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Ohakune Lodge Retreat gets a new name

It’s pretty safe to say that there isn’t a parish in the Wellington Diocese that hasn’t been impacted by the mahi of Chris Casey. In addition to all of this, Chris was pivotal in the transformation of the Ohakune Lodge Retreat situated next to St John’s parish in Ohakune.

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Good Old-fashioned Fun

It’s good to have fun with our whānau! Here are just two examples that our movement whānau are great at having good old-fashioned fun.

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Discipleship Pathways

Discipleship Pathway and Strandz have partnered to create a series of digital leadership training materials, sharing wisdom and ideas from some of Aotearoa New Zealand’s key children and families ministry voices. These training materials are not just for children and families ministry leaders, but are a great resource for parishes, vestries and those who cannot access the central diocesan resources in Wellington.

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Farewell Tama

We are sad to announce that Tama Bucknell will be leaving his role as AYM Coordinator at the end of this year. We took a moment to talk to Tama about his time with AYM.

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Lemonade Stand for East Africa

While much of the world’s attention is focussed on the war in Ukraine a much larger tragedy is quietly playing out in the Horn of Africa. The current war in Ethiopia (thought to be the largest military conflict since WW2) is exasperating the already precarious food shortage in the region.

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Running for Pakistan

On Saturday, Philippa Young and Pete Hull ran from Featherston down to All Saints Waiorongomai (approx. 22km) to raise funds for the Pakistan flood victims.

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Bicultural Journey

Those of you who were at Synod will have had the opportunity to watch the series of two short videos exploring the bicultural history of our Diocese. As we continue to journey into what being God’s church in Aotearoa New Zealand means, we are encouraging everyone in out diocese to find time to watch these videos.

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Subversive Mission - serving as Outsiders in a World of Need

The history of Christian mission has been fraught and problematic.
Well meaning missionaries have brought with them values and worldviews incomprehensible to the in culture to which they enter.
In his new book, Subversive Mission – Serving as Outsiders in a World of Need Craig Greenfield calls on his own experience of serving Jesus in Cambodia and points to ways for doing mission that uplift and support what God Spirit’s activity.

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Celebrating the Season of Creation

At Synod last month we: “committed as a Diocese to uphold the safeguarding of all creation by encouraging all Mission Units to register as Eco Churches and inviting each Ministry Unit to complete the self-assessment for Eco Churches during 2023…”

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Ordinations

Ordination services are one of the highlights of the year, and we’ve learnt a lot over the last couple of years about how to celebrate well in this season.

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