WEEKLY NEWSLETTER

30 August 2015 - Ordinary Sunday 22

8.00 am Eucharist (NZPB476) Dean Michael Godfrey

10.30 am Sung Eucharist Dean Michael Godfrey with the combined Napier Anglican Parishes

Ormond Chapel, Napier Terrace: 2.00 pm Baptism Rev’d Graeme Pilgrim

Please ensure all cellphones are switched OFF when in the Cathedral; if necessary, adjust hearing aids to the “Loop” system.

A place of resurrection, life, and hope

The CATHEDRAL KIDS programme is normally offered at the Cathedral during the 10.00am service on Sundays of the school term, for children up to 12 years of age.

Today’s events 2

Waiapu Choirs; AAW; EJP

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Sentence, Collect & Readings

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Readings comments 4

From your Dean 5

From the DoM 6

From Dio. Registrar 7

Concerts 7

Diary Dates & Directory

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In this issue …

We have low-Gluten wafers (below 20ppm) available - please advise the Presider, or one of the Welcoming team, if this is your dietary requirement.

NOTE: Bell Tower and entrance are earthquake prone as assessed under the Building Act 2004 - use at your own risk!

PRAYER CYCLES - WE PRAY FOR ...

Anglican Communion

The Anglican Communion and the Archbishop of Canter-

bury, Justin Welby; the Secretary-General and staff

Diocese of Sebei (Uganda), the Rt Rev’d Augustine

Arapyona Salimo

Anglican Board of Missions

The Bishops and representatives from the Dioceses of

Waiapu NZ, Rockhampton Australia, and Norwich UK,

on pilgrimage to the Province of Papua New Guinea

Diocese, Parish and Community

Waiapu Bishop Andrew Hedge and family

Waiapu Vicar-General, Rev’d Brian Hamilton; Waiapu

Dean Michael Godfrey; Regional Deans (BOP, East, HB)

Havelock North Parish, Rev’d Bryan Carey, Vicar

Edgecumbe-Kawerau Parish and local ministry support

Diocese of Wellington, Bishop Justin Duckworth, Dean

Digby Wilkinson and the St Paul’s Cathedral Parish

TODAY …

Welcome to all who are worshipping with us … especially if you are visiting Napier or at the Cathedral for the first time … you are invited to join us for morning tea (or coffee!) served at the back of the cathedral following the 10am service.

Welcome to the Ahuriri Anglicans, and this morning’s guest speaker, au-thor and historian, Keith Newman on The Coming of the Gospel to Ahuriri.

At 2.00 pm this afternoon, the Rev’d Graeme Pilgrim will Baptise Freddie Charles Ormsby Tosswill, son of Dan and Joanna Tosswill, at Ormond Chapel, on Napier Terrace.

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The Environment Justice and Peace Network meets next

Sunday 6th September, 3.00pm in the Parish Lounge.

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Waiapu Cathedral is home to three Choirs and we are currently seeking members for two of our three choirs. Choir 1 – The Waiapu Cathedral Choir This choir is a traditional SATB choir that leads Choral Eucharist once a month, at special feast days of the church and Wai-apu Diocesan events. We are seeking members in all parts. Practices are on selected Thursdays, starting at 7.00pm – 9.00pm. Membership is open to anyone who has an interest in choral music and is able to commit to the services men-tioned above. Choir 2 – The Waiapu Cathedral Singers This choir is a new initiative and has been created for the purpose of leading the congregation of Waiapu Cathedral in liturgical music and hymnody. Practices are at 9.00am on a Sunday morning and membership is open to anyone with an interest in church music. This choir may suit those who find committing to week-night practices difficult, or those who are looking for an opportunity to actively lead and participate in Sunday worship, in a traditional setting. For more information on membership of either of these choirs, please contact the Director of Music, James Mist by email: music@napiercathedral.org.nz or through the Parish Office, telephone 06 835 8824.

See also the DoM’s letter to the Parish on page 6 of this newsletter.

Association of Anglican Women

Afternoon Fellowship Wednesday 2 September, 2.00pm

in the Cathedral Parish Lounge Discussion and decisions about the future of the group will follow the

service and meeting. Contact: Elisabeth ph 835-4609

ROSTERS for September / October /

November have been emailed … printed copies available from the Office. If you are not available for your rostered duty, please arrange a swap and advise Margaret in the Office. Thanks.

Sentence:

‘Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. James 1: 17

Collect:

Gentle Father, show us our sins as they really are so that we may truly renounce them and know the depth and richness of your mercy. This we ask through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Song of Solomon 2: 8-13

8 The voice of my beloved! Look, he comes, leaping upon the mountains, bounding over the hills. 9 My beloved is like a gazelle or a young stag. Look, there he stands behind our wall, gazing in at the windows, looking through the lattice. 10 My beloved speaks and says to me: “Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away; 11 for now the winter is past, the rain is over and gone. 12 The flowers appear on the earth; the time of singing has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land. 13 The fig tree puts forth its figs, and the vines are in blossom; they give forth fragrance. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.

Psalm 45: 1-2, 6-9 (ANZPB page 249)

1 My heart overflows with a noble theme: I utter the song I have made for a king, my tongue is like the pen of a ready writer. 2 You are the fairest of men, grace is upon your lips:

therefore God has blessed you for ever. 6 Your throne is as God's throne, it endures for ever: your royal sceptre is a sceptre of righteousness. 7 You are a lover of right and a hater of wrong: therefore God your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above other kings. 8 All your garments are fragrant with myrrh aloes and cassia: music of strings from ivory palaces makes you glad. 9 Kings' daughters are among your ladies of honour: on your right hand is the queen in gold of Ophir.

James 1: 17-27

17Every generous act of giving, with every per-fect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change. 18In fulfill-ment of his own purpose he gave us birth by the word of truth, so that we would become a kind of first fruits of his creatures. 19You must understand this, my beloved: let everyone be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow to anger; 20for your anger does not pro-duce God’s righteousness. 21Therefore rid yourselves of all sordidness and rank growth of wickedness, and welcome with meekness the implanted word that has the power to save your souls. 22But be doers of the word, and not merely hearers who deceive themselves. 23For if any are hearers of the word and not doers, they are like those who look at themselves in a mirror; 24for they look at themselves and, on going away, immediately forget what they were like. 25But those who look into the per-fect law, the law of liberty, and persevere, be-ing not hearers who forget but doers who

Today’s Readings … from the New Revised Standard Version Bible

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act—they will be blessed in their doing. 26If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless. 27Religion that is pure and undefiled before God, the Father, is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.

Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23

1Now when the Pharisees and some of the scribes who had come from Jerusalem gath-ered around him, 2they noticed that some of his disciples were eating with defiled hands, that is, without washing them. 3(For the Phari-sees, and all the Jews, do not eat unless they thoroughly wash their hands, thus observing the tradition of the elders; 4and they do not eat anything from the market unless they wash it; and there are also many other tradi-tions that they observe, the washing of cups, pots, and bronze kettles.) 5So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why do your dis-ciples not live according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with defiled hands?” 6He said to them, “Isaiah prophesied rightly about you hypocrites, as it is written, ‘This people honours me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me; 7in vain do they worship me, teaching human precepts as doctrines.’ 8You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition.”

14Then he called the crowd again and said to them, “Listen to me, all of you, and under-stand: 15there is nothing outside a person that by going in can defile, but the things that come out are what defile.”

21For it is from within, from the human heart, that evil intentions come: fornication, theft, murder, 22adultery, avarice, wickedness, de-ceit, licentiousness, envy, slander, pride, folly. 23All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.”

Readings Comments …

Song of Solomon 2: 8-13: let’s not be prissy and beat around the bush: these words are the erotic longings of a hormonally charged young woman for her lover! The propensity for the Church to “rarefy” human passion is deplorable. The propensity for the Church to “eviscerate” the passion of scripture is equally deplorable (and Victorian!). But that’s not entirely the point: the point is that we are encouraged to experience the energies of what Paul Tillich called the “erotic” in our relationship to God—an insatiable attraction that leads us on to the final great con-summation that is our death, when at last we are free to see our Lover no longer through a dark-ened glass but face to face. (Paul Tillich, paradox-ically, spent his wedding night with a bunch of male friends, his bride at home, livid).

Psalm 45: 1-2, 6-9: This psalm drips a different kind of love. It is the passionate love royalists feel for their monarch, sports devotees for their he-roes, musical fanatics for their rock star. But it too is the language of irrepressible devotion—many of us remember the tears on the face of a girls clutching a sod of grass on which Paul McCartney had just walked. We are challenged to love God with that love …

… James 1: 17-27: … because that is the pas-sionate, weeping, clutching love with which the Author of the Universe loves us. The generous Divine lover showers us with gifts—but in return expects us to love one another, flawed and un-lovable as we all are.

Mark 7: 1-8, 14-15, 21-23: picky picky picky. The sanctimonious and holy religious in-crowd were expecting a religious leader to be duplicate of them, perfect in their own self-assessment, efficient, running religion like Yes Minister’s fa-mous hospital without patients. Jesus kind of mucked that up delivering as it happens a very acidic parable about purity and sewerage.

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From Deanly Delvings

Brothers [and sisters] your Amen is your subscription, your consent, your agreement.

St Augustine, Sermon Fragment 1:3.

From Your Dean …

arms of forgiveness, reconciliation and em-

brace, and of tenacious anchorage, as the cruciform Jesus is?

When I worship, at highpoints of the liturgy (namely the absolution, the end of the glo-ria and credo, the epiclesis, receiving the

elements, and the benediction) I cross my-

self. I have amalgamated Orthodox and Catholic forms of the sign of the cross, and it is my own prayer, which I would never impose on others. At the end of the tracing

of the arms of the cross I use the Anglo-Catholic practice iof returning to the centre of the axes. There is the sacre3d space where God’s redemption meets and trans-forms human suffering. There heaven kiss-es earth (as the Easter liturgy puts it).

A cathedral is cruciform (whether it is or not, architecturally). The all-embracing arms, north, south, east and west, trace the directions of God’s love. There, in the sacred space at the centre holiness dwells,

mystery dwells, compassion dwells, and above all the embrace of God dwells. The cruciform arms do not judge: they welcome (and in any case even the doctrine of judgement is, contra many Christians,

about welcome and embrace).

Do we do this right? Not at all. Or not all at all. But pray God this is a place and a mis-sion where the hurting are welcome, the uncertain uplifted, the unwashed cleansed, and the over-confident sternly reminded

that the cost of all this connection with the Creator of the universe is five bloody nails and the dying gasp of a tortured Saviour. Welcome.

Welcome to you (over and beyond that

elsewhere in the pew sheet) if you are vis-iting the cathedral this week, for Ahuriri Anglicans or any other reason. It is your ca-thedral … we kinda keep it warm for you.

But what is a cathedral? At the Recent Aus-

tralasian Deans’ Conference the high point was a pair of lectures by Adelaide academic the Rev'd Canon Dr Matthew Anstey. Matthew is a Hebrew scholar, an outstand-ing theologian and communicator. I suspect

I can safely say all 25 deans present were “strangely warmed” by his theological in-terpretation of cathedrals (and of deans). These though are my own reflections de-volved from Matthew’s addresses rather than direct notes, though: his are to be

published another time

The fundamental issue for cathedrals, though, is that they are cruciform. This does not mean they are shaped like a cross, though many are, but that all they do is an

echo and a reverberation of the Cross of Jesus Christ. Did Jesus and his cross shun people? Neither should we. Did Jesus and his cross create space for a journey into faith? So should we.

By the “Cross” and “cruciform” we aren’t referring to the couple of nasty planks that Jesus was nailed on, a sort of “old rugged cross” obsession. We are using St Paul’s shorthand, in which “the Cross” (1 Cor 1:17-18, Gal 5:11, 6:12-14, Phil 2:8, 3:18) is

code for the entire pre-existence, birth, life, teachings, death, resurrection and future coming of the Son of God. Are we cruci-form? Are we shaped with outreached

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Choirs and Music of Waiapu Cathedral

Since my appointment as Director of

Music, I have enjoyed taking the time

to get to know many of you and to take

the time to get to know the Cathedral.

Cathedrals are special places and our

musical heritage is an important part of

what makes us special. Choral music

particularly plays an important part in

that heritage.

The Cathedral Choir is a highly skilled

and capable choir, both collectively and

as individuals and I want to recognise

just how talented the men and women

of our choir are. However, like many

voluntary organisations in the 21st

Century, it has seen a gradual reduc-

tion in size, which while concerning, is

less of an issue than the numbers of

voices in each part, where the unavaila-

bility of one - two people can mean an

entire part isn’t present, which in turn

for some pieces of music means that it

cannot be performed to a level that is

befitting the dignity of the Cathedral.

In recent times, this has meant there

have been some Sundays where we

haven’t had a Choir.

This is not a situation that I want to

have continue, so in recognition of that

and seeking to ensure that we have a

choir every Sunday, for the meantime, I

have decided to create two choirs to

lead us in our worship. The current Ca-

thedral Choir which at this stage will

be called the Waiapu Cathedral Choir,

will focus on sacred music, both liturgi-

cal and classical and will lead us once a

month and at special occasions such as

Holy Days. The second choir which at

this stage will be called the Waiapu Ca-

thedral Singers, will have a focus on

hymnody and congregational liturgical

music. Both Choirs will be robed choirs

and will sing at the 10.00am service,

which combined with our Choristers,

will ensure that there is a Choir every

Sunday at the Cathedral.

I am looking for people who would like

to be involved in one or both choirs. The

practice schedules for each choir are

very different. The Waiapu Cathedral

Choir will continue to meet on Thurs-

day evenings for practices. The Waiapu

Cathedral Singers will practice on Sun-

day mornings at 9.00am, so for those

who are unable to attend weeknight re-

hearsals but would still like to sing,

this may be an ideal option. If you, or

someone you know may be interested in

singing in either of these choirs, please

come and talk to me, or feel free to pass

on my contact details.

My goal is to ensure that the choral tra-

dition of this special place continues

and more importantly thrives into the

future and I ask that you pray for the

music department as we transition into

this structure. It is an exciting time for

music in this place and there are some

real growth opportunities that we will

be allowed as part of this.

Please come and talk to me if you would

like to know more about this. I look for-

ward to growing the music of Waiapu

Cathedral with you.

In Christs service.

James Mist,

Director of Music,

Waiapu Anglican Cathedral of St John

the Evangelist, Napier

FROM THE CATHEDRAL DIRECTOR OF MUSIC, JAMES MIST …

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St Matthew’s Church, HastingsSt Matthew’s Church, HastingsSt Matthew’s Church, Hastings Blossom Festival Week September 2015Blossom Festival Week September 2015Blossom Festival Week September 2015

concerts 12.15concerts 12.15concerts 12.15---1.00pm 1.00pm 1.00pm entry gold coin donation

Fri. 4th- Hastings Boys’ High; Mon. 7th- Te Aute College; Tues. 8th- Woodford House;

Weds. 9th - Lindisfarne/Hastings Girls’ Thurs. 10th - Karamu High;

Fri. 11th - Iona College

Napier Civic Choir 2015 Contrasts Concert Series with HB Orchestra

Mendelssohn Mendelssohn -- ElijahElijah

Conductor: José AparicioConductor: José Aparicio Soloists: Anna Leese, Elisabeth Harris, Soloists: Anna Leese, Elisabeth Harris,

Declan Cudd, Joel Amosa.Declan Cudd, Joel Amosa.

Friday 11 September, 7.30pmFriday 11 September, 7.30pm Sunday 13 September, 2.30pmSunday 13 September, 2.30pm

in Waiapu Cathedral in Waiapu Cathedral

Tickets: Choir member Alison Thomson, Tickets: Choir member Alison Thomson, Adults $37 (or $70 for 2 concerts)Adults $37 (or $70 for 2 concerts)

Or www.ticketek.co.nz / 0800 842 538Or www.ticketek.co.nz / 0800 842 538 Adults: $39 or $75 for 2 concertsAdults: $39 or $75 for 2 concerts

Students: $15 each concertStudents: $15 each concert

NZ Organ Month @ Waiapu Cathedral

September 2015

Lunchtime Concerts 12.15-1.00 pm

Tuesday 1st - Lester O’Brien

A Journey through Europe

Friday 4th - Gary Bowler

Time Marches On

Friday 11th - James Mist

A Trip Down the Aisle

Friday 18th - Ron Newton

French & New Zealand organ music

Friday 25th - Vincent James

Hands and Feet

Entry by koha at the door

This message from Colleen Kaye, Waiapu

Diocesan Registrar, to update all on our Di-

ocesan Office staffing.

Some of you will be aware recently, that I

have been working through a process to re-

structure the Administration support to my

role. It has become increasingly evident that

with the busyness of the Registrar’s role,

that I need a ‘right hand person’ to pick up

some of the workload at the Executive level.

The unfortunate consequence of this restruc-

ture is that the roles of my Personal Assis-

tant and the Receptionist / Admin resource

will be disestablished to make way for a

new position of Executive Assistant. This is

an upsetting outcome for Trish Truman and

Jill King, as they have served the Diocese

well for over 20 years, and it will be sad to

see them go. Both Trish and Jill will finish

working for us on Friday 11th September.

You may see the new role of Executive As-

sistant advertised on-line at SEEK,

http://www.seek.co.nz/Job/29344651

applications close on Friday 4th Sept.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank

Trish and Jill for their valued contribution

and their long service with us. Their pas-

sion, commitment and dedication during this

time will always be respected and valued

and we pray God’s blessing on them in their

future endeavours.

From the Diocesan Registrar …

St Peter’s Church, Ada St, Hastings

HYMNS OF NOSTALGIA

Saturday 5th September, 2.30pm $5.00 per person

Afternoon tea will be served.

A fun afternoon singing some well-loved hymns from yester-year!

CLERGY:

Dean: Michael Godfrey 022 342 9977

Assisting Clergy: Dorothy Brooker 843 6779 Erice Fairbrother 021 811 870 Graeme Pilgrim 835 6777 Jon Williams 833 6382 Anne van Gend 027 264 7245

WARDENS:

Dean’s: Martin Williams 835 0666 People’s: Jeanne Ayson 835 1920

DIRECTOR OF MUSIC: James Mist 021 936 810

LAY ASSISTANTS:

Jennifer Harris 845 1108 Elisabeth Paterson 835 4609

OFFICE:

Tues.-Fri. 9.30am-3.30pm 835 8824 Parish Mobile: 021 688 227 Priest-Administrator: Margaret Thompson

Waiapu Cathedral of St John the Evangelist, 28 Browning Street, Napier, NZ Phone 835-8824 ~ PO Box 495, Napier ~ email: office@napiercathedral.org.nz

www.napiercathedral.org.nz

Tuesday 1 September 10.30am - Eucharist (Resurrection Chapel)

Wednesday 2 September 2.00 pm - AAW Afternoon Fellowship Thursday 3 September 12.30 pm - Te Hakari Tapu (Eucharist in Te Reo Maori in the Aotearoa Chapel)

Friday 4 September 9.15am - Pastoral Companions meet Friday 11 Sept & Sunday 13 Sept Napier Civic Choir concerts in the Cathedral Saturday 12 & Sunday 13 September Waiapu Diocesan Synod, Gisborne Thursday 17 September 5.30 pm - Evensong & Parish Evening

NEXT SUNDAY 6 September 2015

OS23

Readings: Proverbs 22:1-2,8-9,22-23

Psalm 125

James 2: 1-10, 14-17

Mark 7: 24-37

Cathedral:

8.00 am Eucharist (Aotearoa Chapel)

10.00 am Parish Eucharist

Ormond Chapel, Napier Terrace:

No services

COMING UP THIS WEEK … & OTHER DIARY DATES -

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Mid-Week Services (in the Resurrection Chapel)

9.00am - Morning Prayer - Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays 10.30am - Eucharist - Tuesdays

12.30pm - Mid-day Prayer - Wednesdays

Prayer during Communion

A member of the ministry team is available in the Resurrection Chapel during Communion at the 10.00am Choral Eucharist service in the Ca-thedral, for anyone who wishes personal prayer, or prayer for a specific purpose, and/or anointing with oil for healing (if required).

If you wish to have someone pray with and for you, please go directly to the Resurrection Chap-el (at the back of the Cathedral) after receiving communion.

“Sailors, Pirates and High C’s”“Sailors, Pirates and High C’s” National Boys Choir of Australia

present an eclectic programme including Benjamin Britten’s The Golden Vanity,

A Rollicking Boys Own Operatic Adventure

Sunday 27 September, 2.30pm in Waiapu Cathedral. Doors open at 2.00 pm

Admission by koha at the door.