'Who we are . . . '
Our People, Our Vision and Values, and Our Prayers.
Our People, Our Vision and Values, and Our Prayers.
OUR PEOPLE
Our Clergy
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We have a wonderful Vicar, Rev Dan Ross, who has been with us since October 2020.
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Our Priest Assistant, Rev Miriam Freeman-Plume as of late 2024 (originally joined us in late 2023 as Deacon Assistant).
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We also have a great team of supporting clergy and retired vicars who take services and contribute to parish life in many ways...
Ven Monty Black
Rev Graeme Ogilvie
Rev Derek Lightbourne
Rev Peter Appleby
Ven Monty Black
Rev Graeme Ogilvie
Rev Derek Lightbourne
Rev Peter Appleby
Our Vestry
(Vestry meets monthly on the second Wednesday of the month for an evening in the Parish Centre or another location)
Other People at Our Parish
We also have other great people at to support Our Parish including:
Natalie Gibbons - Parish Office Administrator
Rev Amy Ross - Deacon Assistant
Natalie Gibbons - Parish Office Administrator
Rev Amy Ross - Deacon Assistant
OUR VISION AND VALUES
Vision Statement: an enduring community of faith in Jesus that welcomes, encourages, and equips.
The most recent Pāuatahanui Parish Vision Document can be accessed for further detail of our vision.
The most recent Pāuatahanui Parish Vision Document can be accessed for further detail of our vision.
OUR VALUES
Good news - Caring, loving, serving, mission, respond, reconciliation, blessing, others, overflow. Last, least, lost – There are many words we could use to tell of the way the church is the church in the local community and beyond. We believe in our call to be good news to those around us to carry hope to a hurting world.
Community - We are a family, a loving and supportive church who are whanau, together we are becoming the body of Christ. The vision is that everyone has a place and is known. The early church met together daily to share life and break bread. We seek to provide different avenues to be the church together with an attitude of what can I give to community.
Transformation – We are disciples who are learning and growing our whole life. Everybody is invited into courses and groups that grow their faith be that a Lent study, Cursillo course or other tool alongside Sunday worship. We believe the Holy Spirit wants to transform all of us and stretch, challenge and grow us in our walk with Jesus.
Legacy – We value what we read in the Psalms that one generation will declare to the next the praiseworthy deeds of God. We seek to do this by fostering inter generational relationships across the parish. In prayer and faith, we seek to raise leaders in the parish and pass the baton of faith legacy to the incoming generations.
Good news - Caring, loving, serving, mission, respond, reconciliation, blessing, others, overflow. Last, least, lost – There are many words we could use to tell of the way the church is the church in the local community and beyond. We believe in our call to be good news to those around us to carry hope to a hurting world.
Community - We are a family, a loving and supportive church who are whanau, together we are becoming the body of Christ. The vision is that everyone has a place and is known. The early church met together daily to share life and break bread. We seek to provide different avenues to be the church together with an attitude of what can I give to community.
Transformation – We are disciples who are learning and growing our whole life. Everybody is invited into courses and groups that grow their faith be that a Lent study, Cursillo course or other tool alongside Sunday worship. We believe the Holy Spirit wants to transform all of us and stretch, challenge and grow us in our walk with Jesus.
Legacy – We value what we read in the Psalms that one generation will declare to the next the praiseworthy deeds of God. We seek to do this by fostering inter generational relationships across the parish. In prayer and faith, we seek to raise leaders in the parish and pass the baton of faith legacy to the incoming generations.
OUR PRAYERS
Parish prayer
God of opportunity and change, we give you thanks for calling us into community together as your church, brothers and sisters in Christ. We pray that you would renew and transform our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit so that we may bring the good news of the gospel to our neighbourhoods. We also pray we may be a part of leaving a faith legacy in this place for generations who do not yet know you. We ask these things through the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. Amen
Parish canticle
Click here for our canticle that we use in our worship services.
The Prayer Quilt Prayer
Loving God as we are bound together by the threads in this / these quilt(s), we are also bound together by your love through Jesus Christ.
We pray in Jesus name for the recipient of today’s quilt(s), that what we pray for in faith they may by your grace receive.
We thank you that you hear the prayers we tie today. Amen.
God of opportunity and change, we give you thanks for calling us into community together as your church, brothers and sisters in Christ. We pray that you would renew and transform our hearts and minds by the power of your Holy Spirit so that we may bring the good news of the gospel to our neighbourhoods. We also pray we may be a part of leaving a faith legacy in this place for generations who do not yet know you. We ask these things through the name of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. Amen
Parish canticle
Click here for our canticle that we use in our worship services.
The Prayer Quilt Prayer
Loving God as we are bound together by the threads in this / these quilt(s), we are also bound together by your love through Jesus Christ.
We pray in Jesus name for the recipient of today’s quilt(s), that what we pray for in faith they may by your grace receive.
We thank you that you hear the prayers we tie today. Amen.
