Kia tau ki a koutou, te atawhai me te rangimarie o te Atua / grace and peace to you from God.
Monrad Celebrations
The program for The Bishop Ditlev Gothard Monrad bicentenary Celebrations is underway. Dr Steen Olsen delivered a lecture entitled, The Spiritual Legacy of Bishop D.G. Monrad in New Zealand at Victoria University, Pipetea Campus in Wellington on Wednesday evening. Other speakers included Dr Steve Behrendt (Head of History at Victoria University), Professor Julie Allen (Assistant Professor of Scandinavian Studies at the University of Wisconsin), and Vick Robson (Curator of European Art at Te Papa) who gave an illustrated lecture on the Monrad Collection of Etchings and Engravings at Te Papa.
There is still time to catch up with some of the events associated with this bicentenary celebration, so please check out the website.
Nominations To Council of Synod
At the recent Church Workers Conference held in Upper Moutere, Pastor John Davison (Hamilton/Bay of Plenty) was nominated as Vice President of the LCNZ, and Pastor Chris (sometimes now known as Ernst) Janetzki (Upper Moutere) was nominated as the Extra Pastor member of the Council of Synod.
Meetings
As I mentioned last week, we are currently completing the final round of meetings for 2011. The Gateway Gift Trust Board and the Council of Synod are meeting this weekend at Botany Lutheran Church in Auckland.
Investment Opportunity In Whakatane
The manse in Whakatane is currently on the market. We wanted to let the wider church know in case anyone was looking for an investment opportunity in this area. The manse is newly refurbished and has 4 bedrooms and 2 baths and the rice is negotiable.
Interim Vice President
General Church Council has appointed Pastor Mark Lieschke, NSW District President, as the Interim Vice President of the LCA until their next meeting in February 2012. At this meeting the General Church Council will decide on the position of Vice President to carry through to the next convention of Synod in April 2013. Pastor Mark Lieschke served in the LCNZ as pastor in the Manawatu and Marton parishes.
Pastoral Ministry Graduate Assignments
The College of Presidents have assigned six of the seven pastoral ministry graduates for this year as follows:
Wayne George to Greenock SA
Steven Hibbard to Gilgandra/Dubbo NSW
Sean McMaughan to Natimuk VIC
Greg Page to Holy Cross Murray Bridge SA
Harry Pickett to Lameroo SA
Wing Wah Tso to NSW District
The assignment of Jade Bauer will be made by this weekend.
The Ordination Service will be held on Sunday 4th December at Concordia College Chapel in Adelaide. Australian Lutheran College will hold its Valedictory service and Graduation ceremony this weekend in Adelaide.
Wayne, Samantha & Liam George
As you will have read above, Wayne has been assigned to the Greenock Parish in the Barossa Valley just north of Adelaide. Taking up ministry in the ‘first parish’ is an exciting time for a graduate pastor and his family but it can also be a time of some apprehension. That’s why it’s important for Wayne, Samantha and Liam to know that they are supported and loved by many others who look to the Lord Jesus for strength and purpose in their lives. That’s you, folks! Can I please ask you to I ask you to continue to uphold Wayne, Samantha and Liam in your prayers as they complete their time at ALC and prepare to take up full time ministry in the parish?
ALWS Christmas Gifts of Grace on the Way
Fishing nets. Footballs. Small start-up business loans. Pigs. The famous Lutheran Long Drop Loo. Yes, it’s ALWS Gifts of Grace time again. More than 20 unique gifts, starting from just $6, with many gifts under $20. Last year more than 10,000 Gifts of Grace brought joy to the people who gave them AND received them – here in NZ and in Australia, and in the developing communities where they were delivered.
If you need catalogues, or would like to buy Gifts of Grace go to www.alws.org.au/grace.
Call Information
The St Pauls Wellington and St Francis Mauriceville West congregation have postponed their call meeting to Sunday 4th December. Mountainside have postponed their call meeting indefinitely.
Prayer at the National Office
Every Friday morning at 9.30am, the Staff of the LCNZ National Office takes time to read God’s Word together and to pray. Anyone is welcome to submit prayer requests to the email below, and if you’re in the neighbourhood, please feel free to pop in and join us.
Jean King Books
There are a few copies of Jean King’s book, The Lutheran Story – a Brief History of the Lutheran Church in New Zealand 1843-1993 available at the National Office. If you’re interested in getting a copy, please contact the National Office.
Bach Cantata Vespers
We are delighted to advise you of Part Three of the “Singing the Faith” series of the Bach Cantata Vespers at St Paul’s Lutheran Church, and invite you and people from your community to join us. As on the previous two occasions, a DVD will be shown instead of the usual cantata. The DVD focuses on music by JS Bach, Felix Mendelssohn and the “Confessional Revival”. Lisette Wesseling (soprano) and Roger Wilson (bass) will also sing music from cantatas for the season of Advent.
5.00pm Sunday 11th December
St Paul’s Lutheran Church
12 King Street
Mt Cook
Wellington
There is no admission, but we invite you to contribute to a koha/offering which will be received during the service.
A new series of Bach Cantata Vespers has already been planned for 2012. Watch for more information in the New Year.
Kia noho a Ihowa ki a koutou / the Lord be with you!
+MARK
President Elect – Lutheran Church of New Zealand
24 November 2011
18 November 2011
LCNZ Update 18 November 2011
Kia tau ki a koutou, te atawhai me te rangimarie o te Atua / grace and peace to you from God.
In the Middle
We are currently in the middle of the final round of meetings for 2011. Lutheran Support Ministries (LSM) recently spent a day in visioning and strategic planning, facilitated by Katharina Borszik. The LLL, the Finance Advisory Committee, the Salary Advisory Committee, the Gateway Gift Trust Board and the Council of Synod have all recently met or are planning to meet in coming days.
These committees and boards and councils of our church exist to support our most fundamental objective or responsibility as church, which are summed up in the constitution of the church, namely:
Gateway Gift Trust Board and Council of Synod will be hosted by Botany Lutheran Fellowship in Auckland for their meetings next Friday and Saturday.
Monrad Celebrations
The program for The Bishop Ditlev Gothard Monrad bicentenary Celebrations reaches its climax during this coming week. Former LCNZ pastor and president, Dr Steen Olsen will be speaking at The Monrad Lectures at Rutherford House, Victoria University in Wellington on Wednesday 23rd November at 6.00pm.
Please check out the very informative website which includes information on all the events taking place in Wellington, Auckland, and in the Manawatu.
Investment Opportunity in Whakatane
The manse in Whakatane is currently on the market. We wanted to let the wider church know in case anyone was looking for an investment opportunity in this area. The manse is newly refurbished and has 4 bedrooms and 2 baths and the rice is negotiable.
Call Information
Please pray for the members of St Paul's Wellington and St Francis Mauriceville West as they hold a call meeting this Sunday (27th) and for Mountainside in Auckland who have shifted their call meeting to Sunday 4th December.
Prayer at the National Office
Every Friday morning at 9.30am, the staff of the LCNZ National Office (Wayne Drogemuller and Yours Truly) takes time to read God’s Word together and to pray. Anyone is welcome to submit prayer requests to the email below, and if you’re in the neighbourhood, please feel free to pop in and join us.
Jean King Books
There are a few copies of Jean King’s book, The Lutheran Story – a Brief History of the Lutheran Church in New Zealand 1843-1993 available at the National Office. If you’re interested in getting a copy, please contact the National Office.
Kia noho a Ihowa ki a koutou / the Lord be with you!
+MARK
President Elect – Lutheran Church of New Zealand
In the Middle
We are currently in the middle of the final round of meetings for 2011. Lutheran Support Ministries (LSM) recently spent a day in visioning and strategic planning, facilitated by Katharina Borszik. The LLL, the Finance Advisory Committee, the Salary Advisory Committee, the Gateway Gift Trust Board and the Council of Synod have all recently met or are planning to meet in coming days.
These committees and boards and councils of our church exist to support our most fundamental objective or responsibility as church, which are summed up in the constitution of the church, namely:
To fulfil the mission of the Christian Church in the world by proclaiming the Word of God and administering the Sacraments (Constitution of the LCNZ, Part III, Objects).So, please pray for these committees that in their work and decision-making they might always keep before them the aim of supporting the church in its proclamation of Jesus Christ!
Gateway Gift Trust Board and Council of Synod will be hosted by Botany Lutheran Fellowship in Auckland for their meetings next Friday and Saturday.
Monrad Celebrations
The program for The Bishop Ditlev Gothard Monrad bicentenary Celebrations reaches its climax during this coming week. Former LCNZ pastor and president, Dr Steen Olsen will be speaking at The Monrad Lectures at Rutherford House, Victoria University in Wellington on Wednesday 23rd November at 6.00pm.
Please check out the very informative website which includes information on all the events taking place in Wellington, Auckland, and in the Manawatu.
Investment Opportunity in Whakatane
The manse in Whakatane is currently on the market. We wanted to let the wider church know in case anyone was looking for an investment opportunity in this area. The manse is newly refurbished and has 4 bedrooms and 2 baths and the rice is negotiable.
Call Information
Please pray for the members of St Paul's Wellington and St Francis Mauriceville West as they hold a call meeting this Sunday (27th) and for Mountainside in Auckland who have shifted their call meeting to Sunday 4th December.
Prayer at the National Office
Every Friday morning at 9.30am, the staff of the LCNZ National Office (Wayne Drogemuller and Yours Truly) takes time to read God’s Word together and to pray. Anyone is welcome to submit prayer requests to the email below, and if you’re in the neighbourhood, please feel free to pop in and join us.
Jean King Books
There are a few copies of Jean King’s book, The Lutheran Story – a Brief History of the Lutheran Church in New Zealand 1843-1993 available at the National Office. If you’re interested in getting a copy, please contact the National Office.
Kia noho a Ihowa ki a koutou / the Lord be with you!
+MARK
President Elect – Lutheran Church of New Zealand
04 November 2011
LCNZ Update 4 November 2011
Kia tau ki a koutou, te atawhai me te rangimarie o te Atua / grace and peace to you from God.
LSM Vision And Strategic Planning Workshop
Tomorrow (Saturday 5th) the Lutheran Support Ministries (LSM) committee will meet in Palmerston North to be led in a visioning and strategic planning workshop by Katharina Borszik. As Katharina has written to the LSM committee in preparation for this workshop – this is about having a shared understanding of where we are going as LCNZ so that the LSM can continue to assist our congregations in their mission and ministry.
International Disaster Response Conference for Lutherans
Past President, Rob Erickson recently attended this conference in the USA. He showed a 4 minute clip of Christchurch City Centre produced by the Christchurch City Council and then spoke on the earthquake and how Pastor David Lipsys and the members of St Paul's Lutheran Church in Christchurch had responded. He also thanked the LC-MS (Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod) for their donation.
Investment Opportunity In Whakatane
The manse in Whakatane is currently on the market. We wanted to let the wider church know in case anyone was looking for an investment opportunity in this area. The manse is newly refurbished and has 4 bedrooms and 2 baths and the price is negotiable.
Safe Place
Pastor Lee Kroehn ran Safe Place training at Upper Moutere after the conclusion of ChildSafe Team Member training. The LCNZ’s Safe Place policy aims to ensure that all paid employees and volunteers within the LCNZ are protected from sexual abuse and harassment. 9 members of Upper Moutere attended the training.
Childsafe Team Leader Training
Andy and Abbey Bensemann, Amy Brinkman, Anna and Pastor Lee Kroehn attended an online ChildSafe Team Leader training session on the 2nd of Nov. This training highlighted the need for our churches to continue to work towards complying with this risk assessment and management system.
Anna Kroehn also writes:
All congregations are reminded that Council of Synod made a decision that in 2012 congregations are not to be engaging in Child and Youth ministries unless they are compliant with the ChildSafe policy. The first step towards this compliance is getting all your children and youth ministry volunteers police checked through the National Office, and trained in the Team Member training delivered by Anna.
All Pastors need to be trained in all 3 levels of ChildSafe, beginning with the Team Member training and working upwards through Team Leader and Coordinator so that they can effectively help any layworkers and laypeople as they serve in these roles.
Call Information
St Paul's Wellington will hold a pre-call meeting on Sunday 6th November, and Mountainside is planning for a call meeting on Sunday 27th November.
Prayer at the National Office
Every Friday morning at 9.30am, the staff of the LCNZ National Office (Wayne Drogemuller and Yours Truly) takes time to read God’s Word together and to pray. Anyone is welcome to submit prayer requests to the email below, and if you’re in the neighbourhood, please feel free to pop in and join us.
Jean King Books
There are a few copies of Jean King’s book, The Lutheran Story – a Brief History of the Lutheran Church in New Zealand 1843-1993 available at the National Office. If you’re interested in getting a copy, please contact the National Office.
Kia noho a Ihowa ki a koutou / the Lord be with you!
+MARK
President Elect – Lutheran Church of New Zealand
LSM Vision And Strategic Planning Workshop
Tomorrow (Saturday 5th) the Lutheran Support Ministries (LSM) committee will meet in Palmerston North to be led in a visioning and strategic planning workshop by Katharina Borszik. As Katharina has written to the LSM committee in preparation for this workshop – this is about having a shared understanding of where we are going as LCNZ so that the LSM can continue to assist our congregations in their mission and ministry.
International Disaster Response Conference for Lutherans
Past President, Rob Erickson recently attended this conference in the USA. He showed a 4 minute clip of Christchurch City Centre produced by the Christchurch City Council and then spoke on the earthquake and how Pastor David Lipsys and the members of St Paul's Lutheran Church in Christchurch had responded. He also thanked the LC-MS (Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod) for their donation.
Investment Opportunity In Whakatane
The manse in Whakatane is currently on the market. We wanted to let the wider church know in case anyone was looking for an investment opportunity in this area. The manse is newly refurbished and has 4 bedrooms and 2 baths and the price is negotiable.
Safe Place
Pastor Lee Kroehn ran Safe Place training at Upper Moutere after the conclusion of ChildSafe Team Member training. The LCNZ’s Safe Place policy aims to ensure that all paid employees and volunteers within the LCNZ are protected from sexual abuse and harassment. 9 members of Upper Moutere attended the training.
Childsafe Team Leader Training
Andy and Abbey Bensemann, Amy Brinkman, Anna and Pastor Lee Kroehn attended an online ChildSafe Team Leader training session on the 2nd of Nov. This training highlighted the need for our churches to continue to work towards complying with this risk assessment and management system.
Anna Kroehn also writes:
On Saturday 29th Oct I trained 8 volunteers from Upper Moutere in the ChildSafe Team Member material. They are now all fully certified and trained to volunteer in children and youth ministry in their parish. They were all very receptive to the training and showed high levels of concern for the safety of children in their programs by asking intelligent and thoughtful questions and applying the material to their local situation. Their feedback will also be used as we continue to work on implementing the ChildSafe Policy across our district, where the mandatory reporting and legal requirements for ChildSafe environments are significantly less than in Australia. We are excited to be leading the way in terms of implementing this policy without legal compulsion and hope that the Lutheran Church in NZ will be leading the way amongst its fellow Christian communities when the legislation will no doubt catch up to us. Upper Moutere now has 10 team members fully trained, 3 people trained at team leader level and a coordinator. Abbey and Andy Benesmann completed the Team Leader training via an online "Go to Meeting" conducted by James Zeirsch, of the SA/NT District of the LCA. We are linking into their Team Leader and Coordinator training sessions that occur over the internet with voice connection, so that people can train from anywhere in the world so long as they have access to a computer, broadband internet connection and a microphone and speakers (such as are connected to a webcam).
The 6 hour training session will also inform any Team Leader training that I (Anna Kroehn) deliver in person in NZ. Pastor Lee Kroehn and Amy Brinkman (layworker of Manawatu Parish) also attended the online "Go to Meeting".If anyone would like training delivered in their region, please contact Anna Kroehn to arrange a training date.
All congregations are reminded that Council of Synod made a decision that in 2012 congregations are not to be engaging in Child and Youth ministries unless they are compliant with the ChildSafe policy. The first step towards this compliance is getting all your children and youth ministry volunteers police checked through the National Office, and trained in the Team Member training delivered by Anna.
All Pastors need to be trained in all 3 levels of ChildSafe, beginning with the Team Member training and working upwards through Team Leader and Coordinator so that they can effectively help any layworkers and laypeople as they serve in these roles.
Call Information
St Paul's Wellington will hold a pre-call meeting on Sunday 6th November, and Mountainside is planning for a call meeting on Sunday 27th November.
Prayer at the National Office
Every Friday morning at 9.30am, the staff of the LCNZ National Office (Wayne Drogemuller and Yours Truly) takes time to read God’s Word together and to pray. Anyone is welcome to submit prayer requests to the email below, and if you’re in the neighbourhood, please feel free to pop in and join us.
Jean King Books
There are a few copies of Jean King’s book, The Lutheran Story – a Brief History of the Lutheran Church in New Zealand 1843-1993 available at the National Office. If you’re interested in getting a copy, please contact the National Office.
Kia noho a Ihowa ki a koutou / the Lord be with you!
+MARK
President Elect – Lutheran Church of New Zealand
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