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Sunday 21 March at 12.30pm

St James’ Church Hall.

Notice of any items of general business (including the text of any proposed motions) must be given to the Vicar or a churchwarden by 9am Thursday 11 March so that public notice of such items can be given.

Nominations for Vestry members, for the People’s Warden, for Synod representatives, and for the Auditor must be received by the Registrar, Les Baird, by 9am Thursday 11 March so that they can be published.  Nomination forms are available at the back of the Church.  Any lay person who is on the Parish Electoral Roll (except paid staff) may be nominated as People’s Warden or Vestry member.  Further information about the duties of Vestry members is available from the Parish Office.

You must be on our Parish Electoral Roll to be able to speak or vote at the A.G.M.  The declaration for you to sign is available at the back of the Church.

We have some really cool things lined up for our service this week.

Ablaze is a service for youth in years 9 to 13 at school.

http://www.aco.org/acns/news.cfm/2009/12/25/ACNS4677

http://wn.anglican.org.nz/index.cfm/bishop_of_wellington/sermons/christmas_2009.html

For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours,

                                              Nōu hoki te rangatiratanga, te kaha, me te korōria,

now and forever.  Amen.                      Āke āke āke. Āmine.

Iraneus, one of the early Church Fathers, once said, “The glory of God is a human being fully alive.” Participation in God’s kingdom, power and glory is not a future reward based on a good or bad performance here on earth. It is active belief that wherever and whenever and however God is present in human life, there is where we experience the kingdom, the power, and the glory.

As we come to the great festival of God’s incarnation, God-with-us  -  Emmanuel  -  God in our skin,

Let us aalow ourselves to experience God’s delight in us?

Come, O Christ, come.

Teach us to pray.

Give us a glimpse of the depth of love your love.

Help us to be present to you, O God, this Advent.

Amen.

Have a blessed and wonder-full Christmas!

http://www.anglicantaonga.org.nz/News/Common-Life/Christmas

We at St James’ and All Saints’ Churches hope also that you have a blessed and peaceful Christmas.

For the kingdom, the power and the glory are yours,

                                              Nōu hoki te rangatiratanga, te kaha, me te korōria,

now and forever.  Amen.                      Āke āke āke. Āmine.

Rangatiratanga is a word that many of us will have heard discussed in the media, if not also in church circles. It is a word and a concept that is important in the Treaty of Waitangi… and was used there precisely because it was a word held in common by the Maori and Pakeha in this very prayer. In the nTreaty, Maori understood that they retained rangatiratanga of all their land and resources. In the Lord’s Prayer we acknowledge God’s rangatiratanga over all. This is God’s realm. While we may forget, God doesn’t.

Take time today to recognise how all of our life belongs in God’s realm.

Come, O Christ, come.

Teach us to pray.

Open us to all that is God’s.

Help us to be present to God, this Advent.

Amen.