5 September 2021 Weekly News Sheet - Waikanae Anglican
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Weekly News Sheet
5 September 2021
Father’s Day and first Sunday of Spring!
Say to those
with fearful
hearts,
“Be strong,
do not fear.”
Isaiah 35:4 (NIV)
Spring has sprung! New Things. New beginnings.
New life. The list goes on. We read over the page
that Jesus transformed the lives of two people—not
only with healing but with valuable lessons learned to
bring them closer to their God. Scriptures to remind
us that God is in control so we, too, may learn new
things as we navigate our way through life:
John 13:34—”A NEW commandment I give to you that you love one another,
even as I have loved you…”
2 Corinthians 5:17—”Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a NEW creature;
the old things passed away; behold NEW things have come.”
Ezekiel 11:19—I will give them one heart, and put a NEW spirit within
them…”
Let Spring-time bring healing and lessons learned—and give HIM thanks
for it all.
Prayer Point
Sunday: 5 September: Isaiah 35:4-7a
(Father’s Day) Mark 7:24-37
The Sentence of the Day: So speak and so act as those who are to be
judged by the law of liberty. (James 2:12)
Collect: God the strength of all who believe in you, increase our
faith and trust in your Son Jesus Christy, that in him we may live
victoriously, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Sunday: 12 September: Isaiah 50:4-9a
Mark 8:27-38
Something to Think About...
Our gospel reading today comes like a club sandwich; two layers of filling,
different but each complements the overall.
In the first we read about a Greek woman, falling at the feet of Jesus,
urgently begging him to drive a demon out of her young daughter. She is a
Gentile, an outsider, but, unlike the Jews who are still arguing over the
authority of Jesus she recognises him as the way to her salvation and humbles
herself before him.
In the second story Jesus heals a deaf and mute man. In Matthew’s
version of this event we read that “great crowds came to him, bringing the
lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute …and he healed them.”
Jesus healed broken lives - and still can and does.
There is a powerful message to us in these stories. Yes, we see Jesus’s power and
compassion at work but this is about his Kingdom, a realm where the brokenness
of the world is reversed …the deaf can hear; the mute can speak; evil spirits are
cast out; chaos is conquered.
Jesus is the presence of God in the “world”
which brings healing, peace, justice and righteousness.
So, how might we respond? Three ideas:
a) pray for healing for someone you know, believing that God heals broken lives
b) if, like me, you have been spending less over lockdown, send a donation to
bless those who are providing for others, e.g., our parish foodbank or the
City Mission
c) drop a message to a neighbour - that you are thinking of them.
Nga mihi
Wes Brown
Send your notices to parishoffice@anglican.co.nz by 9am Tuesday for inclusion
in the following Sunday’s News Sheet.
Normal Weekly Programme
Notices [Only in COVID Levels 2 and 1]
COVID-19 Sept St Luke’s kitchen and bathroom
Under Alert Levels 3 and 4 our regular renovations continue. [Contact
Mon 6
activities and services are suspended. Hazel]
See our website www.anglican.co.nz for
more information on each of the alert Tue 7 L1 10am Wellspring Exercise
levels. Our Foodbank is considered an Group, St Luke’s
essential service so Friday Food Share
will still operate and food will be delivered L1 10:45am Holy Communion,
direct to car boots. Charles Fleming
L2 7:30pm Parish Choir
Rehearsal, St M’s
FOODBANK: Our foodbank is considered
an essential service so Friday Food Share Wed 8 L2 9:15am Morning Prayer, St
will still be operating under Levels 3 and Luke’s Chapel
4. Those picking up a food parcel are L1 11am Holy Communion,
asked to wear their masks and remain Parkwood Lodge
in their cars. Food parcels will be deliv-
ered directly to the car boot where possi- L1 11am Holy Communion,
ble. Non-perishable donations can be Winara House
dropped off at St Luke’s on Fridays L3 1:30pm AAW, Zoom
between 8am-10am or donations can
be made direct into our bank account. L2 3pm LIFE on Wednesday,
01 0731 0019880 00, put ‘foodbank’ in after school drop-in
the reference. Contact: Pippa on
021 090 85652. Thur 9 L2 10:30am Holy Communion, St
Luke’s —come for a
ASSOCIATION OF ANGLICAN WOMEN cuppa at 10am
(AAW) - Our September meeting, will
be on Zoom! Join us at 1:30pm on 8th L2 4pm Flipside+
September. Zoom link, or phone in on 04 Intermediate Youth
886 0026: meeting ID: 980 9677 2591, Group, St Luke’s
passcode: 588790. Contact Rosemary L2 6:30pm WAC Youth, St
Hurd 905 4384.
Michael’s
HOUSE FOR RENT: Three bedroom
home with garage in Waikanae Beach Fri 10 L2 11:15am Friday Prayers for
available to rent from early September, local and over-seas
(depending on lockdown) $590 p.w. missions, U/Room
Contact Amanda on 022 350 5320 or All Levels 11:30am Friday Food Share,
valued.free@gmail.com.
St Luke’s
TO NOTE: (more info nearer the time)
Sun 5 10am L3 or L4: Click to
25 September—Quiz Night at St Michael’s online join Zoom Service or
3 October—Day of Giving phone: 04 886 0026
23 October—Church Fair, Memorial Hall and enter meeting
ID 975 5086 6905,
followed by the #
key when asked for
participant pin.
[All 9:15am Holy Communion, St
Church Andrew’s
Services 9:30am Eucharist, St
resume Michael’s
at L2]
10am Connect Family
ServiceParish Information The church office is open on Wednesdays and Thursdays between 9am and 12noon. If you need to talk to Colleen or Hazel outside this time, please call or email them—they will still be working. To speak to one of our associate or retired priests, contact the office or your Pastoral Care team leader. Church office St Luke’s, Corner of Elizabeth and Pehi Kupa Streets, Waikanae Vicar Rev Dr Mark Harris 04 904 3018 markh@anglican.co.nz Parish Manager Hazel Nugent 021 122 1886 parishmanager@anglican.co.nz PA to the Vicar | Parish Administrator Colleen Primrose 021 032 8467 parishoffice@anglican.co.nz Youth Workers Matt Bakker 022 464 8791 mattb@anglican.co.nz Emma Bakker 021 236 1207 emmab@anglican.co.nz Wardens Wes Brown (Vicar’s) 027 444 4846 Keith Hansen (People’s) 04 298 7638 Foodbank Pippa Hinton 021 0908 5652 foodbank@anglican.co.nz Prayer Chain Perdita Bentall 04 293 4289 or 021 147 3773 Allison Chappell 027 904 1860 prayerchain@anglican.co.nz Parish website: www.anglican.co.nz Facebook: facebook.com/waikanae.anglican Pastoral Care If you require assistance, please contact the following people: St Luke’s Thurs Iris Miller 027 463 6456 Holy Communion St Luke’s Allison Chappell 027 904 1860 Connect 10am Val Read 04 904 0433 St Michael’s 9:30am Barbara Parker 04 904 6614 St Andrew’s 9:15am Rev Dr Dalice Sim 022 070 3880 Contact Hazel for enquiries about giving and envelopes. We encourage you to give to the Parish by direct credit. Bank account details are: Parish of Waikanae, ANZ, 01 0731 0019880 00. Put ‘Offering’ or specify the purpose in the reference.
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