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Senior Pastor’s Report
Session Report
Hope Worldwide
Alpha
Horizons OSCAR
Strengthsfinder
Global Leadership Summit
Hope Youth
Sunday Hope Kids
Community Childrens Ministries
Worship Life
Creative Ministries
Pastoral Care
Growth Groups
Womens Ministry
Mens Ministry
Te Whare Awhero
Finance Report
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by hamish galloway
This was my first year as Senior Pastor at Hope Presbyterian. It was a
demanding, busy and rewarding time leading this dynamic and lively
church community. Coming into this role has been part of transition
process where Murray Talbot has moved from the SP role yet remained
on the leadership team. That transition has been very good. Murray has
been a real support to me in this new role and for that I am very grateful.
Early in the year I went to Laos and India to visit our Hope Worldwide
projects. It was great to connect first hand with what we are involved
in. I came back with a real feel for the work in each place and strong
confidence in the quality of that work.
The key emphasis for 2013 was “Faith @..”. It was our desire to assist
people in making faith real and relevant to where life is lived, at home,
work, school, places of play … We worked hard on this theme in our Sunday
services and children’s programmes. I believe that it did have an impact in
the way we as a community live out our faith in our daily lives.
Towards the end of 2013 a building committee was formed to
lead Hope in an ambitious plan to extend at West Melton, buy
land and build a church at Rolleston, expand at Hornby and
build in Siliguri, India. One of the exciting developments here
was the result of a contact I made at the conference of New
Urbanists is Salt Lake City in June. I was there representing
the national church in a forum on the churches place in urban
renewal and met a leading church builder in the USA, Mel
McGowan. Mel agreed to come to Christchurch and engage
with the many churches in the city who are rebuilding. He is a
postmodern church builder. The emphasis is on providing
sacred space that connects well with the community it finds itself in. Hope had engaged Mel to be the
lead architect on our projects.
One of the poignant things to happen in our community in 2013 was the closure of Branston Intermediate.
This marked the end of a close relationship between church and school. It was a privilege to have our
24/7 workers fully engaged in helping the Branston community through this painful time and to also
walk with Hornby High School as they prepared to expand to take year 7 and 8 students in 2014.
During the year our statement of strategic intent for 2013-2018 was released. It builds on our mission
to worship God and follow Christ, transforming the world in the power of the Spirit. It encompasses our
vision to build hope in a broken world. We do indeed look forward with hope.
Another key emphasis for 2013 was the appointment of an “Evangelist
Catalyst” to help raise the value of “faith sharing” in our congregation.
We were hoping to have someone in this position early in the year but
the recruitment process was slow and included a couple of false starts.
However, it proved a valuable time of reassessment and as the year
progressed it became increasingly clear the person we were looking for
was in our midst! Lea McEwan began in late in the year on a short term
contract to get this role up and going. At the end of the year she accepted
a 2 year appointment.
Two social enterprises came to fruition in 2013; Tumanako, providing
alternative education for 10 truant young people from our area and Te
Whare (Hope House), situated at 36 Amyes Road, providing counselling,
community services and community development for the area. Both had
great years – Tumanako was recognised by the Ministry of Education as a
model provider of AE and Te Whare being recognised by the Christchurch
City Council as the key provider of community support in our area.
The biggest challenges of the year was leading a review of our
administration and finance infra-structure. This revealed that we were
under-staffed in both areas and that if we were to provide the platform
for further growth we need to address this. Consequently we began
implementing the recommendations of the review. This has meant
significant change in the way we do things. That is not easy but we are
confident it will be really good for us in the long term.
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The Draft Strategic Plan for the next 5 years completed and will drive our Mission planning. As an aside
it should be noted that programmemes and building plans have their importance rooted in our desire
to transform our world in the power of the Spirit.
by colin price
2013 has been an extremely demanding year in which we have wrestled with next steps in advancing
God’s kingdom. What is pleasing to report is that steady progress has been made and dreams are
morphing into first steps.
2013 will also be remembered on the personnel side as the year in which Hamish Galloway assumed
the mantle of Senior Pastor with Murray Talbot continuing on in his own words as “one of the pastors”.
Less visible, but quite significant for the governance body of Hope; has been the number of Council
who have either taken leave or stepped down. David Dally was absent this year as he and Suzanne
did VSA work in Tonga and Michael Reid took time off to work on his second book, this one on the
history of Middleton Grange School. Olivia Megarry stepped down after four years on Council and we
acknowledge her contributions as we dealt with succession and guiding principle issues in recent
years. Raewyn Brice stepped down after ten years plus of service and we are grateful for the role
she played, always representing the heart of our organisation. Colin Price stepped down to pursue a
pastoral role at Amuri Co-operating Parish in North Canterbury. Colin joined Session (as it was called
then) in 1979 and served as Council Chair for the last five years. Council may well be undergoing a
degree of generational change.
In terms of what occupied our energy and time two issues stand out.
The first was the review and restructuring of Support Staff. Harvey Rees-Thomas from Wellington was
brought in as an external reviewer and confirmed change was necessary to enable future growth and
for the Ministry Staff to be able to focus on their core function. Council acknowledges that it was a
stressful time for many Support Staff and also wants to place on record our appreciation of the manner
in which Hamish and Stephen Talbot kept communication open and supported staff during this period.
Staffing realignment is a process that has budgetary constraint and will continue to be implemented in
2014 - 15 as appropriate. What we can report at this point in time is that we have appointed a 0.5 FTE
Senior Accountant and a full time Accounting Technician, and also a full time dedicated receptionist.
One expectation is that the changes in the Accounting area will assist in preparing the 2015 budget
and reduce pressure on staff involved in preparing budget material. The receptionist appointment will
be vital as an interface between visitors and our church.
Other highlights for the year included
• Our Elder’s Retreat in April, a chance to discuss together in a relatively unhurried manner, seeking
to discern where God might be leading us. Using the book “Pursuing God’s will together” by Ruth
Haley Barton was important in leading us and has been a Council devotional this year.
• Steady growth in both Rolleston and West Melton congregations
• The impact of Te Whare Awhero and holistic care centre on our community
• The successful launching of the Alternative Education programme under the leadership of James
Finlayson.
A large multi-staffed church like Hope has a large budget to enable ministry to be carried out. We
want to thank God for his faithfulness and provision in this area, the diligence of the MLT and staff in
preparing and overseeing budgets and the faithful giving of God’s people.
One year into Hamish’s tenure as Senior Pastor we want to acknowledge his contribution. His preaching
has been of the highest standard and his leadership has been inspiring, proactive and decisive. We
are aware that Hamish has been extremely busy with the challenges of 2013 and want to thank him
for his ministry. Thank you also to Ann for her support of Hamish. God has also blessed us in the
respective contributions of Murray Talbot, Brent Richardson, Blair Stirling and Stephen Talbot in the
MLT. Thank you to them and also other ministry leaders and staff at Hope. Please uphold these people
in your prayers, frequently they operate under pressure in their work to extend God’s kingdom
As Council Chair I want to thank my fellow elders for their hard work, wisdom and partnership. Thank
you also to Gwennyth Harnett for taking up the role of Minute Secretary this year. Being an elder
is not a glamorous role. It demands a life that is surrendered to God’s will, prayer, preparation and
intercession; being prepared to listen and put one’s own agenda aside so that God’s kingdom will be
both healthy and growing. In my tenure as an elder there have never been any cruisy times, there are
no end of challenges facing us. We also value your prayers for us as a body.
Finally I would like to thank all those who have contributed to the life of the body of Christ here at
Hornby. As individuals we can make only a limited impact but as we work together we can make a
difference to the community that Christ died for. Let us continue to serve Jesus Christ, striving to bring
hope to our community with all his energy, which so powerfully works in us.
The second issue revolved around the need to embark on a new building plan. How can we optimise
the Hornby site? What were the next steps for Rolleston to be able to move on from using rented
facilities and time consuming setting up and packing down each week? How to overcome the pressure
on facilities at West Melton and what was appropriate in modernising some of the infrastructure at
Halkett? Finally, as a relatively wealthy Western church, was there something we could do to assist our
mission partner Sano Diyo in India with their building needs?
By the end of the Elder’s retreat we believed God was leading us in a consensus. We proposed one
building programme, one fund, one target with a plan for each of the five sites. Since then we have
determined terms of reference and appointed a Building Committee. Hamish met an American Church
Architect Mel McGowan at a conference in Utah who accepted our invitation to come out and give
input into our needs. His analysis and fresh thinking was exciting and we look forward to the next steps
the Building Committee brings to us in 2014.
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Finally, 2013 was also a time for departures. Rob, Sandra and
Luciana Greaney left Christchurch for Oamaru. Rob is still
working on his projects for Health Songs International.
by the hww committee
Our highlight of 2013 was the Hope Worldwide Concert. Held
on the 4th August, it was also known as Sundae Sunday and
drew an attendance of 220 punters. We had entertainment
with a wonderfully international flavour and this was followed
up with our ice creams (which had a wonderful fruit flavour)!
Rob Key and Tony Christie both resigned from the committee
in 2013. Their contributions, spanning several years, were
much appreciated. It is also appropriate to acknowledge the
considerable input that Murray Talbot has had with us over
many years. He stepped down from the committee in February
2014 and Hamish Galloway has taken his place.
Key visitors for 2013 included Andrew and Karen Stephens
and Thakmany. We were really thrilled to be able to sell some
of Thakmany’s weaving as a part of the Art Exhibition in 2013.
Andrew and Karen also attended a Hope Worldwide Partners evening which
was hosted at the home of Allan and Lorraine Scarlett. It was well attended
and everyone appreciated Andrew and Karen sharing about their work. This
also enabled a better understanding of the challenges they face and what
they have achieved so far.
While they were here, Andrew and Karen also spoke at services at all sites
before heading off for a long-overdue holiday in September.
We sent off two short term experience teams in 2013. In January, Jess and Berne Dreadon let a team
to India. The team comprised of Narishka Popich, Gabby Farrar-de-Wagt, Gini Green, Alex Roberts, Ryan
Gage and Hamish Galloway. Hamish spent additional time in India for a time of further exploration. It
was good to have an older person on the team as a support for younger leaders. Hamish and Anne also
visited Andrew and Karen prior to Hamish meeting up with the India team.
Rob Key and Sage and Nina Harris also made a trip to see Andrew
and Karen in June/July of 2013. They were able to assist the
Stephens in their work in many ways.
Ross McKerras made two trips to Vanuatu as part of his work with
Wycliffe Bible Translators. The Whitesands New Testement is now
100% consultant checked. Ross checked over 70% of that project
and he has also been instrumental in getting 200 booklets of Bible
stories printed on his latest project which is in the South West Bay language.
The committee decided in 2013 to extend support to Ani Kartikasari, who works unpaid as the chaplain
for international students at Lincoln University. A decision was also made to increase support for the
Khalings in India. Apart from one individual, all their support comes solely from Hope Presbyterian.
We also spent some time reviewing our Short Term Team Policy and Proceedures. We want to ensure that
the teams we send overseas are as well prepared as possible, so that the team members get maximum
benefit personally as well as making a good contribution to the team effort.
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Alpha
by lea mcewan & mark Henderson
Alpha 2013 was a phenomenal year. We welcomed 44 people for the programme in term two. An
amazing buzz was created in the café of people chatting and connecting together as they explored
Christianity and how it relates to them. A highlight of the course was one guest experiencing salvation
during the Holy Spirit day even though she had convinced herself she was not going to! God prevailed
and we watched her begin to be transformed by the spirit that day. Many other guests experienced a
renewal of their childhood relationship with God and the Holy Spirit for the first time.
We have been blessed by the hard work and time given by our Alpha team consisting of; Mark Henderson,
Rodney Chambers, Marleen Rentoul, Lea McEwan, Wendy Christie, Frank Lynch, Andrew Turner and Danny
Poulson. Supported by the fantastic home group teams who came along to provide desert for us and
join in for a laugh usually at Rodney or Mark’s jokes. Steve Talbot and Abi Trevathan supported us with
their musical talent providing experiences for guests to explore worship through song and reflection.
Most importantly we saw guests explore the meaning of life and experience an environment where
they were able to ask questions, have doubts and be encouraged and empowered. The majority of guests
who completed the Alpha programme either joined an existing home group or a new discipleship
group; life worth living or continued with their current growth group.
By Kate Goodall
Horizons Oscar is an awesome ministry that we at Hope have the privilege of supporting. It offers after
school care and Holiday programmes in the Hornby area. We operate the primary aged programmes out
of 3 of the local primary schools and the Intermediate programme operates out of the Reima Centre. We
see approximately 160 children come through these programmes along with their parents/caregivers.
The programmes provide a place where the children can learn about Christian values, build relationships
and learn new skills while being cared for. We had a child ask where they could buy a Bible. Another
child overheard and asked her mum if she could give this girl one of hers from home. These are very
special moments and the staff make use of any opportunity to share about God. Horizons Oscar is there
to help bridge the gap between church and the community. We saw many of the children come along
to the Spring party and a few of the children are involved with Iconz and IFG.
We were able to help in a few situations with the families when they found themselves with some
issues with their children that they didn’t know how to handle. These families asked us for help which
is such a privilege.
Thank you to all of our prayer supporters; you create a path for these guests to walk in freedom towards
God and ultimately a relationship with him that will continue to transform their lives.
We are expectantly looking forward to 2014 Alpha which will also include a discipleship programme,
Omega. This will begin on Wednesday the 7th May.
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by abi trevathan
by kate goodall
What is Strengthsfinder?
Strengthsfinder is a tool which is based on over 40 years of extensive research and refined by extensive
testing through Gallup research. Its purpose is to help identify the innate “talents” that we each have.
A one on one coaching session then explores the talent themes that are identified in order to discover
how the combination of themes works particularly for you.
Over 40 people individually went through Strengthsfinder this year at Hornby, West Melton and
Rolleston. For many it has been affirming and helped to put words and give understanding as to why
they do what they do. It has also helped them make room for other people’s strengths and helped them
see the importance of the other themes. Strengthsfinder is based on 1 Corinthians passage on “The
Body”. We are each unique and wired differently showing us the importance of working together.
2013 was our fifth year of hosting Willowcreek’s annual Global Leadership Summit and my first year of
event managing it - which was an experience to say the least! The Global Leadership Summit brings
together some of the best minds in church leadership, business and social justice together for a video
conference. Originally run from Willowcreek Community Church in America, the Summit is broadcast
to 75 countries worldwide.
The speaking faculty for 2013 included Bill Hybels, Andy Stanley, Dr Brene Brown, General Colin Powell
and Mark Burnett.
We had a total of 161 people attend the Christchurch summit, 50 of these being members of Hope
Presbyterian. We also had a huge volunteer contingent on the day with 36 people giving up all or part
of their day to come and help us make the Summit happen.
We also coached a number of couples helping them understand each other better and learning how to
make room for each other’s themes.
I am constantly amazed by the servant hearted nature of the congregation here and the willingness to
go the extra mile. We had volunteers on site from 8am on Friday morning and many of them did not
leave till 9pm on Friday night - wow! The success of this event is down each and every one of you!
Strengths is also used for working with Teams, helping them to be more tolerant of each other and
work more efficiently together. Our Mission teams each went through the coaching and found it helpful
as they embarked on their travels as a team.
In particular, it is appropriate to mention Emma Geldard, who co-ordinated all our volunteers, Kate
Goodall, who worked magic in the kitchen and our production team (Stephen Price, Byron Hill and Isaac
Trevathan) who constantly step up to the plate in order to make things run smoothly.
For some people these innate talents have been referred to as weaknesses in their past and so they
have found freedom in knowing that God has wired them up this way for a purpose and that they are
positive attributes.
We are looking to continue our working relationship with Willowcreek for 2014 and are planning to
work with them to host Bill Hybels in May and also the Global Leadership Summit 2014 in October.
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by mitch shaw
aka youth south west christchurch
by jess dreadon
2013 was a great year for Lime. We saw a return to the original set up of Lime, all
high school age young people meeting together on a Thursday night, opposed
to the year 9/10 & 11/12/13 split we had trailed in previous years. This meant
that we were able to have a large group averaging 45 young people a week.
2013 represented the last year that Lime will run in its current format, it was
a fitting end and we look forward to the future with the new group continuing
to build and work upon our already established relationships.
Highlights:
• Around half way through last year we had the pleasure of having a group of 6 get baptised. It was
just incredible seeing the work God was doing in their lives and seeing them want to grab hold of
their faith and trying to engage with God on a deeper level.
• Lime grew to the largest it has ever been, this was brilliant but did also bring difficulties of its own.
However we were able to discuss topics and that weren’t just interesting but relevant to where the
young people were and offer them the opportunity to engage and interact with like minded people
their own age.
• September was youth camp another real highlight for Lime. We were able to take a large group who
were not just able to hang out together but delve deeper into what it means to be a follower of
Christ. The feedback and response from some of the young people was so humbling and incredibly
powerful to see and is the exact reason we got into youth work in the first place.
• For the past 6 years Lime has ended its year with a trip up the Port Hills to pray for the city. 2013
saw not only the biggest group but also the most engaging fun we had had. We were able to get
50 young people up the Port Hills praying for our city, our nation and our world. It was something
really special.
Hornby High School and Hope Church has had a 10 year relationship with
the partnership of 24-7 youth work. Starting in 2003, Hornby employed
two youth workers under 24-7 youthwork’s banner. This year was an
exciting example of the strength of a school – church relationship and
the impact this makes in our local community. Some highlights this year
we have seen were the new Christian group starting in school, the sports
tournament teams the youth workers assisted, the prefects development
and the mentoring relationships that the youth workers were hard at
work in establishing. With the merge of the year 7/8 from Branston,
2014 is looking very exciting with the potential of good youth working
relationships.
The other areas that are effective with young people are what happens
in the community. We invest in a number of up and coming young people
in the youth committee and they were involved in 8-10 events during
2013 that help raise money for charities, the Hornby Rotary and Hope
Youth. Alongside the youth workers, these young people are now being
recognized for their increasing passion for Hornby and their leadership
development. 2013 saw one of our youth committee members becoming
deputy head boy at Hornby High and in 2014 we also have a youth
committee members as deputy head girl – recognized through the work
of the youth committee. Other areas that were awesome in 2013 was fortnightly sport in the community,
the hope youth ball that attracted 70 youth too and the fundraising and purchase of paintball gear for
youth activities.
We are very grateful for the financial and prayer support we
receive to run the programmes and ideas we do in Hornby. This
short snapshot really doesn’t do justice to the fantastic impact
that our youth workers make in the lives of our youth. 2013 was
such a growing and developing year for our youth and we are
ever more excited to see what God has planned for us in 2014.
by mitch shaw
RePreSent started really big in term 1 with over 80 youth attending
on Tuesday night. By the time Term 1 had finished the impact of what
the volunteers could do was decreasing and the decision was made
to reduce the programme to a fortnightly cycle of Big group time
and intentional small groups. This had a great effect in the depth
of the relationships with youth and we saw some lives positively
changed as a result. Over this year, Easter Camp was a major factor
in young people knowing Jesus personally and a number of young
people became Christians as a result of what God was doing in their lives. 2013 was such a growing
year for our youth at RePreSent and we believe that 2014 is an exciting next step in the continual
development of where these young people are heading.
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by sage Harris
by courtney forrest
It is my pleasure to provide you with an insight of the work God
has done over the last year in the lives of the young people
within the Rolleston Community. With Rolleston currently
experiencing rapid growth; The Key focus throughout the year
has been to identify the needs within the community and begin
to develop strategy to address these needs. Throughout the
year boredom is a frequent emotion felt amongst the youth
due to the lack of recreational activities provided in Rolleston.
So in response to this my team has worked extremely hard at providing positive presence based
programmes and youth work as a way to begin to remedy this current dilemma. This has resulted in
significant exposure within the community for both Hope Youth and the local church which is very
exciting.
Significant Highlights in 2013 are as follows:
• Easter Camp –we took 25 young people – this was record number for Hope
Rolleston which was so encouraging. It was an incredible opportunity to share
God and to experience God spirit move amongst our High School Youth.
• Friday Night Youth Programmes Fuse/ Flame. These programmes have
been renowned as Crazy – which is absolutely true. However both the Fuse
(High School aged) and Flame (Intermediate aged) programmes have led into
both positive engagement and relationships developed with our young people.
Both these programmes brought great excitement and energy in the community
within this last year – may it continue!
• 24/7 Youth Work at Rolleston Primary School. 2013 presented a flood gate of opportunities within
this special school in which both Jono and I assisted in heavily. This willingness to be available
within the school life has resulted in significant influence towards the relationship of the staff and
students.
• Orange (High School Bible Study). Throughout the year it became apparent that there was a hunger
to explore the basics of being a follower of Christ with a select few of our high school aged young
people. It has been so encouraging to have the opportunity to intentionally speak God’s goodness
and direction into the lives of these young people as they have wrestled with a number of big
challenges impacting their personal lives.
• Intense (during church programme for year 7-8) really blossomed over the 2013 year with growth
both in numbers and discipleship. A particular highlight for Intense for 2013 was the “Big Questions”
material, which looked at pressing and relevant issues such as dealing with forgiveness, peer
pressure, courage just to name a few. It has been such a joy to journey with the fun loving and
energetic intermediates and look forward to see God continue to work in these young lives in 2014
and beyond.
So there you have it, some of the major highlights that we experienced in 2013. These are by no
means exhaustive and If I could I would write about all the special moments and memories that 2013
brought. However it is also important to acknowledge that all thought 2013 has been a fruitful year, it
also presented very dark and difficult days. Just like any ministry we still need and value your prayers
as we continue to take the Glory of God and build his Kingdom in this place in the future years. Finally
I would like to thank you for all the invaluable support and encouragement that you have given over
the last year, it is incredibly appreciated by all of us indeed.
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This year in West Melton has been an amazing time
of building community both in youth group but local
community also. Sage has settled into 24-7 at Darfield
high which has meant building relationships with a
number of young people who are not involved in youth
group. Be apart of the rugby club this year has lead to
building relationships with both young people involved
in the club but the local adults also. Definitely a great
place to be. This year at Ramp we have been blessed
with an amazing group of young people that have been
keen to be involved in everything that has been thrown
at them. Activities have involved a food scavenger hunt running around the community collecting food
to make something delicious, Capture the flag, paintball and many others.
West Melton took a good number to both Youth Camp and Easter Camp this year which was an amazing
opportunity for our leaders to build close knit relationships with their young people. It has also meant
young people have been exposed to the larger community of Hope youth and have loved it. West
Melton certainly taking out the most adventurous group. The leaders we have had for youth group have
been such a blessing in our local setting. Having passionate young leaders connecting with the young
people has meant we have seen an amazing community
built within the group. What an amazing year for Ramp.
Can’t wait for next year!
This year has also seen the continuation of our junior bible
study. This has been a really intentional group of young
people coming together weekly on a Tuesday afternoon to
grow in our faith and ask the hard questions. We have looked
at an amazing study by Francis Chan about Surrendering to
God. It has been exciting to think about what it looks like
for us to surrender our pride or maybe our stuff or maybe
our social status and be available for God to move through
us. It asked some really hard question about our lives and what it would look like to legitimately let
go of those things to serve God. It was so encouraging to see our young people take hold of the truths
and apply them to their lives. It has been an amazing group of young people that are keen and want
to go deeper.
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by sage Harris
This year our regional events went off. Seeing four youth
groups come together as one community is such a reward.
This year at Easter Camp we had a group of 180ish people
from Hope Youth attend. What astonished me the most was
that you would have not even known they were a range of
different groups that don’t have much to do with each other.
throughout the year. however there was such a sense of pride
and community for Hope Youth it was amazing. Easter camp
as always is very significant year for the youth of Christchurch.
Canterbury Youth Services do an amazing job organizing the
event that sees around 4000 young people go crazy for 5 days of high energy in one small camp site.
For Hope Youth we saw many young people introduced to the Gospel for the first time which is so
exciting and we saw many of those give their lives to Christ. Which is why we do what we do. Leaders
had 5 days to build close relationships with their young people and it’s exactly what we saw. It was
so encouraging to see young people praying for other young people and groups staying back after the
meetings to pray for one another. It was so rewarding. Can’t wait for 2014!
In 2013 youth camp was run at Glenroy Lodge. It was an
amazing weekend experiencing God in a whole rang of ways,
through sung worship to quiet reflective times in solitude.
Matt Stott was our guest speaker and he did not fail to
challenge and encourage us. Matt used content from both
Soul Tour (A young adults exploration of theology, philosophy,
psychology and life skills from a Christian perspective) and
also from his own experiences. We had the Lawrence’s and Mr
Dreadon serve up some delicious food. John Ramana and his
band lead some amazing worship giving us the opportunity
to connect with God. There was also good clean crazy fun to be had including a lot of frosted hills which
made available great slides. Youth camp was amazing and was another testament to the community
that Hope youth is as a regional. Until next time...
by jess dreadon
Energizers at an amazing year in 2013. Rick Shaw did a fantastic job with the help of a great volunteer
team at providing a safe, fun environment for the young people to find belonging.
When Rick finished up Korrina McFarlane came on board to finish the year for us. Energisers kicked off
the final term combining with Ignite@7 for some social bowling which was enjoyed by all!
We’ve had 20-30 young people attending and raving about our activities such as games nights, ice
skating and debating (to name a few..) We ended the year with a massive water fight closely followed
by a good old fashioned barby!
Youth had lot’s of fun last year and are looking forward to coming back in 2014.
by char shaw
24/7 at Branston Intermediate
Even though the ministry decided to close Branston Intermediate School – we certainly weren’t going
down and out quietly! What a fabulous year and what an absolute privilege it has been to serve in
the school. Halfway through the year we sadly farewelled Rick Shaw and saw him go off to work at
Rolleston Prison. These were big shoes to fill and so the process of stepping up and carrying on to keep
the school running as well as it possibly could until the keys had to be handed over begun.
Interclass comps saw more classes participating in sports, we loved athletics day, cross country, boys
and girls day, swimming lessons, the 1-1 mentoring, the awesome whole school trip to Hanmer Springs,
the kapahaka lessons and feeling so proud of them performing at various school events, the assembly
challenges, the stop watch challenges, the water fights including staff! The pride in house colours and
representing them well.
A special acknowledgement to Jennifer O’Leary and the staff for slogging out what was an incredibly
emotional and tough year. Thanks so much for allowing us 24/7 youth workers to be a part of history,
a part of a school where we have been so lucky to journey with young people. Nga mihi nui atu ki a
koutou katoa – Mauri Ora!!!
Hornby Intermediates Camp – Ashley Gorge May 2013
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What a brilliant camp this was! 20 young peeps, Lindsay Cameron, Rebecca Graves
and Rick and Char Shaw headed out to the lovely Ashley Gorge motor Camp. We
kicked the night off with a bonfire and made delicious smores! The camp was jam
packed full of activities including: archery, swimming at Rangiora pools, spotlight,
and games. It was such an honour to serve the young people a 3 course meal fit
for kings and queens! We couldn’t have asked for a better end to the evening with
an AMAZING night of worship praising our Lord in the presence of the Holy Spirit.
What an emotional and POWERFUL night with the young peeps. How much does
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the father love us? VERY VERY VERY much!
Amped Camp – Canterbury Equestrian Centre September 2013
Another well attended camp by Hope Youth with some of the team and incredible volunteers! Big
group games, mingling with Intermediate aged kids from all over Christchurch, eating good food and
lots of it! Listening to some sweet singers and band crew, fun fun fun in the sun as well as inside, rain
pelting down on the roof, bedtime stories – where else would you be but Amped Camp ofcourse!!! We
so enjoyed our Hope Youth crew and can’t wait to take another group next year!
Intermediate Events
We put on 3 massive events for Intermediates this year including:
Mystery event, Swimming at Rangiora Pools and Ice Skating at Alpine
Ice Rink. We are always so proud to take kids on our events because
they are so well behaved and always know they will have a great time.
A big shout out to Howard who owns Clarks Buses who always go the
extra mile for Hope Youth and provide our kids with the flashest buses
around – and all at an incredible price – Cheers Howard, you are the
man!!!
Ignite @ 7
Oooh yeah – we have had some wild, wacky and fun times this year at our Hornby
Intermediates youth programme. What have we been up to? - What haven’t we
been up to!!If you wanna know then keep reading! Laser strike, playground crawl,
10 pin bowling, quiz night, swimming at Jelly park, mini golf/driving range, bbqs,
water-bombs, fear factor, swimming at Corsair Bay, Blue night, Ice Skating, Ignite’s
Intense Intercomp, games games and more games!
A HUGE thank you to the legends who make this group the success it is – Brian
Brodie, Andrew Turner, Rebecca Graves, Nathan Clive, Cameron Lemon and last but not least Mel
McFarlane.
by jimmy finlayson
2013 saw the establishment of the Tumanako Alternative
Education programme under the Youth South West Christchurch
banner with an allocated 10 students. This was the culmination
a lot of work that went in behind the scenes. It was also with
great pleasure that we were able to announce that Jimmy
Finlayson was to lead and head up the Tumanako programme
with Tania Gardiner as the Youth Worker. The call for further
educational assistance was ably met by Hilary Hawker and
Sonya Rutherford who volunteered their services two days a week. They assisted with numeracy and
literacy sessions as well as working with senior students who were doing Te Kura correspondence
School.
The first term of the year Tumanako Alt Ed programme was
based in Papanui as the team got their heads around running
the programme and were able to learn from the team at Te
Ora Hou. Term 2 saw Tumanko shift into 27 Amyes Road as it’s
base utilising the lounge at Hope Presbyterian Church. This
has cemented a key relationship as the students are able to
look at assisting in set up and pack down of programmes and
lend a hand if needed.
A key aspect of the Alt Ed programme is outdoor education.
2013 saw the key areas of tramping, mountain biking, surfing
and kayaking utilised. It is during the preparation, planning and implementation, as well, as the actual
experience which brings about the learnings.
There has been great parental support across the board. The parents of the students have bought into
what Tumanako want to achieve and support it 100%. Parents are always telling the Tumanako staff
that they are seeing positive changes at home in their young person’s attitude and behaviour.
During the year several of the students have achieved
their literacy and numeracy goals with most of the others
increasing one or more scale points. A number of the students
have between 2 – 10 credits through numeracy, physical
education and literacy.
The students have created positive friendships with each
other, the Tumanako staff and the greater Hope Youth and
Hope Presbyterian staff some of whom have been able to
join in with some of the activities and sharing time with the
students and staff during lunch breaks.
It has been exciting to learn that Tumanako have been allocated another 3 places (now 13) for the
2014 year and we look forward to cementing the learnings of the students, and providing opportunities
for their futures.
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by rob key & Team
Hope Kids had a very positive year across our ministries! We have
a great team of dedicated people working to ensure children are
valued and loved and grow in their understanding of how much
God loves them. Our teams are also actively doing much the same
thing with parents as they come into contact with them through
our community groups.
It has been business as usual for crèche this past year at Hornby.
We can have up to 40 under four year olds, on a Sunday over
both the services with 9 am usually having a smaller number
attending than the 10:30 service. Over the year we always have a changing number of children due to
either them being old enough to go up to Junior rock of life/Junior Early Birds or old enough to start
coming to crèche. In general we say once a child is old enough to sit unaided they can be in crèche
and somewhere between 3 ½ and 4 they are ready to move on. Crèche doesn’t have a big teaching
aspect to it, mainly due to the age of the children, but we do encourage the Christian principles of
being kind, gentle and being nice to each other and we do try to have a small Bible time during crèche.
Usually crèche is a settled place to be and it is a joy to be in with the children watching them learn
and discover new things.
Linda Gage was appointed as an overall Crèche supervisor in October, with the role starting at the
beginning of 2014.
A big thank you to all those who have helped out over the year, crèche wouldn’t be able to be run
without you and we appreciate all that you do.
This year in Rock of Life (Hornby) we started out with the plan of linking four weeks each term with
what the sermons were about. In fact we did more! Our Term 1 series was You’ve Got Questions – He’s
Got Answers where we looked at the challenges and questions the come from Joseph’s life. Over the
Easter period we linked with the sermons. Second term was completely linked as we did the series
Journey with Jesus where we travelled with Jesus and saw the kind of person he was. We started
Term3 linking with the Mission month and then moved on to a series using ‘Apps’ (applications for
smartphones etc. – There’s an App for That) as the link to topical teaching. We linked with church for
the whole of term 4 with our Parables series (How to Be Wise Guys) followed by our Christmas series
(Unpleasant Presents).
We praise God for the continued enthusiastic teams for each service. Malcolm and Maria Darroch lead
the 9am service while Rob Key leads the 10.30 am service.
Our Hornby Junior Rock of Life preschool programme operated
throughout the school terms in the Meeting room. The number
of children at the 9am service grew steadily from an average
of 6 to 9 by the end of the year. The 10.30am service had a
consistent average of 5 - 6 children throughout.
We enjoyed our unit on Creation in Term 1 where we made a 7
day pocket calendar from a website called Danielle’s Place. Our
Easter lessons followed this from a free online curriculum Just
Us Little Guys. In Term 2, we began to focus on complementing
the church’s themes. ‘Journey with Jesus’ had us covering Things
Jesus said and did using online lessons by the Sunday School Centre.
The mission focus in Term 3 saw us doing God loves me and
everybody using Sunday School Centre, and Old Testament Friends
using Tiddlywinks lesson material. Taking on Proverbs in Term 4
with the whole church was quite a challenging topic for us with our
lessons being adapted from the ROL curriculum The Wise Guy. For
Advent we again adapted lessons from Unpleasant Presents which
ROL were using. A big thank you to our volunteers who showed full
commitment to the Junior programme in 2013 with young people
giving support to the experienced teachers.
Children are an essential part of the Rolleston congregation. As you can see from the average attendance
figures they make up more than half the congregation, something that is very noticeable when they are
dismissed from the service! Wendy Clarke led this diverse group of children in 2013 along with help
from Brent Agnew, Teresa Hooper and Amy Anderson who made a team of core helpers. A feature this
year was the alignment of teaching topics and resources with the wider children’s ministry at Hornby
and West Melton as well as with the sermon topics. The intention is to bring everyone onto the same
page and help families to explore together the teaching material.
Crèche continued to be ably led by Lauree Welford and a team of helpers.
Physical space continues to be a challenge for our children’s ministry as the 3 rooms we have available
to us are quite small. We are fortunate to have plenty of usable outside areas but this is only as good
as the weather! We look forward to the day when we can provide top class spaces to for our children’s
ministry team to work in.
Our Sunday children’s ministry at West Melton continues to grow and now faces issue of space constraints
and the need for more volunteers - two very good problems to have! Helen Lawrence deserves a big
thank you for service above and beyond what was expected. Well done, Helen!
Attendance at the 9am service averaged at 23 in Term 1 and grew to
an average of about 27 in the final term. This is the opposite of the
10.30 am attendances which started with an average of 46 in Term
1 consistently dropping over the year to an average of 34 in Term 4.
We continued to partner with families as we recognise that they have
not only the responsibility, but the time and influence to disciple
their children. To help them we send a weekly email (Monday Mail)
that gives a short summary of what we talked about on the Sunday as well as a devotion to help them
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have some family time around God’s Word.
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A major undertaking for Hornby ICONZ during 2013 was the staging of a production entitled “The
ICONZ Show”. This took an immense amount of dedication and commitment (over the winter months)
from the leaders, boys and parents alike and was thoroughly enjoyed by the audience of family and
friends.
Events
IFG
Our Kidsfest holiday programme run in July over two
days saw around 60 children come each day to Hornby
for a fun filled programme. Using the movie “The
Incredibles” again as a connecting point we used the
theme “Incredible Kids”. Our focus was on Helpful
Actions and Helpful Words. Leanne and Rob also helped
the team do the same programme at West Melton over
the following two days.
October 31st was again the day for our annual Halloween
alternative - Spring Party! We were again very appreciative of the donation of Heller sausages. The great
team of volunteers helped make the event another success with a great range of activities including:
face-painting, crafts, bouncy castles and a variety of games as well as balloon modelling, free sausages
and other food. Numbers were down from previous years making them much more manageable. There
was greater ‘competition’ this year with another very big event at Halswell Domain. Still 278 children
and 159 adults having a great time together was well worth it!
Our Christmas Eve Service told “A Christmas Story” through a child who turned into a puppet then
back again was the brainchild of Leanne Hall who scripted and directed this year’s family service.
The service involved a kaleidoscope of communication forms including items, shadow drama, and
candlelight dance to share something of the great message of God’s love story and challenging us to
share it.
Bible in Schools
The year started well with our new coordinator, Annette Luxon, leading the team. We were involved in
Gliberthorpe school. As usual it was great to have Marty and Rory from OAC Ministries to take our term
assemblies.
Unfortunately, late in the year Annette had to resign from the role due to family circumstances. Dulcie
Eddie again stepped out of retirement to help the year end successfully. We also look forward to
starting at Sockburn School in 2014, which has not had BIS for eight years.
This was the fourth year that Iconz 4 Girlz has run here at Hornby. We began the year by exploring the
options for getting our uniforms made locally to help reduce the cost of them and at the beginning of
Term 2 we placed our first order with the new supplier, saving our families over $5.50 per T-shirt.
Having three very enthusiastic young ladies, who were reluctant to leave the IFG programme when
they reached Year 10 at school, we introduced the IFG Ultimate programme at the beginning of 2013.
This programme provided an opportunity for our dedicated leader to mentor these girls and help them
learn some important life skills. Unfortunately the programme finished at the end of Term 2 when the
girls’ other commitments made it difficult for them to attend regularly.
Mrs Kelly has been the back bone of our Challenge
(Intermediate programme) for the last two years. She took
the girls mountain biking, taught them how to do camp
cooking and build bivouacs and how to create gifts out of
duct tape. She made some great connections with our girls
and though we were delighted to learn that she would be
starting her family at the end of the year, we were sad to
see her go. This was to be just the start of our leadership
losses as we also lost a dedicated parent helper and two
more leaders when our year finished.
Highlights of our Adventure (senior primary programme) included building go-karts with the help of
some clever dads, turning fish bowl stones into mosaic works of art, learning what makes a community
with Pastor Blair and visiting the SPCA to learn about how to look after our pets.
Overall, we had a great year and were truly blessed by all the visitors who came to talk to us and all
the activities that we were able to participate in and as 2013 finished and we said goodbye to our the
dedicated leaders who were leaving, we looked forward to getting a new leadership team together to
bless the girls in 2014.
CATS
ICONZ
The CATS team of 2013 was made up of Leticia Wiltshire, Christy Ballantyne and Elizabeth McKerras.
Elizabeth very kindly stepped in as the coordinator for the programme and to help with the excess
admin. Christy and I would like to thank Elizabeth for her hard work during 2013.
During 2013 the ICONZ Adventure (Year 4 – 6) boys participated in a wide range of activities which
contributed towards a host of diverse badges including the Swimmerz, Xplorer, Campizz, Entertainerz,
Techno, Cooks, Hobeez and Phyz Games badges. ICONZ Adventure averaged 18 boys throughout the
year, was ably run by three leaders and was assisted by several dads on most evenings. At the same
time the ICONZ Xtreme (Year 7 – 9) boys were involved in all sorts of activities which enabled the boys
to earn badges such as the Crop Production, Basic Swim, Campers, Golf, Real Man, Cooks, Arts, Movie
Maker and Outdoor Adventure badges. ICONZ Xtreme averaged 7 boys, and was led by one leader and
several dedicated dads.
Classes in Ballet, Hip Hop and Drama were held on Mondays during the School Term at Hope church
in Hornby. Classes were made up of families from both church and the local community, South Hornby
School, St Bernadette’s and Sockburn School being the schools from which a lot of kids came from. Our
focus for 2013 was getting families to connect with each other and to continue to the skills extension
for the children. Encouraging the children to set goals like ‘I will be able to do the splits by Term 4’, or ‘I
will memorise my lines by x date’ was our focus for all the children as actually completing a goal was
a empowering feeling for a lot of them.
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The year finished with a production called ‘Stardust’ which was combined with Ignite Performing Arts
as a large number of families have children in both programmes. ‘Stardust’ was about movies and
stories from literature such as Cinderella, Red Riding Hood, Hoodwinked and other popular movies.
52 children from CATS participated in the production alongside 65 children from Ignite. Some of
the highlights included the Baby Ballerinas dressed as Disney Princesses and not wanting to leave
the stage and the Drama Class performing all their lines without any
prompting. Stardust was about encouraging all the dancers and actors
to dream bigger, shine brighter and sparkle more which they all did
wonderfully.
Playgroup
Playgroup runs every Tuesday morning between 9:30 and 11:30. This
year we averaged over 30 children and 25 adults each week and had a
record number of children (57) coming to the Christmas party day. We
have had a lot of fun playing and experiencing new things. Each term
we focus a theme and this year we looked at; Stories, Nursery Rhymes,
different types of Machinery and Our Feelings. We always enjoy the visitors who come to playgroup
and this year had the Fire Service who came with their fire engine, which the children, of all ages,
thought was wonderful.
Playgroup is valuable in supporting parents through their parenting job and providing a space for
adults and children to play together without the normal household pressures.
Playgroup couldn’t run without all the volunteer helpers we have and we would like to say a big thank
you to them all, especially to the morning tea ladies who turn up faithfully each week.
mainly music
During the year God inspired the team to increase their vision for this ministry.
We began to pray specifically for mums we were in relationship with that
needed the Lord. We asked to partner with Noeline Mackie’s Growth Group
and they agreed to pray for the needs that we sent them each month.
We saw God at work among us. Relationships developed between team
members and community families where they were meeting up in homes to
share meals together. Jennie Brittenden came to Hope and committed to the
mainly music ministry. Betty McClelland came along to help us at
morning tea time. Lea McEwan spent time connecting with Mums
when she began work as the Evangelist Catalyst. A new mum to
Hornby came seeking friendship and started fellowshipping with
us at church. One mum decided to attend the Anglican Church to
reconnect with her faith. Several Chinese have made commitments
to attend church with us. One became a Christian. Another also did
and now attends the Chinese Church.
Mainly Music at West Melton has continued to expand almost to bursting point! Mums and kids are
attending regularly and making friends with each other as well as with the team, which consists of
Vivia Schwass, Ann Moffat, Brent Richardson, Helen Doherty, Elspeth Kong, and Lynette Hulston. Mainly
Music remains a vital ministry for being in the community and building relationships with many of the
families in West Melton.
GEMS Rolleston
In February 2011 IFG began in Rolleston, as our group established and grew, we
decided to become an independent girls ministry in the Rolleston community
supported by Hope Church. We still have a great relationship with IFG, and they
have been supportive.
We came up with GEMS (Girls Encouraging Mentoring and Serving) and officially
launched GEMS June 2013, with a team of 6 leaders, 4 Jnr leaders and 48 girls.
GEMS Rolleston has Christian teaching supported by Hope Church.
G E M S stands for:
G stands for Girls Only
E stands for Encouraging that God is aways with us Philippians chapter 4:6-7
M stands for Mentoring how Jesus wants us to be, helping others to do the same.
S stands for Serving Matthew chapter 25 Jesus said “ The truth is, anything you did for any of my
people here, you also did for me”
At GEMS we learn about serving others, helping each other in lots of different ways, and learn about
ways to serve our community too.
At GEMS Rolleston we run three age groups :
Emeralds Y2 & Y3, Rubies Y4 – Y6, Sapphires Y7 & Y8
In 2013 the girls worked towards Cake decorating, GEMS, Bushcraft, Woolcraft, rainbow God’s Promise,
and Christmas badges.
More GEMS information, visit our website http://gems-rolleston.weebly.com/
Our special celebrations have included a Family Photo sitting with Liz Price, some fun challenges
with invited Dads, stories like Noah’s Ark, visiting musicians like Cathy Irons, and a Christmas picnic at
Prebbleton Reserve. Our overall average number of children in attendance was 45 and adults 32.
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West Melton by jordan reddng
“Our help is in the name of the LORD,
the maker of heaven and earth…
Hornby morning services by murray talbot & hamish galloway
The Faith @ theme provided focus for preaching both in
the selection of series and the preparation of sermons.
In 2013 there was an increased determination to make
preaching and worship relevant to the rest of the week
Christian life. The first 2 preaching series for the year, Faith
@ and then Takeaway Jesus, were particularly focused on
our central theme with the ‘takeaway’ hand-outs’ giving
practical ideas for applying the Sunday message. In Sept
we hosted a Faith @Home event at a Sunday evening
service with Rosie Boom. We had a service with Rosie
presenting and then a supper for parents of primary school
aged children where they could interact with Rosie. It was well attended and really well presented.
The Sunday morning Children’s programme for most of the year covered the same Biblical text as
the sermons – this was a great success and resulted in positive feedback from parents about the
cohesiveness of this in terms of discussions in the home.
A highlight of the year was a series on Philippians entitled ‘The Goal’. What a great book Philippians
is. It is filled with deep insight into God and Godly living. We prepared journals for people to use in
conjunction with the series, for the taking of sermon notes and journaling. We encouraged people to
write, to draw and to be creative in their engagement with the text. It was wonderful. The journaling
provided good food for discussion at Growth Groups. It inspired some interesting insights, poetry and
artwork.
We finished the year with a series on Proverbs and then the usual Christmas focus.
All the through the year our worship was so well served by the careful preaching, creative input and
technical and logic support of so many people! It is a privilege to serve God together in this way.
Rolleston
by brent richardson
In our third year of operation it is pleasing to report steady growth in our attendance figures over
the last two years. Average attendance for 2013 was 56 adults and 27 children (2012- 49 and 26). We
continue to have a wide range from 25 -83 adults and 9-42 children which reflects the somewhat
erratic patterns of attendance experienced by many families. Encouragingly we have once again seen
a lift in the number of Sundays where attendance is above 50 adults from 22 in 2012 to 32 in 2013.
The aim of our worship team is to provide the best sung worship experience possible, with the resources
we have available. Corin Shaw has done a wonderful job organising the teams and rosters as well as
planning our ‘jam’ sessions (music practices twice a term). We have continued to be well served by our
tech team (Robin Donovan and Martin Wellford) who diligently oversee the set up and running of the
facilities.
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…and this is certainly true when considering the evolving and thriving ministry at Hope West Melton
and Hope Halkett in 2013. There is a sense of celebration, immense privilege, and excited anticipation
as we reflect on the Lord’s work this past year.
I am in the somewhat unique position in that, as the new intern pastor, I have not had the pleasure
of participating in God’s ministry in West Melton 2013. Rather I am writing this report as an outside
observer. I have been overwhelmed by two things: Firstly, the wealth of stories of the way the Lord
has been at work last year; secondly, the welcome of a community, which is vibrant, kingdom-focused,
and incarnational. There is a genuine desire, moving into 2014, to discern God’s will and to serve the
growing West Melton community - getting our hands dirty and settling in for the long haul!
Let me take this opportunity to thank outgoing lay pastor, Daniel Fone, for his faithful and wise ministry
the last couple of years at West Melton and Halkett. The warmth and vibrancy of the people are a
testament to his pastoral heart and his dedication to see them grow in the Lord. I would also like to
thank him for graciously and selflessly handing over the reins to me - no small shoes to fill!
Last year featured a wide range of speakers at our services at West Melton and Halkett. We’ve been
well served thanks to Sage Harris, Murray Talbot, Ann Moffat, Alastair Taylor, Chris Geldard, Blair Stirling,
Hamish Galloway, Lionel Brown, Brent Richardson, Andrew & Karen Stephens, Alistair Donaldson, Ben
Kong and, of course, Daniel Fone. Hearing from Sage & Nina about their trip to Laos was fantastic, and
sowed the seeds for them to take a team back with them in 2014. Another preaching highlight was the
Philippians series in September. This seemed to spark a “grace and peace” revolution, which continues
today!
Night Church
by murray talbot & hamish galloway
Evening worship continued to develop an interactive style during 2013. We often engaged with themes
and text through panels, tag team preaching and congregational feedback. Jess Dreadon worked
alternatively with Hamish in leading the services during the year.
We began the year with the theme Ordinary Radicals. This looked at the Christ’s call to follow in a
number of challenging areas. This was followed by a series on the book of James. We ended the year
with an examination of the Barna Research Group material on the perceptions non-Christians have of
Christians. This was challenging and caused us to question, discuss and ponder.
A highlight of the year was a country music service at the end of June
with the theme ‘If Jesus Owned a Motorhome - Alternative Country as a
by-line of grace’. We began the night by serving up a chicken dinner. 120
turned up for the food, more for the service. We sang our hearts out to ‘One
day at a time sweet Jesus’ and ‘Shall we gather’. We sat back and lapped
up the talent and musicality of the Braxtons as they performed ‘Three
men on a mountain—I still Pray’ and ‘Wandering Shepherd’ complete
with banjo and electric violin. Then we heard our own band led by Jase
Trevarton retell the gospel story through the song ‘He reached down’.
Then Yvonne Smith drew on her master’s degree in the gospel and
alternative country music to preach a message that drew attention to
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the authenticity and heart felt nature of country
music. The theology may not always be tidy but the
sentiments are clear and sincere. A good example of
this was given in a you tube clip of John Fullbright’s
‘I only Pray at Night’. The first verse goes:
midweek service
byjune dunn
Another year has passed for the Mid-Week service held every second
Wednesday with attendance averaging around 60.
This service continues to be the highlight of the fortnight for all who
attend.
I Only Pray At Night when the world disappears
Put away and out of sight, I confront my fears
I am proud, I am strong, I’m endowed just as long
As it’s light, I only pray
At night
Our service revolves around prayer for others and most mornings the
list is quite long.
Heartfelt and honest spirituality.
We all consider this an honour to speak to the lord about our families and friends. Our Saviour is
always at our service ministering to our hearts and lives and answering our prayers for others.
edge
We often have an item, sing hymns, tell funny stories and listen to the speaker of the day.
We conclude with coffee and tea in the café with much talk and laughter.
byjess dreadon
2013 has been a fantastic year for edge! We have had a amazingly
dedicated and fun team of staff and volunteers that have given
a lot to make edge happen. Each fortnight pulling together an
engaging and creative space for our young people to grow in their
knowledge and experience of God.
Edge has grown in numbers, maturity as a service and hunger from
those who attend for the genuine presence of God!
There are so many amazing memories to record but some of the
hightlights were:
Our series on the Holy Spirit, including a night on spiritual gifts, and two
nights on ‘hearing God’s voice: learning to walk in step with the Spirit’
which involved Steve Graham as our guest speaker.
We have also tried different things including our first ever workshop
night, boys and girls separate night, Young guns night, Testimony night
as well as our well attended Encounter nights focused around the themes
of the ‘characteristics of the Holy Spirit’, ‘Thirst’ and ‘Spring’ . We finished
up the year on a note of celebration with a trip to the beach and a huge
Christmas feast! Catering Roast chicken and veges for 65 people.
Of all the amazing times we had together what has stood out the most is the change in the environment
and culture of edge. Its been awesome to see how creating an environment and teaching young people
to encounter and hear from God has had such an impact on people’s lives and relationship with him.
We as a team have been blessed to be a part of edge this year and to see the hunger, joy and sense of
community that has developed around a shared encounter with our living God.
Prayer
by murray talbot
This “engine room” activity is so vital to our life and witness at HOPE. On Tuesdays and Thursdays at
6.00am ‘and 7.15am, a loyal and dedicated group of people meet to pray. We pray for matters relating
to our Church, people in need, the City, the nation, our missionaries, trouble spots around the globe,
persecuted Christians, and whatever the Lord brings to mind.
Friday morning sees another group of intercessors at work under the leadership of Celia Reid from
9.30 – 11.30am; while on Wednesday morning a West Melton/Rolleston group meet to pray early in
the morning.
On Saturday evening at 5pm-6pm, another group meet to mainly uphold our Sunday Services at the
three sites; plus other things the Lord lays on our hearts. We also especially pray for the prison ministries,
for Allan Scarlet at Templeton, and Colin Price at Amuri Parish.
At Hornby the prayer team for prayer after services is ably led by Graham and Averyl Kay , while at West
Melton Julie Blain has coordinated the Prayer Ministry Team. Julie has steadily worked to encourage the
church culture at West Melton towards a prayer-saturated culture. The weekly prayer meeting is well
attended and prayer ministry is offered after church every Sunday (which is being increasingly utilized).
Julie’s hope is that the line for prayer will soon equal the line for coffee! The team was blessed to
receive training provided by Graham and Averyl Kay from Hope Hornby.
Specific targeted prayer takes place and undergirds all of our outreach ministries and with regular
prayer for our leaders.
We are excited to see what 2014 brings for this wee service and to see God continue to pour out his
Spirit in our times together.
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by steve talbot
2013 was a really enjoyable year for Creative Ministries as we continued working on
our core areas of focus which are Unity, Spirit-led, Development and Communication.
We had a great start to the year with our annual retreat at Woodend Christian
Camp. We had a great turnout of around for 50 people from all our sites come along.
We were blessed with great teaching from Alistair Donaldson, lots of worship, free
time and good food. It was great to have involvement from members of Rolleston
and West Melton teams.
Later in the year a few of the team went to the
NEW Wine worship conference held here in Christchurch and that
was a fantastic time also. It was great to be able to mingle with
members from other worship teams throughout the city. We were
also all given a free CD which had some great songs on it - some of
which we are now using at church.
A key highlight for us has been the continued sense of unity that
has occurred throughout the CM team as we have continued to have our focus on worshipping God
together. While we do not get it right 100% of the time we are thankful to the Lord for the way that he
binds us together in His Spirit.
by hamish galloway
Pastoral care in the church continued with the system of small group leaders as prime carers for those
in their group and area pastors allocated to those not in a small group. This was supplemented by
assistance from the ministry team in situations of greater need, the ongoing work of the prayer team,
the hospital and home visitors and the growing counselling services available at Te Whare. Doreen
Hawkins is the person on staff who ties all this together. She has an excellent knowledge of the
congregation and is in a great position to direct pastoral carers to needs as they arise.
In 2013 Kate Goodall took on a newly developed role involving welcoming and integrating newcomers.
She has worked hard with Doreen to improve the way we do that.
Another change in 2013 was to replace monthly pastoral session meetings with a weekly meeting of
Blair Stirling, Murray Talbot, Hamish Galloway, Doreen Hawkins and Kate Goodall. At these meetings
pastoral needs are discussed and people needing care are allocated to a carer for follow-up.
All of our Area Pastors, hospital visitors and those who visit our over 75’s have done a great job in
making sure that the people they care for are regularly contacted or visited. Their commitment to their
roles is much appreciated by the Pastoral Ministry Team.
It has also been great to see the drama team stretch its wings as they
undertook a full drama service this year. Well done to Byron and the
team.
The worship team at West Melton has also been going strong in
2013. Fantastic desserts became a staple of our full team meetings,
contributing greatly to a good team vibe.As the congregation continues
to grow, it’s wonderful to see God bringing in new talent along with a
willingness to serve. Thanks to Robyn Farrar for continued leadership
despite the ups and downs of the year.
Worshipping together is such a crucial part of life here at Hope and a big thanks must be extended to
all the members of the CM team who give of their time and talents to serve the Lord, our congregation
and each other through sung worship. We look forward to the years ahead.
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by marlon stufkens
The Growth Groups over all have functioned very well with many seeing numerical growth as well as
spiritual growth this year. There were 43 Growth Groups functioning in 2013 with over 480 people
attending, some of them didn’t attend any other Hope functions, it is great to see groups reaching out
beyond our four walls! The size of the groups range from 3 to over 17.
During the year I have had regularly people come to me requesting to join a Growth Group, many
of which have successfully found a group that suited them. I have also followed up those showing
interest in joining a group at the new people’s evenings; many have said this has helped them to get
to know others in the church and settle into the church life.
The Growth Groups are very diverse in what takes place in their meetings; some use the questions from
the Sunday sermons, others are going through different courses, studying books or topics from the
Bible, etc. The caring, sharing and praying for each other is very healthy in the groups, which is great
to see. Worship varies from group to group, especially the singing type, some use instruments, videos,
CD’s, while others read something, use art, nature etc.
The growth group leaders have met throughout the year for leadership training, encouragement and
prayer. Through contact by phone or at church functions it has been great to see these leaders grow
and mature in their roles as leaders as well as their personal lives, we have a fabulous bunch of leaders
at Hope.
I have met with Hamish as well as pastoral session on a regular basis to discuss how the groups are
going, future ideas and directions etc, to make sure we are moving forward in our strategic vision.
These times for me have been a great help and encouragement as well as keeping me on track and
motivated!
A number of the growth group leaders have found the area pastors have been a great help and
encouragement. These pastors have regularly contacted the Growth Group leaders and past on any
needs etc for me and others in the pastoral team to action. This has taken a lot of the load off my
shoulders and improved the contact and communication between the leaders and the pastoral team.
Throughout the year a few people at church have show interest in starting a group; these have been
followed up and encouraged in their journey.
At Rolleston small groups are a key way for people to be pastorally cared for and encouraged in
their faith journey. We had 3 groups running; Barrie and Toni Smith’s, Brent and Helen Anderson’s and
Berenice Bryan and Faye Leathwicke’s day time group.
By Lesley Geayley
We cast on again for our 4th year with 28 women and girls present. Many of our members are from
the wider community i.e. neighbours, friends, work mates and daughters of our church ladies both from
Hornby and Rolleston.
Over the four years we have been knitting and stitching together we have prayed, laughed and cried
together. We have seen answered prayer and the softening of the hearts of those non-churched women
who now readily ask for prayer and bow their heads in prayer. The Lord blesses us with wool when we
need it and gives us projects to knit for. It is a joy to see the smiles on the faces of those we bless with
garments and know that our prayers and love are knitted into every stitch. There has been a request
to start a daytime knitting group for women who find it difficult to come out in the evening and this is
currently being investigated but looks really likely to happen.
By kate goodall
Our vision is “To worship God, follow Christ & provide a safe and nurturing environment for God’s Spirit
to work in Women’s Lives”.
2013 has been a good year for us. We meet every fortnight in the morning on a Wednesday over in the
Reima centre. The morning started with hot scones and coffee and then a worship time, prayer and
Bible study. We had between 25- 30 awesome women of differing ages come and grow together in
their walk and relationship with God. It was so exciting seeing the women’s faith grow. We generally
followed the sermon notes but also had a few times of having DVD’s and a speaker. We saw so many
answers to prayers which meant our prayer list was very long at times. After every W2W we would go
up to the Hornby Hub for lunch to continue the fellowship with one another.
At the end of the year we decided to make little gift bags to take round the local streets for Christmas.
Each bag had tea, coffee, a kitkat, a candle with Hope on it and a bookmark with the gospel story. Our
last W2W for the year we set off in pairs and walked round the streets knocking on doors and handing
over our gift. We had such a great response and one group prayed for a lady which was awesome. It was
such a step out of many of the women’s comfort zone. A great encouragement to us all.
We also support Freeset by monthly payments and prayer and it is a great way for us to be involved in
a small way to be involved with such a worthwhile ministry.
By kate goodall
We had a great group of women come out with us to Glenroy this year and
enjoy a wonderful inspiring weekend with Merrilyn Withers. She was a fantastic
speaker who was challenging to each of us. Our theme was “Confidence” and
Merrilyn certainly helped us look at what that meant for each of us. There were
about 60 women there over the weekend and great to see so many new faces.
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We had a group of women from Hororata cook for us which was lovely and much
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appreciated.
By kate goodall
This year we were able to run 5 events and these ranged from Mad Hatters
Tea Party, coffee and Dessert night, Fashion Show, Tania Kurbutoff speaking
on her humanitarian work, Variety Night. These events were attended well
by both church women and our community women. It is so good seeing
everyone mix and the fun we can have. It was great to have a bigger team
organising this year and we worked well together.
Byjordan redding
Women of Essence is a social group made up of Hope West Melton church women, who get together
every two months to have fun and get to know one another better. 2013 was primarily a year for Women of Essence to establish itself. Thanks to the insight of Sarah Manifold, Rachel Pearson, and Elspeth
Kong, the group now has a sense of collective ownership and responsibility. Relationships are being
built and deepened, with the hope of having a more direct outward focus in the future.
By lauree welford
2013 has been a year of rebuilding the group. An average of 11 mums per week in term1 increased
to an average of 17 mums per week from the 2nd half of term3. During the year 46 mums and nearly
double that number of children were encouraged and cared for by the Time4Mums ministry.
Some of the topics covered in 2013 included:
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Schooling – starting school through to high school
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Kids cakes & parties
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Tips on cutting your child’s hair
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Children and grief
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Pamper day
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Postnatal depression
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Travelling with children
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Christmas traditions and survival tips
The mums also had the chance to connect with the team & other mums in the group over morning tea
and a large variety of creative opportunities.
Every fortnight a great team put the programme together and looks after the mums and their children.
Thanks so much to Shirley, Liz, Pam, Meredith, Rebekah, Mitchell & Olivia. An especially big thank you
to Alison whose craft ideas, help and commitment I couldn’t do without.
This year we have found Facebook a great way to communicate and put out reminders to our Time4Mums community and beyond. You can find us at facebook.com/Time4MumsRolleston
Kickstart Men’s Breakfast
By ian mcintosh
Kick Start has been an important venue for men to socialise and meet new men. Several men typically
travel from Hope (Rolleston) to join the Hornby breakfast.
Numbers are normally about 30 for a sit down cooked breakfast (men’s style) plus cereals which is
prepared by 3 committed men (Frank Lynch, Eddie Parker and John Deadmarsh).
The theme of speakers varies from real men’s topics like an expert’s insight into motor oil, to an
objective analysis on the evidence for Jesus’ resurrection.
Testimonies have been quite regular on the programme.
mens camp
By al fone
The theme for last year’s Men’s Camp was ‘Growing In Wisdom’. For the first time we had a different
speaker for each of the five sessions and this proved to be very effective given the theme. Lindsay
Cameron, Eddie Parker, Ian McIntosh, Mitch Shaw, and Sage Harris each gave us a very interesting
session from very different perspectives
It was impressive how much work they all put into their preparation and presentations. There was a
lot of feedback from many of the guys and from that it was abundantly clear that every speaker had an
impact on some of the guys for different reasons.
It was thought provoking; what is the real ‘truth’? It was challenging; do you have a mentor for personal
accountability? It provided hope; we can’t make a new beginning, but we certainly can make a new
ending! It encompassed ‘love’ in how we might live out our Christian character at work and at home.
I was amazed that all the speakers covered the same theme and yet every session was so different from
all the others. It’s tremendous that the church has so much talent and that such a diverse range of guys
can talk about their own experiences and bring so much to the rest of us.
Thanks must also go to Hugh Donald for his leadership in worship. Hugh has a relaxed style and it’s
a good fit for the camp. He did a great job. And finally there was Warren Ladbrook who organised and
directed all the cooking! This was a first for Warren and he came through it with flying colours! If the
feedback was anything to go by, there were plenty of satisfied stomachs after camp. Thank you Warren.
Personally I feel the Men’s Camp is a valuable contributor to the health of the church. It provides a
robust but safe environment for men to talk to men about stuff that affects men while at the same time
it offers fun, friendship, fellowship, food and freedom.
On a personal note, after having been involved in the running of Men’s Camp for the past 10 years I
have stepped down to allow new blood to take up the reins. It has been a pleasure to be the organiser
and I have learned a lot on all sorts of levels. I hope the camp continues to grow and develop.
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Te Whare Awhero (Hope House) is a division of Hope Presbyterian operating under the Hornby
Presbyterian Community Trust. Te Whare Awhero is a Holistic Care Centre located in Hornby providing
services and community based supports throughout the South West of Christchurch. The centre has
developed out of the work of Hope Presbyterian Community Trust and consolidates all of our existing
community based initiatives and new initiatives.
By Steve Talbot
The period ending 31 December 2013 continued to be an exciting challenge as we looked to extend
the work that we have been called to. The table below provides a high level summary of the audited
accounts for 2013, and we will highlight some key areas below:
Hornby Presbyterian Community Church
2013 Brief Financial Summary
In 2013 these initiatives included:
Counselling:
Te Whare Awhero provides low or predominately no cost counselling services to clients in the South
West of Christchurch. Clients include Children, Young persons and individuals who are vulnerable and
unable to access quality professional counselling services. We had 8 Volunteer Counsellors, including 4
qualified counsellors and 5 trainees. As the counselling service at present is free we have experienced
an overwhelming demand for our service. This has especially occurred since the Earthquakes. Our
counsellors are increasingly supporting clients who are experiencing and working through issues of
displacement, financial difficulties, grief and loss and general anxiety. With the migration of clients
and their families moving from the East to the West we have received an increase in population and
therefore a further significant increase in Referrals. At present we are the only counselling agency
within the Hornby, Hei Hei, Broomfield, Templeton, area with the capacity to see clients on a regular
basis. We have close professional relationships with Heartlands, WINZ, Social workers in low decile
schools. Heartlands, Local schools, Christchurch City Council, Hope Presbyterian, MSD, WINZ, Pegasus
health Social Workers.
Research:
In 2013 Dr Blair Stirling was contracted to administrate the Riccarton-Wigram Wellbeing Report(RWRP). The research has been commissioned by the Riccarton/Wigram Community Board and funded by the
Capital Endowment Fund. This comprised of a mixed methods participartory action research
methodology, which included facilitating the research alongside the contributions and analaysis from
key stakeholders.
CAN [Communities and Neighbours]
In August 2013 Te Whare Awhero secured funding from the Ministry of Social Development to
facilitate the pilot CAN project. After advertising the position twice, in November we employed
Kirstin Dingwall-Okoye to facilitate this. CAN is a community development initiative which seeks to
help address the issue of social isolation amongst older adults. The idea is to connect them to their
immediate community via the friendly neighbour or community group. This role for the remainder of
2013 has consisted of setting up policies and procedures, referral systems and liaising with potential
referrers. Firewood referrals: this continues to be an effective community intiative which impacts many families
otherwise unable to access firewood during the cold winters.
Total Income
(Donor giving, grants, programme income,
interest, transfers from reserves, sales and
sundry income)
2013 Actual
2013 Budget
2012 Actual
$1,302,432
$1,167,901
$1,189,330
Income: One Off (Earthquake Insurance
Claim /Investment recovery)
$14,751
$0.00
$196,808
$1,167,901
$1,386,138
$1,236,706
$1,304,718
$1,097,900
$106,607
($136,817)
$288,239
$26,130
Building Fund Donations received
Total Operating Expenditure
$1,343,313
$1,224,324
$12,382
Expenditure: One Off (Earthquake DEE
reports)
Net Surplus (Deficit)
During 2014 Hope Presbyterian appointed Hilson Fagerlund Keyse (HFK) to be the auditors for the
2013 financial year. As part of this process you may notice a change in the accounts formatting as we
prepare for the new reporting standards required from 2015. Some of the alterations include coding
changes which have impacted on the reported results for giving, wages and salaries and grants and
donations paid.
Actual changes to the following items were
1. Donations received increased by 4% from 2012 donations
2. Wages and Salaries increased by 10%
3. Grants and Donations paid by the church (excluding mission) dropped by $33,000 when compared
to the 2012 year.
In addition to grants and donations given by the church, Hope Presbyterian “passed on” $105,000 of
specified donations to; Hope Worldwide for mission ($31,800), Youth South West ($48,300) and for
other purposes ($25,000).
Bread referrals: another existing initiative whereby each week a teamfrom Hope delivers bakery bread
to many people in the community.
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In 2013, we have shown a net surplus of $106,607. However when we adjust this surplus to allow for
the unspent Hope Worldwide component of $20,339 and specific building donations that need to be
moved to the Building Reserve the adjusted net surplus for the year is $60,138.
Some other areas of note for the year end accounts are:
1. The increased cost of insurance post-earthquake with the premium increasing 44%
2. A review of administrative and financial services was completed.
3. The Church agreed to underwrite Youth South West Christchurch (YSWC) for the 2013 year. The
Trust succeeded in accomplishing its operations well under the budgeted loss of $89,920 and
incurred an actual loss of only $4077.
In 2013 the Trust extended its operations to set up the Tumanako Alternative Education School. The
School received $94,134 government and $41,205 in grants and donations and achieved an operating
surplus of $13,896.
The Trust also received additional Grant funding to assist the 24-7 team as Branston Intermediate
School closed its doors and students moved to Hornby High School. The YSWC team felt very privileged
to assist in this challenging transition.
Youth Programmes held at West Melton, Rolleston, Templeton and Hornby went well with one of the
biggest challenges being to integrate young people who have Christian faith backgrounds and those
who don’t into one cohesive whole in the Emerge programme.
Youth South West Christchurch
2013 Brief Financial Summary
2013 Actual
Total Income
(Donor giving, grants, programme
income, interest, sales and sundry
income)
$457,792
2012 Actual
$421,233
$298,794
Total Operating Expenditure
$461,869
$511,153
$295,003
($4,077)
($89,920)
$3,791
Net Surplus (Deficit)
2013 Budget
We are grateful to both God and the Hope Presbyterian community for the many things that have been
achieved in the current year due to the financial support that we have received.
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