MANNA MINISTRY MEALS – SUNDAY 23 and 30 July
We need to replenish our frozen Manna Ministry meals so that we can continue to feed our community in need. Please keep Sunday, 23 July and 30 July free to cook some meals after church.
You can either cook in groups or, if you prefer, cook from the privacy of your own home. Cooking in groups is a lot of fun, and a great way to host people. If you would like to be involved, but don’t have a group to join, then please let the office know and we can connect you with a group.
Food containers and labels will be available to pick up from the church foyer from mid July. Please bring cooked meals to the church office as the Manna Meal’s freezer is now in the basement store.
WORKING BEE – 29 JULY, SATURDAY
On Saturday 29th July 9am -1pm we need helpers to finish off some jobs around our Church property. This includes taking down old signs, moving a freezer from the Vicarage, cleaning fences and preparing them for spray painting. If you are available to help please let Andrew know. office@karorianglican.org.nz
ALPHA
TE KORŌRIA UPDATE
The café and soft play are open and trading! We got our CPU and our Kitchen Certificate at the 13th hour on Thursday last week, just in time for the long weekend.
Sara Jones challenge to us last Sunday was to invite along someone from outside of the Karori Anglican congregations for a catch up over a drink. We would love to see you. It’s great to see lots of interest from the community and connections forming with some regulars already. We have a suggestion box in the café for menu ideas, or other suggestions so feel free to add your ideas into the mix.
The lift and the staff kitchen are the remaining two items to be completed, and we expect them to be finished in the next week.
ANGLICAN MOVEMENT TRAINING DAY
Training Days are for everyone, and it’s our opportunity to share learning and fellowship as a movement whānau.
Bishop Justin will speak at the Plenary Session in Wellington and Palmerston North. This is our first time hearing from Bishop Justin after his Sabbatical. We look forward to hearing what he has to say. More information including details of workshops can be found here.
HELP NEEDED FOR TRAINING DAY
Archdeacon Gendy Thomson have written to ask for help in running the next training day in Karori. If you are able to, please email Jan at events@anglicanmovement.nz
Hi parishes,
we are in need of ‘more hands on deck’ for our Karori training day, and putting round an ask for help – if you could please advertise this in your parishes, and also verbally invite people both to attend and to help that’d be wonderful!
Our training day is for everyone, and has great workshops to help us grow as followers of Jesus. We expect about 350ppl (could be more!) and rely on support of our whole church to help with the day to enable us to keep it at ‘koha’ cost. You can find out more here https://anglicanmovement.nz/trainingday2023 and click on the button for Wellington
Areas of help that we are needing are:
Set up – Friday night – if you live in or near Karori and could give an an hour or so of your time after work on Friday that would be fantastic!
Set up – Saturday morning – arriving till 9.30 (when coffee/morning tea is available)
Parking wardens (helping people find parks on/off site) – Saturday morning, 8 to 9.45am
Pack down – Saturday afternoon, 3.30 – 5 (or whatever you can give in this time)
Welcomers – Saturday morning
IT/AV support – for speakers who may need to use technology, but are not so technologically minded – Saturday, 9.30-10 and lunchtime
Helping in the serving team for lunch/morning tea (plating up and putting out food, replenishing as needed, cleaning up) – morning tea = from 8.30am; lunch from 11.30am
If you are able to help serve in any of these ways (and there is sure to be more!) please contact Jan on events@anglicanmovement.nz – we’d rather have more offers and the grace to say “thanks, we don’t need you this time” then no offers! Thanks so much!
Thanks Gendy
Gendy Thomson
Archdeacon for Mission and Ministry
Anglican Movement
gendy@anglicanmovement.nz
027 250 9664
ROOMS FOR RENT
We are still looking for tenants for the last vacant room in The Vicarage. If you know of anyone looking for a room, please refer them to our listing on the Roomies Website. You can click here to access it. Or send them this link : https://www.roomies.co.nz/rooms/397402
Transitioning to Parish Giving
From 1 April 2023 we have combined the results of Property and General Giving into one Parish Giving figure.
We need your continued financial support for the operation of the Parish, including Te Korōria. If you were previously giving to Te Korōria (and have now completed your pledge) Thanks so much! Please prayerfully consider continuing that level of support through donation to Karori Anglican.
If you need further information on how to give, a giving number or information on how to set up a bequest, please contact accounts@karorianglican.org.nz
GodZone and Youth
GodZone and Youth start up this Sunday at the 10.30am service. All groups will start in the service as usual, then Impact and Crossfire will be held in Te Whare o Mere, and Youth will meet in the Kikorangi room. This term we will be combining JAM and Impact.
THE COLLECTIVE
“Guess who’s back, back again The Collective is Back, tell a Friend”
We are kicking off again this Friday at 6PM in our new Facility, with a. Social Night of Games, Fußball, food and more… (Dinner 1$)
SMASH
Early Childhood Education Centre
CHEF POSITION AND REGISTERED TEACHER POSITION
Qualified ECE or primary teacher job opportunity – Full time or part time to work in our early childhood education centre. We pay our teachers along the pay parity line to level six but this can also be negotiated for the right person. St Mary’s ECEC is a small boutique centre with a great team. We are looking for a part-time cook for our early childhood education centre, in Karori. The hours are 8:30 – 1:30 Mon – Fri.
If you are interested or know someone who might be, please contact heather@stmaryschildcare.org.nz both positions due to start ASAP.
MindHealth Counselling Available
Please continue to promote our koha counselling with Rochelle to neighbors, friends and family. Just email counselling@tekororia.org.nz.
Rochelle has now seen several clients and has had lots of positive feedback.
Sarah Richards is also available, please email sarah@mindhealth.org to book.
Counselling times are available between 8.00am – 5.00pm Fridays with Rochelle or Wednesdays with Sarah.
Contact counselling@tekororia.org.nz to book a time:
The Vicarage
With our move to Te Korōria, The Vicarage will become tenanted accommodation. In effect, it will be a private residence and should be treated as such.
If you are holding a key to The Vicarage, please return it to Andrew at the office or drop it into the letter box in the church foyer.
Sabbatical Leave
Please note that our Vicar, Rev Ian Cook will be away on sabbatical from Monday, 19th June for three months. Sabbatical leave is an important time to reflect, learn and be renewed for priests. Ian is visiting Australia and Europe during this period and will be taking part in learning communities, retreats and visiting various parishes in the United Kingdom. In Ian’s absence, we have a number of people temporarily taking on particular roles. If in doubt about who to talk to about anything, please contact the office in the first instance.
Infoodle
We use the programme Infoodle to organise and manager church activities. If you need to use Infoodle and you already have an account, here is a gentle reminder that the website is : https://kac.infoodle.com/home
‘You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt loses its saltiness, how can it be made salty again? It is no longer good for anything.’ Matt 5:13