| Parish of The Epiphany Masterton Weekly News 14 September 2025 8:00 am NZ Prayerbook Eucharist Service 9:30 am Family Service with Communion 9:30 am EKLOL – Children’s Programme  2025 Season of Creation September 1 – October 4 “Peace with Creation” Creator of all, we praise you for the gift of life and for the faith that unites us in care for our common home. We confess how estranged we have become— from one another, from your Creation, and from our truest selves. We acknowledge that our greed and destructive impulses have fractured our relationships with you, with others, and with the Earth. Fertile fields have become barren, forests lie desolate, oceans and rivers are polluted. Thriving communities have become places of suffering, and the earth cries out. Beloved Christ, who spoke “Shalom” to frightened hearts, stir us to compassionate action. Inspire us to work for the end of conflict, and for the full restoration of broken relationships— with you, with the ecumenical community, with the human family, and with all Creation. Prince of Peace, through your wounds, teach us to stand in solidarity with the woundedness of others, of creation, and of the world. Through your resurrection, make us people of hope— with a vision of swords turned into ploughshares and tears transformed into joy. May we come together as one family, to labor for your peace— a shalom where all your people may dwell in safety, and rest in quiet places. Amen. Check out https://anglicanmovement.nz/seasonofcreation for daily devotions and more. LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS AND REFERENDUMS As postal voting begins in local council elections and referendums on whether to keep or remove Māori Wards, we invite you to join us in prayer for God’s Spirit to be guiding us and our communities in this process. The English is provided by Archbishop Sir David Moxon, and the Te reo translation by Rev Hamish Dobbie. O God of all that lives and breathes, We give thanks for these lands, our island home and the first peoples of this land that have nurtured it over generations. Wherever our ancestors came from, You have made us all of one blood, one breath, one life. We carry your image with us; we all walk the same earth you gave us. We give thanks for the Treaty at Waitangi here and the promise it gave; the foundation it provided and the vision it shared. We pray for the hope that this covenant holds and the potential it offers. Guide us all in the faith and hope and love we need to enrich our democracy and our way of life. Guide us, uphold us and move us to act for justice, for freedom and for peace; to strive for your new creation as Easter people. May we find and be found in the ways of your wisdom as we discern how to support our local councils, how to consider our referendum choices, and how to approach our right to vote with prayer and goodwill. We make this prayer in the name of Jesus The Way, The Truth, and The Life. Amen E te Atua e whakahā ana i te mauri ora ki ngā mea katoa. E mihi atu nei ki tēnei kāinga o mātou, me te iwi taketake kua tiaki i tēnei whenua mai rā anō. Ahakoa haere mai ō mātou tūpuna ki hea, I tuku mai koe i tō ihoatua ki tēnā, ki tēnā. Nā reira he tototahi, he hātahi, he oratahi mātou katoa e takahitahi ana i te mata o te whenua. E mihi atu nei ki te Tiriti o Waitangi I tū ai hei oati, hei tūranga, hei kitenga hoki mō anamata. Ka īnoi mātou ki tēnei kawenata, ki tōna tūmanako me tōna pitomata. Aratakina mātou katoa i runga i te tika, te pono, me te aroha, kia haumako ai i te māra o te manapori. Whakamanamanatia mātou i te aruaru o te mana motuhake me te rangimārie, hei iwi o te aranga. Kia whai mātou i tō mātauranga i roto i tō mātou wānanga kia kite me pēhea e tautoko ai i ngā kaunihera ā-rohe, me ā mātou whiringa pōti i runga i te īnoi me te whakaaro pai. I runga i te ingoa o Īhu, Te huarahi, te pono, me te ora, Āmine. NEWS Rev Sarah @ The Screening Room – Change of Day If you would like to have a chat with her Rev Sarah will be at The Screening Room every Friday from 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm EPIPHANY TRAVEL CLUB “Two Churches and a Pub” Sunday 28 September Guided tours of beautiful historic St Albans Tauweru and the brilliant restoration of the Tinui Church. Lunch at the very popular Tinui Pub Cafe. Leaving Epiphany 11:00 am back by 4:00 pm Please check that your name is on the list or add your name if you would like to go. Please cross your name off the list or let Paul know if you are now unable to go. Cost TBC SAVE THE DATES Sunday 9 November: Spring Garden festival – first confirmed event. Cream tea in a beautiful garden (secret destination for now). Wednesday 12 November: Ballentynes Fashion Show Fundraiser COMING UP Crafternoon Our next crafternoon is on Thursday 18 September at 1:00 pm Please get in touch with Elaine Wong (378 2627) All are most welcome, bring your UFO’s or just come and chat.  The next Men’s breakfast is on Saturday 20 September. Please share this with your friends as [like always] we have a really exciting speaker coming to chat to us. https://forms.office.com/r/zA5Dgkseqj   MISSION AND OUTREACH Weekly Update – Hogan Family Bula Vinaka, We’ve just wrapped up our first Kids Camp in Fiji! Camp Highlights: 68 campers from Sabeto villages and our church, supported by 17 local youth and a 21-member NZ team. The week was full of fun, learning about God, building friendships, and seeing Fijian youth grow in leadership. Island Acro Gymnastics joined us for games and coaching, with our kids getting to participate and even win races! Family Involvement: Josh served as a leader, Gabrielle was a camper, and Kelepi stayed with me while Roy handled shopping and logistics (over 900km driven!). Roy even had a $700 grocery trolley spark a donation from a tourist. Spiritual Impact: Youth and children worshiped together in English and Fijian, growing in faith. Many asked if we’ll run the camp again (though two weeks might be too much!). What’s Next: The NZ team heads home tomorrow, and we’ll tidy up Oasis Farm. Thankfully, a public holiday allows some much-needed rest before school resumes and Roy wraps up projects with possible visits to outer islands. It’s been a beautiful, exhausting week, and we’re deeply thankful to everyone who helped make this dream a reality. Praise: Pastor Vui and his 20-seater truck, which was a huge blessing for transporting the team. The New Zealand team who came to serve at Kids Camp. The local youth who all attended, grew in leadership, and were challenged in their faith. The campers who joined and their parents who trusted us by sending them. The camp cooks, especially the head cook we’ve worked with before, who were a joy to work alongside. God’s protection—no major illnesses, accidents, or injuries during camp. Prayer: For campers—that seeds of faith will grow and they’ll keep sharing what they learned. For local leaders—to resist temptation, stay strong at school, and remain excited to serve God. For the NZ team—that their time in Fiji will continue to shape and inspire them. For our kids—as they navigate the challenges of living between two worlds and saying goodbye to the NZ team. Vinaka Vaka Levu, Rachael and Roy ZOOM MORNING PRAYER MONDAY – FRIDAY Morning prayer happens on zoom Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday at 9:00 am and Thursday at 8:50 am. Use the link below https://us05web.zoom.us/j/8395130520?pwd=vF62P77xFejV5vVTbFsyuVhJ85x3KC.1 OR Meeting Zoom ID: 839 513 0520 Passcode: qUF6YF LECTIONARY DAILY PRAYERS Lectionary.co.nz is a cut-down digital-friendly version of The Lectionary It gives you morning and evening readings from our lectionary in an easy to access format. As well as being able to read the readings, you can listen to them too. You can check it out here…. https://www.lectionary.co.nz/ |
