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Vicar - Rev Jenny Dawson, Dip Tchng, BA, LTh, BD, MMin

Kia ora!

Archdeacon jenny Dawson

As Vicar of this parish, it is my role to encourage everybody to discover their ministry gifts and for us all to support each other as we do God's work here. Coming from a background of teaching, full-time parenting, and lots of lay ministry in different parts of NZ, I was ordained priest in 1989. Much of the time since has seen me involved in ministry education and training, and until 2004 I was based in Christchurch. Now I enjoy paddling my kayak on the Inlet, going to movies here, and with my husband, exploring the diversity of Porirua City.

In this parish all the baptised are on a journey together, discovering that we are all ministers of Christ's love. I rejoice at what God is doing amongst us. I dream of a transformed world, just and peaceful, where all people will enjoy God's gifts because we who are so blessed will have grown to share with and learn from others. Our parish supports Christian World Service, Habitat for Humanity, the Faith-Based Unit at Rimutaka Prison, and Arohata Women's Prison because we believe that the Spirit of God is at work there - and we seek to be partners.
Arohanui ki a koutou,
Jenny.

Jenny Dawson
Vicar, Anglican Parish of Pauatahanui
(04) 239 9211 or 027 233 1032

Research

The body and the bath: how baptism shapes understanding of church, specifically how does its current practice of baptism shape and reflect the perceived ecclesiology of Tikanga Pakeha in the Anglican Church in New Zealand?                           
A paper presented by Jenny Dawson at the Practical and Pastoral Theology Conference, Dunedin 2009. Read

Ministers

  • All the people of the parish sharing together in Christ’s mission

Other Priests

  • Rev Alison Pitts
  • Rev Graeme Ogilvie
  • Rev Ian Bourne
  • Rev Peter Appleby
  • Rev Derek Lightbourne
  • Archdeacon Bernard Faull

Licensed Lay Ministers

  • Chris Durrant
  • Gill England
  • Alan Jamieson
  • Marie Preston
  • Liz Sandell
  • Julia Stevens

Liturgists

  • Peter Drew
  • Stephanie Drew
  • Gill England
  • Alan Jamieson
  • Peter Phipps

Liturgical Assistants

  • Barbara Beauchamp
  • Margaret Blair
  • Lois Bullock
  • Geordie Cassin
  • Bruce Carson
  • Andrew Dawson
  • Julia Gibson
  • Royce Jacobson
  • Rosemary Patterson
  • Jan Phipps
  • Peter Phipps
  • Sandra Robinson
  • Philip Rowe
  • Lindsey Rusling
  • Peter Rutledge
  • Barrie Wilkinson
  • Chris Wilson

Church Wardens

  • Vicar's Warden - Noeline Gordon
  • People's Warden - Peter Rutledge

Vestry

  • Geordie Cassin
  • Chris Durrant
  • Anne Hadfield
  • David Kendall
  • Sandra Robinson
  • Liz Sandell
  • Margaret Blair , Vestry Minute Secretary

Treasurer

  • Sandra Robinson

Synod Representatives

  • Julia Stevens
  • Michael Bennington-Barr

Patoral Visiting Team

  • Marie Preston
  • Liz Sandell
  • Julia Stevens

Prayer Chain

  • Barbara Gibson

Office Staff

  • Parish Secretary - Jaci Ford
  • Office Manager - Margaret Blair
  • Parish Giving Recorder - Beryl Turner

Worship Roster

  • Jan Phipps

Divine Caterers

  • Liz Sandell and Margaret Bourne

Young People

  • Children and Families Ministry Coordinator - Lindsey Rusling

Music Leaders

  • Choir - Graeme Ogilvie
  • Music Group - Alison Pitts

Librarian

  • Dorothy Mitchell

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