Why are stories important?
We publish stories about God’s goodness and how He is working in and through us. This creates a sense of identity around which our people can rally, which encourages the sense of family, and encourages us to engage in God’s mission.

What outcome do we want?
Stories show us what could be – “if I can see it, I can be it” – when we show what it looks like to be building God’s kingdom together, others will want to be part of the adventure. This will point people to our Movement values of Discipleship, Family and our Biblical call to prioritize the least, the last and the lost.

What’s a story?
Focus on the ‘why’ and the ‘what’ can come later. While we’re very happy to ‘massage’ your story into shape, we do need a bit to get us started. An intro, a quote or two, the details, and who to contact.

An example of this could be starting a community meal. Instead of saying x church held a community dinner on Friday night and 20 people came. Say,

X parish found a creative way to respond to God’s invitation and provide hospitality to people finding life tough. They held a community lunch at the local park and were amazed at the conversations they had.

Mary Smith said, “Several of us had talked and prayed about how to connect with the people hanging about at the park in the middle of town. The lunches worked a treat. They were simple and relaxed us and our new friends.”

Jeannie says they are deciding on what next steps to take with the people they’ve met at the lunches. “God’s doing something here. We’re excited about what’s ahead.”

Some of the ideas include budgeting advice, sewing tuition and a new play group.

X church holds the lunches every Wednesday. Five volunteers make the lunch and collect baking that’s made by other parish members.

Please send us pictures, too! Make them landscape and as high resolution as possible.

The deadline for publication in our News for our Movement email is Monday evening each week.

Send your story to: communications@anglicanmovement.nz

Do you have a notice that you’d like the wider diocesan whānau to hear about? We can publish it on our Family Noticeboard.

Send us 100-150 words describing the who, what, where, when, and how.

Make sure there is a call to action. For example, Register at www.registerhere.com.

Include a photo or image in landscape format. We will crop this to 16:9. Please don’t include the text of your ad in the image.

What kind of notices do we accept?
• Parish-organised events that align with diocesan priorities. For example, City to City Conference, Ngā Korero, special forums on topics such as Climate Change (especially if a livestream is available).
• Parish-organised events that are expected to be of interest beyond parish borders, or may encourage or inspire parishes throughout the diocese.
• External events that align with our diocesan priorities. For example:
o Anglican Missions notices
o Nationwide conferences
o Ministry-related training events / courses
o Parachurch or ecumenical events within our diocese

What don’t we accept:
• Parish events not related to ministry. For example, parish fairs, book launches.
• External events not related to diocesan priorities.
• Any event which clashes or detracts from a diocesan event.
• Local staff or ministry leader changes.

We can advertise your mission unit vacancies on our website. Please send us a job ad that includes the following:
• Role title
• Brief description the role
• Who should apply
• How to apply and who to contact for more information
• Application closing date
• Link to vacancy website (if applicable)

If you have a job description we can also attach it to the vacancy.

For example:

Communications Advisor
The Anglican Centre is looking for a new Communications Advisor to work 8 hours a week.

Responsibilities include writing news stories for the Anglican Movement Website, uploading notices, vacancies and other content to our website. Creating the weekly News for our Movement emails newsletter. You will have experience in communications or journalism and preferably experience with the back-end of a website. If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you.

Contact communications@anglianmovement.nz for more information and to apply.

Applications close 5pm, 30 April.

Download the job description.