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CONTACTS Email:[email protected]
Website: www.thamesanglicanchurch.co.nz
Pastoral Ministry Contacts Graham Colley (Vicar) PO Box 227, Thames Ph 07 868 6267
Wardens Kate Jones Ph 07 8686 003 & Finlay Clements Ph 07 868 7516 Parish Office Thur & Friday mornings 9-12midday Ph 07 868 6266
Thames Anglican parish seeks an inclusive ministry of serving Christ in
prayer, action and worship.
If you are a visitor to the Parish, please let the sidesperson know your name.
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A CUP OF TEA IN THE CHURCH AFTER THE 9:30am SERVICE.
A safe place for the LGBT Communities Music reproduced with permission under license 604812 LicenSing - Copyright Cleared Music for Churches
THIS WEEK: 5 - 12 June 2016
Today: 4.30pm Choral Group Practise Church Mon: Queen’s Birthday Holiday Tue: Vicar’s Rest Day Wed: 9:30-12 noon Selwyn Group, Hall MT/Hostess - Jenny Colley Thurs: Office Attended 9am to 12noon 10am Holy Communion (1662) Saint Georges Chapel (Peter) Bible Study 2pm at 314 Richmond St 4:30-6pm Choral Gp Practise Hall & Ch. Fri: Office Attended 9am to 12noon. Sat: Working Bee to re-organise and clear
out the Nth back Vestry.
Sun: 9:30am at Saint Georges, NZ Eucharist Theme - Choose Justice
Presider & Preacher: David Cooper
Readings: 1 Kings 12 v 1-10 (11-14), 15-21a Margaret MacKay Luke 7 v 36-8 v 3 Jenny Colley Galations 2 v 15-21 Kate Jones Intercessor: Brenda Deed Liturgist: Fiona Harden Server: Kate Sayer
Music Ministry: Finlay Clements Welcome Team: Max & Vivienne Baggaley, Denise Norris, Bob Cox, Alex Juby. Morning Tea: Ien Chu Sanctuary Guild: Dianne Hill, Lorraine Philips
PEOPLE Marie Clark, widow of the Reverend John Clark, is moving to Tauranga to be closer to her daughter and granddaughter. Mary Crawford has had a number of falls recently. She is living in the Tararu Rest Home. Rose Rumble is in Waikato Hospital recovering from a knee replacement. Helen White is also in Waikato Hospital ward M5 for treatment currently.
A Night at the Opera
Saint Georges Choral Group Present
A Night at the Opera
Sat ,23 July 7pm Sun, 24 July 2pm
INSPIRE ROSTER
June 6th: Helen White, Bob & Diana Cox June 7th: Rosemary L, Colley (Burton)
June 8th: Gael Goodall, Liz McCracken
June 9th: Robin Plummer, Natalie Geary June 10th: Joe Fawcett, Raewyn Struthers
June 11th: Kate Jones
The first World Humanitarian Summit was
held in Istanbul, Turkey on May 23rd.
Governments, United Nations officials
and Nongovernmental Organisations
explored ways to address the greatest
humanitarian crisis of our time. In the
preparatory document, Agenda for
Humanity, UN Secretary General Ban
Ki-Moon identified five core
responsibilities: prevent and end conflict,
respect international rules of law, leave
no one behind, working differently to
end need and invest in humanity.
CWS wrote to Foreign Minister Murray
McCully and other MPs encouraging
deliverable outcomes and asking for
support to increase aid levels from the
current 0.27% of Gross National Income.
.
Opening Prayer
June 5 - Sunday 2016
Service: 9:30am at Saint Georges - NZ Eucharist Theme: Courageous Compassion Sentence: The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The Lord is
the stronghold of my life; of whom shall I be afraid? Psalm 27 v 1
Call to worship
WELCOME TO THE THAMES ANGLICAN CHURCH Tikanga Pakeha partner church in the three strand Anglican Church in Aotearoa/ New Zealand/Pacifica
SHC 17 Holy Spirit,
Elizabeth J Smith go before us
1. Holy spirit go before us, every mind and heart prepare for good news of life in Jesus, for the joyful hope we share. Gently lead the lost to safety, gently teach them Wisdom’s way, till they come to seek you gladly, till we find the words to say.
2. Holy spirit, come and help us, give us words to speak of Christ. Teach us how to tell all people: deepest darkness can be light! Help us tell how faithful God is, and how Jesus sets us free; take our words , and make them gospel so that many may believe.
Holy spirit, stay to show us
2. How to serve as Christ served us. May our words of love be grounded in love’s actions, first and last. Your good news is news of justice, and the strong befriend the weak in your service, till compassion builds the peace the nations seek
Words reprinted under licence.
Faithful God, may you break bread with us, who are hungry in many ways. When we are broken, may we find wholeness. When we feel lost, may we find a home. May our experience of your compassion transform us so we can help make you known through acts of justice and kindness in the world. Amen.
(based on Psalm 146) Happy are we who hope in Creator God, who keeps faith forever. This is the Compassionate One who brings justice to the oppressed, who holds the vulnerable close in love, who feeds the hungry with good food, and liberates the hearts of all.
Happy are we who trust in Divine Gift-giver to provide us with all we need:
daily bread to strengthen the body, flavourful oil to delight the senses, relationships strong and fulfilling, tasks that give purpose to life. May our happy hearts worship God.
Today’s Reflection The readings today invite us to wonder about God’s power to save at work among us, even when we cannot perceive it. God’s presence and care inform our own ministry as courageous and faithful agents of God’s powerful love. Where is the intersection between God’s presence and care and human ministry most visible in our community? In what ways is the call to discipleship a call to act with courageous compassion for the sake of those who are in peril?
Prayer of Confession
Assurance of Pardon
Lord of compassion and mercy, you give back to us what we fear is lost beyond recall: may your word resound to the limits of our grief and life arise in place of despair; through Jesus Christ, to whom all is entrusted. Amen.
Collect
V: God of Love:
R: Show us the Way.
PS 72 A new commandment Arr. Andrew Moore
Refrain:
A new commandment I give unto you: that you love one another as I have loved you, that you love one another as I have loved you.
1. By this shall all know that you are my disciples if you have love one for another. By this shall all know that you are my disciples if you have love one for another.
2. You are my friends if you do what I command you. Without my help you can do nothing. (Repeat)
3. I am the true vine, my Father is the gard’ner.
Abide in me: I will be with you. (Repeat)
4. True love is patient, not arrogant nor boastful;
love bears all things, love is eternal. (Repeat)
Copyright 1984, 1999 Kevin Mayhew Ltd.
And God says: I will offer you more than you need, ╬ for my forgiveness is endless, my love for you, infinite, my care for you, vast, my compassion, beyond words. Know of this new way of living and shape the world in love. Thanks be to God. Amen
With open hands and hearts ready to receive, we place our trust in you, O Faithful One. You protect us when we are vulnerable, help us find satisfaction for our deep longings, offer us freedom from the binding chains of our past, and lift our discouraged spirits.
We are grateful for your goodness revealed through ordinary means (pause).
Yet sometimes we grab more than our fair share and at times we are reluctant to extend your goodness to others.
We speak honestly with you now about the times we missed an opportunity to be compassionate and generous, as you are compassionate and generous to us (pause). Amen. Today’s Readings & Ministers
First Testament: 1 Kings 17 v 8-16, (17-24) A dead child restored to life Reader: Raewyn Grey Gospel: Luke 7 v 11-17 Jesus raises the widow’s son
Reader: Kate Jones
Presider & Preacher: The Vicar
Intercessions: Denise Norris then to page 456 in NZ Prayer Book
Liturgist: Catherine Mackereth Server: Jessica Juby
After Communion: Galations 1 v 11-24 Paul’s call Reader: Margaret MacKay
Music Ministry: John Mounsey Welcome Team: Raewyn Grey, Kate Jones, Rae Deed Morning Tea: Denise Norris Sanctuary Guild: Lois Robinson, Vivian Bathurst
A boy asks his father to use the car
and the father replies
"No, not until you cut your hair!".
The boy replies "But father...Jesus had long hair!"
To which his father says,
"Yeah, but Jesus walked everywhere."
Sending Forth
PS 72 A new commandment Arr. Andrew Moore
Refrain:
A new commandment I give unto you: that you love one another as I have loved you, that you love one another as I have loved you.
1. By this shall all know that you are my disciples if you have love one for another. By this shall all know that you are my disciples if you have love one for another.
2. You are my friends if you do what I command you. Without my help you can do nothing. (Repeat)
3. I am the true vine, my Father is the gard’ner.
Abide in me: I will be with you. (Repeat)
4. True love is patient, not arrogant nor boastful;
love bears all things, love is eternal. (Repeat)
Copyright 1984, 1999 Kevin Mayhew Ltd.
AA 78 Jesus come to our hearts
1. Jesus come to our hearts like falling rain: come to refresh, come to renew, wash all our sins away
2. Spirit come to our hearts like rushing wind: come with your fire, come with your life, blow all our doubts away.
3. Father come to our hearts like shining sun: come to reveal, lighten your Word, drive all our gloom away
4. Glory be to the lamb that once was slain: praise for his life, praise for his death, praise that he lives again.
5. Praises be to our God, the three in one: praise for the sun, praise for the wind, praise for the falling rain.
©William Worley Arrangement © David Dell
NJ 41 Come to the Water
Refrain: Come to the water , you who are thirsty Though you have nothing, I bid you to come and be filled with the goodness I have to offer
1. Why spend your money on what cannot fill the emptiness deep in your heart? Listen to my word and you will enjoy goodness and peace in your heart!
2. Just as the heavens are high above earth, my ways and thoughts beyond you! Call me your father and know I am near! I will be father to you!
3. Just as the rain falls to water the earth, just as a seed becomes bread, my word upon you can never return until my longing is filled.
Go and live generously in love, trusting that God’s love will never run out and that there’s enough for the whole world. Full of Spirit we go to be courageous ambassadors of compassion into a world so loved by God. AMEN
Mid-Winter
Christmas Dinner
July 2
Hosted by
The Friends of St Georges
tickets $10
on line: 01 0455 0082604.52 (get form from email-
[email protected] or from the Office (Thursday & Friday
mornings) btw 9.30 & 12noon) Make sure you name is included with
the deposit
Evacuation Procedures - In the event of a fire,
listen to the presiding team & Welcomers; leave by nearest, safest exit & assemble on lawn in front of Hospital & wait for “all clear”. NOTE THE EXIT NEAREST YOUR SEAT. TOILETS are in the Hall, next door.
Today’s Readings & Ministers
First Testament: 1 Kings 17 v 8-16, (17-24) A dead child restored to life Reader: Raewyn Grey Gospel: Luke 7 v 11-17 Jesus raises the widow’s son
Reader: Kate Jones
Presider & Preacher: The Vicar
Intercessions: Denise Norris then to page 456 in NZ Prayer Book
Liturgist: Catherine Mackereth Server: Jessica Juby
After Communion: Galations 1 v 11-24 Paul’s call Reader: Margaret MacKay
Music Ministry: John Mounsey Welcome Team: Raewyn Grey, Kate Jones, Rae Deed Morning Tea: Denise Norris Sanctuary Guild: Lois Robinson, Vivian Bathurst
A boy asks his father to use the car
and the father replies
"No, not until you cut your hair!".
The boy replies "But father...Jesus had long hair!"
To which his father says,
"Yeah, but Jesus walked everywhere."
Church Carpets
We’ve had a carpet layer here this week past taking some of the folds out of Saint Georges carpets. Some of the folds (created by stretching when moving caskets and the piano) are a hazard to building users. The Vestry has been trying for many months to secure a trained expert to repair that damage as Health and Safety is much more stringent since the new Bill came into force at the beginning of May. Gary Blake and the Vicar are off to a local seminar next week (June 14). We’re lucky that an extra workshop has been created for the Coromandel area.
