Have a look at a range of events throughout the Diocese and beyond...
Let us know anything that your Parish, community service or other organisation is doing and we will place it here. Make sure you visit this page regularly and keep all that is going on in your prayers.
Link to Diocesan Calendar
Regular meetings and events at/organised by the Diocesan office in a monthly calendar format, and other events are also noted here.
Save the dates....Upcoming Diocesan Events
There are some significant events coming up over the next few months which we invite you to mark in your calendars now....
- See More events and dates in this article link
- Messy Church Roadshow- coming to Cromwell 23-24 May 2024
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Michigan Tech Concert Choir - 14 May 2024 @ St Paul's Cathedral.
The Michigan Tech Concert Choir is visiting Dunedin on Tuesday 14 May to perform a concert at 7pm at St Paul's Cathedral.
They are hoping that we can fill St Paul’s Cathedral and have asked that all money raised by ‘Koha’ entry be donated to a local charity. We are pleased to announce that we have chosen Dunedin Night Shelter as that Charity.
It would be great if you would be able to join us on the night, and even more important, whether you would help spread the word by circulating the below information and attached poster to all your contacts.
Father Tony and I look forward to welcoming you to St Paul’s to celebrate the wonderful work done by everyone involved at the Dunedin Night Shelter.
Deborah
Office Manager, St Paul's Cathedral.
(Poster attached below)
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St Margaret’s Anglican Church and Retreat Centre, Brighton
Saturday 18th May : 10am - 4pm Pentecost Quiet Day
The Southern Coastal Deanery offers a Pentecost Quiet Day with reflections led by Bp Kelvin Wright.
Venue: St Margaret’s Anglican Church, 4 Seaview Terrace Brighton.
Bring Bible, journal and pen if desired, bring your own lunch. Hot drinks provided.
Participants are invited to make an offering of a Koha to defray expenses.
To register and for further information please phone Maureen 03 456 0573; 021 10 71 401 or email maugernz@gmail.com
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The Dunedin City Council has a weekly newsletter with news and events-training opportunities. Have a look at the latest edition (22 April 2024).
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St Paul's Cathedral has a variety of events that you can access here.
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Meditative/contemplative prayer
Every Wednesday a time of meditative/contemplative prayer is offered in the small meeting room at Holy Cross Church – (access 5 Bellona St St Kilda.) We gather at 5.30 pm and move quickly into some stilling music and then 30 mins silent prayer. All are welcome to join us. If you would like to know more about this please phone Maureen Harley 456 0573 (021 1071401)
Click here for the Southland Archdeaconry Newsletter page.
Archdeaconry Meetings
Venue - Holy Trinity, North Invercargill, with Zoom link available
- Tuesday 1 May- 12 noon -2pm.
St John's Theological College Courses for 2024
St John's Anglican Theological College in Auckland offers a range of courses, either as part of the New Zealand Diploma in Christian Studies, or for interest only. These courses, offered online, are excellent and even better, comes at no cost to Anglicans.
The courses for the first semester in the New Year are now open for registration.
Go to Regional Programmes | St John's College (stjohnscollege.ac.nz) for all the information you need, and if you have any questions on the courses or the registration process, contact Richard Johnson on richardsueinvercargill@gmail.com or on 021 124 2746. Richard is the St John's contact person for the Diocese.
Honest Conversations - Information about a conference exploring sexual abuse in the Church on 6-7 June. See separate article for more information.
CAIRA Supervision Course for 2024 - see separate article.
Cursillo Dates for 2024
See separate article on Cursillo for application forms and more information.
Wider News and Resources
- For the latest news from Anglican Family Care click here
- For the latest news from Anglican Women's Studies Centre click here
- For the latest news from Arocha Aotearoa Eco Church click here
- ICHC Quarterly summary, see separate article.
Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/regen24-tickets-829819541587
Last opportunity to register.
Two new tickets released: “Wednesday and Thursday evenings” and “All Day Thursday”
Eventbrite link: https://www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/regen24-tickets-829819541587
Regen24 is about Transforming Hearts, Equipping People and seeing Communities Transformed.
Main speakers:
Andrew Katay Church planter and leader of Christ Church inner City West with 5 churches in his team
Dr Nathan McLellan CEO of Venn Foundation leader in gospel contextualisation for young adults.
Julie-anne Laird church planting leader and evangelism trainer in Melbourne.
Plus seminars on evangelism, leading for growth, decision-making, prophecy, theological training, preaching for change, and more….
Fraser writes
"If you and your church people:
1) are pushing to the point of exhaustion - you all need to come
2) are struggling for encouragement - you need to come
3) need a new fire for the gospel - you need to come
4) need to see the wood for the trees - you need to come
5) have been holding back and not committing because you need space in your crowded diary for 'you-time' - you need to come. (Busy is as busy does.)
This is a time for us to come together to create a new positive narrative for the future of the Church in Aotearoa New Zealand:
1) We are on the same side - Regen24 is about Jesus and not how successful you feel or don’t feel
2) We are in this together. Mutual co-operation is vital in order to advance the kingdom. No one Christian, church, denomination or leader has all the answers but together we can learn something new.
3) Churches equipped together become far more effective when going home
4) We set aside time from the work of the gospel to be equipped to be more effective for the gospel. We get a wider and more grace-filled perspective.
An investment of your time and finances in Kingdom and gospel equipping will never be ignored by the Lord Jesus Christ.
Church, listen to the word of the Lord in Ephesians 5:14 "Wake up O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” We need to do 3 things: 1) Stop sleeping, 2) Wake up, 3) Rise from our grave of despair. Then God will do the best thing: He will shine on us. Paul says Live as children of Light (Eph5:8). Together we can become a beacon of hope to a Church that is rapidly losing hope, and a means by which hope is restored to the Body of Christ. Jesus has not rejected his bride."
Shared Worship Opportunities
Daily Morning Prayers: Tuesday to Saturday at 9 am via Zoom with Bishop Steve. Meeting ID: 959 771 603 66
No computer or smart phone? Telephone 03 659 0603(it may be a toll call depending on your plan), then key in the meeting ID: 959 771 603 66
Daily Evening Prayer: Tuesday to Friday at 5 pm with Bishop Steve. Meeting ID: 934 8425 0283.
No computer or smart phone? Telephone 03 659 0603(it may be a toll call depending on your plan), then key in the meeting ID: 934 8425 0283
Monthly "Scattered People of the Good Shepherd" Zoom Service - 4th Sunday of the month 10 am at this link.
Other Links
- Latest Anglican Family Care Newsletter (Autumn 2023)
- Latest South Centre Newsletter (April 2024) attached below
- Link to Christian Calendar: Dates for feast days and other Christian observations
- Latest EFM Newsletter (March 2024) attached.