The young people of St Alban’s Pauatahanui recently led a service on the topic of fast fashion and what we can do to make a difference.

Bishop Justin encourages us to attend the the Leading your Church into Growth hui on 17-19 October.

Pastor Wahu Wanjiku of Nairobi Chapel Ongata Rongai has a dream of setting up an after-school study centre in the informal settlement of Kware.

Through the non-profit organisation Educational Aid for International Development, set up by Whanganui Parishioners John and Mary Rowan, funds are now being sought to help this dream become reality.

EfM (Education for Ministry) is a programme of study devised primarily for lay people and offering four years of tertiary level study.

The group study learning format allows for an action reflection through weekly group meetings.

When St Mary’s Raetihi held a working bee recently, they took the opportunity to ask children from Ohakune Primary School to lend a hand.

The living wage movement is reaching into school communities, calling for all school cleaners, caretakers, canteen staff, and groundskeepers to be paid a living wage.

Amy Ross writes about her calling to be ordained as a Vocational Deacon, which takes place on 24 September.

The Word Street Spirit Hui held last week in Naenae zeroed in on the inseparable nature of justice and mercy in our fidelity to Jesus’ mission.

A new coalition of faith, climate and construction groups launched the Don’t Subsidise Pollution campaign last week, calling for an end to free carbon credits and introduction of a Carbon Border Mechanism to decarbonise Aotearoa’s emissions intensive industries like concrete, steel, and aluminium.

The rain was holding off, the coffee was Fair Trade and Living wage, the coffee caravan a small local business, and the conversation political, as the St Paul’s Waiwhetu whānau hosted their Meet the Candidates event on Sunday.

In March St Margaret’s in Taihape held an art exhibition and sale in conjunction with the Taihape Art Society and other local artists in the church hall.

In the Bishop’s News for August 2023, Bishop Justin reflects on his recent time in Israel-Palestine while on sabbatical and the call for us to be ‘living stones’.

The movie, Sound of Freedom, is loosely based on the rescue of children from a sex trafficking ring in Colombia in 2010. We include an article from Sarah Scott Webb, Director of Oceania Freedom Network, co-founder/director of SIM for Freedom, and anti-trafficking specialist for the World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission.

Renewal, learning and connection were key themes at The Abbey – National Youth Leader Conference over the weekend.

Word Spirit Street arose from the desire of community practitioners to have a space where we could engage deeply and faithfully with scripture, reflect on how this impacts our missional practice, and receive empowerment from the Holy Spirit to keep doing the good work.

There’s an amazing new feature to experience at the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul’s.  

Grab this opportunity to learn from Bishop Justin about Being Church.

At Training Day, Bishop Justin spoke on the parable of the wheat and the weeds from Matthew 13, emphasising that we will all experience hard times, or “the weeds”.

There is a significant need for more parishes or groups to support and be trained to do refugee house set-ups.

The recent sale of St Laurence’s Church in Whanganui has resulted in a 10 percent contribution to the Diocesan Development Fund, meaning more funding for mission projects.