Service Schedule for September 2017

The Preaching Plan

September 3rd: Rev. Colin Gordon

(Communion)

September 10th: Multimedia Service

September 17th: Rev. Colin Gordon

September 24th: Ann Clegg

October 1st: Rev. Colin Gordon (Communion)

Wellsford Duty Schedule for September 2017

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S & N

Duinkerke

W & R

MacGillivray

E & L Nolan A Clegg/

J Daken

A Clegg

Duty Stewards

Minister’s Steward:

Mark

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S & N

Duinkerke

W & R

MacGillivray

E & L Nolan A Clegg/

J Daken

K Lennon /

Ann Clegg

Morning Tea

Parish Directory

Minister: Rev. Colin Gordon Cell: 021-854-066

Email: colinrgordon@gmail.com

Church Centre Office

253 Rodney Street, Wellsford 0900

Phone: 09 423 8076

Parish Council

Mrs Runa Halfpenny 423 7281

Mrs Lorna Nolan 431 4965

Mr Steven Duinkerke 431 5735

Mr Mark Lorenzen 423 9040

Treasurer

Mr Willis MacGillivray 423 8273

Secretary

Ann Clegg, 9 Bellevue Ave, Wellsford

iresyn@yahoo.co.nz

Pastoral Care Team

Lorna Nolan,

Nellika Duinkerke,

Willis & Robyn MacGillivray

Wellsford

Co-operating

Parish

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Church Office Phone: 09 423 8076

Minister: Rev. Colin Gordon Church Centre

Phone: 021-854-066 253 Rodney Street

If you know of someone who was absent from church today, or who

is new to our community, would you kindly deliver a copy of this

bulletin to them To Show We Care… Thanks

PASTORAL:

Please keep in your thoughts and prayers those who are sick and

recovering at this time. If you know of any person who is ill or would

particularly appreciate a visit, please contact a member of the

pastoral care team.

It is with sadness we learned of the death of Merle Seeque who passed

away peacefully on 20 August. Merle was a faithful member of our

congregation and secretary of the Women's Fellowship before she

moved to Manly and later to the Evelyn Page Retirement Home. Our

sympathies are with all of Merle's family.

Welcome back to Rowan and Margaret Smiley who have been

touring Europe—it’s great to have our wonderful organist back!

Last month the Browns Bay Presbyterian church

group visited us. It was a lovely experience to build

great network connections as well.

Women’s Fellowship:

Women's Fellowship meets Tuesday 5th

September at 10:00am followed by the

inter-church Women's Fellowship which will be

taken by the Anglican Ladies at 10:30am.

Shared Lunch:

The shared lunch on the 3rd September will

be at the home of Kim and Colin Gordon.

Service at the Heritage Rest Home:

This month’s service will be held on Tuesday

12th September at 10.30am.

WELLSFORD FOOD BANK REPORT FOR YEAR ENDING 30 JUNE 2017

This has been a busy and interesting year with great changes made in the area.

We have been in contact with the Warkworth Rotarians and Lions who have set up in the

Old Courthouse in Warkworth a Food Rescue. Deliveries from these sources to Papa’s Kitch-

en and into the Wellsford community had the effect of a drop in demand from October to

April. As supply became less the Wellsford Food Bank was in high demand. Papa’s kitchen

and the marae at Te Hana used the Food Rescue service efficiently and we have given only

one parcel to Te Hana Community since.

The Food Bank ladies have packed and distributed 177 parcels last year. 45 of these were

Christmas parcels. As Food Rescue came into the Wellsford Community we distributed an

average of 10 parcels a month. When supply dropped away we averaged 15 parcels a month.

July 2016 = 9 Parcels. June 2017 = 16 parcels.

The Food Bank has covered a wide area from Kaiwaka to Tomarata, Port Albert, Mangawhai,

Topuni, Wellsford, Wharehine.

The Food Bank operates well due to the efficiency of notification of need from CAB and or-

ganisations

And I wish to thank all those involved, those donating food, time and concern to our opera-

tion. Wellsford businesses are thanked as their help was needed and appreciated.

From: Irene Rockell, Lou Densham, Susan Tomas, Mary Partington.

The tune of this hymn needs no introduction so I thought in the light of

recent ‘hate speech’ coming via the media in recent weeks that this

hymn we have sung and will sing a few more times, goes toward ex-

pressing the kind of God whom we know shows, grace, mercy and

love that goes beyond cherry picking passages from the bible to justify

viewpoints or ideologies that marginalise and subjugate people. These

words say something toward who we are.

We long for Change (Tune; Londonderry Air)

We long for change, the wea-ry church re-new-ing;

We long for tak-ing down of ev-ery wall,

For o-pen hearts and minds to full-est view-ing

The sa-cred worth and dig-ni-ty of all.

Chorus

O Broth-er Sis-ter Spir-it, give us pow-er

To join with You to change the church to-day,

To bring new free-dom for all gifts to flow-er,

To show to all the world Your just and peace-ful way.

We long for church to give in-clu-sive bless-ing,

Af-firm-ing every gen-der, ev-ery race,

For church with o-pen doors, no one op-press-ing;

We long for free-ly flowing love and grace

Chorus

We work for change, the world-wide church re-form-ing,

The Good News bring-ing, set-ting cap-tives free;

We work for change, our words and deeds trans-form-ing,

So ev-ery-one can be all we can be.

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Warm Movie Winter Afternoons: To all those interested in

enjoying the third Sunday relaxing in Matakana, by watching a

movie and being around great company,

please let Ann Clegg know. This month’s

movie afternoon (if something is showing)

is scheduled for the 17th September.

Parish Council:

The Parish Council will meet at the church

centre on Tuesday 12th September at 5pm.

Birthday Congratulations!

Rona Olsen had a birthday in

August, Mark Lorenzen, Ann Clegg

and Eryl Nolan have one this

month. We hope you have a great

day! If you would like your

birthday added to this feature, please get in touch.

Programmes for Shine Television are in the foyer and on the

noticeboard.

Thanks to Pat Bennett who supplies the programmes.

For the Kids or perhaps even the Adults!

The Monthly Message from the Minister September 2017 Over the next 4 newsletters I want to use literature

from William Loader and his explanation to the

‘Approaches to Scripture, Considering the Options’.

There is quite a diversity of opinion in our church,

local and universal. It is the local opinion that is

important to me and for our ministry within our

congregation. I want us to see this as a point of discussion and I believe one we need

to have if we are going to move ahead.

“People often disagree about how we should approach Scripture in determining right

and wrong. I shall suggest later that this is not the only reason for approaching

Scripture and, indeed, for most people of faith, not the main one. But let us begin with

some models of approaching Scripture for determining right and wrong.

Scripture - “These are the words of the Lord” to be believed and obeyed without

question

This approach asserts that the Bible is God’s word in the plain sense that all its

Instructions are to be read literally as God’s instructions. To love God with all one’s

heart means nothing less than obeying all God’s instructions

The advantage of this approach is that it seems to leave no room for

interference from taking into account other factors, but stays simply

with what it believes are God’s instructions. It can, however, lead to

inflexibility and also faces huge problems arising from the fact that

there are differences among the various writings of scripture, both

between the testaments and within each. Ironically it is the

approach best represented by those who opposed Jesus and Paul

on the grounds that neither shared this approach.

While many claim this as their stance, few hold to it consistently. Most set aside a large

number of instructions. In the Old Testament these include

stoning adulterers (Deut 22:22), not eating meat with blood in it (Lev 19:26), not eating

certain kinds of animals (Lev 11), not mixing fibres of different origins in a garment

(Lev 19:19), keeping the Sabbath, charging interest (Lev 25:27), to name only a few;

and in the New Testament: women not speaking in church (1 Tim 2:11-12), women

wearing head covering in worship (1 Cor 11), slaves obeying masters (Col 3:22),

forbidding divorce absolutely (Mark 10:11-12), to name only a few.”

Next month, Scripture – “This is the word of the Lord” to be weighed selectively.

Peace CRG, Colin.

We are in for a treat thanks to the creative spirit of ‘someone’, who will

be known as Anon. I (CRG) have been sworn to secrecy regarding

their identity. We are grateful to have original, heart felt, day to day

reflection put creatively into prose and shared in this way. Big Thanks.

Awaiting the Advent of Spring

As we eagerly wait for winter to end

The promises of Spring about to descend

Our gardens, our lawns and special places

As wet and bogged as the farmer’s races

Our firewood sheds looking rather diminished

A sign that Winter is nearly finished

But “Oh” after our coldest I remember

Is our classified “Spring” early September

Now the flower gardener’s are awaiting each blossom

As also is no doubt every opossum

The trees displaying delicate young shoots

A reflection of their healthy roots

A lesson we can learn ourselves as nature abounds

New life and happiness towards each other resounds

Joy, Peace and Love are every good reason

To fully enjoy our cheerful new season

ANON