children’s church numbers coming
up it seems more than likely that it will see the light of day
in the coming months (watch this space).
Brazil. I have been invited to join a mission’s trip to
Brazil (Rio) at the beginning of July (5th – 12th) I will be
working with a local church in the suburbs of Rio, preaching (with an inter-
preter), children’s programmes, street outreach and prison work.
It will be a busy few weeks over July because as soon as
I get home from Brazil I’m heading down to Dunedin
for a five day boys camp at CYC Waihola on the 14th
of July. Please pray for me as there are many challenges
with going to a land like Brazil.
Blessings
John Laing
Children's Ministry Worker
L.E.A.P. Nelson Cathedral’s Children’s Church
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Revd. Steve Jordan
The disastrous fire at Nôtre Dame Cathedral on the Ile de la Cité gave me a hunch that I would be talking about the bells. And, like the clappers, Helen MacKenzie invited me to dedicate my column to the issue.
I’d like to start by paying a ringing tribute to our bell team. They do their work hidden from view but they have a brilliant ministry here at the Cathedral, and I extend my warm appreciation and thanks to all that they do. We would drop a clanger if we failed to evince our appreciation to them.
The bells themselves are nice and simple, and it is a joy for me, when I entertain children at the cathedral to take them to the bell tower and allow them to sound a couple of bells. It takes such little effort compared to the image of old, with amusing vignettes of campanologists hanging on to ropes and being pulled aloft by the weight of the swinging bell.
But like all moving things, they need maintenance, and ours were recently inspected by expert Andrew Reynolds. Other than evidence of bird lime and some rust on supporting bolts and clappers, they are in good condition. The supporting beams need further investigation as to whether they need re-placement or sand blasting. We don’t know the extent of the maintenance at this stage, but matters need to be addressed because a ‘stitch in time saves nine’. That’s a matter for the busy Finance and Fabric Team, who are al-ready managing kitchen replacements, choir accommodation, earthquake strengthening, etc., etc. What would we do without them?
But the important issue for me is just to raise consciousness of the assump-tions we make about the bells and of the unseen work or the bell ringers. It is a vital part of cathedral life.
Blessings, and see you in a couple of months!
SteveSteveSteveSteve
The Bells, The Bells
Parish Nurse
I'm really looking forward to my role as Parish Nurse on my return from Europe
in July. When I retired from 25 years of Practice Nursing, on lining up for my gold
card, I envisaged more time spent with our grandchildren, more cycling, more
reading and more gardening. The first wishes came to pass, and the latter still to
happen. Instead I enjoyed being drawn to “Tables for 8”, and meeting more
members in the Cathedral family. From there it was a natural progression to the
Cathedral Christmas Festival, Pilgrims Progress and the Cathedral choir, the
Memorial Garden and the Holy Dusters. The Cameo team shows me how
commitment and love can support our community. I admire the energy and
caring of the Clergy, the Vestry and the Pastoral Team and I pray to add my
nursing skills to a team dedicated in Christ.
With blessings from Judith.
Judith Fitchett has been appointed as our new Parish Nurse, which
has been an important ministry at the Cathedral for many years.
Judith and husband Chris have been involved in Cathedral life along with their extended
family for a long time. It is not that long ago that Judith retired from nursing, but we are
grateful that she is going to take up this pastoral role here at the Cathedral.
Judith writes here :
Judith and Chris at Westminster Abbey on Anzac Day
we are having these days. Terrorist attacks aside, we have seen legislation in the past year or two that increases our anxieties.
Firstly, there is the Euthanasia Bill. Those of us getting older and older cannot be certain that one day there will be legislation that will enable our relatives to pull the plug on our behalf. Wowee! What a conundrum that can cause amongst families.
And now, unbelievably, Parliament is debating whether to have a binding referendum on the legalisation of marijuana. As though we don’t have enough problems with the present day plethora of drugs. I am overwhelmed at the stupidity we should even be contemplating the de-criminalisation of a drug that can stew your brains and ruin your life.
The verse we read most weeks at our 8 am service is this: Jesus said ‘Come unto me all that travail and are heavy laden and I will bless you’. In Christ, we can have a sense of confidence.
I read an article in an Australian Woman’s Weekly written by Jo Seagar. In it, she talks about taking her grandchildren to church; how it is actually the grandchildren who are getting their parents and grandparents out of their cosy beds on a Sunday morning. They enjoy the rituals and the ceremony, listening to some Cathedral bells and hymns to sing with a two and a half thousand pipe organ. It is often church-going children who know lots of people of different ages and ethnicities in our community and have developed the skills of chatting to the elderly parishioners both at the church and the local supermarket. Jo says it is about passing on her beliefs to the younger generation. She says: ‘I guess my job in taking them to church is to expose them to a long-term vision that they are not mature enough to grasp yet. When they are older, they can make their own educated choices as to whether to accept or spurn its message’. Jo closes the article by saying that she knows that the doctrine of kindness, forgiveness and love will seep into their hearts and souls and as they grow up it will help them to realise that when they have God in their lives they are never totally alone.
And may it be that our Cathedral graph of attendance continues to go upwards as we un-ashamedly and boldly invite not just our children and grandchildren but our neighbours and our neighbour’s children to the Cathedral as well. In His Service,
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Meeting God in Uncertainties (Continued from front page)
Jo says it is about passing on her beliefs to the younger generation:
‘I guess my job in taking them to church is to expose them to a long-term vision that they are not mature enough to grasp yet.’
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Last winter, we had a very successful programme of planned pot luck dinners amongst Cathedral parishioners.
We are doing it again, this time with an option for lunches as well.
We found that 8 is about the right number for a dinner, to allow for meeting new people. We went with 6 for
the lunches, as many of the people who urged me to add the lunch option are singles with smaller houses.
If you are interested in joining in, please email Jocelyn Smith on: [email protected]
The first dinner or lunch will be held on 22nd June .
(After that the dates are 20 July , 17 August , 21 September.)
We really want to include as many parishioners as we can. If you are new, this is a great way to get to know
more people. If you’ve been coming to the Cathedral for a while, then you probably still don’t know
everybody, especially as we have 4 services each Sunday plus mid-week services.
If you would like to take part, please send me your name (or names if you are a couple or group), email and
phone contacts and whether you would like to attend a dinner or a lunch.
Let me know too if you are prepared to be host/hostess and have a dinner or lunch in your home. You don’t
need to have a large dining table or a flash house. The meal preparation is shared and the event is all about
fellowship, not Masterchef meals!
If you need to know more, then just email me, or phone/text 027 548 7774.
Jocelyn Smith
Colin Parkyn and Candy of Brightwater join our procession
Winter Fellowship Dinner for 8/Lunch for 6
Palm Sunday Cathedral BBQ
Pop and James prepare for Easter Service
Cathedral Life
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WHAT’S ON
OIKOS groups meet Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday at various intervals. Contact the Cathedral Office for more details.
Meditation Group Meets in the Chapel
4.30 pm –5.30 pm
Every Tuesday
All are welcome
House of Prayer & Healing In the Chapel
Monday to Friday Mornings Contact Tapita 021 255 3013 for times and further details
Tuesdays
Walking group meet at the Cathedral at 9am every Tuesday for a 1 hour walk. Morning tea at the Cathedral afterwards.
Wednesdays
Exercises for health meet at 11am (Quiet Room)
The Flax group meet at the Cathedral at 1.30pm (Quiet Room)
Come and join us
WORD AND WORSHIP
SERVICE
Every Sunday at 7pm in the Cathedral
CATHEDRAL AAW (Association of Anglican Women)
Our May Meeting will be a luncheon to which your husbands, partners and friends are also invited.
Tuesday 28th May 12 noon
The Grape Escape c/o McShane Rd & SH60, Richmond
For further information please contact:
Angela 544 3081 or 027 305 9059.
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THE CANON’S CUPBOARDTHE CANON’S CUPBOARDTHE CANON’S CUPBOARDTHE CANON’S CUPBOARD
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Canon Colin Wright
Writing as the dreaded winter approaches - how do you cope with the cold? Well, living in a warmer
climate helps. At this time of the year my strongest memories are of southern New Zealand and intense
frost-ridden times. One of these memories is of waking up in the morning to find the insides of the
windows covered in frost.
The primary school I went to didn’t have central heating; but then I went to South Tech which did.
Getting there involved 37 miles in a chilly train - a slow train, always late for the beginning of school. It
was a goods train and had regular stops to dispose of goods; at those stops that we got off to explore the
train, especially the engine. Sometimes the driver let us get into the engine and showed us how it
worked, occasionally pulling the lever which made the train go “toot”. This locomotive was either a J or
a JA class. At that time NZ Rail boasted 91 of these locomotives, many of which were built at Hillside
Workshops in Dunedin, where the last steam engine was made in 1956. Many of us boys were doing an
engineering class as school, so it was exciting to ride in such a piece of engineering which improved the
dullness of the winter ride.
There are lots of other things that we struggle with in the winter, so it is important that we find a positive
way of expressing our faith:
“Let not your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me” (John 14:1).
Or in a version of Psalm 29:
Let all the powers of the universe praise the Creator,
ascribing to God glory and strength.
In the beauty of holiness we worship You, O God,
giving You the honour due to Your name.....
O God, more powerful than tempest or flood,
present throughout Your creation,
stillness in the eye of the storm,
give strength to Your people in awe of You,
give Your people the blessing of peace.
Awesome God,
Your love embraces all the powers of creation,
and in the presence of Love we need never be afraid.
Give us steadiness and courage and skill to strive with the energies
You have placed in our hands, that the wise use of heat and light, of atom and laser,
may enable the earth and its peoples to flourish and prosper,
according to Your will.
Amen.
Dean: The Very Reverend Mike Hawke Ph 548 1443 or 021 711726 Email:[email protected]
The Reverend Steve Jordan Mobile 021 294 6105 [email protected]
Children’s Ministry Worker: John Laing Ph 027 2959261 [email protected]
Office Administrator: Teresa Coombs Ph 548 1008 [email protected]
Dean’s Warden: Graham Allan Ph 548 8166
People’s Warden: Jenny Dickie Ph 548 7705 or 021 342 227 [email protected]
Cathedral Office First floor of tower. Hours: Mon to Fri 9.30am-12.30pm Phone 548 1008 or fax 548 3264 Email:[email protected]
Website: www.nelsoncathedral.org
Postal address: P.O. Box 657 Nelson 7040
DIRECTORY SERVICES IN MAY/JUNE
Cathedral News Editor: Russell Smith ([email protected]))
Monthly Service at Bishopdale Chapel
First Thursday of the month at
11:15am
Holy Communion
The Cathedral Services are now being streamed live to the internet. They can be watched by following the link on the Cathedral Website or https://www.youtube.com/ and searching Nelson Cathedral, then click on the one showing Live Stream. Previous services can be viewed until they are deleted.
Cathedral News welcomes contributions from parishioners and readers. If you have a contribution or perhaps an idea for an article please contact
either the Editor ([email protected]) or
the Dean ([email protected]).
Weekday services are held daily in the Chapel at 12.15pm except Wednesday 10am
and Saturday 8am.
Sunday 26 May 8 am Holy Communion 10 am Choral Eucharist and Children’s Church 12.30 pm Whakatu Maori Mission Community Service 5 30 pm Choral Evensong 7 pm Word and Worship Informal, charismatic style service
Sunday 2 June Queen’s Birthday 8 am Holy Communion 10 am Choral Eucharist and Children’s Church 12.30 pm Whakatu Maori Mission Community Service 5 30 pm Choral Evensong 7 pm Word and Worship Informal, charismatic style service
Sunday 9 June Pentecost Sunday 8 am Holy Communion 10 am Choral Eucharist and Children’s Church 12.30 pm Whakatu Maori Mission Community Service 5 30 pm Choral Evensong 7 pm Word and Worship Informal, charismatic style service
Sunday 16 June Trinity Sunday 8 am Holy Communion 10 am Choral Eucharist and Children’s Church 12 noon AAW midwinter party lunch 12.30 pm Whakatu Maori Mission Community Service 5 30 pm Choral Evensong 7 pm Word and Worship Informal, charismatic style service
Sunday 23 June 8 am Holy Communion 10 am Choral Eucharist and Children’s Church 12.30 pm Whakatu Maori Mission Community Service 5 30 pm Choral Evensong 7 pm Word and Worship Informal, charismatic style service Sunday 30 June 8 am Holy Communion 10 am Choral Eucharist and Children’s Church 12.30 pm Whakatu Maori Mission Community Service 5 30 pm Choral Evensong 7 pm Word and Worship Informal, charismatic style service
