St Giles Presbyterian Church - Christchurch, New Zealand

Papanui, Christchurch

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September 2011

Encouragement Verse
‘God…called from the bush, “Moses! Moses!” He answered, “Yes, here I am.”’ Ex.3:4
The springtime speaks to us of God's love of beauty, of new beginnings.
The Celts love God's friendliness.
In every bush I see the flame, And hear God calling out my name.

The St Giles events for the month

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday
				1 St Giles Day 9:30a Scrabble	2 1:15p Indoor bowls	3
4 Father's Day 10:00a Morning Worship 11:00a Calendars and Cards (see below) 12:00p Shared Lunch	5 9:30a Music Moments 7:30p Bible Study Group	6 9:30a Music Moments 10:15a The Creative Nest	7 9:45a Badminton 1:00p Line Dancing	8 9:30a Scrabble	9 1:15p Indoor bowls	10 9:30a Scottish Society Burns Song Contest 2011 (see below)
11 10:00a Morning Worship + Celebration of Communion 11:00a Book Sales Table 7:00p Evening Service in Lounge	12 9:30a Music Moments 7:30p Bible Study Group	13 9:30a Music Moments 10:15a The Creative Nest 12:00p Friendly Circle Shared Lunch 7:00p The Presbytery meeting (see below) 7:30p National Council of Women Suffrage Function (see below)	14 9:45a Badminton 1:00p Line Dancing	15 9:30a Scrabble 7:30p Session	16 1:15p Indoor bowls	17
18 10:00a Morning Worship (Rev David Grant's last day at St Giles)	19 9:30a Music Moments 7:30p Bible Study Group	20 9:30a Music Moments 10:15a The Creative Nest 7:30p Board of Managers	21 9:45a Badminton 1:00p Line Dancing	22 9:30a Scrabble	23 1:15p Indoor bowls	24 9:30a Christians Against Poverty (see below)
25 2:00a Daylight Saving Starts (see below) 10:00a Morning Worship 11:00a Presbytery Review Team Feedback (see below)	26 9:30a Music Moments 7:30p Bible Study Group	27 9:30a Music Moments 10:15a The Creative Nest	28 9:00a Theology and Church Architecture (see below) 9:45a Badminton 1:00p Line Dancing 7:30p Belfast/Redwood Association of Anglican Women (see below)	29 9:30a Scrabble	30 1:15p Indoor bowls

Other Activities

Sun 4th at 11:00am - Calendars and Cards – Sandy Bragg will be selling calendars, cards and Nancy Tichborne diaries after service.

Sat 10th at 9:30am - Scottish Society Burns Song Contest 2011 – at the Scottish Society Hall, Cnr Edgeware and Caledonian Rds. All welcome, entry by gold coin. Come and enjoy the performances of these young singers. Bring your friends and spread the word. For further information, ring Graeme Matheson, or Geoff Tyson.

Tue 13th at 7:00pm - The Presbytery meeting – (6.30pm for those involved in the business side of things) in the Knox hall. Roger Sutton from CERA will be the guest speaker and there will be an opportunity to ask questions. This is a great opportunity to hear what he has to say and we would encourage whoever can make it to come along.

Tue 13th at 7:30pm - National Council of Women Suffrage Function – The speaker will be Mary Devine, Managing Director of J Ballantyne & Co. Tickets $15. Enquiries to Susan Barnes, APW delegate to NCW, after service.

Sat 24th at 9:30am - Christians Against Poverty – A day long training course on September 24th 9.30am - 3pm. This is a professional course designed to train people in parishes to run budgeting courses aimed at enabling people to effectively manage their finances in a sustainable manner. The CAP Money course is part of Christians Against Poverty, which primarily offers an in-depth debt counselling service which connects local churches to people within their community who are struggling with unmanageable debt. To find out more about what a CAP Centre is please visit www.capnz.org. The training course is free for Christchurch people and they will supply free materials and start-up packs this time. The course will be held at Burnside Elim church on Grahams Road. If anyone is interested in this as a possible outreach into the community then they can talk to Anne for further details.

Sun 25th at 2:00am - Daylight Savings Starts – At 2:00am put clocks forward 1 hour to 3:00am.

Sun 25th at 11:00am - Presbytery Review Team Feedback Arrangements –
10.00am Review Team attends worship.
11.00am Get a cup of tea quickly and be seated in the lounge.
11.15am Review Team give their first impressions of the parish, explores with interested congregational and Session members dreams and possibilities for St Giles and invites strategic thinking.
12.15pm (approx) Finger food lunch. Review Team meet folk informally as we eat.
1.00pm Review Team meets any other groups or individuals who wish to meet us.
1.15/1.30pm Review Team meets with Session to explore in particular whether this is the right time to appoint a Ministry Settlement Board.
Please, if you are staying to lunch, bring a plate of finger food. It would be great to confine it to finger food as we do not want to need a team in the kitchen and missing what is going on.

Wed 28th at 9:00am to 3:30pm - Theology and Church Architecture – Register for the Theology and Church Architecture conference to be held at the Christchurch Chinese Church, Greers Road, Bryndwr, on Wednesday 28th September from 9am - 3.30pm. The conference is an opportunity for both lay and ordained people interested in thinking theologically about church architecture and to hear architects and theologians from Otago, Auckland and Victoria Universities. Cost is $20 for the day which includes lunch. Ph: Chris 03 355 9145 or email admin@theologyhouse.ac.nz to register.

Wed 28th at 7:30pm - Belfast/Redwood Association of Anglican Women – An invitation goes out to all women of St Giles to attend an evening on Wednesday, 28 September 2011 at 7.30pm, at St Silas Church Hall, Cnr Tuckers and Main North Rds, Redwood. Guest Speaker is Ruth Martis, midwife and midwifery lecturer at CPIT speaking about her visit to the Hamlin Fistula Hospital in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Supper to follow. Phone Carol Vaughan by Monday, 26 September. www.theologyhouse.ac.nz, or phone 355 9145, or email at admin@theologyhouse.ac.nz.