AGM Report - Liz Greville - 2010

Last Updated on Sunday, 21 March 2010 19:59 Thursday, 04 March 2010 08:33

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Take or assist at services:

2nd, 4th and 5th Sundays at St. Andrew’s
3rd Sunday at Bideford, Metlife, Cursillo Group Reunions
Catechesis of the Good Shepherd (CGS) Level 1; 2pm, Level 2; 3.30pm on each Thursday during term time.

Funerals, Weddings, Baptisms
Vestry planning day
Pastoral conversations and visits
Funeral plans with several parishioners
Masonic Village service
Invited to take several chapel services at Hadlow, Rathkeale and St Matthew’s Collegiate, plus the full school Easter service at St. Matthew’s. The CGS children helped run the Hadlow Pentecost service at Epiphany
Candlelight Ceremony at the Relay for Life.
Invited to take the Battle of Britain service in Pahiatua. Several members of the RNZAF there plus good turn out of RSA people – good feed back. Invited to repeat it sometime in Eketahuna.
September - Took my last service at Metlife Village – hugs, tears and bouquets – it was a privilege to initiate, and then serve this congregation for, I think, 5 years – it may be longer. Mary P, Jenny Hoby and Hugh le Selleur have been wonderful to work with.
Went as guest to a RE class at Hadlow
Preached @ St. Matthew’s 8am in May – Holocaust Sunday. Heartening to not only be with the congregation that grew me but to have the support of the St Andrew’s people who attended too.
Helped to plan, write and print the parish Conciliation service.
Attended the Archdeaconry meeting and half day retreat with Fr Eddie Condra – extremely interesting with plenty to take away and cogitate on.
Led Memorial service for James Williams, killed in a car accident on December 30th in USA. Not a happy end to the year.

Management committe
Clergy Conference organising
Synod arrangements committee
Made and collated a memories book presented to Pat Muxlow at Synod, on her retirement.

Attended a 1 ½ day seminar in Wellington to hear Dr Barbara Reid, Dominican religious and professor of New Testament Studies at Chicago university. Her topic “Creating Communities of Hope and Reconciliation in a Chaotic World” Truly excellent!
Preparing the five sessions for Lenten Studies at St Andrew’s. Lenten Studies held each Tuesday evening – looking at the affirmations of faith, starting with the three best-known creeds and using Bishop John Bluck’s book of the Nicene creed written in the New Zealand context.
Joy Cowley presentation at St Luke’s, Masterton
Seminar on Ethics at Wellesley School, presented by philosopher Dr. Peter Vardy, Vice Principal of Heythrop College in London.
Diocesan Visioning weekend in Palmerston North –
- service with +Victoria (accomplished and inspiring speaker) on Friday,
- all representatives from ministry units on Saturday, and
- on Sunday members of 3M’s (Diocesan Management, Mission and Ministry committees) sifted information from day before into bite-sized pieces for presentation throughout the diocese.

Clergy Conference – organised it then left the team in charge after one day. Flew to Chicago for final training in the Catechesis of the Good Shepherd programme, which included
- 2 weeks of Catechesis of the Good Shepherd Pt 2 of Level 3 training for 9 – 12 yr olds. FANTASTIC!!!
- 5 day conference of Formation Leaders, also FANTASTIC!!
- See full report of Chicago visit
Went to lecture in Wellington by Dave Tomlinson of “Re-engaging Christianity” fame - very good.
Made a retreat to the Star of the Southern Abbey at Kopua with a fellow priest just prior to Advent - a much needed quiet time.
Completed a request made by the bishop to all clergy to supply intended study and reading for the year ahead – this also goes to vestry for the record.

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