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“Our Church's Mission in Aotearoa New Zealand is to reflect and proclaim the transforming love of God as revealed in Jesus Christ and declared in the Scriptures. We are empowered by the Holy Spirit to serve God in the world. The Treaty of Waitangi is the covenant establishing our nation on the basis of a power-sharing relationship, and will guide how we undertake mission”.

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Official Communications ................................ 2 - A message from the President & Vice President - A message from the General Secretary

News from Around the Connexion .......... 4 Public Issues Network ...................................... 7 Methodist Mission & Ecumenical ............... 8 Ecumenical News & Views ........................ 11

Amendments to the Yearbook ................. 15

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Official Communications

A Message from the President and Vice President

Greetings from the Presidential Team… Greetings to all around the Connexion! Whether we measure the onset of winter as the start of June, as the first appearance of Matariki or from the number of layers we need to keep warm, this coldest season has definitely set in. June is also the month for the annual statistics which often reflect lower attendance as members are unwell or escaping for a holiday in warmer places. Our thoughts and prayers are with those who are finding this winter especially hard through being less active, facing health issues or coping with inadequate housing. Prince was in Brisbane attending the meeting of Trans-Tasman moderators and presidents of Uniting Church Australia, Methodist Church of New Zealand and Presbyterian Church of New Zealand. The conversations focussed more on the challenges of leadership and how to find support. Following the meeting Prince went to Canberra for the Lutheran – Roman Catholic Ecumenical Service celebrating the 500th Anniversary of Reformation. He also read his paper Luther at 500: The Ecumenical Pulse in the Ecumenical Round Table of Charles Sturt University. It was a joy for Prince to be part of the event in Wellington on Pentecost Sunday with Lutheran and Roman Catholic Churches celebrated the 500th year of Reformation at the Sacred Heart Cathedral. Viv has returned from attending the Kirchentag in Berlin, Germany with its focus on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. The response from a NZ Catholic about the event was: “I can’t get very excited about that” – it was a salutary reminder that there have been, and are, many approaches to faith and that we are all affected by our upbringing. Nevertheless, we are able to shape the future as well as be moulded by our past. A highlight of the programme was a jazz concert featuring the Jewish Argentinian Giora Feidman, perhaps best recognised as player of the clarinet solos for the soundtrack of Schindler's List. He could allow his family’s experience of persecution and emigration to build barriers and bitterness, but instead uses music as a way to bring people together. The Kirchentag was attended by people from a wide variety of Christian traditions and places, some like us were invited guests, and we were offered an overwhelming choice of events to attend. There were daily bible studies, panel discussions, presentations, music and cultural events and crowds everywhere. Viv hopes there will be an opportunity to share some of these experience and insights further. We both look forward to the events in our diary for the next month and welcome hearing from you if you would like us to respond pastorally to anyone from your parish or to visit you for a special event, (but please negotiate the date with us first!).

Prince and Viv

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A Message from the General Secretary

From David’s Desk... This month is the end of the financial year. The office becomes very busy as annual accounts are prepared and the Auditors move in to check and hopefully sign them off. Properly prepared accounts are now highly important for Parishes too. A couple of weeks ago a Parish was very close to losing its Charities registration as it had failed to submit accounts in the proper form for two years. Please contact the Connexional Office if you have any concerns or questions about completing your Parish’s annual accounts. We are here to help. Proper accounts are as the name suggests, a necessary part of being accountable for the resources entrusted to us. In June every year we ask Parishes to collect and then file statistical returns. This year for the first time returns will be able to be completed online. We hope this will make the process easier. Parishes that wish to send paper-based returns may still do so. Stephen Walker, Executive Officer of the Methodist Trust Association will be attending a meeting of the Church Investors Group in London next week. The Methodist and Anglican Churches in Britain work closely together on ethical and socially responsible investment. The Trust Association has been part of the Church Investors Group for a number of years. We have found it to be a useful group helping MTA in its investment decisions. Stephen will also be taking some annual leave, returning to New Zealand in early July. At the end of June, Jade Barlow is heading to Europe for a “mini OE”. She will be away for 5 weeks. From 19 June to 14 July Catherine Petaia will be filling in for Jade. Personally it has been an interesting month. I found myself in hospital on IV antibiotics to deal to an infection after a minor medical procedure. A few days prior I had watched a report on antibiotic resistance. It certainly brought home the critical role of antibiotics and the necessity to use them with care. As for me, I’m not back to normal energy levels, but I’m feeling good. Recently I read “Rage against God – how atheism led me to faith” by Peter Hitchens. Peter’s older brother Christopher was the much better known author and religious critic. Rage against God discusses the influences in society which have seen faith and the Church pushed to the margins and the potential impact this may have for society. He also shares his own life story and the influences and decisions which have shaped him. I can recommend the book if you are interested in the influences which can lead one person to faith and others to reject faith.

David

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Connexional News

Methodist Archives

A reminder from the Methodist Archives when telling the story of the Methodist Church of New Zealand

Legal Deposit requirements When you print a church history, DVD, CD or booklet, you become a publisher. It is a legal requirement that you send two copies to the National Library of New Zealand https://natlib.govt.nz/publishers-and-authors It also gives other libraries opportunities to order copies of these publications from you when they see the catalogue record in the National Library Catalogue. Putting copies of Methodist publications in libraries and archives repositories ensures that our Methodist history is preserved. I would also suggest making sure your local public library receives at least two copies, and of course don’t forget the Methodist Archives Reference Publications Collection here in Christchurch. If you are unsure what you should do, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me. Jo Smith, Archivist Email: archives@methodist.org.nz Phone 03 366 6049 ext 831

Methodist Alliance

Our Methodist Alliance is a formal alliance of the Methodist Missions, parish and community based social

services and trusts. As National Coordinator I have been visiting the membership of the Alliance.

The missions, parishes and trusts offer a really wide range of services from early childhood education,

community led development, health and disability services, home and school based social work, support

to the community with a range of services using church premises, and aged care. I believe that the

membership are meeting the mission of the Methodist Alliance of commending and affirming the journey

from ka mate (death in the midst of life) to ka ora (life in the midst of death) and nourishing this by our

Methodist theological understandings.

The highly trained dedicated workforce is greatly valued by management and there is a mutual respect

for colleagues and programmes delivered by other missions and parishes. The Methodist tradition of

respect for people, inclusiveness, social justice, integrity, partnership, empowerment and sustainability

was evident in the missions and parishes I visited.

There is a willingness and enthusiasm to work collaboratively with other members of the Methodist

Alliance and to share knowledge and skills. With closer connections and a better understanding of what

others do, we can be stronger and more influential as Methodists. There is an underestimation of the

work and influence of the Methodist Missions and parishes.

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I am in a very privileged position to hear about

the work that is being undertaken by Methodists

all over Aotearoa; to meet the staff that are

working with our most marginalised people; to

sit down and eat with them at a community meal

at Hamilton’s Methodist City Action, and see an

inclusive society where all people can flourish;

and to hear about the changes made in these

lives. Methodist City Action found that if they

put flowers on the table, this somehow made

people linger a bit longer which opened up

opportunities for more social connection. A

beautiful meal was served by the Korean

community who train their volunteers for two

years. The photo is of a tea towel which is

framed and hangs in one of the rooms at the

Methodist Centre where Methodist City Action

operate from in Hamilton.

In Hamilton I also visited St Johns Church which has been rebuilt for Hamilton East Parish. This award

winning building is mostly windows on two sides and links to an open foyer and the existing buildings.

Hamilton East also has pensioner units and vibrant Tongan, Fijian and Pakeha congregations. This reflects

the greater cultural diversity in Aotearoa and our congregations.

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The design of the new church reminded me of my church in Papanui. The new Chapel Street Centre has

also won awards. So if you are travelling our beautiful country, I suggest you check these out in Hamilton

and Christchurch.

The Christchurch North Methodist Parish that worships at the Chapel Street Centre have a long history of

Handiscope – a voluntary community project providing skills, recreation and companionship for people with a

disability. They have been instrumental in setting up other Handiscope groups around Christchurch. Each

group is self-supporting and raises funds by selling craft to their local community. Since 2011, Christchurch

North started a new tradition of making a Christmas video with their Awesome Kids. You can check this out

the latest one at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKZvm_7Buiw and the links for the other vides can be

found at http://awesomekidschch.blogspot.co.nz/p/awesome-kids.html

All the churches I have visited have a wide variety of community organisations uses their premises. They are

often viewed as a community hub for a wide range of services including, sporting groups, community choirs,

yoga, U3A, Probus, local council meetings, MP meetings, CYF various clubs and societies including:

photographic, Cornish, Shetland, Zonta, Alcoholics Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, porcelain art,

stamp club, philharmonia, brass band, machine knitters; badminton, bowls, Boys Brigade, 60’s up movement,

Lollipops Educare, Weight Watchers, toy and puzzle libraries, as well as various other church groups.

Methodist Alliance members report that safe affordable housing is a major concern of the client group they

work with. David Hanna, from Wesley Community Action, led a group of church leaders in forming a

statement on housing which was presented to the Prime Minister and other political leaders in early May.

I have learnt that language is very important and that if we speak of “the Alliance” we miss off the really

important Methodist bit which gives the recognition to the church, our founding fathers and mothers, and the

Methodists doing this work now. We can all be proud of the work that is being done under the Methodist

Alliance name and confident that this work is affirming the dignity and worth of every person, bringing hope,

working for equity and justice, and is challenging systems and structures.

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Methodist

Public Issues Network News June 2017

Contents:

Churches Galvanize for Climate Action - NZ and Pacific Church Leaders

NZ Budget 2017

Joining Together on Climate

Church Leaders in New Zealand and Fiji, and the Churches Climate Network joined together

over the change, in response to the US withdrawal from the Paris Agreement.

President Prince and Tumuaki Diana joined with Archbishops Richardson (NZ) and Halapua

(Polynesia), Pihopa Kito, Moderator Dawson, Professor Nokise, over to comment on the pre-

eminence of climate action and speak in support for solidarity, for theology for climate justice,

and strong policies for transitions to low carbon.

Archbishop Halapua said ‘The unfortunate decision of the President of the US reveals to me

that the interests of a few in one part of the world blocks the opportunity for wellbeing for many

other people. This creates the reality of Pacific people drowning as they have meals and

fellowship together in their homes.

President Prince said ‘We must also consider New Zealand’s policies and our low investment in

climate.

I hope and pray we join concerted action to leave behind a liveable planet for future generations’.

NZ Budget – An Election Manifesto

There is qualified support for small improvements

in income support and social investment. The proposals are to be implemented

in April 2018 – thus making this an election platform, rather than policy.

At a Glance: At the NZCCSS Budget Breakfast Hon Steven Joyce was pleased to show that

New Zealand has one of the best records for the Labour Market and

employment rate.

The increases for the Accommodation Supplement and Working for Families

along with funds for Mental Health and operations grants to schools are not the

‘tide-change’ to stop poverty, and will simply be absorbed by the

anticipated rising costs of living.

Overall: provisions for low income and vulnerable people are highly

targeted. Targeting loses sight of the advantages of universal provisions

which is lower cost to administer and has a stronger public good

philosophy.

The overall philosophy of economic growth lacks a strategic plan for

equitable transitions to a low carbon economy. This is not to imply a ‘no-

growth’ argument, but to signal the need for a long term trajectory of a more

diversified agricultural economy, that tourism requires policies for

ecological integrity, and to ensure an inclusive economy in which all people

have incomes that are adequate for participation, good housing, health and

optimal opportunities for education.

Pacific Peoples – no initiatives provided – despite, for example the number of young people ‘Not in Education, Training or

Employment’. Currently of 90,000 young people in this category, 15,300 (17%) are Pacific. At the same time, employment of

Pacific people grew last year, with 35% Pacific People in skilled occupations, and 20% in low skilled work.

See: www.methodist.org.nz/public_questions_network/index2 overview and summary of provisions

Trevor McGlinchey and Hon Steven Joyce

NZCCSS Budget Breakfast.

President Prince

Tumuali Diana

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Methodist Mission & Ecumenical Newsletter June 2017

Kokeqolo Water Project We still need support towards funding the water project for the village. Please give due consideration to raise the required amount. We have raised $ 41,000. We need another $ 39,000.

Commemorating the Reformation The Lutheran World Federation has had its international Assembly recently. On the agenda was the significance of the Reformation of the sixteenth century for today’s church. The theme around which the meeting was arranged was “Liberated by God’s Grace: Salvation – Not for Sale, Human Beings – Not for Sale, Creation – Not for Sale!” In these few words major elements of the Reformation were captured in a contemporary context. There is a constant temptation to think that our security comes from affluence. Economic systems are prone to treat human beings as slaves. The natural world can easily be regarded as being exclusively for human exploitation. Parish commemorations of the Reformation which might focus on the importance of Scripture, the priority of grace and on how we share our common home could draw on the theme the Lutherans have developed. The Australian Lutheran-Roman Catholic Dialogue has just published a sixty-page study on The Petrine Ministry in a New Situation. YATRA programme 2017 Mission and Ecumenical is happy to announce that Emma Whitla, Leti Tafuna and Sharlene Malaeimi will be attending from the Methodist Church of New Zealand, Te Haahi Weteriana O Aotearoa. The Christian Conference of Asia initiative brings together young people from around the Asia region to share stories of their context, to encounter another social reality and to develop their appreciation of ecumenism. In addition to that, friendships are made that can last for years. Youth in Asia Training for Religious Amity also has a strong interfaith dimension given the diversity of Asia. As we wish these three young women God’s blessing, we look forward to receiving their reports on return. Operation Refugee Last year Christian World Service ran a successful pilot of Operation Refugee. 72 people lived on the rations of a refugee for five days and raised $42,000 for Syrian refugees. This was enough to buy food parcels for 566 families or cover the costs of free medical care for 1,600 people. The money was matched by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and

Trade allowing us to double the amount sent to CWS partner the Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees working with Syrian refugees in Jordan and Lebanon. It was a great achievement for a pilot effort and now CWS want to do even better. This year they are aiming to raise $80,000 and hope to have at least 150 people doing the challenge. Methodist Mission and Ecumenical endorses this project which draws attention to the plight of so many refugees. We encourage parishes to advertise this initiative. The challenge is to live on the rations of a refugee for five days and/or to sponsor someone else to do it. For more information, visit the Operation Refugee website at: http://www.cwsoperationrefugee.nz Asia Mission Conference This major conference with the theme “Journey Together: Prophetic Witness to the Truth and Light in Asia” will be held in Yangon, Myanmar from 11th till the 17th October 2017. Associated with the conference will be a celebration of the Christian Conference of Asia’s diamond jubilee. The General Secretary of Christian Conference of Asia, Dr Mathews Chunakara writes, “We ardently pray and sincerely hope that this conference will facilitate deeper discussions, and will lead to greater dedication and to relevant and meaningful recapturing and re-articulation of our commitment to the mission, the act of Almighty God… We call upon all member churches, councils and all other partners of the Christian Conference of Asia to observe Asia Sunday on 15 October in the most befitting way and to pray especially for the Christian Conference of Asia.” Goldie College news There is a real need for good teachers. They are in conversation with the Methodist Church of Fiji for biology, accounting and economics teachers. They ask if there might be a New Zealander who speaks English fluently who might consider spending some time at Goldie College teaching English. Please contact the acting director with any expressions of interest. On the unity of the church The Focolare Movement is an Italian Roman Catholic lay community that is devoted to praying for and serving the unity of the church. It has been a force for renewal and openness in its own church. At its recent convention the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches the Rev. Dr Olav Fyske

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Tveit reflected on the 1925 statement from the Stockholm Conference: The closer we come to the cross, the closer we come to each other. He said, “The unity of the church is meaningless when it is not a sign and foretaste of all humankind in justice and peace.” In this way he demonstrated that faith and order, life and work belong together, inform each other and are part of the wholeness of the gospel. Revolution of tenderness On 26 April Pope Francis surprised many by giving a TED Talk. According to an account in the Weekend Herald, he addressed tech. leaders, investors, journalists and academics. He called for “a revolution of tenderness” and suggested to those listening “how wonderful it would be, while we discover faraway planets, to rediscover the needs of the brothers and sisters orbiting around us.” He issued a warning to politicians around the world, “Please allow me to say it loud and clear. The more powerful you are, the more your actions will have an impact on people, the more responsible you are to act humbly. If you don’t, your power will ruin you, and you will ruin the other.” Sharing a saying that is well-known in Argentina he commented, “Power is like drinking gin on an empty stomach. You feel dizzy, you get drunk, you lose your balance.” He went on to say that “The future of mankind is not exclusively in the power of politicians, of great leaders, of big companies … The future is, most of all, in the hands of those people who recognise the other as a you, and themselves as part of an us.” Pastoral visit to Bangladesh Concerned about a growing wave of religiously inspired persecution, the Christian Conference of Asia sent a pastoral solidarity team to Bangladesh around the time of recent elections in May. Since 2014 religious minorities have been facing unprovoked attacks. During the election minority-dominated villages were subject to attacks. Groups associated with pro-Islamic parties looted and burned property and residences owned by Hindu, Christian and Buddhist communities. Some political parties deliberately used the religious sentiment of ordinary people to intensify communal and religious tensions and polarizations for political advantage. The pastoral solidarity team gathered up testimonies to these incidents and attitudes. The Christian Conference of Asia organised the pastoral visit to accompany churches and other religious communities facing religiously motivated violence in Bangladesh. It discovered that religious minorities live in terror and fear. Violence from extremists has been a recurring problem, where religious minorities are intimidated and threatened, assaulted and killed by extremists. During such

seasons of violence minorities are also vulnerable to illegal land grabbing. The Christian Conference of Asia calls on member churches to remember religious minorities in Bangladesh in prayer. Resourcing Solomon Islands church Recently a request came from the General Secretary of the United Church of the Solomon Islands for a new laptop and printer to assist in his work. The Board was pleased to be able to release funds for the purchase of this equipment that is now considered essential to an efficiently run office. The Board is in close touch with the United Church and later in the year President Prince will visit the projects that the Methodist Church of New Zealand supports. He will also renew relationships with church leaders there. Workshop at Trinity College On Saturday 29 April Mission and Ecumenical led a workshop at Trinity College for ministry students. Mary Caygill welcomed Mission and Ecumenical to the workshop which was held in the Kinder Library. Uesifili Unasa led the morning on the mission of our church in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. He featured the various theological, medical and educational institutions that we support. In the afternoon Terry Wall introduced the commitment of our church to ecumenism – to be Methodist is to be ecumenical. This involved an historical overview of the journey so far: theological priorities and an overview of various documents from our church, the National Dialogue for Christian Unity and the World Council of Churches Faith and Order Commission. Attention was also devoted to the bilateral dialogues at national and international level. National Dialogue on Christian Unity At the May 17 meeting of the executive of the National Dialogue for Christian Unity at Tuia, the Anglican General Synod Office at St. John’s College, Meadowbank, reports were received from the bilateral dialogues. In recent years there have been three national dialogues between churches in New Zealand; Anglican-Roman Catholic Dialogue, Methodist-Roman Catholic Dialogue and the Anglican Methodist conversations. The National Dialogue for Christian Unity exists to serve and foster the visible unity of the church. This was the first time that dialogues had reported together in the presence of each other to the new national ecumenical body.

MISSION AND ECUMENICAL BOARD

Methodist Church of New Zealand

Te Haahi Weteriana o Aotearoa

Acting Director: Rev. Dr Terry Wall

409 Great South Road Private Bag 11 903 Ellerslie

Auckland 1542

Phone: 09-571 9142 Fax: 09-525 9346

E-mail: mm-e@methodist.org.nz

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Methodist Mission and Ecumenical Annual Appeal 2017

Kokeqolo Water Scheme Fund

Life giving water The appeal is from United Church Assembly Office to develop a

Reliable water supply for the village of Kokeqolo

The people of Kokeqolo, the schools and the United Church of Solomon Islands assembly office are dependent on rain water. A recent survey of the area located a bore hole that was used by the American forces during the Second World War. The United Church has requested our help to use this source of water by building a water supply unit. The cost is NZ $ 80,000. M&E committed to raise $ 40,000 which is half of the total cost and asked UCSI to look for another donor to cover the other half.

The beneficiaries of this water supply will be

Kokeqolo Primary School Youth Centre United Church Office

Methodist Mission and Ecumenical appeals to all to contribute to the

KOKEQOLO WATER SCHEME FUND To raise $ 40,000 in 2017

… let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven. [Matt. 5:16]

Mission is possible only with your participation and contribution to the fund.

Mission and Ecumenical Fund is registered with the Charities Commission. Registration Number CC51048. Receipts will be issued for tax rebate on the donation.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ANNUAL APPEAL 2016 – KOKEQOLO WATER SCHEME FUND

Please remember to send this cover slip for a receipt when you make a deposit.

Please send your donations by cheque in favour of Mission and Ecumenical Fund

To Rev. Prince Devanandan Methodist Mission and Ecumenical Private Bag 11903 Ellerslie Auckland 1542

You could also make your donation directly into BNZ Account No. 02-0800-0766004-03

Amount: $ __________________________

Name: _______________________________________

Address: _______________________________________________

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ECUMENICAL

News & Views

Christian World Service

Operation Refugee

Congratulations to the eight members of the Methodist TYTANZ team who are currently top of the Operation

Refugee fundraising chart. They have signed up to live on the same rations as Syrian refugees: rice, beans, bread

and a little fish from 16-20 June in return for sponsorship. They want to raise as much money as they can so

more Syrian refugees can get emergency food, healthcare and education in Jordan and Lebanon.

Please sponsor them or someone else if you can. Alternatively, you can sign up – students can do the two day

Operation Refugee Lite. CWS will send you a Food Box and supply a resource kit with lots of ideas for food and

fundraising – you supply the rice and ask every one you can to sponsor you.

It is with a sad and heavy heart I write this message to all people regarding the

dire situation in Syria. The suffering of the innocent civilians is the worst in any

conflict situation. They face the pain of disrupted life, starvation and lack of

water and sanitation. We also hear through the international media the

sufferings of the displaced people in Syria, Palestine and in other parts. There

are more refugees in make shift camps and other temporary shelters than the

total population of New Zealand. We in New Zealand are so privileged that we

are relatively a conflict free country with no such issues.

The calling to the followers of Jesus Christ is to “Feed the hungry, clothe the

naked, visit the sick …” in which we have a practical way of loving our

neighbours far away from where we are. We all can contribute in whatever possible way to feed starving

refugees in places where the CWS aid can reach. I encourage our youth and all adults to engage in the CWS

Operation Refugee programme to raise sufficient funds to care for these people.

Rev. Prince Devanandan

President - Methodist Church of New Zealand

David Lawson is happy to talk the project over or discuss how you can organise a team to do it with you.

Refugee Sunday

When 65.3 million people have been forcibly displaced in our

world, it is time for prayers and action. CWS is preparing

worship resources “And She Departed” for Sunday, June 25 as

designated in the lectionary. The focus will be on Syrian and

Palestinian refugees where CWS is assisting local partner the

Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees. They will be

available shortly along with a new appeal leaflet to help Syrian

refugees. Globally funding levels are falling and there is an

urgent need for more people, organisations and governments

to step up to the humanitarian challenge. Please consider

holding a special offering or fundraising effort to keep the

lifeline going.

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Sri Lanka Floods

More than 630,000 people have been affected by May’s

devastating floods and landslides in Sri Lanka. 203 people

have lost their lives and others are missing. Over 9,000

houses have been damaged or destroyed leaving many

people sheltering in temples and schools unable to return

home. CWS partner MONLAR has asked for support so local

farmers can help each other clear wells and drains, repair and

rebuild homes, and replace crops and livestock. If you can,

please donate to the Sri Lanka Floods Appeal, and remember

those affected in prayers.

Autumn Story

Now 14, Pooni has spent the last 18 months working in a South Indian woollen

mill. She worked under the Sumangali scheme, a form of bonded labour that

pays the family a bulk sum at the end of service so her family could pay her

dowry or use it for other expenses. She ended up ill and working long hours for

no extra pay. Thanks to CWS partner WDRC she has been paid for the work she

did and has now returned to school. The Autumn Story, Give Girls a Fair Go,

shows how local community action is changing the prospect for girls to make

sure they are educated. Please order printed copies from Pam.

For Treasurers

With 30 June approaching, please send any outstanding donations to the Christmas Appeal or other appeals on

to CWS. Thank you.

World Methodist Evangelism Event 1-3 August 2017

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Kidz Korna

Wanted

Articles, Stories, Photos, Book Reviews

Share what you have been doing at church each

week. It need not be a special event or

celebration. Just something you have enjoyed.

Other children in the church want to know!

Share your ideas, your stories,

Your celebrations

e-mail me: dlennox@xtra.co.nz

or touchstone@paradise.net.nz

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International Rural Churches Ass International Quadrennial Conference 2018

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June Amendments

To the Yearbook

2008 7 Franklin-Ross, Anthony G (Tony) [O] 06 835 8163 5010 12 Ormond Road [M] 021 481 816 5160 Hospital Hill [H] 06 561 0397 Napier 4110 [E] tonyfr@methodist.org.nz

1962 2004 Jones, Barry E (Supply) [M] 022 068 3873 2130 23 Widdison Place [H] 09 448 5224 Albany, Auckland 0632 [E] beejaynz05@gmail.com

2013 5 Petaia, Neti [O] 03 352 1179 8140 3 Dunmurry Place [M] 027 937 2063 Casebrook [H] 03 360 3757 Christchurch 8051 [E] petaia.chchnorth@xtra.co.nz

1995 2 Unasa, Uesifili S T [O] 09 486 8900 2060 2/43 Holly Street [E] uesifili.unasa@gmail.com Avondale [O] uesifili.unasa@waitematadhb.govt.nz Auckland 1026

Add as a Church under Manawatu Rangitikei Methodist Parish (page 68):

Marton Methodist Congregation

C/- PO Box 1887, Palmerston North Central, Palmerston North 4440

Business Phone: (06) 358 2860

Church/Worship Centre eMail: manawatu-rangitikei@methodist.nz

If you have any amendments or updates to the yearbook please feel free to email Wendy at wendyk@methodist.org.nz with the updates and they can be published here for the information of the Connexion.

Names & Addresses (Pg 22)

Parish Listing (Pg 47)