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Contents3 Introduction

4 INFORMATION FOR PARISHES

6 Water for All Diocese of Polynesia

8 House of Sarah Diocese of Polynesia

10 Ministry Outreach/Clergy Support: Evangelism & Discipleship Diocese of Polynesia

14 Tanzania Archbishop Pastoral Visits

15 Overseas Missions – Tikanga Pākehā

17 Golden Oldies Mission to Fiji

18 Tikanga Māori Missions Council – Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa

20 Sharing our Ministries Abroad (SOMA) NZ

21 NZCMS

27 Lenten Appeal 2019

29 Spring Appeal 2019

30 General Support for Overseas Mission

Above: Boy in new home, Maniava, FijiCover photos: Top: Arab Episcopal School, Jordan Bottom: Women of Faith, Diocese of Polynesia

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INTRODUCTIONThis booklet provides information on projects currently supported by Anglican Missions, the gateway to global mission for the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

The purpose of the booklet is not only to provide you with details on how donations are being used, but to offer some ideas on how to target your support to a project that you feel particularly passionate or strongly about.

We hope this will in turn help to make missions-giving for you even more meaningful.

Each project has been developed in partnership with those who will directly benefit. Selecting and then funding projects to be supported is decided annually by the Anglican Missions Board in line with our projected budget.

Each project aligns with one or more of the ‘5 Marks of Mission’ which encourages all churches to:

• Evangelise (proclaim the good news of the Kingdom);

• Nurture (teach, baptise and nurture the Christian faith);

• Serve (respond to human needs by loving service);

• Preserve (preserve the integrity of creation for future generations); and

• Transform (transform unjust structures of society, challenge violence of every kind and pursue peace and reconciliation).

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INFORMATION FOR PARISHES:

• Please note that donations made to support certain projects form part of your parish’s annual Tikanga giving target;

• Once you have chosen a project (or projects) and advised the Anglican Missions Office, you will be sent further details;

• If the project you have chosen is oversubscribed, Anglican Missions will get in touch and see if you are willing for your donation to go to another similar project.

If you would like further information, or wish to advise what particular project you would like to support, please contact Anglican Missions at info@angmissions.org.nz or write to us at PO Box 12012, Thorndon, Wellington 6144 or phone (04) 473 5172.

We hope you are encouraged and challenged when you read about these projects. Please continue to pray for Anglican Missions and its many partners and all those we seek to help. Please get in touch if you would like to support us financially this current year.

This year (2019) Anglican Missions celebrates its centenary. Established in 1919 and incorporated as a Charitable Trust in 1922, Anglican Missions encourages churches to pray, give, go,

and support overseas mission by raising funds for a wide range of activities.

Anglican Missions was set up partly because the Primate at the time, Bishop Samuel Nevill of Dunedin, was concerned that mission was “irregular…without direction…and spasmodic”, and that in most parishes, there were no “missionary meetings… no missionary organisations and in 69% of parishes, “no support had been given to any missionary working overseas.” He went on to say in 1919 that “little is really given to, and done, for missions: how poor is the work done for the extension of Christ’s kingdom. Now is the church’s opportunity…”

Washing in Maniava, Fiji

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One hundred years on, while there is so much to be thankful for, the harvest remains ripe and the need for the projects described in this booklet remain critical.

Please prayerfully consider how you can help.

Do visit our website [www.angmissions.org.nz] to read more about the agency, our work, and plans for the centenary celebrations.

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Water for AllDiocese of Polynesia

NZ$25,000

Water is a fundamental human right. If there is no water, then there is no life on earth.

Accessing safe and continuous water supplies is increasingly difficult for some isolated rural communities in Fiji. As a result of increasing population, poor land-use planning and the growing impact of climate change, traditional water supplies in some areas no longer meet needs.

Anglican Missions has been supporting the provision of safe water for a number of years and this year, the following five communities in Vanua Levu, along with Holy Trinity School in Suva, will directly benefit from this project:

• Vatia/Labasa: while there is a piped water system, most of the time water is simply not available. The project will provide clean water via a new tank to 5 Anglican and 3 Hindu families.

• Koronibalagi: this community currently uses water from a creek which is drying up. The project will provide a water tank in order to secure a reliable supply of clean water.

• Kasavu: while the village has moved to a new location in order to access a reliable water source, ten families (58 people) currently walk 2 kilometres to collect water from the neighbouring village of Qaraniduna. The project will deliver a new tank in the village.

• Vucivuci: a rural farming community that currently drinks water

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from a creek. The creek is not safe and is drying up. One tank will be provided to ensure a safe and reliable source.

• Levuka Lailai: six families have relocated closer to the road in order to access water delivered by Government tanker trucks.

• Holy Trinity School, Suva: like many other parts of Suva, the school, which has 796 students, experiences regular water disruptions. The current two water tanks are not adequate. Anglican Missions funding will provide one new tank (the local Parent Teachers Association will fund another).

All up, six water tanks will be procured and installed through this project.

It is our hope and prayer that, as people come to draw water from these tanks, they will also experience the living water spoken of in John 4:14 “Whoever drinks the water I give them will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give them will become in them a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” Amen!

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House of sarahSUPPORT FOR CARERS

Diocese of PolynesiaNZ $25,000

For many years, Anglican Missions has provided funding to the Christian counselling and support ministry of the House of Sarah in Fiji. The vision of the House of Sarah is to provide “a listening ear, a warm heart and a helping hand”.

In 2018, the House of Sarah was able to extend its ministry to Vanua Levu and Viti Levu West and appoint a full-time Support Officer to provide Sarah Carers with logistical and training support. Sarah Carers are often first-responders and support women who are facing difficulties in their relationships. Many of these women, and their children, are in very vulnerable situations and by coming alongside, Sarah Carers are able to help facilitate better outcomes; help in building support networks, and assist in growing the women’s faith.

Funding in 2019 will be used to implement a workshop that aims to develop and build the knowledge and skills of Sarah Carers who are all volunteers. A second workshop later in the year will explore gender-based theology.

Funding will also support the Christian Talanoa Network (CTN) which designs liturgical resources for the annual ‘Break the Silence’ Sunday and the 16 Days of Activism which takes place across the country in late November. This is a powerful awareness-raising initiative

House of Sarah staff

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towards eliminating gender-based violence that has strong ecumenical support and is delivering strong outcomes.

A third area of funding is for a new initiative, ‘Women of Faith’ which works with women of other faiths who are also engaged in the elimination of violence against women and children.

We pray God’s blessing on the Sarah Carers, the Break the Silence campaign and all the women and children who will be assisted through this project.

Women of Faith meet at the Diocese of Polynesia

Sarah Carer, Luseani Leba

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Ministry Outreach/Clergy Support:

EVANGELISM AND DISCIPLESHIP Diocese of Polynesia

NZ $50,000

At the end of Matthew’s Gospel, in the Great Commission, Jesus says: “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptising them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age”. (Matthew 28: 18-20). Jesus calls every Christian to take Christ’s mission into the world. This is at the heart of Anglican Missions and our projects have this as a central goal.

Each year Anglican Missions provides a grant that contributes funds to clergy in the Diocese of Polynesia. This is particularly helpful as clergy are mostly not paid and are expected to carry out their ministry duties as well as being the main provider for their families.

The church’s mission and outreach is growing and taking on different approaches. For example in Sigatoka, where the Rev Daniel Sahayam is serving, and in Labasa, parishes run kindergartens that are open to the whole community. At St Christopher’s Church in Nadi, during times of disaster, the church provides assistance to everyone irrespective of their faith, political affiliation or ethnicity. The priority in both examples is always sharing the Word of God.

We are blessed to have many faith-filled and committed people leading evangelism and discipleship. Supporting and resourcing them to fulfil their calling remains at the core of this project. Your support of this project in 2019 will specifically assist the following:

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• Bishop ‘Afa Vaka in Tonga• Bishop Henry Bull in Dreketi• Ven Orisi Vuki in Suva • Rev Tuckwan Ah Kee in Savusavu• Rev John Nivoi in Dreketi• Rev Kelvin Rakesh in Suva• Rev Leo Collins in Suva• Father Peter Parlad Kumar in Suva• Rev Joji Abonio in Sigatoka

The Anglican Church in Polynesia has 26 parishes spread across the Pacific as well as 4 parishes in New Zealand. In Fiji each parish has a number of worship centres with many congregations exceeding 100 people. Most priests are self-supporting or “worker” priests who work between 20 and 30 hours a week, carrying out their ministry duties while still undertaking their role as the main income provider for their families which in rural areas usually involves maintaining a small subsistence plot of land.

In many rural locations the local Anglican Church is the focal point of the community with a number of them operating the only preschool or kindergarten in the area. Churches are also often the centre of any response following a natural disaster such as a cyclone. Many church members are seasonal workers and even then they earn only a very small amount. As a result many churches are a long way off being able to fund their own priest.

The clergy supported through this grant include:

, Tonga ,Bishop 'Afa Vaka: In September 2017 Rev Dr ‘Afa Vaka became the first Bishop of the new Episcopal Unit of Tonga. He is responsible for evangelism across the country and although the Anglican Church is relatively small (the overwhelming majority of Tongans are Methodist) there are for example, four churches in the capital, Nuku’alofa, which are all centres of their respective communities.

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Bishop Gabriel and Rev. Joji Abonio at St Christophers Anglican Church, Nadi.

, fiji ,Bishop Henry Bull: Based in Dreketi at the Church of the Holy Cross, Bishop Henry was installed as Bishop at the end of 2017. His main focus is on evangelism and building up the Episcopal Unit.

Rev. Orisi Vuki: Priest-in-Charge of St Matthew’s Church, Suva. St Matthew’s outreach to the disadvantaged has been steadily growing. This includes non-Christians, those living in the Housing Assistance Relief Trust (HART) settlement, and in nearby informal squatter settlements. The church regularly distributes food rations.

Rev. Tuckwan Ah Kee: Priest-in-Charge at St Leonard’s Church in Savusavu. The Rev. Tuckwan is building up the congregation with a particular focus on understanding the principles of faith. Weekly Bible studies are also held and he is developing the financial base of the church.

Rev. John Nivoi: Priest-assistant, Church of the Holy Cross, Dreketi. Rev. John and Bishop Henry Bull have been assisting the elderly to live with dignity. Many of the older people do not have any source of income, so the church is helping them apply for welfare assistance irrespective of their faith. The ministry of love and hospitality provided by Rev. John and Bishop Henry is enabling many of the

elderly to gain some financial support from the government.

Rev. Kelvin Rakesh: Rev. Rakesh is the Anglican Church evangelist in Suva and Ovalau. He is also Chaplain for Moana Anglican Services and Teaching (MAST) Centre which is the headquarters of the Diocese of Polynesia. He is also Priest-in-Charge at the Church

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of the Holy Spirit in Ba. Ba is a big mission field. Rev Rakesh is currently looking into re-opening the kindergarten that used to be run by the church.

Rev. Leo Collins: Priest Assistant at St Luke’s Church, which has an outreach to the squatter settlement around Vatuwaqa.

Father Peter Parlad Kumar: Priest Assistant at Holy Trinity Cathedral in Suva.

Rev. Joji Abonio: Priest-in-Charge at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Sigatoka. He will be strengthening the outreach of the Anglican Church in the town area through the kindergarten run at the church. Almost all the children attending are non-Anglicans and several families have joined the Anglican Church as a result of the care provided to their children at the kindy.

Bishop 'Afa Vaka, Tonga evangelises

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Archbishop Pastoral Visits

The Anglican Church of TanzaniaNZ $10,000

The Anglican Church of Tanzania covers a large area and has 28 dioceses and over 2.5 million adherents. As part of his pastoral responsibilities, the Archbishop, the Rt. Revd. Dr. Maimbo Mndolwa aims to visit seven Dioceses this year.

The Archbishop spends at least 5 days in each diocese, providing pastoral care to diocesan bishops, pastors and their congregations. The visits also encourage the dioceses to achieve their mission goals. Funding for this project will help with travel and accommodation costs.

During 2019 the proposed dioceses that will be visited are: Victoria Nyanza (DVN); Dar es Salaam; Rukwa; Kibondo; Mount Kilimanjaro; Tabora; and Central Tanganyika.

In a large region where travel isn’t easy and where churches often do not have a lot of financial resources, our support for this work is very much appreciated. Through visiting the Dioceses, the Archbishop provides valuable support and encouragement and is able to directly assist with pastoral issues.

General Secretary of the Anglican Church of Tanzania, Rev Canon Mecka Ogunde with Rev Canon Robert Kereopa, AM CEO at the Anglican Missions Office, January 2019

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BOLD (Building Outstanding Leaders and Disciples) team to Fiji

Overseas MissionTikanga Pākehā

NZ $31,000

Each of the three tikanga of the Anglican Church (Māori, Pākehā and Pasifika) has its own Missions Council which supports the work of Anglican Missions. The Overseas Missions – Tikanga Pākehā, or OM-TP, comprises representatives from each of the seven Pākehā Dioceses, as well as representatives from the Association of Anglican Women (AAW), the House of Bishops and the Anglican Missions Board. The OM-TP meets four times a year to explore ways of growing interest in overseas mission and to consider funding requests.

Funding to the OM-TP for 2019 will be used to enable short-term mission trips, from parishes across New Zealand to visit countries such as Papua New Guinea and to the Diocese of Polynesia and Anglican Churches in Melanesia. Over the past few years there have also been short-term mission trips to Kenya and SE Asia and a regular trip by Anglican Youth Ministries to Fiji.

The benefits of such trips are to those receiving the ministry, who are encouraged by practical help and the knowledge that Christian brothers and sisters are upholding them in prayer; and to those going to share and serve. There are many instances where those who have gone have experienced a real stirring of God’s spiritual and practical gifts as well as gaining a long-term interest in the

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Running the children's programme – Waikanae Parish mission trip to Fiji

importance of overseas mission. One of the criteria for short-term mission trips is that those going are required to report back to the sending parishes/Dioceses.

Please visit Anglican Mission’s website for information on previous grants and mission trips taken, for OM-TP contact details, and how to apply. Closing dates for funding applications in 2019 are 17 May and 25 October.

If you and/or your Parish would like to support the work of OM-TP through your missions giving please let us know.

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Golden Oldies Mission: Fiji

Golden Oldies Missions are supported by the NZ Church Missionary Society (NZCMS); Anglican Missions Board; Anglican Church of Polynesia; Archer: offering boutique lifestyle villages and homes; Archer Memorial Baptist Home Trust-Kingdom Ministries Fund; Croft Design and Print; and Fiji Airways.

This year the 8th Golden Oldies Mission tour to Fiji is proposed for Saturday 14 September to Tuesday 24 September. The team will be in Suva, hosted by St John’s Bible College, and based at the Moana Anglican Services and Teaching (MAST) Centre, headquarters for the Diocese of Polynesia.

On the trip, participants will see and experience the mission of the Church including visits to local schools specialising in supporting students from informal squatter settlements and remote villages, to an orphanage, squatter settlements, and a visit to a tin church built in under a week. Socially, the team will experience a traditional Fijian dinner and cultural celebration at a remote village.

The Golden Oldies website, goldenoldiesmission.com, says that “This year we are spending more time on our project sites to allow the team to learn and experience life as it really is for people in Fiji. Then to finish off the trip we will take you for 2 nights experience at a tourist resort.” The tour is fully escorted with experienced leaders. Numbers are limited so please book early.

For more details, please contact: Graeme and Jane Mitchell, Golden Oldies Mission Founders and Leaders, Christchurch, New Zealand. Email: graeme@goldenoldiesmission.com (and also visit their website).

Golden Oldies visit to Fiji

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Tikanga Māori Missions Council

Te Pihopatanga o AotearoaNZ $65,000

The Tikanga Māori Missions Council (TMMC) is a branch of Te Pihopatanga o Aotearoa (The Māori Bishopric) that works in partnership with specific partners to provide mission support overseas in different forms. The main function of the TMMC is to co-ordinate mission team visits and to approve and distribute grant funds.

Te Pihopatanga is part of the Anglican Indigenous Network (AIN) which comprises Anglican indigenous minorities in countries that the late Archbishop Paul Reeves and Archbishop Te Whakahuihui Vercoe made contact with in the early 1970’s. Participating countries include Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Canada, Hawaii, USA and Torres Strait Island. The AIN gathers every two years, alternating hosts and venues. The Steering Committee Secretariat is based in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Of the total funding available for 2019 NZ$40,000 will enable Aotearoa delegates to attend the gathering this year in Hawaii.

TMMC also supports the Australian Māori Mission which continues to develop. In the Diocese of Perth and the Diocese of Brisbane, NZ$10,000 will promote and strengthen Minita a Whanau lay leadership, support stipendiary ministry, and continue work setting up a communications network.

In the Diocese of Sydney and the Diocese of Melbourne, NZ$10,000 will similarly be used

to grow the already well-established outreach to Archbishop Don Tamihere visits congregations, whanau and friends in Perth, Western Australia

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Māori, supply Minita a Whanau resources and provide training opportunities for ministry teams.

NZ$5,000 will be made available for short-term mission visits with the focus this year again being to the Diocese of Polynesia which is heavily committed to the mitigation of climate change and outreach awareness programmes on pollution of plastics.

The final $5,000 of funding will help towards the costs of four TMMC meetings this year, providing oversight for the Mission in Aotearoa Minita a Whanau Programme and the AIN and a review of the TMMC mission direction.

AIN group at 2017 Conference

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Sharing our Ministries Abroad (SOMA) NZ

NZ $5,000

SOMA is an associated body of Anglican Missions. It grew out of the charismatic renewal movement in the United Kingdom in the 1970’s and is predicated on the fact that anyone touched by the Holy Spirit inevitably wants to go out and share that experience with others.

Teams of people are sent if invited by a Bishop. It has been hugely influential in the Anglican Church, especially Africa, where many senior leaders today directly attribute the growth and strength of the church on the continent to SOMA visits.

Eight years ago (2011), SOMA NZ hosted some 200 international leaders in Waikanae, as a part of the Common Life Missions Conference, organised by Anglican Missions. Three years later, SOMA NZ went into recess after the departure of its National Director, the Rev Gradon Harvey, who became the head of International Needs NZ.

SOMA NZ has been resurrected with the appointment last year of the Rev Andrew Allan-Johns, previously vicar of St John’s Parish, Rangiora as the new National Director.

In 2018 Rev Allan-Johns attended a meeting of Archbishops of the Dioceses of Polynesia and Melanesia to meet current leaders and make known SOMA NZ’s desire to serve. He will be travelling to a meeting of the International Board of SOMA and then will be meeting with different NZ Dioceses this year to share the vision. He has also been invited to lead a mission to the Kondoa District of Tanzania this year.

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NZCMS New Zealand Church Missionary Society

NZ $560,000

Anglican Missions and NZCMS have a strong and close relationship that goes back many years. The two agencies partner together to enable New Zealand Anglicans to participate in the overseas mission of the Church as Mission Partners.

NZCMS acts as the "mission sending arm", recruiting and preparing candidates for the mission field and then providing support while they are overseas, while Anglican Missions is the "mission funding arm", providing some of the funding for the Mission Partners while overseas through funds raised from the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

This collaborative relationship sees each organisation represented on the other’s governing body while staff work together in a number of areas.

The Anglican Missions Board provides a grant each year towards the cost of supporting Mission Partners serving overseas. This year the grant covers about 50% of the budgeted direct costs of Mission Partners and goes towards the Mission Partners outlined in the following pages.

If you would like to give to Anglican Missions specifically to support one or more of the NZCMS Mission Partners outlined in this booklet; please indicate this with your giving or email info@angmissions.org.nz

Information on the Mission Partners can also be found on the NZCMS website nzcms.org.nz

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margaretAdministrative Support, Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea is one of the most culturally and linguistically diverse nations. This presents both opportunities and challenges for the Church as it seeks to be simultaneously united and diverse. Margaret’s work is also diverse. After completing her placement as Executive Assistant to the Archbishop, she is exploring other ministry options for 2019 in PNG.

Jonathan and TessTheological Education, Solomon Islands

Jonathan and Tess Hicks, along with their six children, live and worship at the Trinity School for Theology and Ministry on the island of Malaita. Jonathan is a lecturer in Theology, including courses on the Old and New Testaments, Hebrew and Greek. Tess, as well as home-schooling their four older children, is involved in the women’s programme at the Seminary for the Year 3 Students’ wives.

If you would like to support a particular Mission Partner and want to receive their newsletters, please contact the NZCMS Office in Christchurch at office@nzcms.org.nz or (03) 377 2222.

You can ask to receive the:

• Emailed newsletter of the Mission Partner you wish to support;

• Prayer Fuel brochure (advise quantities) which is produced monthly. This will keep you up to date with urgent prayer needs and movements of Mission Partners;

• Intermission magazine (advise quantities) which is also produced monthly. This magazine has a variety of articles about mission and is a great resource for home groups to help stimulate missional thinking;

• Annual Snapshot of all Mission Partners.

Below are details about some of our long-term Mission Partners.

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She teaches nutrition and cooking as well as hosting a weekly prayer meeting.

DianneChildren’s Ministry, Philippines

Dianne has been serving with the Children’s Bible Ministries (CBM) in the Philippines for 40 years. As the National Director, her job is to oversee and lead the various ministries. Along with her staff, Dianne’s vision is to see Filipino children grounded in Biblical values, transformed and becoming disciples for Christ. The team also equips adults to do this by running a Bible College and training seminars in their region and around the country. CBM also ministers directly to Filipino children from their compound by running a children’s home, Bible clubs, a school and a centre for disabled children.

Anne and AnthonySocial Work and Patient Recovery, Cambodia

Anne and Anthony McCormick have been based in Cambodia since

2011. Since 2013, they have been living in Battambang, Cambodia and partnering with the World Mate Emergency Hospital where Anthony set up a social work department. Anthony has now started providing training for the NGO’s and YWAM staff. Anne also works at the hospital where she runs an activity programme for patients and caregivers. She also mentors her assistant with the view to eventually taking over her role.

MiriamTogo, Africa

Miriam Tillman is the Pharmacist

at the Hospital of Hope in Mango, northern Togo. She oversees six Togolese technicians in the day to day running of the Pharmacy and is responsible for ordering medicines from local and overseas sources to keep the shelves stocked. Over 30,000 patients have been seen at the Hospital and Clinic since it opened in March 2015. Patients will even travel from the surrounding countries of Ghana, Burkina Faso and Benin to receive medical care that’s not available or affordable in their own countries. Once at the Hospital of Hope, patients are shown God’s love by the care they receive.

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Nick and TessaUganda, Africa

Nick and Tessa live in a gloriously fence-free neighbourhood in their grass-thatched hut in Gulu. They love tutoring neighbourhood kids on reading, writing and maths, chewing over meaty topics with their Bible study group, and being part of local life.

Nick coordinates 18 remote Anglican health centres, and personally treats patients twice a week at St. Philips, their mini-hospital. He has launched ten of these health centres within the last eighteen months as part of a new initiative to extend sustainable health care to the rural poor. More health centres coming soon!

Tessa works as a community organiser, supporting communities to tackle local justice issues. She is currently focused on helping rural citizens fight for their land rights, and also drawing on this work as part of her PhD ‘action’ research with Cambridge University.

KatieSpain, Europe

Katie is partnering alongside the local Spanish church and the Pioneers Iberian Peninsula team in disciple making. She is passionate about collaborating with and empowering Spanish believers to live out the great commission.

Prayer is fundamental in seeing Gospel transformation take place both in the region’s churches and in the community. Katie is involved in a prayer ministry that prays and intercedes for the city as well as investigates and prays for the effects of its cultural and historical roots.

For Katie, being part of the community has come partly in the form of a Christian op-shop. The shop is in the heart of the suburb and serves the community through various groups, practical help, a hot cuppa and a listening ear to people who pass by. Katie volunteers in the shop alongside other believers and looks for people that are spiritually curious who she can chat to, pray for and explore who God is in the Bible.

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Andy and ShonaCosta Rica, Central America

Andy and Shona and family arrived in Costa Rica in May 2018. Shona and the children are focusing on learning Spanish and connecting with their local church community. Meanwhile Andy, who is fully fluent in Spanish, plunged into ministry almost straight away. He is working with Movida, which is a combination of two Spanish words “mover” and “vidas” which means “moving lives”. Movida seeks to motivate young people to better serve their local churches and to reach out through world mission. Andy is an enthusiastic networker and communicator and his days are filled with various speaking and ministry opportunities. The Millers are excited about inspiring, empowering, equipping and mobilising the Latin American church into a growing wave of mission.

Neill & Rebekah Language Learning Cambodia

Neill and Rebekah along with their three children have answered the call to join the Church in Cambodia. This year they are busy language learning until they can work in the fields prepared by God for harvest. They are excited to see what God has in store for this beautiful country, as they serve and disciple members of the developing church.

Cambodia is a youthful nation – over half the people are under 25 years of age – with a rapidly rising urban population and rate of development. Still in recovery from its recent turbulent past, this predominantly Buddhist nation is in desperate need of the Good News of Jesus.

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RAP'sRestricted Access Partners

This group of Mission Partners, known as “RAPs” (Restricted Access Partners) are little heard about.

We cannot tell you much about them as they are in secure locations, and sharing information about them, their location, or what they are doing can endanger them. Brief updates and prayer items can however be found in the monthly NZCMS publication ‘Prayer Fuel’.

RAP’s are all over the world, serving in many ways including community development, education, discipleship and pastoral support. They are doing very important work in places that are not always very welcoming to them and their families.

We are supporting RAP Mission Partners in the following areas:

• 3 in the Middle East;

• 2 in the Middle East/NZ;

• 2 in South East Asia; and

• 11 in South Asia.

New Mission PartnersAt the time of publication of this booklet, there are a number of people going through the recruitment stages.

NZCMS is always happy to talk with people who are passionate about mission. There are lots of opportunities out there so visit nzcms.org.nz or get in touch at office@nzcms.org.nz if you’re interested!

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LentenAppeal2019

CELEBRATING 100 YEARS IN 2019

DONATETO HELP SCHOOL STUDENTS IN THE DIOCESE OF JERUSALEM

AND FOR WATER TANKS IN FIJIwww.angmissions.org.nz

Lenten AppealTwo years before the Anglican Missions Board was established in 1919, the NZ Provincial Board of Missions in 1917 decided “that the Jerusalem and East Mission should claim the special attention of the church in New Zealand….A goal of £2,000 was set”. This tradition of supporting the Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East has continued ever since. From 2011, Anglican Missions expanded this to include a third project, usually from the Pacific.

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• Christ Anglican School in Nazareth: The School, founded in 1851 by the Church Missionary Society, now has 1,100 Christian and Muslim students (kindergarten age to year 12 secondary). The School is considered to be an oasis of peace, a place of dialogue and an example of how Christians and Muslims can live peacefully together. Funding will be used to improve communications between departments with a central audio system (which will also be crucial in communicating emergency messages to the entire school and daily announcements).

• Holy Land Institute for the Deaf and Deaf Blind students (HLID): The Institute was founded in 1964 as a small deaf school on the site of a former missionary hospital in Salt, Jordan. It has grown to an Institute comprising 12 departments that provide educational opportunities for deaf, hard-of-hearing and deaf-blind children. Funding will assist in outreach services that provide information and training for families as well as for professionals who are supporting these children and young people.

• Water for All, Fiji: The provision of a safe, consistent and adequate water supply is a need in most communities in Fiji. The project aims to procure and install water tanks in five small rural communities as well as Holy Trinity Anglican School in Suva. See the detailed project summary in this booklet (page 6) for more information .

While Anglican Missions is only able to pass on what it receives, we hope to secure NZ$15,000 for each project.

In 2019, the Lenten Appeal will support the:

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Spring Appeal Projects

In September 2019 we will launch our annual Spring Appeal which will focus on three projects. We will provide details on the projects and how you might support them closer to the time.

SpringAppeal

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General Support for overseas mission

Anglican Missions is the funding agency for overseas mission of the Anglican Church of Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. There are a number of ways in which parishes and individuals are able to contribute. These include:

General donations to Anglican Missions go towards projects summarised in this booklet; to our partners (such as the Anglican Indigenous Network); and to NZCMS Mission Partners. Anglican Missions also provides funding in response to natural disasters, especially in the Pacific.

Tikanga Giving, the funds contributed by each parish, go towards annual Diocesan Missions Targets. These targets, set at Diocesan Synods each year, are the funding goal each Diocese works towards. They are managed in different ways by each Diocese. The following donations from parishes are included in Diocesan Target Giving:

• Parish support for current projects as outlined in this 2019 Booklet;

• Parish support of NZCMS Mission Partners given through Anglican Missions;

• Parish support to the annual Lenten Appeal;

• Parish support for Special Appeals that contribute to Mission Partner projects (e.g. the Spring Appeal);

• Parish support for Anglican Mission projects from previous years (noting that donations will be reallocated into the current year’s projects); and

• Parish support to cover the salaries of Anglican Missions staff and to keep the office running.

Donations which are not included as part of the Diocesan Target Giving, are those for specific other purposes, e.g.:

• Donations for NZCMS that are given directly to NZCMS;

• Donations to non-NZCMS Mission Partners;

• Donations for a particular ministry (e.g. items for a Mission Partner’s ministry such as books, mosquito nets, food, etc.);

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• Emergency Appeals; and

• Projects that are not officially recognised as Anglican Missions projects.

Specified donations will be used for the purposes indicated by the donor, but are noted as being financially separate from Parish or Tikanga Giving. Please go to our website for further information.

ANNUAL APPEALS

Each year Anglican Missions launches a Lenten and Spring Appeal. Each focuses on three projects (see the summary earlier in the booklet).

EMERGENCY APPEALS

In addition to these two Appeals, Anglican Missions also launches emergency appeals from time to time to help our partners in times of need.

People in Southern Highlands, PNG waiting for the arrival of food. Source HANDOUT-Reuters 8 March 2018

For example in 2018, over $100,000 was raised following Tropical Cyclone Gita, which devastated parts of Tonga, and $20,000 to support recovery efforts in PNG following a series of earthquakes. Anglican Missions stands ready and able to assist in the event of an emergency. This year, it will launch an appeal to support communities in Vanuatu which are being relocated as a result of on-going volcanic activity on the island of Ambae.

Updates on all Appeals are on our website: www.angmissions.org.nz

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rohe, dioceses and Hui Amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia.

Anglican Missions Board office and staff thank you all for your generous support for overseas mission.

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PROCLAIMING THE GOOD NEWS OF THE KINGDOM

We have new Mission Boxes being produced this year to celebrate our centenary and promote the work of Anglican Missions.

If you would like one or several for your parish, to give to individuals, or to put on tables at mission events, please contact us

at info@angmissions.org.nz or phone (04) 4735172.

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CELEBRATING 100 YEARS IN 2019