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Andrew Metcalfe - March 6, 2025
Local & Wider News
Pictured above: Rev'd Rose Scott and children at a Family Service, Holy Trinity Port Chalmers, 2 March 2025
Ash Wednesday, All Saints Dunedin: Have a look at a Facebook post, including clips of the Choir (mostly from Selwyn College) leading worship. (5 March 2025)
Pictured above: Former Archbishop Philip Richardson shares a moment with Anne Gover after speaking at the Lay Ministers training day in Balclutha on 1 March
Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem Condemn Unjust Foreclosure Against Armenian Patriarchate, Urge Immediate Intervention. "With great concern, we, the Patriarchs and Heads of the Churches in Jerusalem, stand in steadfast solidarity with the Orthodox Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem in its pursuit of justice against an unjust foreclosure order issued by the Municipality of Jerusalem. The actions taken against the Arminian Patriarchate, based on an unverified and exorbitant Arnona Tax debt, are legally dubious and morally unacceptable..." (20 February 2025, full statement attached at the end of this article)
Latest news from the Methodist Church: Touchstone February 2025
World news
Jerusalem Church Heads make humanitarian plea—ACNS
UN report features Polynesia Diocese's Pacific community resilience mapping system—ENS
Rise in litigation over climate-change inaction—Church Times
Episcopal churches impose 'Ashes to Go' 15 years on—ENS
Taizé community strives for common witness for all—WCC
New Zealand Aotearoa newsHow you could help restore kiwi habitat—Daily Encourager
NZ Catholic bishops ask for prayer of healing for Pope—CathNews
Strong community help after Masterton church arson attacks—RNZ
Abuse survivors: ACC protest, and NZ CAST's report to Minister Stanford— RNZ, and Scoop.
National Anglican News at Taonga
Lenten Appeal backs Gaza & Pacific
The 2025 Anglican Missions' Lenten Appeal offers Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia donors a chance to support climate resilience in the Solomon Islands and the humanitarian work of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East.
• Donate to the Lenten Appeal here
A new heart for Anglican Schools
A wide-ranging review of the 46 Mihinare-Anglican Schools in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia has found a wealth of expertise ready to be shared and exciting opportunities for schools to strengthen their three-tikanga Mihinare-Anglican character.
'Smart Parish' unlocks value of AI
Diocese of Wellington communications manager David Cross is helping churches to use the time-saving and creative benefits of Artificial Intelligence through a new e-bulletin: "The Smart Parish".
• Sign up to the Smart Parish bulletin here
Anglicans share climate solutions
The Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia's Tonga Episcopal Unit climate resilience mapping project (CIVA-QGIS) has gone global in a report that's headed to the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2025.
