COMPASS Newsletter of the Anglican Parish of Ellesmere

October 2019

October Services

Sunday 6 October OS 27 9:30 am. Eucharist St James, Southbridge 9:30 am. Morning Worship St John’s, Leeston 7:30 pm Eucharist , St Luke’s, Brookside

Sunday 13 October OS 28

Sunday 20 October OS 29 9:30 am. Eucharist at St John’s, Leeston Presider and Preacher : Rev’d Peter Beck 11:15 am Eucharist, Trinity, Dunsandel Presider and Preacher : Rev’d Peter Beck 6:00 pm Evening Prayer St James, Southbridge Shared finger food to follow

Sunday 27 October OS 30 9:30 am. Eucharist at St John’s, Leeston Presider and Preacher: Rev’d Peter Beck 11:15 am. Morning Worship St Mary’s Irwell

Sunday 3 November OS 31 All Saints 9:30 am. Eucharist St James, Southbridge Presider and Preacher: Rt Rev’d David Coles 7:30 pm Evening Prayer St Luke’s, Brookside

Every Wednesday 10:00 am. Holy Communion at St John’s, Morning tea afterwards

All very welcome.

St James [1864-65] St John’s [1872] St Mark’s [1882] St Luke’s [1881] St Mary’s [1895]

From the Vicar

About this time five years ago I was sitting down to prepare my first Compass. John and I were settling into the Vicarage and I was just beginning to get to know people and how things worked. In that letter I wrote how blessed we felt to be here. That sense of thankfulness has never changed and it is with very mixed feelings that I write my final Compass letter. While we are looking forward to beginning a new season in our lives, and having more time to spend with our family, we are very sad indeed to be leaving. It has been the most enormous privilege and joy for us to have spent the last few years among you. You have become very dear to us. The sense of community in Ellesmere and the loving care shown to one another are precious. I have constantly been humbled and grateful for the contributions of so many of you in maintaining our worship and in caring for our buildings and grounds. I’m not going to try to name everyone but I do want to thank all of you. Over the years I have been grateful for the support and guidance of wonderful Church Wardens, Treasurers and Worship Leaders and for assistance from Jade Arnold, our Parish Administrator. This Parish is fortunate to have astute, enthusiastic, resourceful leaders. The position of Vicar has been advertised and applications close on the 18th of October. It is hoped that the parish will have a new Vicar before the end of the year. The Bishop has decide not to appoint an interim Priest-in-charge. I believe that this is a sign of the confidence the Bishop has in the parish and it’s leadership. From 13 October, the Church Wardens, Mike Morley-Bunker and Murray Stephens, are the people to go to for assistance. Don’t be afraid for the future or of change. God has brought the parish safely thus far and has a plan for the future. Continue to cherish one another, work together in the Spirit of Christ, and in all things give thanks. May God continue to bless the Parish of Ellesmere and until we meet again, (and I hope we do), may God hold each of you in

the palm of his hands. Lynne Horwood

9.30am at St John’s Leeston Parish Farewell to

Rev’d Lynne and John Horwood

Have you checked out the parish Facebook page? And our website

https:ellesmerenzanglicanparish.

wordpress.com/

PUBLISHING DETAILS Next Compass deadline -

22 October Copy for Compass/Pew sheet to ellesmere.anglican@xtra.co.nz

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Parish Spring Fair Thank you very much to everyone who helped

with the Parish Spring Fair. We had a beautiful

morning and a great crowd and a relaxed

happy atmosphere. $5360 was raised for the

Parish and the amount continues to grow. A

very special thank you to our wonderful

organiser Jenny Hercus.

Fair Prize winners Sweets Stu Stephens

Produce Kristin Kinney

Cheese Board Lynne Horwood

Carrot Cake Joyce Greenwood

Hamper Noeline Gould

Novelty June McLachlan

Rhododendron Pauline Thomson

Plants 1 Fiona Sloane

Plants 2 Joan Ford

Gift Basket Anna Heslop

Lamb’s weight Christopher Stanley

Lolly Jar Emma Johnson

Sedgemere Celebrates Spring Despite the beginning of Daylight Saving and the

Parish Fair the day before, over 50 parishioners

gathered at St Mark’s Church, Sedgemere on the

29th of September to praise God and celebrate

spring. It was a beautiful morning and the church

and grounds were looking their best. After the

worship, a lavish morning tea was held in the

grounds.

Dunsandel The Anglican Service in September included a

moving farewell to Rev’d Lynne. She was

presented with a beautiful daphne and a gift from

the Dunsandel congregation. After the service

Lynne and john joined members of the

congregation for lunch at the Store.

Raspberries, Strawberries (fresh - frozen)

Cut flowers and Various Vegetables

JOHN and LORRAINE SUMMERS

Phone 324-2746

Offertory giving by internet banking

A great way to give . Please set up your offertory by Direct Credit or Automatic Payment through the bank (Internet Banking) as follows... Church account: 02-0860-0048506-00

Synod update

Bishop Peter has provided this summary of

business enacted at Synod this year.

We amended our statute on Local Ministry

and Mission in order to make it easier to

form a vestry when a congregation departs

a parish, and to form an ecumenical

agreement with another denomination

We also amended our financial regulations

to clarify terms on which a parish may

secure a mortgage from CPT and to give

greater flexibility, when required, re setting

of quota

We confirmed General Synod Statute 751

concerning a change to the declarations we

make when taking up office in the church

We resolved to hold annual conferences for

churchwardens and treasurers

We agreed to comprehensively revise all

our Diocesan statutes in a timely manner

We committed to raise $200k for our

Missions’ target

We agreed to review guidelines for

vicarages

We will look into whether we can authorise

our Diocesan Manager to make executive-

type decisions where parishes wish to use

small sums of money from their trust funds

We agreed to consider practical action

from the Bishop’s Address and to embark

on a series of actions in respect of response

to Climate Change and Ecological

Emergency.

Not resolved, but left on the table for further

consideration before next Synod were two

motions on funding of ministry and mission

through better deployment of assets and a

motion on listening to and understanding the

Rainbow community within our Diocese.

From the Parish Registers

The Funeral of Betty Evelyn Chambers St James Southbridge

11 September 2019 RIP

Southbridge Artist Rodney Wells was the guest speaker at

Soup and Chat in September. He shared a

number of his books and provided a fascinating

insight into his wonderful work. We also

admired the castle Peter Mansfield is making for

Southbridge Play Centre. Soup and Chat will

resume next autumn.

The engineers’ report on St James Church has

been received. Indications are that St James will

require some strengthening at a future date.

Parish Diary

October Tuesday 1

10.00am Worship Leader Training 7:30 pm Vestry Meeting

Friday 4

9:30 am Cursillo Coffee Group

Tuesday 8

9.00am St James Committee 5:00 pm St John’s Committee

Thursday 10

7:30pm B.L.I.S.S. (see notice)

Monday 14

School Term 4 commences

Tuesday 15

3:30 pm Worship Committee tbc

Tuesday 22

7.30 pm Finance Committee

Saturday 26

9:30am Mikes Plant Sale

Wednesday 30

6.45pm Cursillo Evening Group

Thursday 31

10:30am CAMEO See notice

November

Friday 1

9:30 am Cursillo Coffee Group

Tuesday 5

7:30pm Vestry meeting

Tuesday 12

9:00 am St James Committee

5:00 pm St John’s Committee

Parish Directory

Vicar Rev’d Lynne Horwood 021-115-3018, 321-7536 Vicar’s Warden Mike Morley-Bunker 324-3466 People’s Warden Murray Stephens 329-1898

Treasurer Alastair Wood 324-4433 Pastoral Secretary Jenny Hercus

Parish email address: ellesmere.anglican@xtra.co.nz Parish mailing address: PO Box 44, Parish phone 324 3801

Ellesmere Anglican Parish Website: https://ellesmerenzanglicanparish.wordpress.com/

= Cameo = Come And Meet Each Other

Thursday 31 October Meet at 10:30am

At Southbridge Cafe

Contact Janice Speirs 324 8202 All welcome

B.L.I.S.S (Brookside, Leeston, Irwell, Sedgemere,

Southbridge) relaxed friendship group for women of all

ages

10 October 7.30pm Rev’d Lynne’s home

at 34 Tauhinu Ave, Lincoln Bring something that is precious to you

and a small plate of food for supper.

Contact: Shirley 324 2841 All WELCOME

We are going to need a new Treasurer...

Since his return from overseas, our wonderful

Treasurer, Alastair Wood, has indicated that he

will not be available to continue as Treasurer

next year. If you are able to help or know of

anyone who might be willing to take on this

very important role please speak to one of the

Wardens. Experience with using Xero would be

an advantage.

Alastair would be more than happy to assist

with learning the ropes.