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Diocese of
Wellington

a note from the vicar

Hi there. Trust you enjoyed one of our services over Christmas. I especially enjoyed the Kid’s Christmas and offer a special thanks for all the behind-the-scenes work put in by so many. Same for the 9 Lessons and Carols, Christmas eve high service and Christmas day celebrations. It was great to see so many at these services despite so many others travelling.

It’s holiday time so the parish is on low gear for the month of January. Most will be out of town over this time but skeleton services (if I may use the phrase), will continue – see below for details. Only urgent pastoral matters will be responded to over this time. For a wider view of our parish life visit the Welcome to SMK page or download our leaflet [600KB PDF].

Yours in Christ
Rev. David Newton

new year services

January to early February will continue with combined 9:30am services only.

The Rev. Gerald Auton will officiate again over this period while the Vicar is on holiday. If you have an urgent pastoral need call Gerald on 475 9090.

warden’s appeal and other giving

Thanks for your generosity for this years Warden’s Appeal (over and above record regular giving and giving to global mission – figures out before the 2010 AGM). This year we raised just under $8,000 at our Warden’s appeal. Installation of the hearing loop will go ahead before Easter. We will probably have an early appeal for the balance required for our heating system once the winter kicks in!

Thanks too for the many who collected as well as gave to the Wellington City Mission Christmas Appeal. All up we expect to be giving a $1,000 to the WCM for 2009 in addition to support in other ways (assisting with the street appeal, collection for the food bank and help with the WCM mentoring programme).

prayer books

There seem to be a number of prayer books missing from our shelves. We wish to make more use of these in our worship in 2010 so if you have a copy at home, please return it to the shelf. If you want to purchase a copy see the Vicar when he gets back.

opportunities for helping at st mic’s

If you are looking for a service role in St Mic’s there’s plenty on offer. There is always a need for caring people in the Sunday School ministry and the School Assist programme (previously branded Reading Recovery) will need more volunteers for 2010. We need to know well ahead of time as it is a requirement that Police checks are made on all helpers and this takes some months. So if you are keen to join either team or want to find out more, again, please email Loren Hockly at the church office (below).

The Sunday Service roster and flower and silver rosters still have some places to fill. We also need a Fair Coordinator for next year. Jane Silvester (who organized last year’s fair) will mentor this year’s coordinator.

These roles can be as creative as you want them to be and give you the chance of service both our parish and wider community. There are heaps more things that you can become involved with. Again, contact Loren if you are interested or want to find out more.