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Update your contact details!
Early in the New Year parishes and ministers will be formally asked to update their contact details for inclusion in the 2005 Yearbook. In the meantime, you are encouraged to keep Hazel Smith (hazels(at)pcanz.org.nz) at Assembly Office up to date with any changes to physical address, parish contact person, phone numbers or e-mail addresses.
E-mail addresses for parish and presbytery/union district council contact persons are also important. These are not published in the Yearbook, but are used by Assembly Office to send out useful information such as news from Council of Assembly. If your parish, presbytery or union district council does not have an e-mail address logged with Assembly Office, please contact Hazel to update your details.
Safety and Protection Resources
General Assembly decided it would be mandatory for every parish to develop a Safety and Protection Policy in relation to their children and young people.
Mary Peterson, Children and Young Families Co-ordinator, has facilitated workshops on safety and protection issues with several presbyteries around the country and is available to provide advice or lead further workshops until December 2004. From January 2005 onward, there will be a list of contact people on the website (or available from Assembly Office in hard copy) of people around the country who may be able to provide advice or lead similar workshops.
For further information, please contact Mary by e-mail on mjpetersen(at)xtra.co.nz. Please note Mary's role as Children and Young Families Co-ordinator was for a fixed period, which ends in January 2005. Accordingly, Mary is available to provide advice as a PCANZ employee only to the end of this year, but would be willing to help parishes beyond that time if any expenses were paid.
Christian World Service
How long have you been supporting the CWS Christmas Gift Appeal?
Next year, Christian World Service (CWS) will celebrate 60 years of action against poverty and is looking for people who can remember supporting the first Christmas appeal in 1945 or parishes' longest supporting members. If you can help, please contact Liz Martyn at CWS by phoning (03) 366 9274 or you can email her at liz.martyn(at)cws.org.nz
Watch out for more 60th anniversary news next year!
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Plant Seeds, Plant Hope , a five-minute video suitable for use in services or at special Christmas Gift Appeal fundraising events, is now available. It features CWS partners, who make great efforts to ensure their communities have enough food; development projects that are possible when food is assured; and disaster relief needed to bring hope for a better future. These are inspiring images of how your donations make a real difference to communities around the world. Contact cws(at)cws.org.nz or phone 0800 74 73 72, including the date you would like to borrow the video.
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A church tradition for 59 years - make sure you have ordered your resources for this year's appeal. Selected resources can be downloaded from www.cws.org.nz. CWS speakers are available for advent services around the country. A PowerPoint presentation with sermon notes is also available. Contact Mary Cavanagh by phoning (03) 366 9274, or email her at mary.cavanagh(at)cws.org.nz. Please let CWS know about any special fundraising events.
CWS Youth and Children's Resources
The latest World Watch (for seven to 12 year olds) and Youth Topics (a poster resource for youth groups) will be available for Advent Sunday. World Watch no. 49, Plant Hope, focuses on Timor-Leste's hopes for the future as a newly independent nation. Youth Topics seven, Sweet As?, looks at the bitter side of the chocolate industry with the exploitation of cocoa growers and pickers. Email youth(at)cws.org.nz or phone (03) 366 9274 or 0800 74 73 72 to order your free copies!
Savings for parishes
Smith and Smith Glass, through its relationship with Aon Risk Services (the Church's national service provider for insurance services) are making a competitive offer for insurance glass coverage available to parishes.
Smith & Smith are offering a minimum 20% off the list price of windscreens and repairs. They are also offering to put a fixed nationwide pricing matrix in place for all building glass.
Smith & Smith will be sending more information about this offer directly to all parishes.