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Contact changes
<typohead type="4">Mission resourcing </typohead>
As from 9 March 2005, all enquiries relating to the following matters should be referred to Fiona Stenhouse (details below):
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Police checks
Assembly Office checks (Regulations 86A & B, 225 vi, 226v,)
Ministers information forms
Five year lists
Matters to do with Boards of Nomination
Ministry regulations and terms of call for ministers
Applications for reception to the ministerial roll
Employment of lay people in the Presbyterian Church
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Fiona Stenhouse
Human Resources Manager
Assembly Office
Laughton House
100 Tory Street
Wellington
Phone 04 801 6000
Fax 04 801 6001
Email fionas(at)presbyterian.org.nz
<typohead type="4">Local Ministry</typohead>
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Enquiries regarding selection, assessment, terms of call and related matters should be referred to Fiona Stenhouse, Human Resources Manager. See details above.
Enquiries regarding training should be referred to the Rev Dr John Roxborogh, Co-ordinator of Lay and Recognised Ministry Training, School of Ministry, Knox College, Dunedin.
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<typohead type="4">Transition Ministry</typohead>
Enquiries regarding Transition Ministry should be referred to the Rev John Daniel, National Mission Enabler. Contact details:
PO Box 1131, Dunedin.
Phone 03 477 7948
Fax 03 477 6736
Mobile 027 438 8988
Email jckd@maxnet.co.nz
<typohead type="4">Resources</typohead>
As from 18 February 2005, enquiries regarding resources such as preaching kits and study material available from the Assembly Office should be referred to:
Miriama Pritchard
Phone 04 801 6000
Email miriamap(at)presbyterian.org.nz
Other contact details as for Assembly Office.
Police checks - Clean Slate Act 2004
Note for all Ministers and others applying for Police check clearances.
From 29 November 2004, there was a change to the vetting process, in regard to the release of criminal records (of convictions) and information about criminal records. From this date all vetting requests will be treated as if the person were eligible to have their full criminal record concealed under the Criminal Records (Clean Slate) Act 2004, unless you believe that an exception applies. The most likely exception is under section 19(3)(e), where the role of the person agreeing to have the police check done and for the information to be disclosed to the Assembly Office, is to be one which predominantly involves the care and protection of a child or young person. For example, foster parent or caregiver. In this case, an additional letter requesting this information will need to be sent in to the Assembly Office, along with the signed Consent to Disclosure form.
Please note that there are now new forms that must be used. Any old forms should be destroyed, and new ones requested. A reminder that all consent forms must be on original Presbyterian Church of Aotearoa New Zealand letterhead (coloured) – no photocopies please.
News from CWS
<typohead type="4">Tsunami Appeal thank you </typohead>
Thank you for your response to the CWS tsunami appeal. The generosity of New Zealanders and New Zealand churches has been amazing. CWS has already sent tens of thousands of dollars to assist with immediate relief work in India, Sri Lanka and Indonesia. Now the focus is on rebuilding for the future, including trauma counselling, reconstruction of homes and infrastructure and ensuring that the people who survived the deadly waves will have a full voice in all recovery planning.
To support ongoing tsunami relief, donate now:
Christian World Service, PO Box 22652, Christchurch
www.cws.org.nz
or 0800 74 73 72.
Appeal leaflets and display materials are also available. Contact cws(at)cws.org.nz or phone 03 366 9274. Full information on relief efforts can be found at www.cws.org.nz
Watch out for the special emergencies issue of @world in March.
<typohead type="4">The Faces of Palestine</typohead>
The 2005 CWS video study series in now available. Following the stories of Palestinians living under occupation, this video and accompanying study material gives a different perspective on the region than that seen through the mainstream media. The video is a story of refugee life and the poverty, fear and violence that are a daily reality for the Palestinian people. It also includes material on the work of CWS partner, the Department of Service to Palestinian Refugees (DSPR) of the Middle East Council of Churches. The DSPR is the overseas special project of the APW/MWF for 2004-2005. To borrow a video or DVD contact cws(at)cws.org.nz or phone 03 366 9274. Please specify the date you would like it for.
<typohead type="4">WDRC visit</typohead>
Manohari Doss, coordinator of the Women's Development Resource Centre, in Tamil Nadu, India will be visiting New Zealand in March. Through the APW/MWF special project, many of you will be familiar with the WDRC’s work to empower low caste Dalit women and tribal communities to fight for better housing, labour conditions, and political participation in a community where they have endured centuries of discrimination, violence, exploitation and poverty. This life changing work has been recorded in a NZ made film about the WDRC, “Now We Are Fearless”. Manohari will be attending a launch of the documentary in Wellington on 9 March. There will also be events in Christchurch, on 6 March and in Auckland the following weekend. For more information contact cws(at)cws.org.nz or phone 03 366 9274. The video/DVD will be available from CWS mid March.