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Keeping up to date with recent news about our parishes, organisations and the wider church.
Local & Wider News
Long-standing chairman hands over reins: After decades at the heart of the Green Island community, retired Green Island School principal Steve Hayward has stepped down as chairman of the Greater Green Island Community Network (GGICN) (The Star, 19 December 2024... The Ven Jan Clark is part of this group).
Christmas greetings from Anglican Missions: We're hopeful for the future, and there's nowhere else we'd rather be planted than in the heart of the church, helping to put the mission of Christ into action alongside you. Thank you for being part of our story!
If you are on Facebook, check out this joyous eccumenical ocassion at All Saints Dunedin North. (18 December 2024)
Cathedral hosts music for first time since quake: MUSICAL instruments rang out in the Christ Church Cathedral on Monday night for the first time since the Canterbury earthquakes. Christchurch band Woolston Brass performed a private concert in the quake-damaged building, before moving outside to play for the public in Cathedral Square. The event raised money for the Christchurch City Mission. (Christchurch Star, 17 December 2024)
Bishop Ross (Auckland... and our Commissary) recently attended a meeting of the Anglican Science Commission,the first in-person meeting of the Lead Science Bishops from around the Anglican Communion, where they discussed the work that they might undertake in their Provinces (Diocese of Auckland, 13 December 2024)
New bishop-elect appointed: The Archbishops and Primates of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa New Zealand and Polynesia have confirmed that Dunedin-based archdeacon the Ven Dr Anne van Gend is to be installed as the 11th Bishop of Dunedin. Describing the appointment as both "exciting and a little daunting", bishop-elect Dr van Gend sees the role as an opportunity to listen and learn, and "help people in their lives of faithfulness". (The Star, 12 December 2024)
Have a look at the latest Community Connect newsletterfrom Anglican Family Care.
The history and reintroduction of The Witness: The Diocese of Nelson has re-launched "The Witness", it's regular magazine. Have a look at the first new edition here.
The Makery: The art of encounter - Last Sunday was the official opening and blessing of The Makery. The Makery is a special multi-use space at All Saints (Nelson City) that has been newly renovated with a vision for it to be a creative space where we make – make art, make connections, make meaning, make memories – and it’s all about the Maker (Koero - Diocese of Nelson, 5 December 2024)
Book a ‘love letter’ to historic church: The fascinating past of a local Anglican church is brought to life in a recently published chronicle. Unto us a Church is Given, written by Rev Roger Barker with Stuart Strachan, tells the 150-year history of St Barnabas Anglican Church in Warrington. (The Star, 5 December 2024)
Latest E-news from Anglican Missions: Advent - the hope that leads us home...
Other World and NZ news
Interview with Shaphan Roberts—Church Times
Notre Dame reopens with Yo-Yo Ma performing—Classic FM
Cathedral Construction Pause is weather tight—The Press
School overwhelmed by community gifts after CS order error—RNZ
Advent: Lessons & Carols, a beloved Anglican tradition—ENS
Interview: John Hendrix draws inspiration from faith and storytelling—Church Times
National Anglican News at Taonga
Holy Land Appeal offers hope
Anglican Missions has released an update on its Hope for the Holy Land Appeal to report it still provides essential support to the work of the Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem and the Middle East.
CWS pivots to Pacific & climate
Christian World Service is shifting its attention onto development projects and partners in Pacific nations grappling with the impact of climate change.
• Donate to the CWS 2024 Christmas Appeal here.
Lectionary offers labour of love
For Rev. Lawrence Kimberley, compiling the annual schedule of readings for Anglican worship in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia is a spiritual endeavour and an act of service.
Dunedin elects Anne van Gend
The Diocese of Dunedin electoral synod has elected the Ven Dr Anne van Gend to lead the people of Otago and Southland as the 11th Bishop of Dunedin.
• Archbishops' official announcement letter
• Diocese of Dunedin announcement