Parish Contact Details: Vicar: Revd Jill Keir 021 212 3210 Vicar’s Warden: Libby Falconer 022 152 2022 People’s Warden: Peter Harrison 0274 467 439 Administrator: Colleen Shankland 021 207 3850 Community Worker: Sandra Murphy 021 0255 2415 Parish Office: 389 6948 Email: office@holytrinityavonside.nz Website: www.holytrinityavonside.nz

12 November 2017—Ordinary 32—Year A

Our Parish Prayer: Almighty God, your children call.

O Christ the Son, your people save. O Holy Spirit, our souls inspire.

O Threefold God, your family bless and bring us all to You. O God, strengthen this Parish -

beginning with me and direct our hearts into the love of God. Amen

Weekly Prayer Cycle: Monday: Special events, e.g. fair, special meals etc. Tuesday: Hospitality Group and those who serve morning tea. Wednesday: Men’s lunches. Thursday: Worship leaders, lectors and intercessors. Friday: Sacristans and chalice bearers. Saturday: Sidespeople and welcomers.

Holy Trinity, Avonside.

The Grapevine

12 November 2017—32nd Sunday in Ordinary Time—Year A

Welcome to all who are sharing in worship here today.

Liturgy: 9:30am Parish Eucharist.

Sentence: “Your throne, O God has stood firm from of old; from eternity you are God. Mightier than the noise of great waters; mightier than the waves of the sea; so, the Lord on high is mighty.” Psalm 93: 3,5

Collect: God our desire and our judge, we look for your coming and know that when we meet you we will have to account for our lives. Assist us to live so we are ready to greet our Lord with joy, fully prepared for the feast which lasts forever. We ask

this through Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever, Amen

Readings: This week: Next Week:

Joshua 24: 1-3a, 14-25 (Libby) Judges 4: 1-7 (Peter) 1 Thessalonians 4: 13-18 (Nashaat) 1 Thess 5: 1-11 (Adrienne) Matthew 25: 1-13 Matthew 25: 14-30

Hymns: 106: Dear Lord and Father of mankind

560: Will you come and follow me? 5: Abba, Father let me be 153: Give me joy in my heart

(Psalm 113—see insert sheet)

Our Parish Vision is: * Deepen and strengthen our faith and understanding through prayer,

worship and study to become a vibrant worship community, confident in what we do and able to reach out to others.

* Build up the life of the parish. * Communicate and connect with our community. * Be good stewards of our fabric, site and monies. * Work towards having sustainable buildings that will meet the needs of the

faith community and enable out-reach to the wider Avonside community.

Services This Week: Today at 9.30am Parish Eucharist Thursday 10am Parish Eucharist

Please pray for: People living in Woodham Road and Patten Street. Please also pray for our groundsperson, those who care for our grounds and for people who are unwell, especially Graham, Susan, Keith and Janette.

On the Notice Board: Intermission for October, Tearfund Correspondent and various flyers.

We welcome the Venerable Doctor Peter Carrell as our preacher today. As the Director of Education and Director of Theology House for our Diocese, he is a well-known and valued member of our Diocesan team and we are blessed indeed to have him with us today.

Prayer & Praise: At 11am today. Come and praise God and pray for the parish.

Mission Stall: To be held on Sunday 19th November after service. There are many “craft” items available. They would make great Christmas presents for children in the family.

Study Groups: Meet on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of the month. Morning group meets at 10am and evening at 7pm. The next meeting is this Tuesday 21st November. These will be the last for the year. We resume again in February.

AAW: Meets 25th November at 10.30am. It is the AGM followed by sharing about Christmas. Please bring your favourite Christmas recipe.

Advent Retreat: There will be a retreat at the Community of the Sacred Name, 300 Tuam Street, on 2nd December from 10.30am—2pm led by the Dean the Revd Lawrence Kimberley. There will be a shared lunch.

3rd December: We will have a parish BBQ starting at 5pm. Please bring a small salad to share and your own drinks. Sausages will be available but you are welcome to bring any other food to cook on the BBQ if you wish.

Parish Notices Parish Notices Jill’s Jottings: As I read the story of the ten virgins, I am reminded again about the importance of being ready.

We sometimes live our lives as if we will go on forever but in fact each one of us has a finite length of time in this world and none of us know when our final day will be. Similarly, we are told Jesus will come again to this world and we should be ready for his coming. The only thing is, we have no idea of when that will be. It is important that we live our lives in such a way that we are ready to meet our maker at any time.

I read this rather delightful story this week. It is written by a British man, Ron Dale:

Having completed National Service in 1954 as a military police dog handler in North Africa, he found he still had to do three years military service! The first and last exercise he was on was held in North Yorkshire. They were told they were part of a large ‘exercise’ testing out military response to bombing of the local area by hostile forces.

His role, as military police, was to signpost the routes for the supply convoys, control traffic and do general police work. At one point they were only five hundred metres ahead of the con-voys because of a map reading error that landed them in the sewage works. That night about six of them went on a pub crawl and at around midnight they caroused their way back to camp singing as they went. Suddenly out of the darkness came a hoarse voice, “Halt! Friend or foe?” “Foe!” they all shouted. A very frightened whisper came out of the darkness, “You aren’t are you?” What would he have done had they really been the enemy? But at least he was alert enough to challenge them! Reverend Jill

Cheques Paid to Parish: It is really important when writing a cheque for the parish that on the ‘pay’ column you write Holy Trinity Avonside Anglican. The bank is very strict and returning cheques that are not written correctly.