WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

28 June 2015 - OS13

8.00 am Eucharist (NZPB476) Rev’d Graeme Pilgrim

10.00 am Choral Eucharist Bishop Andrew Hedge with Members of the Venerable Order of St John

Ormond Chapel, Napier Terrace: 11.00 am Eucharist Dean Michael Godfrey

Please ensure all cellphones are switched OFF when in the Cathedral; if necessary, adjust hearing aids to the “Loop” system.

A place of resurrection, life, and hope

The CATHEDRAL KIDS programme is normally offered at the Cathedral during the 10.00am service on Sundays of the school term, for children up to 12 years of age.

Today’s events 2

Fundraising Projects

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Sentence, Collect & Readings

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Readings comments 4

From your Dean 5

RIP Jackie Baird 6

AAW / NICC / EJP 6

Deanly Delvings 6

Concerts 7

Theological Hui / Mission Conference

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Diary Dates & Directory

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In this issue …

We have low-Gluten wafers (below 20ppm) available - please advise the Presider, or one of the Welcoming team, if this is your dietary requirement.

NOTE: Bell Tower and entrance are earthquake prone as assessed under the Building Act 2004 - use at your own risk!

PRAYER CYCLES - WE PRAY FOR ...

Anglican Communion

The Diocese of Osaka (Japan); the Rt Rev’d Samuel

Osamu Onishi

Anglican Board of Missions

The Province of Jerusalem & the Middle East; the Most

Rev’d Dr Mouneer Hanna Anis, Primate; and Assistant

Bishops, Rt Rev’ds Dr Grant LeMarquand & Dr Bill Musk

Diocese, Parish and Community

Waiapu Bishop Andrew Hedge and family

Waiapu Vicar-General, Rev’d Brian Hamilton; Waiapu

Dean Michael Godfrey; Regional Deans (BOP, East, HB)

Prison Chaplain, Rev’d John Flavell (Mangaroa); Police

Chaplain, Rev’d Wendy Showan (Tauranga)

Sea-farers Chaplains, the Rev’d Richard Spence

(Napier), Rev’d Marie Gilpin (Tauranga), and Rev’d Ste-

phen Donald (Gisborne)

St John Ambulance Chaplains, the Rev’d John Hebenton

(Tauranga), the Rev’d Craig Smith (CHB)

TODAY …

Welcome to all who are worshipping with us … especially if you are visiting Napier or at the Cathedral for the first time … you are invited to join us for morning tea (or coffee!) served at the back of the cathedral following the 10am service.

A special welcome to members (and family & friends) of the Venerable Or-der of St John at the Cathedral at 10am for their church parade and en-rolment of cadets.

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EJP Fundraising Project: a fence for St John’s University,

Dodoma, Tanzania

From one St John’s to another …

Donations are invited to reach our target of $3000 to assist with erecting a perimeter fence to

ensure the safety and security of students at St John’s University,

Dodoma, Tanzania.

Please take a ‘flyer’ and consider the suggestions on donating the value

of “Life’s Little Treats”; also a copy of the brochure from St

John’s University with details of their four priorities.

Donations over $5 (towards the fence project only) will be eligible

for a NZ tax receipt via the EdAid Charitable Trust. Please place your donation in a clearly marked envelope into the offertory bag at any service on a Sunday, or drop it into the Parish Office. If you send your donation direct to EdAid, please let us know so we can in-clude you in our total!

More information from EJP members, or www.edaid.org EdAid, Box 4292, Wanganui;

or visit the St John’s University website www.sjut.ac.tz

Thanks to those who have donated already!

Next Sunday, 5th July, after the 10am service in the Cathedral -

and welcome to the Mist family - we’ll have a “Tanzanian Soup & Bread” lunch ($5.00) with funds

raised going towards the St John’s University “fence” project.

Additional finger food also welcome.

Next Sunday, 5th July, 10.00 am

Parish Eucharist with the Cathedral Choristers and the Commissioning of

James Mist

as the Cathedral Director of Music.

At the conclusion of this morning’s 10am Choral Eucharist, there will be a ‘retiring’ collection when today’s St John Cadets will welcome your donations to go to the St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital.

St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital Group is the only charitable provider of expert eye care in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, treating patients regardless of ethnicity, religion or ability to pay.

Their flagship hospital in Jerusalem, sat-ellite clinics in Gaza, Hebron and Anabta, and the mobile outreach team which travels across the West Bank bringing eye care to isolated communities, ensures the greatest possible reach and impact.

Visit their web-site: http://www.stjohneyehospital.org/

Sentence:

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. Lamentations 3: 22-23

Collect:

Save us, Lord, from the worship of power or science. Save us from making you in our image, and keep us humble. Praise to you our God; you answer prayer. Amen.

2 Samuel 1: 1, 17-27

1After the death of Saul, when David had re-turned from defeating the Amalekites, David re-mained two days in Ziklag.

17David intoned this lamentation over Saul and his son Jonathan. 18(He ordered that The Song of the Bow be taught to the people of Judah; it is written in the Book of Jashar.) He said: 19Your glory, O Israel, lies slain upon your high places! How the mighty have fallen! 20Tell it not in Gath, proclaim it not in the streets of Ashkelon; or the daughters of the Philistines will rejoice, the daughters of the uncircumcised will exult. 21You mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew or rain upon you, nor bounteous fields! For there the shield of the mighty was defiled, the shield of Saul, anointed with oil no more. 22From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not turn back, nor the sword of Saul return empty. 23Saul and Jonathan, beloved and lovely! In life and in death they were not divided; they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions. 24O daughters of Israel, weep over Saul, who clothed you with crimson, in luxury, who put ornaments of gold on your apparel.

25How the mighty have fallen in the midst of the battle! Jonathan lies slain upon your high places. 26I am distressed for you, my brother Jonathan; greatly beloved were you to me; your love to me was wonderful, passing the love of women. 27How the mighty have fallen, and the weapons of war perished!

Psalm 130 (ANZPB page 355)

Out of the depths have I called to' you O ' Lord: give ' heed O ' Lord · to my ' cry. Let your ears con'sider ' well: the ' plea I ' make for ' mercy. If you should keep account of what is ' done a'miss: who ' then O ' Lord could ' stand? But there is for'giveness · with ' you: therefore ' you shall ' be re'vered. I wait for you Lord with ' all my ' soul: and in your ' word ' is my ' hope. My soul waits for ' you O ' Lord: more than those who watch by night_long for the morning, more I say than those who watch by night'_long ' for the ' morning. Wait in hope for the Lord, for with the Lord there is ' love un'failing: and with the Lord ' there is ' ample · re'demption. The Lord ' will re'deem you: from ' all your ' many ' sins.

2 Corinthians 8: 7-15

7Now as you excel in everything—in faith, in speech, in knowledge, in utmost eagerness, and in our love for you—so we want you to excel also in this generous undertaking. 8I do not say this as a command, but I am testing the genuineness of your love against the earnest-ness of others. 9For you know the generous act of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor, so that by his poverty you might become rich. 10And in this matter I am giving my advice: it is appropriate for you who began last year not only to do some-thing but even to desire to do something— 11now

Today’s Readings … from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

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finish doing it, so that your eagerness may be matched by completing it according to your means. 12For if the eagerness is there, the gift is acceptable according to what one has—not ac-cording to what one does not have. 13I do not mean that there should be relief for others and pressure on you, but it is a question of a fair bal-ance between 14your present abundance and their need, so that their abundance may be for your need, in order that there may be a fair bal-ance. 15As it is written, “The one who had much did not have too much, and the one who had little did not have too little.”

Mark 5: 21-43

21When Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered around him; and he was by the sea. 22Then one of the leaders of the synagogue named Jairus came and, when he saw him, fell at his feet 23and begged him repeatedly, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well, and live.” 24So he went with him. And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. 25Now there was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for twelve years. 26She had endured much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had; and she was no better, but rather grew worse. 27She had heard about Jesus, and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28for she said, “If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well.” 29Im-mediately her hemorrhage stopped; and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease.

30Immediately aware that power had gone forth from him, Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my clothes?” 31And his disci-ples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing in on you; how can you say, ‘Who touched me?’ ”

32He looked all around to see who had done it.

33But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down be-fore him, and told him the whole truth. 34He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.” 35While he was still speaking, some people came

from the leader’s house to say, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further?”

36But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the leader of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.” 37He allowed no one to follow him ex-cept Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. 38When they came to the house of the leader of the synagogue, he saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. 39When he had entered, he said to them, “Why do you make a commotion and weep? The child is not dead but sleeping.” 40And they laughed at him. Then he put them all outside, and took the child’s father and mother and those who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha cum,” which means, “Little girl, get up!” 42And immediately the girl got up and began to walk about (she was twelve years of age). At this they were overcome with amazement. 43He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and told them to give her something to eat.

Readings Comments …

2 Samuel 1: 1, 17-27: there is much currently written about lament. It is the song that delves deep into the heart of grief, enflamed by love and anger, and there finds voice. Anger? Anger because death always brings pain, and loss, and sorrow. Song? Because there, in the depths of pain, we find the God who breathes hope, and stumbling, stuttering recovery begins.

Psalm 130: the psalmist cries out, like David, to find God in the depths of human suffering. This is not necessary in expectation that God will allevi-ate suffering, but be known in the suffering: it is in many ways the hardest of prayers to whisper.

2 Corinthians 8: 7-15: Paul’s letters were all about specific issues pertaining to their original “audience,” and so are not always easy to crack open. But underlying them are some consistent beliefs, primarily here that love is best expressed in compassionate action (financial giving, on this occasion), or else it becomes vacuous and shal-low.

Mark 5: 21-43: the desperation of those seeking help (and Jesus’ prioritising of poor over rich) are elements of this scene that remain timeless. Our task is to love-respond to the desperate.

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From Your Dean …

say, “theolaincy.” It’s another good medi-

aeval word, deriving from the capella

(from which we get a capella, but that’s

—sort of —different), the cloak worn by

Martin of Tours, the great saint of Eu-

rope. He slashed his cloak in two when

confronted by a beggar. Later in a vision

he saw Christ wearing the cloak; in an-

other version the cloak was restored to

fullness by Christ. The beggar (as R.A.K.

Mason reminded us) is always Christ.

As Martin was canonized his cloak

(restored) became a sacred relic upon

and around which faith was professed

and restored. The priest who cared for

the cloak became a “cappellanu”. With

time all military priest-escorts (Martin,

incidentally, was a pacifist) became cap-

pellani. The word swam from Italy to

France to England, and chapels and chap-

lains emerged.

In all that etymology there are messages.

I’m an old anglo-catholic, so I tend to an-

chor my praxis of chaplaincy deep in a

theology of priesthood. The Reformation

kind of mucked that up for me, and

“chapel” became associated with

Protestant worship. Nevertheless there

should be no doubt that chaplaincy is an-

chored resolutely in a life of gathered and

communal faith, anchored in a chapel,

anchored in the rhythms of shared pray-

er and sacrament.

Welcome all who come with the whaka-

papa of St John, anchored in rites of litur-

gy and compassion.

Although I am absent from the 10.00 am

Eucharist today I add my welcome to

those extended in the liturgy to our visi-

tors. Before my departure to Darwin in

2011 I had been appointed a Chaplain to

St John’s, but apart from blessing a new

ambulance station at Tutukaka before I

left never really exercised any ministry in

the role. Still: it was a pleasure to hang

out with Lady Blundell that afternoon,

and more so to be reminded yet again

what outstanding service our emergency

services bring to our communities.

Chaplaincy is an eccentric role. I choose

the word advisedly: “eccentric” is a late

mediaeval word that describes an orbit

without the earth as its centre. Etymolo-

gy (the study of word origins), no matter

how much language changes, will almost

always have much to tell us about the

words that we use.

Chaplaincy is eccentric because it refuse

to place the earth-bound at the centre of

human existence. To put it another way,

chaplaincy refuses to place mere human

perspectives on life and death at the cen-

tre of experience.

What does it place there? God, we’d hope,

or at least some degree of discourse

about God. In my police chaplaincy, of

which I can speak with a bit more au-

thority than I can of St John’s chaplaincy,

the chaplain did not (except liturgically)

necessarily talk God-stuff, but neverthe-

less represented God-stuff.

Yet the word we use is “chaplaincy” not,

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Napier Inner City Churches

Annual mid-winter lunch, Napier RSA

Sunday 12th July, $16

Sign-up sheet on the back table;

deadline for names & payment

Sunday 5th July

Contact: Marie Knight 844-3578

MORE DEANLY NOTICES …

The next of the Mulled Faith and Wine

evenings are planned for, 6.30pm:

July 3rd (Friday: Brazenhead); July 21st (Tuesday: Deanery)

In the Deanery or at the Brazenhead (on Hastings Street, next-door to the Cathe-dral) … thoughts, children, questions, in-sights and appetites all welcome.

FROM DEANLY DELVINGS The early church believed in Christ’s Messiahship only because it was con-vinced that Jesus himself believed it.

Oscar Cullmann, Salvation in History (1967), 112.

Environment-Justice-Peace Network next Sunday 5th July, 3.00 pm

in the ‘Meeting’ room (through from the Parish lounge) - please use entrance at

the ‘fountain’ end of Cathedral.

Association of Anglican Women

Afternoon Fellowship Wednesday 1 July, 12 noon

Meeting at the Napier RSA for a mid-winter lunch, $16 per person.

Members of the Evening Fellowship, and parishioners, are welcome to join us. Please indicate numbers attending

by contacting Sue, ph 844-6914, or Elisabeth, ph 835-4609.

Jackie Baird - A Good and Faithful Servant

The funeral of Jackie Baird, held last Thursday at St Matthew’s, Hastings, marked the breaking of a life-long (90 years) link to the Diocese of Wai-apu. Proud of her Ngati Porou descent Jackie spoke of her grandmother riding side-saddle from Tokomaru Bay to Gisborne, before catch-ing the boat from Gisborne for Napier, to at-tended Hukarere School. Bishop Leonard Wil-liams personally made this possible for her to avoid an early arranged marriage to a local Maori chief. Jackie’s own childhood and faith journey began in Gisborne, and Holy Trinity Par-ish. She left Gisborne to train as a nurse and lat-er a Child Welfare Officer, settling in Hastings in 1968, where she was appointed Senior Child Welfare Officer in Hastings. From 1968 to the early 1990s Jackie was an ac-tive parishioner of St James’ Mahora, including Vicar’s Warden. In the 1980s she served on a number of various Waiapu Boards including Standing Committee, and was a member of the active Diocesan Ministry Council, invaluable with her skills in the discernment, selection and training of ordinands. She was a lay member of Bishop Peter Atkins’ Support Group. In 1974 Jackie married Hugh Baird and became Hasting’s Assistant Director of Social Work in the Department of Social Welfare (as it was then called) - the first woman in this role – and later Director. Jackie’s work experience led her to involvement with the Reverend Duncan Mac-Donald and various Waiapu Social Services Committees, including overseeing the Kāinga Atawhai Family Support Home at Ab-botsford. Jackie chaired the planning and over-sight of the Hawkes Bay Region’s outreach and mission “Flaxmere Project”, and she also helped set up the St James’ Mahora Anglican Care Cen-tre in the 90s. In the 1990s Hugh Baird became anxious to re-turn to his old “home base” of St Matthew’s, where Jackie remained a parishioner, a woman of prayer, reflection and questioning to the end.

May she rest in peace, and rise in glory.

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PREPARE THE WAY:

THEOLOGICAL HUI OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN AOTEAROA, NZ AND POLYNESIA

16-18TH JULY ST PETER’S SCHOOL, CAMBRIDGE.

For more information and registration forms contact Jocelyn Czerwonka, email: jocelyn.dymf@xtra.co.nz

or visit the web-site:

http://www.preparetheway.org.nz/

ComplexityComplexityComplexity A solo violin recital presented by

Gretchen Anderson

Wednesday 1st July, 7.30pm

Ormond Chapel, Napier Terrace.

Door sales - $18 - $10

Musical ExtravaganzaMusical ExtravaganzaMusical Extravaganza Two amazing complementary concertsTwo amazing complementary concertsTwo amazing complementary concerts

David Briggs International Organist and Composer

Sunday 5th July - 4.00 pm

and

The Choir of Christ’s College Cambridge, England

Tuesday 7th July - 7.30 pm

Ticket Prices One Concert: Adults - $35; Seniors - $30; Students - $10

Both Concerts: Adults - $52; Seniors - $45; Students - $15

Special deal - second concert at half price when purchasing tickets for both concerts

From Beattie & Forbes; or door sales

COMMON LIFE MISSION CONFERENCE KING’S COLLEGE, AUCKLAND

6-9 OCTOBER 2015

“Early-bird” registration $160 ($200 after 30 June);

plus accommodation $90.

Bishop Andrew has written to all parishes throughout Waiapu Diocese … “to encour-

age support for this Conference which will launch the Decade of Mission, led by a commission that was established by the General Synod/Te Hinota Whanui last year. The conference will be an opportunity to consider how our three tikanga church can work together to further God’s mission to Aotearoa/New Zealand and Polynesia that could have a major impact on the future of our church”.

There will be opportunities to choose from up to 50 mission focused workshops led by presenters from across the globe covering different aspects of the Five Marks of Mis-sion … and opportunity to network with mission and church leaders from across our Province and the South Pacific region. Please see the April edition of “Mission Action” magazine for full details; or talk to Dean Michael or one of the Wardens.

CLERGY:

Dean: Michael Godfrey 835 7862 Parish Mobile: 021 688 227

Assisting Clergy: Dorothy Brooker 843 6779 Erice Fairbrother 021 811 870 Graeme Pilgrim 835 6777 Jon Williams 833 6382 Anne van Gend 835 7862

WARDENS:

Dean’s: Martin Williams 835 0666 People’s: Jeanne Ayson 835 1920

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC: Vacant Acting Choir Director: Basil Brooker 877 8344 Organist: Lester O’Brien 844 8252

LAY ASSISTANTS:

Jennifer Harris 845 1108 Elisabeth Paterson 835 4609

OFFICE:

Tues.-Fri. 9.30am-3.30pm 835 8824 Priest-Administrator: Margaret Thompson

Waiapu Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, 28 Browning Street, Napier, NZ Phone 835-8824 ~ PO Box 495, Napier ~ email: office@napiercathedral.org.nz

www.napiercathedral.org.nz

Tuesday 30 June 10.30am - Eucharist

Wednesday 1 July 12 noon - AAW mid-winter lunch at RSA

Wednesday 1 July 1.00 pm - Clergy team meeting

Wednesday 1 July 7.30 pm - Violin recital, Ormond Chapel

Thursday 2 July 12.30 pm - Te Hakari Tapu

Friday 3 July 9.15 am - Pastoral Companions meet

Sunday 5 July 3.00 pm - EJP Network meet

Sunday 5 July 4.00 pm - David Briggs organ recital

Tuesday 7 July 7.30 pm - The Choir of Christ’s College, Cambridge, recital

Sunday 12 July NICC mid-winter lunch at RSA

Wednesday 22 July 7.30 pm - Vestry meeting

Friday 24 July 5.30 pm - Wedding

NEXT SUNDAY 5 July 2015

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Readings: 2 Samuel 5: 1-5, 9-10

Psalm 48

2 Corinthians 12: 2-10

Mark 6: 1-13

Cathedral:

8.00 am Eucharist (Aotearoa Chapel)

10.00 am Parish Eucharist and

Commissioning of new Director of Music

Ormond Chapel, Napier Terrace:

No service

COMING UP THIS WEEK … & OTHER DIARY DATES -

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Mid-Week Services (in the Resurrection Chapel)

9.00am - Morning Prayer - Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays 10.30am - Eucharist - Tuesdays

12.30pm - Mid-day Prayer - Wednesdays

Prayer during Communion

A member of the ministry team is available in the Resurrection Chapel during Communion at the 10.00am Choral Eucharist service in the Ca-thedral, for anyone who wishes personal prayer, or prayer for a specific purpose, and/or anointing with oil for healing (if required).

If you wish to have someone pray with and for you, please go directly to the Resurrection Chap-el (at the back of the Cathedral) after receiving communion.